Compirion Helps Baxter Regional Medical Center Achieve Patient Satisfaction Rankings in the Top 5th Percentile Nationally

MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark., May 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Baxter Regional Medical Center has recently reached the top fifth percentile ranking for patient satisfaction , in the National Database after a 6-month long improvement project in the Emergency Department. They have also reached number one in Arkansas...

LegalView Informs Baxter Heparin Patients of New Testing Standards for Blood Thinner Following Deaths From Previous Contamination

LegalView recently reported on new Baxter Heparin testing standards that are to be implemented this year and will ensure the blood thinner's safety following several deaths after the contaminated drug was used on patients, according to Bloomberg News.The tainted blood thinner was found to have an...

LegalView Updates its Baxter Heparin Information Portal with Conflicting News Reports on the Possible Dangers

LegalView informed individuals of recent conflicting news reports on the ongoing Baxter Heparin blood thinner controversy. The FDA has claimed that Baxter's Heparin was not the cause of death among several patients, but the agency has also alleged that that the tainted blood thinner likely did ca...

Nektar Announces Agreement With Baxter to Develop New PEGylated Therapeutics for Hemophilia

Companies Build on Existing Collaboration For Long Acting Blood Clotting Factors For Hemophilia SAN CARLOS, Calif., Dec. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nektar Therapeutics (Nasdaq: NKTR ) today announced a new agreement with subsidiaries of Baxter International Inc. to d...

'Sharing Miracles' Television Program to Feature Emmy Award-Nominated Actress Meredith Baxter

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Each Sunday throughout February, Sharing Miracles , a 30-minute public affairs television program that tells the compelling and inspirational stories of real patients, will feature television actress Meredith Baxter, who starred as mother Elys...

Fran Lunger Joins Linden as Operating Partner

...d a joint venture with U.S. Surgical (Covidien) for the development of laparoscopic surgical instruments. Mr. Lunger started his healthcare career at baxter International where he worked on the team that built Travenol into a $600 million business. Mr. Lunger currently serves on the Board of Directors for...

New Alzheimer's Treatment Could Be on the Horizon

...percent of those treated with IVIg developed Alzheimer's disease, compared with 4.8 percent of those not treated. The study was funded in part by baxter Bioscience, part of the pharmaceutical company that makes IVIg, and one of the four study authors worked for the company. The findings are published i...

Compirion Healthcare Sponsors Webinar on 7 Mistakes That Lower Patient Satisfaction Scores

... This webinar is presented by one of Compirion's top experts, Director of Consulting Services David Northern. Northern recently finished a project at baxter Regional Medical Center, Mountain Home, Arkansas, where he helped raise Patient Satisfaction scores to the top fifth percentile in the national databa...

Kenneth Kensey, Inventor of the Angio-Seal(R), Dies at 58

...ave contributed to saving millions of lives. During his tenure as CEO of Kensey-Nash, Kensey was instrumental in facilitating joint ventures with baxter Health Care, Johnson & Johnson, American Home Products, Cordis, and Tyco Medical. In 1998, Kensey left Kensey-Nash to form Rheologics, In...

Boston Scientific Announces Retirement of Jim Tobin and Appointment of Ray Elliott as New President and CEO

...President of the food and beverage company John Labatt Ltd. He began his career in the health care industry with American Hospital Supply Corp. - now baxter International Inc. - where he served for 15 years in sales, marketing, operations, business development and general management positions, leading to h...

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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Completes Funding of 2006 Contract Award to CSC's DVC and Baxter

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. and DEERFIELD, Ill., Nov. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Computer Sciences Corporation (NYSE: CSC ) today announced that DynPort Vaccine Company LLC (DVC), a CSC company, in conjunction with Baxter International Inc. (NYSE: BAX ), has received a $201.2 million contract modification fr...

Study Shows GSK's Novel Diabetes Treatment SYNCRIA(R) (albiglutide) Improves Glucose Control and Reduces Weight

...Davies (020) 8047 5503 US Analyst/ Investor enquiries: Tom Curry (215) 751 5419 Jen Hill baxter (215) 751 7002 Cautionary statement regarding forward-looking statements Under the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Li...

Large, Long-Term Study Shows Avandia Has No Increased Overall Cardiovascular Risk Compared to Other Commonly Used Diabetes Medicines

...Gary Davies (020) 8047 5503 US Analyst/ Investor enquiries: Tom Curry (215) 751 5419 Jen baxter (215) 751 7702 Cautionary statement regarding forward-looking statements Under the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Secur...

FDA Advisory Panel Makes Favorable Recommendation for GlaxoSmithKline and Genmab's ARZERRA(TM) (ofatumumab)

...y Davies (020) 8047 5503 US Analyst/ Investor Tom Curry (215) 751 5419 enquiries: Jen Hill baxter (215) 751 7002 Genmab Enquiries: Director, Investor Relations Helle Husted T +45 33 44 77 30 ...

Innocoll Announces Dosing of Last Patient in Second US Phase 3 Clinical Trial to Investigate GENTAMICIN SURGICAL IMPLANT for Prevention of Surgical Site Infections in Colorectal Surgery Patients

..., CollaRx(R) and Liquicoll(R). Innocoll has licensed its US marketing rights to its lead product, CollaRx GENTAMICIN SURGICAL IMPLANT to a division of baxter International Inc (NYSE: BAX ). The product is currently in phase 3 development in the US for the prevention of surgical site infections. It is app...

Poniard Pharmaceuticals Reports Fourth Quarter and Year End 2008 Financial Results and Provides a Corporate Update

...opment of an oral formulation of the drug. Commercial Product Supply: In November, Poniard announced an agreement with baxter Oncology GmbH for the commercial manufacture and supply of injectable picoplatin drug product. An agreement with W. C. Heraeus GmbH was established i...

Innocoll Announces Dosing of Last Patient in US Phase 3 Clinical Trial to Investigate GENTAMICIN SURGICAL IMPLANT for Prevention of Surgical Site Infections in Cardiac Surgery Patients

...arketing rights to its lead product, CollaRx GENTAMICIN SURGICAL IMPLANT to baxter Healthcare, a division of baxter International Inc (NYSE: BAX ) The product is currently in phase 3 develo...

Halozyme Therapeutics Begins Phase 1 Clinical Trial of Bisphosphonate Administered With rHuPH20 Enzyme

...y to Roche's biological therapeutic compounds for up to 13 targets and with baxter to apply Enhanze Technology to Baxter's biological therapeutic compound, GA...d dispersion of other injected drugs and fluids. HYLENEX is partnered with baxter International Inc. Halozyme also has a number of different enzymes in its ...

Halozyme Therapeutics Announces Roche Begins Phase 1 Clinical Trial and Selects Fourth Exclusive Biologic Target

...f biologics. Its key partnerships are with Roche to apply Enhanze Technology to Roche's biological therapeutic compounds for up to 13 targets and with baxter to apply Enhanze Technology to Baxter's biological therapeutic product, GAMMAGARD LIQUID 10%. In addition, the company has received FDA approval for t...

Poniard Pharmaceuticals Announces Management Changes and Focus on Development and Commercialization of Picoplatin

... committed to focusing our resources on the development and commercialization of picoplatin, as is underscored by the commercial supply agreement with baxter Oncology GmbH that we announced yesterday. We believe that picoplatin is a platform product with the potential to treat multiple tumor types. This is...

Baxter in Medical Products

HK Liposuction Aspiration Pump

Description:... The HK Surgical state of the art Aspirator offers superior high speed powered suction performance. It can accommodate up to 5 baxter Canisters or 2 Abbott/Sorenson Canisters, eliminating time consuming canister changes. The HK Surgical Aspirator is designed for powerful performance ...
Company:HK Surgical

Omni~Neb Nebulizer™

Features:... lpm 80/20 HE/02 and boost to 21cc / hour output. 50 ml anti-spill reservoir can provide up to four hours CNT. Use with any T-piece (spring loaded baxter type included). Packaged 25 per case (nebulizer only, adult or pediatric kit). Kits include nebulizer, aerosol mask and connective tubing. ...
Company:B&B Medical Technologies, Inc.

OMNI~NEB Nebulizer Pediatric Kit

Features:... lpm 80/20 HE/02 and boost to 21cc / hour output. 50 ml anti-spill reservoir can provide up to four hours CNT. Use with any T-piece (spring loaded baxter type included). Packaged 25 per case (nebulizer only, adult or pediatric kit). Kits include nebulizer, aerosol mask and connective tubing. ...
Company:B&B Medical Technologies, Inc.

OMNI~NEB Nebulizer Adult Kit

Features:... lpm 80/20 HE/02 and boost to 21cc / hour output. 50 ml anti-spill reservoir can provide up to four hours CNT. Use with any T-piece (spring loaded baxter type included). Packaged 25 per case (nebulizer only, adult or pediatric kit). Kits include nebulizer, aerosol mask and connective tubing. ...
Company:B&B Medical Technologies, Inc.

FLO-GARD 6201 Volumetric Infusion Pump

Features:...n deliver 1-99.9 mL/hr in increments of 0.1 mL/hr. Automatic Restart once occlusion clears. Automatic Piggybacking of secondary medications. Uses baxter standard IV administration sets that eliminates the need for costly disposable sets and reduces the potential for waste. ...
Company:Baxter Healthcare

FLO-GARD 6301 Dual-Channel Volumetric Infusion Pump

Features:... deliver 1-99.9 mL/hr in increments of 0.1 mL/hr . Automatic Restart once occlusion clears. Automatic Piggybacking of secondary medications. Uses baxter standard IV administration sets that eliminates the need for costly disposable sets and reduces the potential for waste. ...
Company:Baxter Healthcare

Baxter in Medical Definition

Babies switched at birth

...evice in Veronica Mars (the characters Cindy "Mac" Mackenzie and Madison Sinclair ), in Neighbours (the characters Bree Timmins and Anne baxter ), and in The Young and the Restless (several times, including the characters Cane Ashby and Phillip Chancellor III , and the children of Laur...

Baxter in Medical Dictionary

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Baxter in Biological News

Stanford scientists turn adult skin cells into muscle and vice versa

...au, Ph.D., the senior scientist involved in the study, Associate Editor of The FASEB Journal , Member of the Stem Cell Institute, and Director of the baxter Laboratory in Genetic Pharmacology at Stanford. "We show here that mature cells can be directly reprogrammed to generate those necessary cells, provid...

MIT-led teams unravel heparin death mystery

...aminated heparin came from factories in China that manufacture the drug for baxter International. baxter recalled its heparin in February after dozens of deaths were reported, dati...

Inflammation triggers cell fusions that could protect neurons, Stanford research shows

...unexpected," said senior author Helen Blau, PhD, the Donald E. and Delia B. baxter Professor and director of the baxter Laboratory in Genetic Pharmacology. "We're getting hints that this might be...

UW launches study testing adult stem cells for heart damage repair

...in the study, which is sponsored by the Cellular Therapies business unit of baxter Healthcare Corporation. baxter technology is used to select the subject's own CD34+ stem cells that are un...

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Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announces License Agreement with Baxter International Inc.

VANCOUVER, March 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANPI , TSX: ANP) today announced it has completed an Amended and Restated Distribution and License Agreement with its partner Baxter International Inc. (Baxter). As consideration for the Amended and Restated Di...

Halozyme Receives $5.5 Million Payment From Baxter

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: HALO ), a biopharmaceutical company developing and commercializing products targeting the extracellular matrix for the endocrinology, oncology, dermatology, and drug delivery markets, today announced receipt of $5.5...

AmeriCares Presents 'Power of Partnership' Award to Baxter

STAMFORD, Conn., Nov. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AmeriCares has awarded its annual "Power of Partnership" award to Baxter International Inc., a global biotechnology, medical device and specialty pharmaceutical company. Baxter was recognized today at the Healthcare Distribution Management Ass...

Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announces financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2009

... 85,114 85,114 --------------------------------- --------------------------------------- a. One time payment from baxter Healthcare Corporation in lieu of future royalty payments on licensed technology and non-recurring, non- operating license revenue. ...

Amgen to Collaborate With GlaxoSmithKline to Commercialize Denosumab in Europe for Postmenopausal Osteoporosis (PMO)

... (020) 8047 5503 US Analyst/ Investor enquiries: Tom Curry (215) 751 5419 Jen Hill baxter (215) 751 7002 (1) Secular data (2) Johnell O, Kanis JA. An estimate of the worldwide prevalence and disability associa...

Novavax Appoints Stanley Erck to Board of Directors

...pt, a publicly traded immunology company, Vice President of Corporate Development at Integrated Genetics (now Genzyme), and in management positions at baxter International. His appointment brings the number of Novavax board members to nine. John Lambert, Chairman of the Board of Novavax, stated: "We ...

Innocoll Announces Provisional Findings From Its Three Phase 2 Clinical Trials Investigating CollaRx(R) GENTAMICIN TOPICAL for the Treatment and Prevention of Diabetic Foot Infections

...arketing rights to its lead product, CollaRx GENTAMICIN SURGICAL IMPLANT to baxter Healthcare, a division of baxter International Inc (NYSE: BAX ) The product is currently in phase 3 develo...

Biomedical Sciences Companies Expanding in Asia Invested More Than US$500 Million in Singapore

...new processes from the R&D bench to full-scale manufacturing. Marking a new milestone in its successful 31-year partnership with Singapore, baxter Biosciences recently held a ground-breaking ceremony for a biopharmaceutical manufacturing plant for biologics and recombinant therapy. This facility ...

Bioniche Pharma Launches Enlon(R) and Enlon-Plus(R) Injection

...sionals," said Steve Thornton, CEO, Bioniche Pharma. Bioniche purchased the rights and certain assets related to the Enlon (R) product line from baxter Corporation, which discontinued Enlon (R) in February 2008. According to IMS data, 2007 sales of Enlon (R) and Enlon-Plus(R) totaled $2,727,000 and ...

Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announces financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2009

...ue of $25 million received from our partner baxter International Inc. ("Baxter") relating to o...ted Distribution and License Agreement with baxter as announced on March 31, 2009, a $10.5 mil...red into a Distribution and License Agreement with baxter in 2003 relating to certain intellectual property ...