The H7N9 bird flu virus does not yet have the ability to easily infect people, a new study indicates. The findings contradict some previous research suggesting that H7N9 poses an imminent threat of causing a global pandemic. The H7N9 ...
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Receptos, a biopharmaceutical company, has announced that Ono Pharmaceuticals has elected to amend and expand the existing collaboration agreement between the parties to include transfer to Ono of the Receptos G-protein-coupled receptor ...
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A "misfire" is the way Eric Topol, MD, describes 23andMe's recent regulatory tussle with the FDA, which resulted in the Silicon Valley-based company halting sales for now of its health-related genetic test analysis. Speaking with MPMN ...
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Scanadu-a Silicon Valley-based startup seeking to commercialize a real-life version of a Star Trek tricorder- has recently raised $10.5 million in a Series A venture capital round, the company said Tuesday. The company is among the nearly ...
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Rich Boehne is ready for scorn or doubt from other broadcasters in the face of his unprecedented TV paywall. The president and CEO of the E.W. Scripps Co., which announced on Thursday that it would launch a digital subscription model ...
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The sound you heard Thursday afternoon was a whole lot of broadcasters' jaws hitting the floor upon news of a first-ever local TV news paywall. What a welcome thing it was; there's nothing like the sound of complacency being shattered. ...
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The popular DecodeDC podcast is now a crucial part of the E.W. Scripps Co.'s efforts to push to its D.C. bureau into the world of daily - and digital - political reporting. Scripps acquired DecodeDC for an undisclosed sum in October and ...
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J. C. Penney Company, Inc. announced a series of actions related to its Board of Directors. First, William A. Ackman of Pershing Square Capital Management has resigned from the Board effective Aug. 12, 2013. The Company also announced ...
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Pharmaceutical research and development company Serina Therapeutics has partnered with the Scripps Research Institute to jointly develop polymer-antibody drug conjugates (Polymer-ADCs). Terms and financial details of the deal have not ...
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Eisai has announced the availability of Belviq (lorcaserin HCl) CIV tablets in the US, which is designed for chronic weight management in adults who are overweight with a comorbidity or obesity. Indicated for people with body mass ...
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ChemRar Ventures has entered into scouting agreement with Sanofi for a venture investment in Russia and Asia. As per the agreement, ChemRar Ventures will source early and late stage compounds within a certain defined area of Sanofi's ...
While electronic medical records (EMR) may contain your health information, most physicians think you should only be able to add information to them, not get access to all of their contents. A survey released this week at the HIMSS ...
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There will come a day in the not-so-distant future when physicians take a back seat in healthcare, and where patients will have the mobile tools to diagnose, and in some cases, treat themselves. That was the summation of a keynote speech ...
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If you're a fan of "Cupcake Wars," House Hunters," or "Bizarre Foods," you'll be interested in today's Amazon news: The company has announced a deal to carry shows from Scripps Networks Interactive, which owns Cooking Channel, DIY Network, ...
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US-based nonprofit integrated health system Scripps Health has chosen Wolters Kluwer Health's order set authoring and management solution to provide its clinicians with evidence-based order sets at the point of care. The ProVation Order ...