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Press Release: FDA Licenses First U.S. Vaccine For Humans Against Avian Influenza

April 18, 2007 — 10:43am ET | By Maureen Martino

Press Release: FDA Licenses First U.S. Vaccine For Humans Against Avian Influenza

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ALSO NOTED: CA med mal insurer offers $21M in discounts; Retail clinic group offers standards; and much more...

March 20, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

> A doctor-owned med mal insurer based in California is offering insured physicians a total of $21 million in discounts. Premiums should drop about 7.5 percent. Article

> An emerging trade group for retail clinics has released its own set of quality and safety standards. …

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NIH doctors slam Lilly's marketing tactics

October 18, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

Three doctors affiliated with the National Institutes of Health have taken a public stand against tactics employed by pharmaco Eli Lilly to market its anti-sepsis drug Xigris. The doctors say Lilly has engaged in a no-holds-barred battle to win market share for Xigris, which with revenues of $200 million a year has fallen far short of sales projections. In an article for the New England Journal of Medicine, the …

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NIH gives $100M to speed research-to-care process

October 4, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced this week that it has given a dozen academic medical centers a total of $100 million in an initiative intended to help these institutions move discoveries quickly from the lab to the bedside. The twelve universities receiving the grants are now part of a consortium; members are expected to help scientists work together, rather than compete aggressively for dollars, intellectual leadership and prestige as is more the norm in research …

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ALSO NOTED: NIH researcher in trouble for drug company ties; Bank of America buys HealthLogic; and much more...

September 11, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

> A National Institutes of Health researcher is in big trouble as it's discovered that he had improper contact with drug companies and failed to report his outside annual income. Report

> Bank of America is buying Georgia-based HealthLogic Systems. Bank of America wants to boost its offerings in the healthcare financial services sector. …

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NIH official implicated in scandal

June 12, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

A report by investigators from the House Energy and Commerce Committee found that a prominent researcher at the National Institutes of Health received hundreds of thousands of dollars in payment from Pfizer. He received the cash in return for granting Pfizer access to human spinal fluid samples collected as part of a government project. According to investigators, Dr. Trey Sunderland, a branch chief with the National Institute of Mental Health, received about $300,000 from Pfizer in …

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ALSO NOTED: WSJ interviews HealthSouth CEO Jay Grinney; Avian flu vaccine faces challenges; and much more...

March 29, 2006 — 8:00pm ET

> The Wall Street Journal interviews HealthSouth CEO Jay Grinney today on the challenges facing the company in the post-Scrushy era. Article

> In a SEC filing, HealthSouth said it lost $485 million last year. Article

> A report in the New England Journal of Medicine …

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Report questions HHS data security

March 22, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

The General Accounting Office is expected to release a report questioning the computer security protecting data collected by Medicare, Medicaid and other programs run by the department of Health and Human Services, USA Today reports. The GAO review concludes that financial and personal information for millions of Americans may be at risk as it passes through the elaborate Medicare claims processing system. The report also points at possible problems with security protecting data …

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SPOTLIGHT: Pilot tests wireless ER monitor

March 19, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

Brigham and Women's Hospital and MIT are conducting a trial that will equip emergency room patients with high tech waistpacks capable of monitoring their condition. Sensors will monitor patient heart rates and blood oxygen levels and transmit the data wirelessly via a personal digital assistant (PDA). In a twist, the project also uses ultrasound technology to track the location of patients as they move throughout the emergency department. Funding comes from the National Institutes of …

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ALSO NOTED: RFID use for patients examined; HealthNet launches cross border plan; and much more...

March 14, 2006 — 8:00pm ET

> NPR's Talk of the Nation reviews You: The Smart Patient. An Insider's Guide to Getting the Best Treatment, by Michael Roizen and Mehmet Oz. Article

> The Washington Post examines the effort to convince hospitals to use RFID technology on patients. Article

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