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The Hawaii Department of Human Services is issuing a public announcement of its intention to reduce benefits for 16,000 Medicaid beneficiaries.
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In the latest bizarre turn in an increasingly surreal campaign season, Dan Maes ? the embattled Republican candidate for Colorado governor ? said Friday he?s in the race to stay despite being deserted by many GOP leaders. And the head of his own state party said he was ?very disappointed? by the decision and all but declared Democrat John Hickenlooper the likely winner of the Nov. 2 election.
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The Nashville-based Sarah Cannon Research Institute has added a Florida hospital as its third site for cardiovascular clinical research. The 235-bed Osceola Regional Medical Center is in Kissimmee, about 15 miles from Disney World. The deal will allow the hospital and its patients to take part in research and clinical trials, and give it access to Sarah Cannon?s experts. HCA?s Centennial Medical Center is also a research partner for Sarah Cannon. The third partner is the Redmond Regional Medical Center in Rome, Ga.
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Medical marijuana workers at Marjyn Investments LLC in Oakland voted to ratify their first union contract with Teamsters Local 70.
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The head of the Colorado Children?s Campaign ? in response to a Denver Business Journal report that several Colorado health insurers will stop selling child-only policies ? said Friday she is ?deeply concerned about the impact this decision would have on our most vulnerable children and families.?
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Dr. Emilio Luna, the Phoenix pediatrician who was arrested yesterday and charged for distributing child pornography, has been removed from the website of his former employer, Desert Valley Pediatrics.
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A long-time Wichita candy store is on the market.
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Giving birth continues to be the No. 1 reason for hospitalization in the state of Colorado, according to an annual report released Friday by the Colorado Hospital Association.
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Bexar County officials will establish a Veterans Treatment Court that will hear misdemeanor criminal cases that will take into account the mental health needs of combat veterans.
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Blue Shield of California is severing ties with Nashville-based Emdeon Inc. after 17 years in an effort to cut costs.
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Motorists on the busy U.S. 280 may notice a large red hue beaming from the top of the former HealthSouth Corp. Digital Hospital.
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K-V Pharmaceutical Co. said Thursday it had received notice from the New York Stock Exchange that the company had re-established compliance with the NYSE's minimum share price requirements for continued listing on an accelerated basis.
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Bethesda-based Spherix Inc. filed on Friday its intent to raise additional cash through a stock offering, totaling as much as $10 million, to help fund its triglycerides treatment program.
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Life Image Inc. has added $5.2 million in a new financing, according to a report published late Thursday.
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Humacyte Inc. has raised $12 million in a debt offering, the Duke University spinoff says in a new filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Bruker Energy & Supercon Technologies Inc., a subsidiary of Billerica scientific instruments maker Bruker Corp., plans to go public with an initial public offering in which the superconducting technology company is looking to raise approximately $100 million.
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Columbia?s Celsion Corp. received a $200,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health for research and development on drugs used to treat cancer.
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Scott Peek, the chief operating officer for Baylor Regional Medical Center at Grapevine, has been named president of Baylor Medical Center at McKinney.
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Celldex Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: CLDX) says Pfizer has terminated its agreement to develop a potential brain cancer vaccine. Celldex said in a statement that Pfizer has decided that the program ?is no longer a strategic priority?.
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Presbyterian SeniorCare topped this year's list of the 25 Largest Pittsburgh-area Elder Care Providers, with 3,193 area beds.
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The health care financial services company CarePayment Technologies Inc. has bought Vitality Financial for an undisclosed sum.
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WellStar Health System Inc. CEO Dr. Gregory L. Simone was fired Thursday.
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The Kroger Co. pharmacies in the Memphis area have begun administering flu vaccines. (KR)
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The first meeting of the Jacksonville Regional Chamber of Commerce?s new Health Council on Thursday attracted a crowd few expected.
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Workers are paying nearly $4,000 this year toward the cost of family health coverage, an increase of 14 percent, or $482, above what they paid last year, according to an employer survey released today by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Health Research & Educational Trust.
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Planning to grill out hamburgers in your freezer this Labor Day weekend? You might want to reconsider.
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Kansas Gov. Mark Parkinson has appointed two Kansas City-area representatives to the 16-member board for the Kansas Health Information Exchange Inc.
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North Memorial Health Care has suspended its CEO David Cress indefinitely without pay as the executive deals with the aftermath of a misdemeanor charge related to prostitution.
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Gov. Mark Parkinson appointed three Wichitans to serve as members of the Kansas Health Information Exchange Inc., a statewide data-sharing organization.
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Omnicare Inc. inked a deal in which it will buy the long-term care pharmacy business from Walgreen Co. (OCR)
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Durham-based Synecor, an incubator of life science companies including TransEnterix and InnerPluse in the Triangle, has raised $9.99 million in a stock offering, the group says in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Biodelivery Sciences International?s stock closed up more than 5 percent on Thursday after the company announced it had a positive meeting with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration regarding its drug Onsolis.
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Under "mounting pressure to control health care costs," Roche will undertake an ?operational excellence initiative? that could lead to cuts across the global drug maker?s sites, including Genentech Inc., in 2011 and 2012.
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Cigna Corp. (NYSE:CI), one of Colorado?s largest health insurers, has named Tom Dameron as president and general manager for Cigna HealthCare?s mountain states region. (CI)
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Saint Luke?s East-Lee?s Summit has added 30 beds, bringing its total bed count to 117, the hospital announced Thursday.
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LifeCell Corp. will begin marketing Novadaq Technologies? SPY Imaging Systems to surgical practices throughout North America. (KCI)
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Parata Systems on Thursday announced the promotions of Tom Rhoads to CEO and D.J. Dougherty to chief financial officer.
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A Tampa man was sentenced Wednesday to 10 months in prison and 15 months of house arrest after pleading guilty to filing false Medicare claims involving a Hialeah pharmacy.
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Leading Colorado business organizations held a ?reverse jobs fair? Thursday to denounce what they said could be the loss of 600,000 jobs if Congress were to pass the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA).
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Unemployment would be above 14 percent in Pennsylvania and approaching 16 percent nationally if not for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and other federal action taken in the wake of the recession, according to a new report released by the Keystone Research Center Thursday.
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J. Larry Jameson will take over as dean of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and executive vice president of the university?s health system July 1, 2011, the school announced Thursday.
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Two Portland-area health care facilities have landed nearly $4 million in grant money from the Department of Health and Human Services.
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Three local hospital companies are reported to be shopping a county-owned hospital in North Carolina.
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If U.S. Sen. Benjamin Cardin gets his way in Congress, physicians, especially those in primary care, could get a bigger paycheck.
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Two Albany, N.Y. area hospitals are among 17 in the state to receive grants from the state Health Department.
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Mayo Clinic Florida said Thursday it will begin to notify and test the 3,209 patients who were potentially exposed to hepatitis C by a former employee.
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The Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati will formally change its name to UC Health System, according to articles of incorporation drawn up by the UC board of trustees.
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Say what you will about Dayton, but when it comes to driving, Daytonians are among the best in America That's according to the 2010 Allstate America?s Best Drivers Report. (ALL)
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The cash-strapped D.C. government is $34 million in the hole for 2011 ? a month before the fiscal year begins ? because District officials banked on Congress, and Congress didn?t come through.
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Baltimore drivers are among the worst in the country, according to the 2010 Allstate America?s Best Drivers Report. (ALL)
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Dr. Christian Paletta, director of Saint Louis University Hospital?s division of plastic and reconstructive surgery, will leave SLU in December for a position at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., and National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. (THC)
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Denmark-based CLC bio, a life sciences services company providing hardware, software and data analytics, is expanding in Cambridge. The company has opened a new location on 10 Rogers Street in Cambridge, Boston. The new offices will be the home base for the company?s sales, marketing and support operations in North and South America.
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Nurses at North Adams Regional Hospital have reached a tentative agreement over contract disputes, following two days of negotiations. A planned Sept. 3 strike has now been called off.
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Investigations into physician misconduct are not valid exceptions to patient privacy laws, the Supreme Judicial Court ruled Thursday, rejecting an attempt by the Board of Registration in Medicine to subpoena the records of a psychotherapist suspected of improperly prescribing painkillers.
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QuantRX Biomedical Corp. on Thursday announced it is closing its Doylestown, Pa. headquarters and consolidating its executive, administrative, manufacturing and distribution operations at its existing Portland location.
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Brasfield & Gorrie LLC was awarded a $260.3 million contract Aug. 31 to complete the construction of the new Orlando VA Medical Center at Lake Nona, the sixth and final contract awarded by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for development of the $665 million project.
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The Scooter Store Inc. is taking further steps to diversify business this fall, launching a new durable equipment division.
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The H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center was among nine Florida hospitals recognized for their effectiveness in eliminating central line-associated blood stream infections in intensive care units.
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Soon after acquiring most of the shares at Ivax Diagnostics, a German company has overhauled its leadership team.
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Greater Cincinnati HealthBridge will receive $13.8 million over three years to help health providers in a 16-county area use health information technology.
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Stephen Goldfield, a former hedge fund manager who lives in Odessa, agreed to settle charges of insider trading filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission. (AZN) (MRK)
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Richfield police on Wednesday arrested North Memorial Health Care CEO David Cress on charges related to prostitution.
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Temple-based Scott & White Healthcare closed on a deal to buy 25-bed Johns Community Hospital of Taylor for an undisclosed amount.
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Discussions will continue concerning a proposal from Onex Corp. to acquire Louisville-based ResCare Inc., according to an announcement Wednesday afternoon. (RSCR)
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Walgreen Co. says it will buy the assets of 18 ApothecaryRx pharmacies in Colorado and four other states from their owner, Graymark Healthcare Inc. (GRMH) (WAG)
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As summer makes way for fall this September, Austin still has plenty to love in music:
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Cumberland Pharmaceuticals Inc. is beefing up its sales team. The Nashville-based pharmaceuticals company announced today that it has hired Todd Anthony as director of sales training and development.
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Nashville-based insurance company Direct General has named Carey Benson as president and CEO, replacing Dan Tarantin, who was CEO for three years. Benson, 59, is the former CEO of AutoOne Insurance. Tarantin will continue to advise to board of directors, and plans to remain a Direct General investor, the company said in a news release. The privately-owned company has about 400 retail locations and serves 13 states, mostly in the Southeast.
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UnitedHealth Group, one of the nation's and the Bay Area's largest health plans, said Wednesday it will loan $10 million to help small rural hospitals in California improve their IT systems and adopt electronic health records. It will also provide $1 million in grants to get the process started. (UNH)
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Graymark Healthcare Inc. is selling its chain of 18 pharmacies, including five in Minnesota, to Walgreen Co., the company announced Wednesday. (WAG)
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The ink on LifePoint Hospitals Inc.?s contract to buy Sumner Regional Hospitals may not be the only thing in black.
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Availity LLC said Wednesday it has acquired RealMed, a revenue cycle management services company based in Indianapolis.
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Research scientist Sophia Ran at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Springfield won a five-year, more than $1.5 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to study ways to prevent or reduce metastasis in breast cancer.
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The University of Kansas has hired a new director to help transfer drug technologies from the school to the marketplace, KU said Wednesday.
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A Franklin rehabilitation center is donating its facility and equipment to an Atlanta nonprofit that treats people with spinal cord and brain injuries.
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International SOS Assistance Inc. said Wednesday it has created 50 new jobs as a result of landing a $270 million contract last year to provide expanded comprehensive health-care support services to the Department of Defense?s expanded TriCare overseas program.
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Most small business owners - 86 percent - fear that the economy is heading into a double dip recession, according to a recent small business survey by Citibank.
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InfraReDx Inc., a Burlington-based medical device firm, has been granted clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market its LipiScan IVUS Coronary Imaging System. The system is intended to be used by cardiologists for the purpose of identifying lipid core coronary plaques, linked to heart attacks after stenting.
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VisionShare Inc. won?t be moving into the former MinuteClinic space in downtown Minneapolis, as it had planned.
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The Massachusetts Attorney General?s office has concluded that while the actions of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center CEO Paul Levy endangered the hospital?s reputation, the hospital board of directors didn?t violate their fiduciary responsibilities in their decision to retain him.
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A Milwaukee-area businessman has pledged to donate funds to Gilda?s Club of Southeastern Wisconsin, which would allow the group to continue to offer resources to cancer patients.
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Austin-based American Physicians Service Group Inc. (Nasdaq: AMPH) has signed an agreement to be acquired by ProAssurance Corp. for about $32.50 per share, or about $227.5 million. (PRA)
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With the economy starting to gain speed, women business owners are spending big bucks.
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Alabama?s fourth veterans home will be funded partially by a $15 grant and located in Pell City, Governor Bob Riley said Wednesday.
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Kaiser Permanente is launching its 7th annual "Thrive" advertising campaign, to the tune of $53 million this time around.
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If Rockville-based Nabi Biopharmaceuticals wins approval to bring its anti-smoking vaccine to market, it is ready to manufacture it. (NABI)
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The two politicians vying to replace retiring Republican U.S. Sen. George Voinovich in November have agreed to three one-hour debates in the run-up to the election.
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InsWeb. Corp. announced Wednesday that it will buy a San Francisco marketing agency for up to $12 million.
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New York hospitals have made significant progress in reducing the rate of patient infections, according to a new report from the state Health Department.
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Breonics Inc., a new tenant in the Harriman Business Center incubator, has received a $2.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.
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A German company has purchased most of the outstanding stock of Miami-based Ivax Diagnostics in a $15 million deal.
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Two Hawaii nonprofits have been accepted into the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services? Early Retiree Reinsurance Program and will be receiving reimbursement for medical claims for early retirees beginning this fall.
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University Community Health officially joined the Adventist Health System, forming the Tampa Bay region for Adventist?s nationwide health network.
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Seton Family of Hospitals has inked a deal to lease the Smithville Regional Hospital.
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Omnicare Inc. purchased Continuing Care Rx, a Harrisburg, Pa.-based company that provides pharmacy services to long-term care facilities. (OCR)
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Baptist Health said it has added a hybrid vascular operating room at Baptist Heart, in the Baptist Medical Center Downtown, that will improve efficiencies and enhance safety for patients.
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The Orange County Medical Society has moved to new offices in Winter Park in the Chase Bank building, 1870 Aloma Avenue, Suite 250.
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ProAssurance Corp. will acquire American Physicians Service Group Inc. in a $233 million transaction, SEC filings said. (PRA) (AMPH)
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Adventist Health System has merged with University Community Health, officially forming the Tampa Bay region of the health care network.
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WakeMed Health & Hospitals has signed a deal with Raleigh Cardiology Associates to incorporate the physician group into WakeMed?s physician practice.
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Rockville-based Emergent BioSolutions Inc. has been awarded more funding to pursue development of a next-generation anthrax vaccine. (EBS)
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Dr. Beth Lown, an internist at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, was appointed medical director at The Kenneth B. Schwartz Center, a Boston-based nonprofit organization. The medical director position is part-time, so Lown will continue working as an internist at Mount Auburn Hospital and doing her own research and teaching. She has a long history with the Schwartz Center, including serving on its board of trustees, as co-chair and chair of the grant programming committee, and as a consultant on various projects.
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The transformation of the Inspire Pharmaceuticals executive suite continued Wednesday with the hiring of onetime Johnson & Johnson executive Robert M. Savel as senior vice president and chief technical officer. (JNJ) (AGN)
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Kansas has the second-highest Medicare and Medicaid obligations per capita among states, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
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Molina Healthcare Inc. said Wednesday that it has completed its acquisition of Abri Health Plan of West Allis for $16 million.
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Maryland closed fiscal year 2010 with a $344 million surplus after the recession?s impact on tax revenue, while still harsh, was milder than expected.
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Metropolitan Health Networks has launched a pilot program with SeniorBridge to help Medicare beneficiaries with multiple chronic conditions.
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Cellerant Therapeutics Inc. has won a contract valued at up to $153 million over five years with the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, the company said Wednesday.
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Shepherd Center will open its first satellite clinic in Franklin, Tenn.
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Cellerant Therapeutics Inc., a biotechnology company developing stem cell-based cellular and antibody therapies for blood disorders and cancer, said Wednesday it signed a new contract worth up to $153 million.
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Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer is set to acquire FoldRx as part of its overall strategy to increase its pipeline of drugs to treat rare diseases.
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The vast majority of California?s small business owners are concerned that the economy may experience a double-dip recession, according to a Citibank small business survey released Wednesday.
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Heart Group of the Carolinas has merged with the Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute of Charlotte.
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Health insurer Humana Inc. has received three contracts from the Puerto Rico Health Insurance Administration to provide medical benefits to about 500,000 Medicaid recipients in Puerto Rico. (HUM)
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Christian Brothers University has partnered with Evergreen Packaging, FedEx Corp. and several large health care companies in Memphis to form the Healthcare Packaging Consortium.
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Continucare Corp. said its subsidiary acquired an operator of two sleep diagnostic centers in South Florida.
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The Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason said it?s received a $2.2 million federal grant to study autoimmune diseases.
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Glens Falls Hospital has found a way to help its patients pay their hospital bills despite a down economy.
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An internationally recognized lung cancer researcher, Dr. Ming You, has been named director of The Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center in Wauwatosa.
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Two Denver-area Colorado hospitals are on Forbes? first-ever list of the nation?s 25 most profitable hospitals.
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Texas Regional Medical Center at Sunnyvale and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas signed a managed care contract that will allow Blue Cross members to access the hospital?s facilities and programs.
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Dr. Jeffrey Gordon, a professor of pathology and immunology at Washington University in St. Louis, co-leads a research program that will receive a nearly $6.1 million grant through the national Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America.
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Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point in Hudson ranked No. 13 on Forbes? list of America?s most profitable hospitals. (CYH)
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The major players in the Wake County medical establishment have formally appealed a July decision by state regulators to allow Novant to build an outpatient surgery center in Holly Springs.
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The former owner of United Medical Center is asking a judge to give the hospital back, arguing that the D.C. government never had the legal authority to foreclose on the property and that Mayor Adrian Fenty and others made several missteps in the days leading up to the July takeover.
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Blake Medical Center has hired Dr. Brian Kimbrell as trauma medical director.
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A Nashville-based medical device company has received funding from one of the firms participating in the state?s $200 million TNInvestco program.
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The Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners will be asked Wednesday to approve a $22 million bond issue that would benefit the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute in Tampa.
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Traumatic brain injuries cost Texans an estimated $6.8 billion annually and cause more losses in productivity than spinal cord claims, according to recent study.
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Three major health systems in the Triangle are appealing state approval for Winston-Salem-based Novant Health Inc. to build a new surgery center in the market, according to a report in the News & Observer of Raleigh.
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Allied Healthcare Products Inc. posted a profit in the fourth quarter, but reported a loss for fiscal 2010, saying recession-driven cuts at hospitals and government entities had reduced its sales.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has pushed back the review date for GlaxoSmithKline?s new epilepsy treatment. (GSK) (VRX)
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Stromedix, Inc. has received word from the U.S. food and Drug Administration that its potential drug to treat a fatal lung disease will receive so-called orphan drug status. The designation carries several benefits for the company, including grants and/or tax incentives to help with drug development and a longer period of protection from generic competition, once the drug candidate is approved. Orphan drug status is designed to accelerate development of treatments for rare diseases.
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A Genzyme Corp. investor group has sent a letter to the company?s board of directors urging it to sit down at the table with potential acquirer, French drug maker Sanofi-Aventis.
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Centene Corp. said it learned Monday that it lost a contract with Puerto Rico?s Health Insurance Administration to provide health services under the island government?s new Medicaid plan. (CNC)
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WhiteGlove House Call Health Inc. has targeted Arizona and Massachusetts for its first expansion outside of its homebase of Texas following a round of venture funding earlier this year.
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Hill-Rom hired Scott Jeffers as senior vice president of its global supply chain operations, effective Sept. 13. (HRC)
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Clarkson Eyecare has acquired Tilley Eye Centers, which has locations in Perryville and Marble Hill, Mo.
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The opening of Denver's new Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children at P/SL -- originally set for Tuesday -- has been delayed.
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Dublin has appointed its finance chief to temporarily fill the city manager?s slot when Terry Foegler leaves for a job with Ohio State University next month.
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A South Florida doctor, clinic owner and five nurses pleaded guilty on Tuesday to participating in a multimillion-dollar Medicare fraud scheme.
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Regions Financial Corp. is rolling out personal insurance lines across its branch network. (RF)
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Quintiles has struck a deal to help Australian pharmaceutical firm Pharmaxis launch its cystic fibrosis treatment in Europe, the Durham pharmaceutical services company announced Tuesday.
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Freshly-funded WhiteGlove House Call Health Inc. this month will expand its services to customers out of Texas for the first time.
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Coral Gables-based MBF Healthcare Ventures has launched a $20 million fund to invest in startup health care companies in Florida. Mike Fernandez, who founded and later sold Physician Healthcare Plans and Care Plus Health, leads the private equity firm.
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The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky will host the 2010 Howard L. Bost Memorial Health Policy Forum on Tuesday, Sept. 14.
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Kendle International Inc. hired Mark Roseman to serve as its new senior vice president and chief marketing officer.
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Dynavax Technologies Corp. got part of a five-year, $17.6 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to study how people respond to a hepatitis B vaccine. (DVAX)
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Midwest Research Institute won a $1.6 million federal contract to study a virus that could be a biological threat.
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Achaogen Inc. said late Monday it was awarded a contract through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that could be worth up to $64.5 million.
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The Gamma Knife Center of the Pacific in Honolulu has bought a Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion machine at a cost of $4.5 million, the company said. The machine uses radiation to treat inoperable brain tumors and disorders.
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Mayo Clinic Florida said Monday afternoon it is working closely with the Florida Department of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to determine which patients should undergo follow-up testing after it discovered that a former employee exposed patients to hepatitis.
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Achaogen Inc. won a federal government contract worth up to $64.5 million to develop an antibiotic to treat bubonic plague and other biologic threats.
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The Commonwealth Employment Relations Board has found that Cambridge Health Alliance violated state labor law by unilaterally halting negotiations over nurses? contracts and declaring an impasse.
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Coconut Grove developer Michael Swerdlow said his plan to build an office tower near Jackson Memorial Hospital remains in play, despite the critical report from the county.
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Three former executives of Spectranetics Corp., a Colorado Springs-based medical-laser maker, are named in a 12-count criminal indictment that accuses them of illegally importing unapproved medical devices, the office of Colorado U.S. Attorney John Walsh announced Monday. (SPNC)
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A plan that would vastly expand the availability of bicycle lanes and sidewalks in Middle Tennessee has won a national award from the Planning Council of the Institute of Transportation Engineers.
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Fort Worth pharmaceutical company ZS Pharma Inc. will receive a $2 million cash infusion from the Texas Emerging Technology Fund, Gov. Rick Perry said Monday.
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UnitedHealthcare has expanded its network relationship with Halifax Health, giving UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage plan participants in-network access to the more than 200 Halifax Health physicians. (UNH)
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The Philadelphia Business Journal is pleased to present the winners of our 7th annual Best Places to Work contest.
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Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway?s office has reached a $3.75 million settlement between the state and GlaxoSmithKline PLC over the alleged deceptive or false marketing of the drugmaker?s anti-nausea medications, most notably Kytril and Zofran.
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Water for People, a Colorado nonprofit that works to provide clean water supplies and sanitation in developing nations, said Monday it has received $5.6 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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Longtime High Point dentist Dr. Harry R. ?Frosty? Culp has brought a new owner into his practice and changed the practice?s name.
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A Chicago real estate investment group has purchased the Rex Healthcare medical office building in Knightdale for $13.6 million, according to Wake County deed records.
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The state?s health department has extended by two weeks the deadline for companies to bid on a multimillion-dollar contract to revamp Maryland?s 15-year-old Medicaid claims processing system.
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MedCath Corp. has agreed to sell its interest in Avera Heart Hospital in South Dakota to Avera McKennan for $20 million. (MDTH)
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A unit of HCC Insurance Holdings Inc. has opened an office in Scottsdale, Ariz. (HCC)
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Catholic Healthcare West, which operates 41 hospitals in California, Arizona and Nevada, said Monday it?s saved 991 lives and reduced costs $36.5 million over three years by investing in a severe sepsis prevention effort.
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Dent Neurologic Institute is expanding east with a new practice office in Batavia.
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The University of Pennsylvania Health System named Dr. R. Michael Buckley as executive director of Pennsylvania Hospital.
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Novartis AG will start a Phase III trial early next year of a blood thinner developed by South San Francisco?s Portola Pharmaceuticals Inc.
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The M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust in its latest grant distribution round has awarded 37 grants totaling more than $7 million to nonprofits in the Pacific Northwest and beyond.
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The owner of a Detroit-area medical clinic, who the feds say ?imported the concept of HIV infusion clinic fraud from South Florida to Detroit after increased law enforcement scrutiny in Florida,? was not successful in skirting the law.
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French drug maker Sanofi-Aventis has promised to take its acquisition bid for Genzyme Corp. to its shareholders, after Genzyme management dismissed its offer of $69 per share. Genzyme has said it will urge shareholders to reject the offer.
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Dr. Victoria Fraser has been named interim head of the Department of Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine while the school conducts a search to fill the post.
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Deaconess Hospital is laying off 60 people and restructuring to provided a more limited scope of services.
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Vivante GMP Solutions Inc. said Monday it has agreed to be acquired by Swiss-based pharmaceutical giant Lonza.
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Nashville-based Emdeon (NYSE: EM) is rolling out a new product that will make it easier for retail pharmacies to charge you for your flu shot ? or crutches, syringes and other items that aren?t prescription drugs. (EM)
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Central Health, formerly known as the Travis County Healthcare District, will be breaking ground on the North Central Health Center on Sept 1.
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Dr. John R. Saunders Jr., a longtime Greater Baltimore Medical Center physician, has been appointed chief medical officer at GBMC HealthCare.
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The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center has earmarked 13 percent of net patient revenue during the last two years for community benefits, including Medicaid shortfalls, charity care and support of nonprofit organizations, according to financials for the year ending June 30 2010, which were released Aug. 27.
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Genzyme Corp. says the company is not for sale to French drug maker Sanofi-Aventis for the price of $69 a share, confirming weeks of rumors that the two companies were in tense negotiations over a possible acquisition.
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Kathleen Kinslow will take over as president and CEO of Aria Health in November.
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Temple University Health System entered into a deal to sell its Northeastern Ambulatory Care Center campus to Haskell Acquisition Partnership, a real-estate development company.
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Covidien said Monday in separate announcements that it completed the previously announced sales of its specialty chemical business and its sleep therapy product line. (COV)
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Aptus Endosystems Inc. said Monday it raised $15 million in new funding.
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EndoGastric Solutions has completed a $30 million round of financing led by Canaan Partners and Radius Ventures.
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EndoGastric Solutions Inc. said Monday it raised $30 million in a new funding round.
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Pharmaceutical giant Sanofi-Aventis on Sunday publicly confirmed for the first time its previously reported bid for Genzyme Corp. (Nasdaq: GENZ) and moved to prod Genzyme shareholders into embracing a deal that management of the Cambridge, Mass., company has so-far spurned. (SNY)
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Sisters of Mercy Health System officially launched its new $60 million data center in Washington, Mo., today.
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When Lindsey Wittmeyer went looking for a summer job, it didn?t take her long to find a position in a laboratory on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.
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A Buffalo pediatrician is opening the region?s first pediatric urgent-care center.
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Declining financial performance may be driving University Community Health in Tampa to complete its proposed merger with Winter Park-based Adventist Health System.
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A shortage of clinical laboratory technologists has prompted area hospitals to offer scholarships to attract students from the Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.
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A young biotechnology company is close to getting a $100,000 bank loan that?s backed by the town of Jupiter.
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NORRISTOWN ? Montgomery Hospital Medical Center, struggling to handle a boom in baby deliveries, is exploring the possibility of working with a federally qualified health center to get some relief.
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By the end of 2010, three new hospitals costing a combined $790 million will open in southeast Wisconsin, which will add nearly 100 net beds to the local health care market.
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Fox Chase Cancer Center?s Institute for Personalized Medicine, which opened last year with a goal of putting an end to today?s one-size-fits-all approach to cancer treatment, has its first executive director.
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Denver-area hospitals recorded their highest pre-tax profit margins in more than 15 years in 2009 ? but the decreasing number of inpatient visits could portend trouble, according to an annual market review by an independent analyst.
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Visit Denver and area hoteliers want to lure more medical and pharmaceutical conferences to Denver ? gatherings that not only can bring 10,000 people to town, but also exhibitors who wine and dine the attendees.
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A creator of custom mouthguards and a firm seeking to grow human organs are among the presenters expected to appear at this year?s Minnnesota Venture & Finance Conference.
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A language program launched by Methodist Healthcare System last year has helped it cut through cultural and communication barriers and improve the quality of care provided to an increasingly diverse patient population.
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Silicon Valley?s nonprofit hospices are seeing more patients and working with more constrained budgets, a situation likely to worsen in the coming years as the industry faces $8 billion in Medicare cuts by 2019.
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Locally based health care IT company Evolvent Technologies is in the process of pursuing work on two contracts totaling $40 million with the Department of Defense that seek to improve how health-care information is stored (known as ?informatics? in industry terms) and how it?s shared, or its ?interoperability.?
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Employers and insurers are joining public health advocates in the fight against the nation?s growing obesity problem to reduce its increasingly heavy burden on the bottom line.
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Opinions vary over whether a state program to help reimburse Texas hospitals for unfunded trauma care should be abolished.
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George Chopivsky appears to be the only person in the region?s private sector with any interest in owning Southeast D.C.?s United Medical Center ? and the struggling hospital?s current owner, the D.C. government, has shown little desire to grant his wish.
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Banner Health is opening a $2.2 million psychiatric emergency room on the campus of its Banner Behavioral Health Hospital in Scottsdale.
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A new federal plan provides nearly $2 billion in biotechnology funding to produce medications, vaccines and supplies necessary for a health emergency, likely helping some local biodefense-related companies grow.
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The Kansas City Animal Health Corridor Homecoming will bring about 750 people from the industry to the metropolitan area ? and five regional universities want a piece of the action.
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La Estancia Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Phoenix is being honored by the Arizona Health Care Association this week for its revamped strategy and financial turnaround.
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Montgomery County?s hospital holy war is coming to a climax.
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Insurance giant Highmark Inc. is tussling with the region?s biggest hospital networks over a billing change it says will add millions of dollars to the cost of cancer treatment and raise health insurance premiums without improving treatment.
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Christopher Molineaux has been at the helm of Pennsylvania Bio, a statewide biosciences trade association, since May 1, and he already is working to boost the organization?s visibility in southwestern Pennsylvania. He has identified the area as one of two strategic regions for growth; the other is the Lehigh Valley.
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Admissions were banned at a Westmoreland County personal care home and its license downgraded for a final time after state Department of Public Welfare inspectors reported a raft of violations at the 100-bed facility.
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CEO of Stanford Hospital & Clinics named Mike Peterson as interim CEO following the retirement of Martha Marsh.
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A new idea in health care? Living Well Assisted Living at Home Inc. says it has one, and the name says it all.
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An increasing drive by large local employers to rein in health care costs is proving to be a shot in the arm for Best Doctors Inc. The Boston-based company is forecasting steady growth as it helps clients avoid costly hospital admissions and unnecessary tests for workers.
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So, you think you?re busy? As clinical director of the Center for Vaccine Development at Saint Louis University, Dr. Sharon Frey works on dozens of vaccines for infectious diseases, including hepatitis, HIV, avian influenza and salmonella. Last year, she served as principal investigator for National Institute of Health H1N1 vaccine trials at SLU. She heads a group at SLU that, in 2007, landed a seven-year, $23.7 million contract from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) to serve as one of eight Vaccine and Treatment Evaluation Unit sites. She goes on annual humanitarian missions to places such as Afghanistan, Bosnia, Kosovo and Zaire. For fun, she races vintage formula cars and drives motorcycles.
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HealthWarehouse.com CEO Lalit Dhadphale believes Americans are ready to order their medications online ? as long as they know the pharmacy is legitimate.
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A new federal plan that provides nearly $2 billion in biotechnology funding could help existing and emerging companies get their products to market.
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New federal legislation would expand the eligibility for different kinds of physicians to apply for incentives to keep electronic health records systems.
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As one of hundreds of Pfizer scientists who found themselves without jobs last year, Pete Ruminski, 57, took the opportunity to found the Center for World Heath & Medicine.
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Ten years ago, Glenda White founded New Beginnings In-Home service, fulfilling her dream to apply her skills to the service of others. She added in-home skilled care in 2002 and hospice care in 2006. The resulting Medi-Plex Healthcare Professionals & Hospice now encompasses 150 employees, with offices in St. Louis and Swansea, Ill. White, who grew up in North St. Louis and attended Central High School, founded the company at age 38 after earning bachelor?s degrees in business management and nursing, Though she?s the chairman of Medi-Plex, she?s still involved at all levels.
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Small pharmacies and independent medical equipment dealers again are fearing job cuts and business closures with the return of a Medicare bidding program they pushed to delay two years ago but ultimately could not kill.
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Integrated Healthcare Solutions is ramping up promotion of its signature software product, buoyed by a $5.5 million capital infusion from a Pennsylvania investment fund.
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Realizing a need to better serve a growing ethnic population, Froedtert Hospital recently hired its first chief diversity officer.
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Richard Wilson mines the building blocks that make us who we are. During his 20 years at Washington University, including the past eight as director of its world-renowned Genome Center, he has helped decode the human genome and sequenced the genetic blueprint of a cancer patient. Today, armed with an annual operating budget of about $70 million, Wilson, 51, and his staff of 300 are focusing most of their DNA research on the study of cancers and medical applications to treat them.
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Bob Merwin first envisioned his shiny new hospital decades ago, after he saw the design of an Australian facility with a hospital tower linked on each floor to an adjacent medical office building.
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Competition for urgent-care patients is about to heat up in Sacramento.
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In the months leading up to the vote on health care reform, Advanced Network Solutions CEO Sonny Clark listened to the debate on news radio during his morning commute into downtown Nashville.
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The Nashville Business Journal worked with Brentwood-based consulting firm The Hanback Group to conduct an analysis of three local businesses and how their current health benefits packages could be impacted by health reform.
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The Nashville Business Journal worked with Brentwood-based consulting firm The Hanback Group to conduct an analysis of three local businesses and how their current health benefits packages could be impacted by health reform.
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The Nashville Business Journal worked with Brentwood-based consulting firm The Hanback Group to conduct an analysis of three local businesses and how their current health benefits packages could be impacted by health reform.
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Adelene Q. Perkins, president and CEO of Infinity Pharmaceuticals Inc. in Cambridge, has spent a significant portion of her career as a life sciences executive.
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Bay Area hospitals and health care systems are cutting hundreds of jobs as the recession continues to keep patients away.
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AstraZeneca announced that the European Commission (EC) has issued a positive decision for the approval of once-daily SEROQUEL XR (quetiapine fumarate) Extended Release Tablets as an add-on treatment of major depressive episodes in patients with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) who have had sub-optimal response to antidepressant monotherapy...
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Merck KGaA announced that the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has approved Cladribine Tablets for the treatment of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS)(1). Cladribine Tablets will be registered in Australia under the trade name Movectro®...
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Judith Kulich, Associate Principal, and Emily Jin, Manager, at ZS Associates talk to eyeforpharma about how patient flow modeling can inform forecasting. Patient flow, or system dynamics forecasting is a common approach for modeling situations in which patient potential is affected by movement between disease states...
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The Medical Affairs function arguably plays the most critical role in a biopharmaceutical organization, with heavy responsibilities across areas such as clinical development, scientific publications, KOL development, and medical education. These areas must operate effectively for new products to succeed...
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ForteBio®, Inc., a leading supplier of label-free technology that accelerates the development of biotherapeutic and pharmaceutical products, announced the launch of its Dip and Read? Protein G biosensor for rapid detection and quantification of numerous types of mammalian immunoglobulin (IgG), an antibody molecule, from solution...
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Congolese Community Leaders Warned U.N. About Security; 240 Rape Victims Now Identified "Congolese community leaders say they begged local U.N. officials and army commanders to protect villagers days before rebels gang-raped scores of people, from a month-old baby boy to a 110-year-old great-great-grandmother," the Associated Press reports...
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Celsion Corporation (Nasdaq: CLSN), a biotechnology drug development company, announced that it has been awarded a competitive Phase I Small Business Innovation and Research (SBIR) grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to support the proposal, "New Thermal Sensitive Carboplatin Liposomes for Cancer"...
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The recent salmonella outbreak/egg recall is raising questions about whether the FDA is fulfilling its regulatory role, PBS' NewsHour reports. "For the past few years, it's been one food safety scare after another. There was E. coli-laced spinach, salmonella-tainted peppers. ... There have also been problems with drugs. The ingredients in a contaminated blood thinner came from China...
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Results from studies related to Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s (Nasdaq: OPTR) lead developmental product candidate, fidaxomicin, will be presented at the 50th Annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC) to be held at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center in Boston on September 12-15, 2010...
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Cetero Research, the leading early-stage contract research organization (CRO), is launching a series of scientific seminars, "An Accelerated Path to Proof-of-Concept in Drug Development," designed to help pharmaceutical and biotechnology researchers learn the latest innovations in Phase I and IIa clinical trial designs...
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In a new peer-reviewed article published by the Journal of Translational Medicine, scientists from Beike Biotechnology, China's leading stem cell research and regenerative medicine company, and Medistem, Inc...
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Transdel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: TDLP), a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on developing topically administered products using its proprietary transdermal delivery platform, announced the final data set from its Phase 3 study of Ketotransdel® (TDLP-110) at the 13th World Congress on Pain in Montreal, Canada...
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Soligenix, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: SNGX) (Soligenix or the Company), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company, announced the publication of an article online in Vaccine. The article describes the systematic identification of neutralizing and non-neutralizing B-cell epitopes on ricin toxin's enzymatic A subunit (RTA)...
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Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: HALO) announced the initiation of two Phase 2 Ultrafast Insulin treatment studies that utilize its rHuPH20 hyaluronidase enzyme (PH20) in combination with the two leading commercially available mealtime analogs: insulin aspart, the active ingredient in NovoLog®, and insulin lispro, the active ingredient in Humalog®...
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Allergan, Inc. (NYSE: AGN) announced that it has reached a resolution with the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) regarding the previously reported Government investigation into Allergan's past U.S. sales and marketing practices relating to certain therapeutic uses of BOTOX® (onabotulinumtoxinA)...
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Counterfeiting of drugs is a huge industry with an annual turnover of more than SEK 500 billion. In Africa the situation is extremely serious. Half of the malaria medication sold there could be ineffective or even harmful. Researchers from Lund and the UK have now developed a technique that could resolve the situation. In two years the researchers hope to have a prototype ready...
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Contrave (naltrexone SR/bupropion SR), an investigational drug aimed at combination therapy to address both biological and behavioral drivers of obesity, will be developed and commercialized by Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc. and Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited in the USA, Canada and Mexico. The two drug firms have just signed an exclusive partnership for the North American area...
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BIO today announced the preliminary set of speakers who will be featured on the Therapeutic Workshops during the 9th Annual BIO Investor Forum - a national meeting focused on investment trends and opportunities in the life-sciences with a focus on public and venture-stage growth companies...
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Eisai Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan, President & CEO: Haruo Naito, "Eisai") announced today the start of the first patient enrolled clinical study with BAN2401, a novel monoclonal antibody that is being developed as a potential next-generation therapeutic treatment for Alzheimer's disease...
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Merck (known as MSD outside the United States and Canada) (NYSE:MRK) and Cardiome Pharma Corp...
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The Swiss health authority Swissmedic has granted approval for Tasigna® (nilotinib) 300 mg twice daily for the treatment of adult patients with newly diagnosed Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukemia (Ph+ CML) in chronic phase...
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Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a Refuse to File letter for accelerated approval for the company's trastuzumab-DM1 (T-DM1) Biologics License Application (BLA). As planned Roche will continue with its ongoing Phase III EMILIA registration study...
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QRxPharma (ASX: QRX and OTCQX: QRXPY) announced a successful interim analysis of its final MoxDuo IR pivotal Phase 3 study required for New Drug Application (NDA) submission. The analysis indicated the planned sample size of 140 patients has greater than 90% power to detect differences of analgesic effect, indicating there is no need to enrol additional patients...
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Agensys, Inc., an affiliate of Tokyo-based Astellas Pharma Inc., announced that they have initiated a Phase I clinical trial of AGS-16M8F an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) that is being developed for the treatment of metastatic renal cancer. An ADC uses the specific binding properties of an antibody to target a toxin in tumor cells, resulting in selective tumor cell killing...
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A recent study conducted by oculoplastic surgeon Charles Soparkar, M.D., Ph.D. (The Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX) utilizing a patent-pending formulation of zinc and phytase (trademarked as ZYTAZE?), demonstrated that increasing zinc levels by oral administration for 4 days prior to a planned injection of botulinum toxin improved efficacy and/or duration in 41 of 44 patients tested (93%)...
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Advanced Clinical, a leading provider of talent management solutions in the clinical research industry, is pleased to provide vital talent for companies, and meaningful career opportunities for...
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The Pittcon Registration Committee is pleased to announce that conferee registration is now open for Pittcon 2011, which will be held March 13-18, 2011, at the Georgia World Conference Center (GWCC),...
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Working Papers, Conference Papers and Monographs from NBER Accessible via EBSCO Discovery Service?
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NAMIWalks over next three months will help raise public awareness in state and local communities
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GenericsWeb analyses the patent landscape surrounding Anastrozole, highlighting the need for comprehensive patent information in the development of launch strategies for generic products to minimise...
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Advanced Clinical, a leading provider of clinical research services, today announced the appointment of Rosemarie Truman as Executive Vice President of Solutions.
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GIA announces the release of a comprehensive global report on Natural & Synthetic Waxes market. Global natural & synthetic waxes market is projected to reach US$11.3 billion by the year 2015. The...
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New technique addresses a major bottleneck in whole slide stereology, further expanding the use of stereological sampling principles in pharmaceutical and toxicological practice.
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NeedyMeds, a national nonprofit, has added new Camps and Scholarships databases to its website. These databases contain information on camps and scholarships tailored toward helping those living with...
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<a href="http://www.benchmarkdisplays.com" onclick="linkClick(this.href)">Benchmark Displays</a>? core focus is custom displays. With sourcing in Mexico, Asia and the United States, they are able to...
(PRWeb September 02, 2010)
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Isotech Laboratories named to Inc. Magazine's Inc. 5000 for third straight year. Ranks in the top 50 for Environmental Services firms -- now servicing new industries and market growth areas.
(PRWeb September 02, 2010)
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Advanced Clinical, a leading provider of clinical research services, today announced the appointment of Julie Heneghan as Vice President.
(PRWeb September 01, 2010)
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Promega Corporation announces it will provide FuGENE® HD Transfection Reagent throughout life science market.
(PRWeb September 01, 2010)
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New report from MedPredict includes thought leader discussion of key development activities in the psoriasis pipeline, perspectives on unmet needs and how different mechanisms are likely to address...
(PRWeb September 01, 2010)
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With its team of more than sixty sub-specialized, board-certified radiologists, and through its use of advanced medical imaging technology, Intrinsic?s experienced clinical trial team provides...
(PRWeb September 01, 2010)
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The Fourth Annual <a href="http://www.pacificdrugsafetysummit.com" onclick="linkClick(this.href)">Pacific Drug Safety Summit</a> (PDSS) will take place September 23-24, 2010 at the San Francisco...
(PRWeb September 01, 2010)
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Pharmaceutical manufacturer Allergan, Inc. has agreed to pay $225 million to resolve civil allegations that it unlawfully promoted its drug Botox® Therapeutic for unapproved uses and that it paid...
(PRWeb September 01, 2010)
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The Crohn?s & Colitis Foundation of America today announced that the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG); the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA); and the North American Society for...
(PRWeb September 01, 2010)
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Euroscreen SA, a world leader in GPCR deorphanization, today announced that it was successful in deorphanizing a GPCR target in its research collaboration with Novartis.
(PRWeb September 01, 2010)
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ermis LABS is thrilled to announce the release of its new acne skin care line, Coral Actives. These new <a href="http://www.ermislabs.com" onclick="linkClick(this.href)">acne treatment products</a>...
(PRWeb August 31, 2010)
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The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE), a leading gastrointestinal medical society, has recognized GI Associates & Endoscopy Center as part of its program specifically dedicated to...
(PRWeb August 31, 2010)
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General Data, a company specializing in used and refurbished printers, is proud to welcome Jeffrey Kenny to the new position of Vice President of Business Development. Kenny?s position will include...
(PRWeb August 31, 2010)
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Familiarity with EBSCOhost® Platform, Strong Content Coverage and the Ability to Grow Leads Grant MacEwan University to choose EBSCO Discovery Service?
(PRWeb August 31, 2010)
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