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Category: Healthcare Industry
Gilead Sciences Stock: What Could Go Wrong?
Intense competition and clinical trial failures could be among the headwinds that weigh down the company’s share price in 2017. shares have tumbled over the past year.
Exercise Often Declines After Cancer Diagnosis
… to help cancer patients maintain their physical activity are rare. “There need to be more exercise programs within health centers and in gyms to provide cancer patients with guidance to help them remain physically active,” Mao said. “Physical …
Exercise Often Declines After Cancer Diagnosis
… to help cancer patients maintain their physical activity are rare. “There need to be more exercise programs within health centers and in gyms to provide cancer patients with guidance to help them remain physically active,” Mao said. “Physical …
Philips and Banner Health Sign 15-Year Agreement to Extend Successful …
Philips and Banner Health Sign 15-Year Agreement to Extend Successful Connected Healthcare Programs, Transforming Care and Lowering Costs, While Improving Quality Royal Philips a leading health technology company, and Arizona-based Banner Health, today announced a multi-year partnership intended to further innovate and expand on their successful joint connected healthcare programs such as the Intensive Ambulatory Care pilot knowledge and research in connected care and population health management and Banner’s deep clinical and operational insights to identify and deliver integrated solutions that are intended to improve the health of Banner’s patients.
A test to evaluate Hepatitis B therapy launched by Quest Diagnostics
… the virus. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), chronic Hepatitis B can lead to serious health issues, including cirrhosis or liver cancer.
Top Biotech Stocks to Buy in 2017
Many individual biotech stocks have performed far worse. One bright side to all of that selling is that a handful of high-quality biotech stocks are currently trading for attractive prices.
US: Andrew Wakefield, vaccine skeptic, attends inaugural ball
Controversial vaccine skeptic Andrew Wakefieldattended one of President Trump’s inaugural balls late Friday, prompting a flood of mostly negative reaction on social media, with many commenters raising concerns that his discredited ideas will gain traction in the new administration. Wakefield, who helped launch the anti-vaccine movement with a fraudulent study linking vaccines to autism, posted a Periscope video from one of the balls, calling for an overhaul of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Banzhoff lawsuit prompts questions about Concord Hospital health outcomes
… and Community Affairs Executive Director Pamela Puleo said the hospital does not have specific policies guiding health providers on best practices with imaging or the use of CAT scans. “The hospital itself doesn’t provide policies or guidance on …
Yuma part of Medicare coordination experiment
As Medicare launches changes for how it pays for heart attacks and hip fractures to promote quality and contain costs, select areas such as Yuma were chosen to test these modifications. Under the revamps, doctors, hospitals and rehab centers are being encouraged to coordinate care.
Press release distribution, EDGAR filing, XBRL, regulatory filings
Senior management will host a conference c… Global Aortic Aneurysm Repair Devices Market 2017 – Forecast to 2023: Market is Expected to Grow to Reach $3,448.2 Million – Research and Markets )–Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Aortic Aneurysm Repair Devices Global Market – Forecast to 2023” report to their offering. The Aortic Aneurysm Repai… )–Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Global Platelet Rich Plasma Market: Trend Analysis and Forecast to 2022” report to their offering.
Report of Severe Adverse Effects of MS Drug Alemtuzumab
The multiple sclerosis therapy alemtuzumab–marketed in the United States as Lemtrada –may trigger severe, unpredictable adverse effects, according to German researchers. Writing in Lancet Neurology , the scientists report on two patients in whom the infusion of alemtuzumab significantly worsened symptoms.
Why Bristol-Myers Squibb Co Stock Is Slipping Today
An announcement that it won’t seek accelerated approval for a combination lung cancer therapy comprised of two key drugs isn’t sitting well with the market in light of Merck & Co. ‘s Lung cancer might not be the most common malignancy, but it is the deadliest.
Shocker: Donald Trump isna t kicking this guy to the curb
… sticking around for a bit from the Obama administration: Francis Collins, the director of the National Institutes of Health. NIH announced on Thursday that Collins would be held over, and did not provide any additional details. Collins was appointed …
Bristol-Myers Squibb stock sinks 7.2% after it says it won’t pursue…
The company said the decision was made “based on a review of the data available at this time,” and said it would say no more “in order to protect the integrity of ongoing registrational studies.” Leerink analyst Seamus Fernandez said the development was a “clear setback for BMY,” especially given a fall approval by rival drugmaker Merck in first-line lung cancer.
Don’t sacrifice Ohio’s health care gains through haphazard Obamacare repeal – James Misak: Speaking about health care
… Beginning in 2010, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (aka ACA, aka Obamacare) initiated two major health insurance expansions: individual health insurance exchanges combined with subsidies to help middle-income families buy private …
Bristol-Myers Falls Further Behind Merck in Lung Cancer Race
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. fell after the drugmaker said it wouldn’t seek accelerated approval for a combination of its drugs to treat first-line lung cancer.
Gilead Release: EMA Validates Company??’s Marketing Authorization…
… The review will follow an accelerated procedure reserved for medicinal products expected to be of major public health interest. Gilead also submitted a New Drug Application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for SOF/VEL/VOX on December …
Stop Staring: Here’s How to Know If Your Poop Is Normal
… people don’t talk about it all that much. (Probably for the best). Still, there are a lot of things you can learn (health-wise, at least) from what’s going on in your bowels. So it’s completely natural that you’d want to know if your poop habits are …
Brokerages Set Neurocrine Biosciences Inc. (NBIX) Price Target at $66.09
… two lead late-stage clinical programs are Elagolix, a gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonist for women’s health that is partnered with AbbVie Inc (AbbVie), and NBI-98854 (valbenazine), a vesicular monoamine transporter 2 (VMAT2) inhibitor …
MSD for Mothers Commits $10 Million and Business Expertise to the…
MSD for Mothers Commits $10 Million and Business Expertise to the Global Financing Facility to Help End Preventable Deaths of Mothers MSD, known as Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, N.J., U.S.A., inside the United States and Canada, announced today its $10 million commitment to the Global Financing Facility in support of Every Woman Every Child to improve maternal and child health in low- and lower-middle-income countries worldwide through its MSD for Mothers initiative.
Legionella Testing Market – Global Industry Analysis and Forecast 2016 – 2023
… the disease and outbreaks of the infection in the developing countries. For an instance, according to the National Health Service (NHS), it was estimated that approximately 10 to 15% of people with Legionella infection would die due to severe …
Feds: McKeeson agrees to pay $150M in pill shipment case
… latest distributor to agree to settlements in West Virginia over painkiller shipments. Earlier this month, Cardinal Health agreed to pay $20 million and AmerisourceBergen will pay $16 million to settle a lawsuit filed by West Virginia alleging they …
EXACT Sciences Release: Company Grants Inducement Restricted Stock…
… and services; the acceptance of our products and services by patients and healthcare providers; the willingness of health insurance companies and other payors to cover CologuardA and reimburse us for our performance of the Cologuard test; the amount …
Should Investors Bet on Gilead Sciences Version 3.0?
Intercept Pharmaceuticals’ presentation at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference could give a sneak peek at the future for Gilead Sciences. CEO Mark Pruzanski presented late Wednesday at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference.
How surgical weight loss is saving lives
Weight loss surgery is known to help people battling severe obesity lose weight, but it also saves lives by helping patients defeat diseases associated with obesity. Studies show that weight loss surgery helps resolve many weight-related health problems such as diabetes, high blood pressure, heartburn and sleep apnea, said Dr. Hamilton S. Le, medical director of the INTEGRIS Weight Loss Center.
Orthopedic Devices Market: Trend, Opportunities, Segmentation , Analysis and Forecast to 2021
WiseGuyReports.com adds “Orthopedic Devices Market 2017 Global Analysis,Growth,Trend, Opportunities Research Report Forecasting to 2021″reports to its database. PUNE, INDIA, January 13, 2017 / EINPresswire.com / — Orthopedic Devices : Summary: Orthopedic device can be defined as medical device used to replace the damaged or misplaced bone in order to improve the function of skeleton and reduce pain due to problems associated with injury/defect.
CVS generic competitor to EpiPen, sold at a 6th the price
Health insurance giant Cigna said it will no longer cover Mylan’s EpiPen, which had been subject the a controversial price hike in 2016. Amid the negative press, Mylan ended up offering a coupon to reduce the drug’s price.
CVS puts out generic competitor to EpiPen at a 6th the price
… generic version of Adrenaclick, a lesser-known treatment compared to EpiPen, which can cost more than $600. CVS Health Corp., the nation’s second-largest drugstore chain, says it cut the price it charges for the generic version of Adrenaclick nearly …
Rural Americans are more likely to die from the top 5 causes of death
… with lower rates of physical activity. They also don’t use seat belts as often. They typically have less access to health care and are less likely to have health insurance. Age-adjusted death rates for people of all ages in the United States for the …
This might be how stress, heart attacks are linked
Scientists have long known that stress can influence your heart health, but exactly how this relationship takes place has been something of a mystery — until now. Activity in the amygdala, a region of the brain associated with fear and stress, can predict your risk for heart disease and stroke, according to a study published in the journal The Lancet on Wednesday.
Men who eat lots of red meat are at risk for a painful gut disorder
… lining of the colon; over half of Americans aged 60 and older have them, according to the U.S. National Institutes of Health. Most people who have these pouches suffer no problems, but around 5 percent develop diverticulitis — where the pouches …
This might be how stress and heart attacks are linked
Scientists have long known that stress can influence your heart health, but exactly how this relationship takes place has been something of a mystery – until now. Activity in the amygdala, a region of the brain associated with fear and stress, can predict your risk for heart disease and stroke, according to a study published in the journal The Lancet on Wednesday.
This Dividend Anchor Could Return More Than 23% In 2017
Pfizer has been on a roll lately, recently announcing successful top-line results for its third biosimilar in the last four months. The success of its biosimilar initiatives could potentially give Pfizer a secure foothold in the biosimilars market, which could grow to $20 billion in just three years.
U.S. FDA Accepts Biologics License Application (BLA) for Mylan and…
… pharmaceutical ingredients. Every member of our more than 35,000-strong workforce is dedicated to creating better health for a better world, one person at a time. Learn more at mylan.com largest and fully-integrated, innovation-led biopharmaceutical …
For Merck, Keytruda Is ‘Extraordinarily Positive’ : More Squawk From Jim Cramer
Merck’s lung cancer treatment will get a speedy review by the FDA, but it ‘knows better than to go out and give false hope,’ TheStreet’s Jim Cramer said. Shares of Merck were higher in late morning trading Wednesday, after the company announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration would make a decision by May 10 on its lung cancer treatment that combines the immune system-boosting drug Keytruda with chemotherapy.
Here Is Why Red-Hot Alexion Is Only Suitable for Risk Takers Now
This drug maker has risen more than 17% this year. But investors may want to say cautious, unless they are super-aggressive.
Drug company exec: ‘We’re hated’ for a reason
… to advance that idea, with Republican majorities in Congress and conservative Tom Price as head of the Department of Health and Human Services. But Trump, known for his populist appeal, may push for other measure putting downward pressure on …
Drug company exec: ‘We’re hated’ for a reason
… to advance that idea, with Republican majorities in Congress and conservative Tom Price as head of the Department of Health and Human Services. But Trump, known for his populist appeal, may push for other measure putting downward pressure on …
Drug company exec: ‘We’re hated’ for a reason
… to advance that idea, with Republican majorities in Congress and conservative Tom Price as head of the Department of Health and Human Services. But Trump, known for his populist appeal, may push for other measure putting downward pressure on …