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Study won't sway company to pursue cheaper eye drug option -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) | 31 minutes ago
What does a company do when there's anecdotal evidence that two of its drugs are equally effective in treating a leading cause of blindness in the elderly, one costing patients $60 per treatment and the other $2,000?... (more)
Study outcome won't sway company on eye drug
Los Angeles Times | 5 hours ago
WASHINGTON -- What does a company do when there's anecdotal evidence that two of its drugs are equally effective in treating a leading cause of blindness in the elderly, one costing patients $60 per treatment and the other $2,000?... (more)
Masimo settles patent suits with NIR and Shaklee
Forbes | 5 hours 54 minutes ago
IRVINE, Calif. - Medical device maker Masimo Corp. said Wednesday it has settled a patent lawsuit brought by Shaklee Corp. and NIR Diagnostics Inc. for an undisclosed amount.... (more)
Grim Reaper Hurts Cell Genesys
Forbes | 5 hours 54 minutes ago
Shares of pharmaceutical maker Cell Genesys tanked on Wednesday after the company announced that it would halt its study of the prostate cancer drug GVAX due to the death of more than 100 participants.... (more)
Cancer Plagues Cell Genesys
Forbes | 5 hours 54 minutes ago
One drug company's pipeline is looking more diseased by the minute.... (more)
SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Business > Biotechnology -- Study outcome won't sway company on eye drug
San Diego Union-Tribune | 6 hours 38 minutes ago
11:18 a.m. August 27, 2008... (more)
Company has little interest in pushing cheaper drug for treating eye disease
Los Angeles Times | 7 hours 1 minute ago
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US study outcome will not sway company on eye drug
International Herald Tribune | 7 hours 3 minutes ago
WASHINGTON: What does a company do when there is anecdotal evidence that two of its drugs are equally effective in treating a leading cause of blindness in the elderly, one costing patients $60 per treatment and the other $2,000?... (more)
MedQuist Upgrades Dictation App
Health Data Management | 8 hours 27 minutes ago
Medical dictation/transcription vendor MedQuist Inc. has significantly enhanced its PhysAssist dictation application.... (more)
South Dakota hospital boosts care with mobile clinical assistants
Healthcare IT News | 9 hours 2 minutes ago
Loading story... RAPID CITY, SD - Rapid City Regional Hospital has implemented 350 mobile clinical assistants throughout its facility to extend the functionality of its MEDITECH client server information system. The clinical assistants were provided by Austin, Texas-based Motion Computing. ... (more)
FDA Clears Test to Help Doctors Manage Heart-Transplant Patients
Wall Street Journal, The | 10 hours 27 minutes ago
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday that it has cleared for marketing XDx Inc.'s AlloMap, a noninvasive test that assists doctors in managing heart-transplant patients post-surgery for potential organ rejection.... (more)
Cell Genesys ends GVAX trial due to patient deaths
Boston Globe, The | 12 hours 23 minutes ago
SAN FRANCISCO—Cell Genesys Inc. said Wednesday it ended a clinical trial of its prostate cancer vaccine GVAX because patients who were treated with the vaccine were dying more frequently than those only given a standard treatment.... (more)
Cell Genesys Ends Clinical Trials For Prostate Cancer Treatment
Wall Street Journal, The | 12 hours 30 minutes ago
Cell Genesys Inc. has ended its clinical trials of its advanced-stage prostate-cancer treatment after it saw increased death rates compared with another regimen.... (more)
Lucentis: An NHS dilemma
BBC | 12 hours 32 minutes ago
What the controversy over the sight-saving drug Lucentis tells us about the NHS and drugs industry.... (more)
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