KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.
,
Jan. 5
/PRNewswire/ -- Prism Pharmaceuticals
announced today that the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has approved
the new drug application (NDA) for NEXTERONE(R) (amiodarone HCl) Injection, a
novel, patent-protected, cosolvent free formulation of the antiarrhythmic
agent Amiodarone IV, originally marketed in the US by Wyeth as Cordarone(R)
Intravenous. NEXTERONE is indicated for the treatment and prophylaxis Read the rest of this entry »

Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. (NASDAQ:SLXP) today announced that the
Company has received a complete response letter from the U.S. Food and
Drug Administration (FDA) for its New Drug Application (NDA) for
balsalazide tablet studied as a treatment of mild-to-moderate active
ulcerative colitis in patients 18 years and older. Based on its review,
the FDA has determined that the application cannot be approved in its
present form and that clinical data from Read the rest of this entry »

ETOWAH - Pardee Hospital Foundation, on behalf of Pardee Hospital, recently received approval for a $38,880 grant from the N.C. Office of Rural Health and Community Care.
The grant is awarded from the Community Health Grant funds and will support, for the third year in a row, patient costs at Hendersonville Family Health Center in Etowah.
The center operates in collaboration with MAHEC’s Family Residency Program and Pardee Hospital.
The grant Read the rest of this entry »

AMHERSTBURG — The Amherstburg Family Health Team (AFHT) has received approval from the Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN) to implement the delivery of health-related services via videoconferencing said Mike Levitt, Administrator.
The Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN) is an independent, not-for-profit organization that is funded by the Government of Ontario. "Telemedicine" is the delivery of health-related services and information using telecommunications Read the rest of this entry »

in Tazewell, Tenn., has received a$62,300 grant from the USDA Rural Development program.
The grant, which was awarded under the distance learning and telemedicine grant program, will be used to implement a distance learning program that will provide continuing medical education credits for physicians, nurses and other direct care staff.
The system will also provide professional development, disease management and regular healthcare education opportunities Read the rest of this entry »

* Fun and creative health challenges, including the 2008
"Go Green With Your Routine" walking competition. ASH
employees collectively logged over 70,962,027 steps.
That's roughly equivalent to walking around the world--
and then some.

* Holiday health challenges that encourage employees to
maintain their weight during the holiday season from
November through January.

* Healthy vending machines--all Read the rest of this entry »

Headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, Roche is one of the world's leading
research-focused healthcare groups in the fields of pharmaceuticals and
diagnostics. As the world's biggest biotech company and an innovator of
products and services for the early detection, prevention, diagnosis and
treatment of diseases, the Group contributes on a broad range of fronts to
improving people's health and quality of life. Roche is the world leader in
in-vitro Read the rest of this entry »

NanoVibronix, a medical device company, announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510K clearance to market PainShield MD, an ultrasonic device used to treat pain.
PainShield is the first hands-free, patch-based device, thus allowing for an entirely new dimension in ultrasound treatment of pain and soft tissue healing. The PainShield consists of a disposable patch connected to a portable reusable driver and propagates Read the rest of this entry »

(RTTNews) - 
Specialty pharmaceutical company Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (WPI:
) said Wednesday that it received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to sell the generic version of GlaxoSmithKline plc's (GSK:
) Nicorette fresh mint gum, an over-the-counter smoking cessation product. The product is expected to be available to customers in early January 2009.
The Corona, California-based company Read the rest of this entry »

,
Nov. 24
) Health
Education Answers, an interactive online program, has received Health
Information Product Certification from the National Committee for Quality
Assurance (NCQA) for the Health Risk Appraisals and Interactive Consumer
Health Tools certification options. NCQA is a private, non-profit organization
dedicated to providing health care quality information through the Web and the
media in order to help consumers, employers, and others Read the rest of this entry »