Monthly Archives: July 2012

Prescription drug deaths rise in San Diego

Posted: Published on July 10th, 2012

Deaths and emergency room visits from prescription drug abuse have climbed every year since the county started tracking the data in 2007 and more young adults are seeking treatment for the problem in San Diego County, according to a study released Monday. Easy availability of prescription drugs and the publics perception that theyre not dangerous, even in high doses, accounts for much of the problem, county officials said. Officials held a news conference Monday to unveil the countys first Prescription Drug Abuse Report Card that takes a five-year snapshot of the problem. They also urged people to get educated on prescription drug dependency, and to get help if they or anyone they know is struggling with the problem. Our goal is to motivate people to take action and to reduce access to prescription drugs for those who dont need them, said Nick Machione, director of the County Health and Human Services Agency. We knew prescription drug abuse was on the rise in San Diego County. We now have the statistics to prove it. From 2007 to 2010, prescription drug-related emergency room visits jumped 64 percent, with more than 2,900 people getting treatment at local ERs in 2010. From 2007 to … Continue reading →

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Stolen drugs van in police crash

Posted: Published on July 10th, 2012

10 July 2012 Last updated at 08:40 ET A man has been charged and remanded in custody after a stolen pharmaceuticals van was involved in a collision with two police vehicles in Derbyshire. Three police officers suffered minor injuries in the crash which happened at about 21:15 BST in Riddings, near Alfreton, on Friday. The van had been stolen from outside a pharmacy in Jacksdale, in Nottinghamshire, earlier in the day. John Ward, 30, from Ironville, was charged with dangerous driving. He was also charged with driving with no licence or insurance. Police believe the van was used in three robberies and one attempted robbery, on Friday. Three took place in Sutton-in-Ashfield and one in Huthwaite, where a purse and a mobile phone were among the items stolen. A 30-year-old man has been arrested and bailed in connection with the theft of the van and the robberies. Mr Ward suffered neck and back injuries as a result of the collision and had to go to hospital. See the rest here: Stolen drugs van in police crash … Continue reading →

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Diplomat Specialty Pharmacy Promotes Dr. Atheer Kaddis to Sr. Vice President of Sales and Marketing

Posted: Published on July 10th, 2012

FLINT, Mich., July 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Diplomat Specialty Pharmacy, the nation's largest, privately owned specialty pharmacy, announced today that Dr. Atheer A. Kaddis has been promoted to Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing. He reports directly to Diplomat Specialty Pharmacy's President, Gary Kadlec. "Atheer is a seasoned professional who has a deep understanding of specialty pharmacy," said Kadlec. "In this new position, Atheer will bring our Sales, Marketing, Business Development, and Trade Relations under one authority to allow an agile and seamless response to all of the needs of Diplomat's clients and stakeholders." Dr. Kaddis said, "Coordination of our strategies within core areas of our business will allow Diplomat to become an even stronger company, exceeding the expectations of our current and future customers and partners." Prior to his promotion, Dr. Kaddis served as Diplomat's Sr. Vice President of Managed Markets and Clinical Services. Before coming to Diplomat, Dr. Kaddis was Director of Pharmacy Services Clinical for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan with responsibilities including formulary development, clinical program development, utilization management programs, specialty pharmacy programs, and pay for performance programs. Dr. Kaddis is a graduate of the Doctor of Pharmacy program at Wayne State University in … Continue reading →

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Bibiyahe sa Germany kasama si Ruffa, Annabelle magpapakondisyon sa kampanya kaya magpapa-stem cell therapy

Posted: Published on July 10th, 2012

Tuloy na ang stem cell therapy ni Annabelle Rama dahil naka-schedule na siyang pumunta sa Germany sa first week ng September. Kasama ni Annabelle sa Germany trip ang kanyang anak na si Ruffa Gutierrez. Hindi ako sure kung may plano rin si Ruffa na magpa-stem cell therapy dahil walang age limit ang procedure na pinag-uusapan na ngayon sa apat na sulok ng showbiz. Tinutukso si Annabelle Rama na may kinalaman sa kanyang pagkandidato sa Cebu ang desisyon niya na sumailalim sa stem cell therapy. Tumawa lang si Bisaya na mukhang seryoso na sa pagkandidato bilang kongresista ng North Cebu sa eleksiyon sa susunod na taon. Binibiro si Bisaya na magpapa-stem cell therapy siya para kundisyon na kundisyon ang katawan niya habang nangangampanya sa North Cebu. Ayaw kumpirmahin ni Bisaya ang political plans niya. Hintayin na lamang daw ng mga tao ang kanyang bonggang announcement sa October. Asawa ni Jose nag-iba ng abogado matapos matalo How true na iba na raw ang lawyers ni Analyn Manalo kaya tumanggi nang magsalita ang kanyang mga dating abogado? Si Analyn ang kontrobersiyal na dyowa ni Jose Manalo. Ilang buwan nang nasa news ang mag-asawa dahil sa kanilang paghihiwalay. News noong weekend na natalo si … Continue reading →

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NeoStem to Present at the Seventh Annual JMP Securities Healthcare Conference

Posted: Published on July 10th, 2012

NEW YORK, July 10, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NeoStem, Inc. (NYSE MKT:NBS) ("NeoStem" or the "Company"), a cell therapy company, today announced that its CEO will present at the Seventh Annual JMP Securities Healthcare Conference on July 12, 2012. The presentation will be webcast live and available to view at the following web address: http://wsw.com/webcast/jmp18/nbs/. The webcast will be archived for 90 days following the live presentation. The Seventh Annual JMP Securities Healthcare Conference About NeoStem, Inc. NeoStem, Inc. ("we," "NeoStem" or the "Company") continues to develop and build on its core capabilities in cell therapy to capitalize on the paradigm shift that we see occurring in medicine. In particular, we anticipate that cell therapy will have a large role in the fight against chronic disease and in lessening the economic burden that these diseases pose to modern society. Our January 2011 acquisition of Progenitor Cell Therapy, LLC ("PCT") provides NeoStem with a foundation in both manufacturing and regulatory affairs expertise. We believe this expertise, coupled with our existing research capabilities and collaborations, will allow us to achieve our mission of becoming a premier cell therapy company. Our PCT subsidiary's manufacturing base is one of the few current Good Manufacturing … Continue reading →

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InVivo Therapeutics to Present at the OneMedForum Conference on July 12th in NYC

Posted: Published on July 10th, 2012

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- InVivo Therapeutics Holdings Corp. (NVIV), a developer of groundbreaking technologies for the treatment of spinal cord injuries (SCI), today announced that Frank Reynolds, InVivo Therapeutics Chief Executive Officer, will present at the OneMedForum Conference at 1:30 pm EST on July 12th in New York City at the Metropolitan Club in the Morton Room. A live webcast of this presentation will be available at http://www.onemedplace.com/forum/. For full event details and registration information, please visit http://www.onemedplace.com/forum/. About OneMedForum OneMedPlace Trans-Atlantic Conference is the definitive conference in North America for fast-growing and emerging healthcare and life sciences companies. The 3rd annual New York Conference will bring together these emerging companies with venture and strategic investors within a unique networking and educational forum. Thought leaders in the disruptive technologies space across a variety of healthcare divisions will present both strategic insights and investment ideas to an international audience of the industrys movers and shakers. This year, OneMedPlace explores the exciting investment opportunities, challenges and forward looking strategies in four sectors on the cusp of significant change: - Diagnostics - Health Information - Oncology - Regenerative Medicine. The OneMedForum NY was recognized by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg as an important event supporting … Continue reading →

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Former Preds' coach Brent Peterson says surgery saved his life

Posted: Published on July 10th, 2012

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Fifty-four-year-old Brent Peterson is living with Parkinson's disease, but the former assistant coach to the Nashville Predators isn't letting it slow him down. "I still golf. I travel. I do everything pretty much except I can't get back on the ice," Peterson told Nashville's News 2. Prior to having surgery six months ago, Peterson shuffled his feet, he needed help getting dressed and was taking 20 to 30 pills a day just to function. That all changed after Deep Brain Stimulation, a procedure in which surgeons implanted electrodes in Peterson's brain. "It saved my life for now," said Peterson, who now takes just five pills a day and was diagnosed with the disease nine years ago. "I'm able to do the things I want to do." The surgery isn't a cure for Parkinson's and not everyone is a candidate for the procedure. Peterson says he is lucky DBS is working for him and that it has greatly improved his quality of life. He previously told Nashville's News 2 he decided to undergo the radical treatment to help restore some of what Parkinson's had taken away from him. "It has given me probably 10 to 15 years that … Continue reading →

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Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Sponsors First of its Kind Research Initiative to Advance Multiple Sclerosis …

Posted: Published on July 10th, 2012

TITUSVILLE, N.J., July 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Janssen Research & Development, LLC, ("Janssen") announced today that it has committed $5.4 million in a new research sponsorship to advance the formation of a first-of-its-kind networked initiative aimed at uncovering the genetic and biologic causes of multiple sclerosis (MS) and accelerating new treatments for the disease. The sponsorship expands Janssen's Healthy Minds initiative, a program launched in 2011 to accelerate progress in the fight against neurologic and brain disorders and to build on the company's longstanding commitment to neuroscience and mental health. Under the research sponsorship, the Marin Community Foundation's (MCF) Multiple Sclerosis Project Fund will create an alliance of public and private research collaborators and enable data sharing and integration of scientific research using advanced computer-based systems modeling tools and analytics. The alliance will work together to expand and refine knowledge of MS and advance the creation of new approaches to treating disease with the aim of accelerating the identification of new targets, biomarkers and approaches to treatment. "The commitment of new funds under our Healthy Minds program to this research effort in MS builds on the longstanding Janssen tradition of advancing neuroscience research and commitment to innovative collaboration," said Husseini K. … Continue reading →

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10 years after hormone therapy study: What doctors know now

Posted: Published on July 10th, 2012

It's been 10 years since researchers of the Women's Health Initiative, a large randomized, controlled trial on hormone therapy sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, announced their first findings: that the health risks outweighed the benefits of estrogen plus progestin hormone therapy (HT) in postmenopausal women. Since then, additional research has advanced the understanding of the benefits and risks. JoAnn Manson, one of the study's lead investigators and a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, is the president of the North American Menopause Society. She spoke with USA TODAY's Janice Lloyd about what women need to know to get through the challenging time and to protect their health. Q: Millions of women stopped taking hormone therapy as a result of the study 10 years ago. Was that a good thing? A: Although the pendulum may have swung too far, it was a good thing that many women who were inappropriate candidates for HT stopped taking the medications. For example, it was fortunate that many women at high risk of heart attack, stroke, and breast cancer stopped taking HT. However, even young, newly menopausal, and healthy women with significant hot flashes and other symptoms became afraid to seek treatment. … Continue reading →

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Turning Off Key Piece of Genetic Coding Eliminates Toxic Effect of Statins

Posted: Published on July 10th, 2012

Newswise ST. LOUIS -- In research funded by the National Institutes of Health and the American Heart Association and published in EMBO Molecular Medicine, Saint Louis University investigator ngel Baldn, Ph.D., found that the microRNA miR-33 plays a key role in regulating bile metabolism. Further, the research suggests that, in an animal model, the manipulation of this microRNA can improve the liver toxicity that can be caused by statins. As we learn more about the way cholesterol is moved and metabolized through the body, we have more tools at our disposal to try to limit potential side effects of cholesterol-managing drugs like statins, said Baldn, who is assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at Saint Louis University. This study continues Baldns exploration of the microRNA miR-33, which is expressed from within SREBP-2, an important gene in the body that previously had been shown to regulate cholesterol metabolism. In earlier research, the Baldn laboratory found that miR-33 plays a key role in regulating cholesterol. In particular, his team found that decreasing the levels of the microRNA (which is a piece of genetic coding) helped to raise HDL, or good cholesterol, in an animal model. Five laboratories, including Baldans, simultaneously reported … Continue reading →

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