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Federal Vaccine Court Rulings Against Autism Families Due to Government's Refusal to Fund Sound Science

"One more reason to distrust the government's vaccine program," says SafeMinds. WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Autism advocacy organization SafeMinds regrets today's court ruling against three families who argued that vaccination contributed to their child's autism. The denia...

Valeant Grants Schering-Plough Exclusive Option in Japan for Taribavirin in Exchange for Release of Last Right of Refusal

ALISO VIEJO, Calif., June 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Valeant Pharmaceuticals International (NYSE: VRX ) announced today that it has entered into an exclusive option agreement with Schering-Plough (NYSE: SGP ) for taribavirin in Japan. In exchange for the exclusive option, Schering-Plough has...

Study Finds Reason About Brains Refusal to Change Brands

A new study has revealed the reason behind peoples loyalty to one product, even in the presence of better alternatives. A significant new study from the Journal of Consumer Research has identified a mechanism called cognitive lock-in as an influential determinant of peoples choices. ...

A Man Taken To Court Due to His Refusal to Leave the Hospital

An elderly man was ordered to vacate the hospital bed that he had been occupying for the past three years. The high court passed out ruling because this man refused to leave the hospital even though he needed no medical or nursing care.// Mr. Justice Wilkie gave the 72-year-old man 14 ...

NHS Says Government Advice Behind Refusal of Cancer Drug

NHS chiefs have informed a court that they took the advice of the government in refusing to provide the breast cancer drug Herceptin to a mother of three children. Swindon NHS chiefs said that the denial of the drug to Ann Marie Rogers was issued after taking advice from their superiors.// Herc...

US Senate Approves Embryo-research Plan Despite President's Refusal

The US Senate voted to expand federal funding for research on new human embryonic stem cells, setting the stage for George W. Bush's first veto of his presidency.// The 63-37 vote followed two days of debate that pitted the promise of new disease cures against deep questions of conscience, es...

Judge Sues Blue Cross for Autism Treatment

...th after another challenge to Blue Cross' wrongful refusal to pay for autism therapy resulted in Blue Cross p...was the first successful challenge to an insurer's refusal to pay for applied behavioral analysis, and the fa...uit filed by Judge Matthews challenges Blue Cross' refusal to authorize this treatment at a similarly credent...

Nurses File Cal-OSHA Complaint After Hospital Refuses to Supply Swine Flu Masks for Units with Infected Patients

...orted any shortage, and other hospitals are able to provide their nurses with this safety protection. "Sutter Health is an outlier with their refusal to protect nurses against the H1N1 virus. They must immediately move to safeguard these nurses, because we have a very busy and deadly flu season com...

Increasing Diagnosis Rates and Growing Use of Key Agents Such as Pfizer's Lyrica Will Drive Eight Percent Annual Growth in the Fibromyalgia Drug Market Through 2018

...l for fibromyalgia," said Decision Resources Analyst Andrea Buurma, B.A. "Although the decision for Savella has not been made yet, regulators' initial refusal to recommend Lyrica's and Cymbalta's marketing authorizations for fibromyalgia indicates more rigorous standards in this region -- it is not clear whe...

Senetek PLC Gains Six Year Extension of Rights from Czech Republic Institute of Experimental Botany

...e Institute and the right to co-exploit with the Institute any cytokinins that Senetek does not elect to in-license. Senetek also has a right of first refusal before the Institute can license any of its non-cytokinin compounds to any third party for cosmeceutical or anti-aging dermatological applications. In...

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Cell Therapeutics Announces that the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Completes Enrollment in Phase II Clinical Trial of Brostallicin as First Line Therapy for Advanced or Metastatic Soft Tissue Sarcoma

...ment cycles, unless the patient withdrew before completion of treatment due to disease progression, drug related event, concurrent illness, or patient refusal to continue therapy. A patient's tumor will be re-evaluated every 6 weeks during treatment, and at least 4 weeks after the first observation of a comp...

More Than 1.5 Million Americans Sickened, Injured or Killed by Medication Errors Each Year; Seniors Most at Risk

...t epidemic includes adverse drug reactions, polypharmacy dangers (the use of multiple prescription drugs simultaneously) and noncompliance (failure or refusal to properly take prescribed medications). The effects are staggering: -- Adverse drug reaction is estimated as the 4th largest cause of death ...

Interview of the Vice President

...fiscal year, and I think -- I look at that and see that as an indication in terms of their capacity to function as not a good indicator. I think the refusal to move the war supplemental to support the troops until after the first of the year is a mistake. I say that in part as a former Secretary of Defense...

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Meconium

...ses a meconium stool before birth, the amniotic fluid is stained. Failure to pass meconium combined with progressive abdominal distention, refusal ... He did not pass meconium after birth, and he had the onset of vomiting on ... Penn State Children's Hospital provides world class care and...

Iatrogenic

...genic is listed as a pathophysiologic mechanism, or ... ... DNR orders in iatrogenic settings, however, gains little ... Overriding a patient's refusal of treatment after an iatrogenic complication. N Engl J Med. ... Statistics about Iatrogenic pneumothorax as a medical condition including...

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Study: Health undervalued in reproductive rights debate

...regnancy," she said. "In these situations, you can see a direct clash between women's health and assertions of religious freedom. Increased pharmacist refusal to provide contraception and other actions like it are exactly what reproductive health advocates fear happening nationwide if conscience clauses beco...

Vaccines and autism: Many hypotheses, but no correlation

...en's Hospital of Philadelphia. Fears about vaccines are pushing down immunization rates and having a real impact on public health, he added. Vaccine refusal is contributing to the current increase in Haemophilus influenzae cases in Minnesotaincluding the death of one childand was a factor in last year's me...

Learning how to say 'no' to alcohol advertising and peer pressure works for inner-city adolescents

...reducing their likelihood of drinking. Armed with media resistance and peer refusal skills (saying "no"), these students were less likely to succumb to adverti...prevention programs that teach adolescents media resistance skills and peer refusal skills to reduce the likelihood that they will succumb to the powerful dual...

Federal testing for mad cow disease a failure, law review editor says

...ent's mad cow disease-testing program is wholly inadequate and the agency's refusal to let processors do their own testing further undercuts the safety of Amer...ore they are slaughtered. Compounding USDA's lax practices has been its refusal to allow beef processors to independently test cattle for mad cow disease. ...

FDA Warns Consumers Not to Use Home-Use Diagnostic Kits Marketed by Globus Media

... an import alert which alerts FDA field personnel to the possible importation of the Globus Media devices, provides guidance as to their detention and refusal of admission into the U.S., and also advises U.S. Customs officials about these products. ...

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China Biologic Products Completes Acquisition of 35% Interest in Xi'an Huitian Blood Products Co., Ltd.

...es have agreed not to sell their equity interests in Huitian to a third party within the next five years, and have given each other the right of first refusal thereafter. China Biologic plans to expand Huitian's plasma collection capacity in Shaanxi Province and eventually acquire the remaining interest fro...

Investor Group Files Complaint With Irish Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Against Named Directors of Trinity Biotech

...ligations to respond to shareholder requests for the calling of an EGM (Extraordinary General Meeting). We are particularly displeased by the board's refusal to provide periodic notification of changes in registered ownership of company shares, which we view as a basic right protected under Irish securities...

Progen Concedes Shareholder Requisitioned Meeting

...n full share buyback; and - persists with high risk, high funding, Avexa merger proposal. -- Shareholders denied single meeting with refusal to align meeting dates Shareholder Meeting scheduled for 27 March 2009 MELBOURNE, Australia, Feb. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- A general m...

Panda Ethanol's Hereford, Texas Subsidiary Files Voluntary Chapter 11

...the bankruptcy court. The bankruptcy filing does not include Panda Ethanol, the parent company of the Hereford subsidiary, and was precipitated by the refusal of one of the project's leading banks to fund its loans, which the company believes is a breach of the bank's financial commitment. Although the ...

Trinity Biotech Investor Group Initiates Campaign of ADR Conversion to Force a Special Meeting of Shareholders

...company ADRs to ordinary shares to bring about a special meeting of shareholders to consider a change in the board. This campaign follows the recent refusal by Trinity Biotech directors to honor an earlier request by a group of ADR holders for the calling of a special meeting of shareholders to consider th...

Trinity Biotech Management Refuses to Honor Call for a Special Meeting of Shareholders

... call the special meeting as requested. In their refusal letter, the Trinity Biotech directors stated that ...all the meeting. Commenting on Trinity Biotech's refusal to call the special meeting, Mr. Reidy stated that...der Irish law to convene the meeting. Management's refusal letter was silent regarding these alternative step...

China Biologic Products Enters Into Agreement to Acquire 35% Interest in Xi'an Huitian Blood Products Co., Ltd. and Introduces Preliminary Guidance for 2009

...th parties have agreed not to sell their equity interests in Huitian to a third party within the next five years, giving each other the right of first refusal thereafter. China Biologic plans to expand Huitian's plasma collection capacity in Shaanxi Province and eventually acquire the remaining interest from...

Protein Sciences Responds to Emergent BioSolutions Lawsuit

... PSC. The lawsuit was filed after PSC had notified EBS of the cure of the alleged loan default. The reason for, and timing of, EBS's lawsuit and its refusal to honor its agreement to adequately fund PSC are manifest. EBS is determined to try to destroy the value of PSC and force PSC into bankruptcy. Part o...

Biovail Concerned Shareholders Want Open Debate

...areholders of Biovail Corporation (NYSE: BVF )(TSX: BVF) said today that a refusal by Biovail CEO William Wells to participate in a debate with Bruce Brydon, ...he is afraid to show -- one-on-one -- his lack of knowledge." Mr. Wells's refusal to debate comes on the heels of an analysis by Glass Lewis & Co. that sharp...

Addrenex Pharmaceuticals Reaches Milestone with Filing of NDA for First Product, CloniBID, to Treat Hypertension

...ed a $6 million equity stake in Addrenex, with the potential for an additional $11 million in milestone payments. Sciele also holds the first right of refusal to market Addrenex's future products in the areas of pediatrics, women's health, cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. The agreement with Sciele in...

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Transition

...ransition tag is a tool used by National Football League teams to retain unrestricted free agents. It guarantees the original club the right of first refusal to match any offer the player may make with another team. The transition tag can be used once a year by each... Transition's main focus has alw...