Period in Medical News

MIT granted an 8,000 square foot operation facility in Taizhou city for a period of 2 and half years

DENVER, CO, July 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Medical International Technology Inc. (MDLH.PK) ( http://www.mitcanada.ca http://www.mitinvest.ca ), "MIT" is pleased to announce that it has been granted a completely new, 8,000 square foot operation facility, as per "MIT China" requirements, from th...

Public Comment Period Open for HIPAA Privacy and Security Standards

URAC Seeking Feedback on Revisions to Standards WASHINGTON, June 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As part of its commitment to a comprehensive review of its standards, URAC , a leading health care accreditation and education organization, today called for public comment on revisions to its ...

Transcept Pharmaceuticals Announces Expected FDA Extension of Regulatory Review Period for Intermezzo(R)

RICHMOND, Calif., June 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Transcept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: TSPT ) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has informed the company that it should expect to receive formal notice of a three month extension of the review period for the new...

Express Scripts Announces Expiration of Hart-Scott-Rodino Waiting Period for Acquisition of WellPoint's NextRx Subsidiaries

Deal Passes Regulatory Hurdle ST. LOUIS, May 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Today, Express Scripts, Inc. (Nasdaq: ESRX ), announced that the waiting period required under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act in connection with its premerger notification filing relating to its previously announced propos...

Sinobiopharma Announces 350% Increase in Production of Its Flagship Drug in the First Quarter of 2009 Over the Same Period in 2008

NANTONG CITY, China, May 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sinobiopharma, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: SNBP) ("Sinobiopharma" or, the "Company") is pleased to announce that production of its flagship drug, Cisatracurium Besylate, increased by 350% in the first quarter of 2009 compared to production in the...

Pharma's Premier EPI Database Launches New Forecast Period and Disease Indications

Rich Data Set and Easy-to-Use Web Interface Allows Users to Manipulate Data to Create Custom Epidemiological Projections PatientBase Also Offers Treatable Pools for Its Cancer Indications WALTHAM, Mass., May 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and ad...

MyMedicalRecords, Inc. Stand-Alone Audited Financial Statements for the Period Ending December 31, 2008 to be Filed with the SEC Today, Monday, May 4, 2009

LOS ANGELES, May 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MMR Information Systems, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: MMRF), which through its wholly-owned operating subsidiary, MyMedicalRecords, Inc. (collectively, "MMR") provides consumer-controlled Personal Health Records ("PHRs") ( www.mymedicalrecords.com ) and ...

Medical International Technology Inc. "MIT" announces a minimum of 6 million dollars exclusive agreement for a period of 5 years with a Malaysian Distributor for its Med-Jet(R) Needle-Free Jet-Injector

DENVER, CO, April 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Medical International Technology Inc. (MDLH. PK) ( http://www.mitcanada.ca http://www.mitinvest.ca ), is pleased to announce that its subsidiary Medical International Technologies (MIT Canada) Inc. has signed a minimum of six (6) million dollars excl...

Entry Period Opens for the 2009 HealthLeaders Media Marketing Awards Program with 11 New Categories

HealthLeaders Media is accepting entries for the 2009 HealthLeaders Media Marketing Awards Program through May 29, 2009. Campaigns launched during 2008 are eligible and may be submitted in one of 22 categories. Marblehead, MA (PRWEB) March 3, 2009 -- HealthLeaders Medi...

Device aims to decrease wait period for patients needing immunotherapy

HOUSTON - Researchers from the Children's Cancer Hospital at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center have created a device that significantly decreases the time needed to produce genetically manipulated T cells in preclinical tests for leukemia. Paul (Yoonsu) Choi, Ph.D., presente...

MAP Pharmaceuticals Announces Expiration of Hart-Scott-Rodino Waiting Period for Unit Dose Budesonide Collaboration with AstraZeneca

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Feb. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MAP Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: MAPP ) today announced that the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act for its Unit Dose Budesonide (UDB) worldwide agreement with AstraZeneca has expired, and the agreement is now effective. Under...

Video: Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Annual Enrollment Period is Halfway Over

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Medicare Today reminds seniors that the Medicare Prescription Drug Part D annual enrollment period is halfway over -- running from November 15 to December 31, 2008. The open enrollment period is an opportunity for seniors to review and change the prescription dr...

Stiefel Laboratories, Inc. Announces Expiration of Hart-Scott-Rodino Waiting Period Relating to its Proposal to Acquire Barrier Therapeutics, Inc.

CORAL GABLES, Fla., July 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Stiefel Laboratories, Inc. ("Stiefel Laboratories"), the world's largest independent pharmaceutical company specializing in dermatology, announced today that the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amende...

Hologic, Inc. Announces Grant of Early Termination of Antitrust Waiting Period for Third Wave Technologies, Inc. Tender Offer

BEDFORD, Mass., June 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Hologic, Inc. (Nasdaq: HOLX ) today announced that the Federal Trade Commission granted early termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the "HSR Act"), on June 24, 2008, in co...

Antitrust Waiting Period Expires on Allscripts-Misys Merger Agreement

Regulatory Hurdle Clears Way for Approval of Merger CHICAGO, June 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Allscripts, the leading provider of clinical software, connectivity and information solutions that physicians use to improve healthcare, announced today that the waiting period under the Har...

Profarma's Gross Revenues Reached R$ 702.6 Million in the 1st Quarter 2008, a 26.5% Growth Over the Same Period Last Year

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, May 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- One of Brazil's leading distributors of pharmaceutical products, Profarma Distribuidora de Produtos Farmaceuticos S.A. ("Profarma" or the "Company") (Bovespa: PFRM3) has just announced its results for the first quarter of 2008 (1Q08). ...

HHS Extends Comment Period on Proposed MUP/HPSA Rule

WASHINGTON, April 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Responding to public requests, HHS and the Health Resources and Services Administration have extended until May 29, 2008, the comment period on the proposed rule, "Designation of Medically Underserved Populations (MUP) and Health Professional Sho...

Yoga Journal Circulation Increases 5.8 Percent in Second Half of 2007 from Same Period Previous Year

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- According to the recently released Audit Bureau of Circulations FAS-FAX report, Yoga Journal (yogajournal.com) saw an increase of 5.8 percent paid circulation in the period from July 2007 through December 2007, from the same period in the previous year. T...

Office of Administration Extends Retired State Employees Health Benefits Enrollment Period to March 21

HARRISBURG, Pa., Feb. 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Office of Administration today announced it has extended the enrollment deadline to March 21 for retired state employees to select a new medical plan. The new plans will become effective on May 1. "We understand choosing a health care...

Wyeth and Teva Pharmaceuticals Extend the Standstill Period Relating to Teva's Launch of Generic Pantoprazole

- Settlement Possible; Significant Obstacles Remain - COLLEGEVILLE, Pa., Jan. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, a division of Wyeth (NYSE: WYE ), announced today that it has agreed with Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. to extend the standstill period previously announ...

MedicareCRM(TM) Simplifies Annual Enrollment Period for Medicare Health Plans and Beneficiaries

Headquartered in Pittsburgh, software firm specializes in Medicare health plan enrollment and compliance PITTSBURGH, Jan. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Premier Market Connections, a company specializing in technology for the health care industry, has developed a solution that benefits ...

OSHA Extends Comment Period for Lookback Review of Methylene Chloride Standard

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has reopened the public comment period for the review of its methylene chloride (MC) Standard (29 CFR section 1910.1052). The Review was originally announced in the July...

Danaher Closes Subsequent Offering Period for Tektronix; Acquires Over 90% of TEK Shares

WASHINGTON and BEAVERTON, Ore., Nov. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Danaher Corporation (NYSE: DHR ) and Tektronix, Inc. (NYSE: TEK ) jointly announced today the expiration, as of 11:59 PM, New York City time, on November 20, 2007, of the subsequent offering period in the tender offer made by ...

Profarma's Gross Revenues Reached R$ 698.2 Million in the 3rd Quarter 2007, a 31.9% Growth Over the Same Period Last Year and Net Income Rose by 94.9%, Respectively

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Nov. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- One of Brazil's leading distributors of pharmaceutical products, Profarma Distribuidora de Produtos Farmaceuticos S.A. ("Profarma" or the "Company") (Bovespa: PFRM3) has just announced its results for the third quarter of 2007 (3Q07). Pr...

Portico(TM) Systems Charts Another Period of Rapid Growth

Major Customers Accelerate Roll-outs of Portico Solution PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Portico Systems, the leader in Provider Network Management solutions, capped a nine-month period of rapid growth, with revenue climbing 67% year-over-year. Customers -- including five of the ...

Siemens Announces Early Termination of Hart-Scott-Rodino Waiting Period For Acquisition of Dade Behring Holdings, Inc.; U.S. Antitrust Clearance Achieved

NEW YORK, Sept. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Siemens Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Siemens AG (NYSE: SI ), announced today that the statutory waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, applicable to its cash tender offer for all of t...

Microtek Medical Receives Early Termination of Hart-Scott-Rodino Act Waiting Period for Its Proposed Acquisition by Ecolab

ALPHARETTA, Ga., Sept. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Microtek Medical Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: MTMD ) announced today that it has received early termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, in connection with Ecolab Inc.'s pending...

JLL Partners Announces Acceptance for Payment of Shares Tendered in PharmaNet Tender Offer and Commencement of Subsequent Offering Period

New York, March 20 /PRNewswire/ -- JLL Partners, a leading private equity investment fund ("JLL"), and PharmaNet Development Group, Inc., a leading provider of clinical development services (Nasdaq: PDGI ) ("PharmaNet"), today announced the successful completion of the tender offer by JLL Pharma...

Leading Supplemental Insurer Recommends Insurance Review Following Annual Benefit Enrollment Period

Supplemental insurance can be option to fill gaps and offset rising employee-paid healthcare costs. Chicago, IL (PRWEB) February 10, 2009 -- Now that most employers have completed their annual benefit enrollment period, Combined Insurance , a leading provider of supple...

Weight Watchers Members and Online Subscribers Lose an Estimated 4 Million Pounds in Six Week Period

The Lose For Good(TM) Campaign Reaches $1 Million Dollar Donation Goal and Collects 1.5 Million Pounds of Food for Food Banks in Need NEW YORK, Nov. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Weight Watchers (NYSE: WTW ) is pleased to announce the donation of one million...

Weight Watchers Members and Online Subscribers Lose an Estimated Million Pounds in Six Week Period

The Lose For Good(TM) Campaign Reaches $1 Million Dollar Donation Goal and Collects 1.5 Million Pounds of Food for Food Banks in Need NEW YORK, Nov. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Weight Watchers (NYSE: WTW ) is pleased to announce the donation of one million dollars to two hung...

US FDA Approves 30-Minute Onset of Action for Focalin(R) XR, Bringing Potential Benefits to ADHD Patients During Early Morning Period

Data indicate Focalin XR provides rapid and significant improvements in attention, behavior and academic productivity at 30 minutes post-dose Early onset of effect may help with school preparation in the morning as well as potentially improving academic productivity for children with ADHD ...

Antidepressant Scripts Up 16 Million Over 3-Year Period

Psychiatrists wrote 29% of new orders, followed by GPs and primary care docs, survey finds THURSDAY, July 24 (HealthDay News) -- Between 2002 and 2005, the number of prescriptions filled for antidepressant drugs increased from 154 million to 170 million, according to a report released ...

Population Health Impact Institute Releases Methods Evaluation Process(TM) (MEP(TM)) Accreditation Standards for Public Comment Period

Case Management Society of America to Sponsor MEP Workshop at Annual Conference LOVELAND, Ohio, May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- The Population Health Impact Institute (PHII), a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, today announces the opening of the public comment period fo...

BioForm Medical Announces Extension of Lock-Up Period

SAN MATEO, Calif., May 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BioForm Medical, Inc. (Nasdaq: BFRM ) announced today that lock-up agreements entered into with its underwriters in conjunction with its initial public offering will be extended 18 days beyond the Company's May 1, 2008 earnings release. The l...

The Quantum Group Announces Increased Patient Enrollment Following Medicare Advantage Open Enrollment Period

Announces business plans for patient recruitment for the balance of the year WELLINGTON, Fla., April 3, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Quantum Group, Inc. (Amex: QGP, QGP.WSA, QGP.WSB) (http://www.QuantumMD.com ) announced today that, following an open enr...

The Hanover Seeks to Cut Auto Rates by Up to 30 Percent or More; Shave Three Years Off State's Existing Six-Year Surcharge Period

- Company to Offer Innovative Coverage Options, Expand Agency Representation in Massachusetts - WORCESTER, Mass., Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (NYSE: THG ), a leading writer of auto, home and business insurance in Massachusetts, an...

Optimum Period is Five Years to Treat Osteoporosis: Study

Osteoporosis is a disease in which the bones get prominently weaker and are at a risk of getting fractured easily. Statistics show that one out of twenty people// suffer from this disease in the U.K. Women suffer from this disease more than men.Bisphosphonates are the class od drugs used to treat...

Health Care Waiting Period Waived for Evacuees from Lebanon in Ontario

Canadians returning to Ontario from Lebanon will not have to wait for access to public health care.// The provincial government has said that it will waive the mandatory three-month waiting period for OHIP coverage for the new arrivals. According to the Health Minister George Smitherman th...

Doctors to Get Pay for Limited Strike Period : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court today directed the government to release salary of the doctors who participated in the recent anti-quota stir here. // A bench of Justice Arijit Pasayat and Justice L S Panta, however, clarified that the medicos will get salary only from May 14 to 30, the day the Apex court ...