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How much is life worth? The $440 billion question

7/3/2009
The decision to use expensive cancer therapies that typically produce only a relatively short extension of survival is a serious ethical dilemma in the U.S. that needs to be addressed by the oncology community, according to a commentary published online June 29 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute . Tito Fojo, M.D., Ph.D., of the Medical Oncology Branch, Center of Cancer Resea... [Comments]

Bay Area Youth to Represent ALS Patients at Giants' and Angels' Baseball Games on July 4th

7/3/2009
SAN FRANCISCO, July 3 Tomorrow, Corey Reich, an ALS patient from Piedmont, California, will attend both the San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim baseball games this July 4th as a representative of the ALS Therapy Development Institute (ALS TDI). Corey will attend both baseball games to raise awareness of amyotrophic lateral scleroses (ALS, Lou Ge... [Comments]

Johnson & Johnson Completes Initial Tender Offer for Cougar Biotechnology

7/3/2009
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., July 3 Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ ) today announced that the initial offering period of its tender offer for all outstanding shares of common stock of Cougar Biotechnology, Inc. (Nasdaq: CGRB ) expired at midnight (Eastern time) on July 2, 2009. The offer was conducted through a wholly owned subsidiary of Johnson & Johnso... [Comments]

Researchers unite to distribute quantum keys

7/2/2009
Researchers from across Europe have united to build the largest quantum key distribution network ever built. The efforts of 41 research and industrial organisations were realised as secure, quantum encrypted information was sent over an eight node, mesh network. With an average link length of 20 to 30 kilometres, and the longest link being 83 kilometres, the researchers from organisations... [Comments]

ACT Announces Partnership With Gilead Sciences Inc.

7/2/2009
SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 2 Advanced Chemical Transport, one of the leading environmental companies in California, has announced a multi-year partnership with Gilead Sciences Inc., North America's third largest Bio-Med company. ACT will provide Environmental services - including hazardous Materials disposal, vacuum truck services, spill response, site specific services... [Comments]

Remuda Ranch Programs for Eating and Anxiety Disorders Reports Need for Increasing Awareness of Eating Disorders in Males

7/2/2009
PHOENIX, July 2 As many as five to ten million males in the U.S. struggle quietly with an eating disorder because they're ashamed to admit they have the illness, reports Remuda Ranch Programs for Eating and Anxiety Disorders . Healthcare professionals, family members and close friends often are unaware of the high-risk behaviors in males that may signify an eating disord... [Comments]

avVaa World Health Care Products, Inc. Announces Engagement of Koeppel Direct for their DRTV-Direct Response Television Media Buying Campaign

7/2/2009
LUMBY, BC, July 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - avVaa World Health Care Products Inc. (Pink Sheets: AVVH), a global biotechnology company, manufacturer and distributor of nationally branded therapeutic, natural skin and health care products, announced the engagement of Koeppel Direct to manage their direct response media buying. Lorie Campbell-Farley, President/COO of avVaa World Health Care i... [Comments]

Lixte Biotechnology Holdings' Lead Compound, LB-1.2, Enhances the Effectiveness of Standard Cancer Chemotherapy in Animal Models

7/2/2009
EAST SETAUKET, N.Y., July 2 Lixte Biotechnology Holdings (OTC Bulletin Board: LIXT) announced today that investigators of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health and Lixte reported that its novel compound, LB-1.2, enhances the effectiveness of two standard chemotherapy... [Comments]

Oncolytics Biotech(R) Inc. Completes Patient Enrolment in U.K. Combination REOLYSIN(R) and Paclitaxel/Carboplatin Head and Neck Cancer Trial

7/2/2009
CALGARY, July 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Oncolytics Biotech Inc. (TSX: ONC, NASDAQ: ONCY ) announced today that patient enrolment has been completed in the Phase II component of a Phase I/II U.K. trial of REOLYSIN combined with paclitaxel/carboplatin for patients with advanced cancers. The principal investigators for the trial are Dr. Kevin Harrington of The Institute of Cancer Research, L... [Comments]

iCardiac Selected by Top 10 Pharmaceutical Company

7/2/2009
Executes Master Services Agreement Covering Highly Automated QT(sm) and Dynamic QTbtb(sm) Solutions Rochester, New York (PRWEB) July 2, 2009 -- iCardiac Technologies, Inc., a leader in advanced cardiac safety biomarker development and automated QT analysis, announced that it has executed a master services agreement with a top 10 pharmaceutica... [Comments]

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