Healthcare Industry NewsHealthcare Industry news continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.U.S. Food And Drug Administration Approves Viread(R) For Chronic Hepatitis B In Adults- August 15, 2008 Main Category: Liver Disease Hepatitis Also Included In: Regulatory Affairs Drug Approvals Article Date: 12 Aug 2008 - 3:00 PDT Gilead Sciences, Inc.http://www.topix.net/business/healthcare/2008/08/u-s-food-and-drug-administration-approves... Lynn police ID man hit by bus- August 15, 2008 Police this morning identified the 48-year-old man who was hit by an MBTA bus on Rand Street Monday.http://www.topix.net/business/healthcare/2008/08/lynn-police-id-man-hit-by-bus?fromrss=1 JPM, Morgan Stanley settle securities probe- August 14, 2008 J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and Morgan Stanley on Wednesday became the latest banks to reach settlements with New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo and other regulators as part of a investigation into the collapse ...http://www.topix.net/business/healthcare/2008/08/jpm-morgan-stanley-settle-securities-prob... Weight Loss After Diabetes Diagnosis Offers Big Benefits- August 14, 2008 Newly diagnosed type 2 diabetics who lose weight soon after their diagnosis gain better control of their blood pressure and blood sugar, a benefit that lasts even if they regain that weight.http://www.topix.net/business/healthcare/2008/08/weight-loss-after-diabetes-diagnosis-offe... Children's Hospital, ProHealth Care may open new hospital- August 14, 2008 Children's Hospital of Wisconsin and ProHealth Care announced today that they are in exclusive discussions to create a Children's Hospital inside Waukesha Memorial Hospital.http://www.topix.net/business/healthcare/2008/08/childrens-hospital-prohealth-care-may-ope... Air Pollution Can Damage Heart, Blood Vessels, Too- August 14, 2008 Air pollution has short-term and long-term toxic effects on the heart and blood vessels, causing increased hospitalization for cardiac illness, and even cause death, a new report says.http://www.topix.net/business/healthcare/2008/08/air-pollution-can-damage-heart-blood-vess... NTSB begins probe at Mass. plane crash site- August 14, 2008 Federal investigators have begun examining the burned wreckage of a plane that crashed into a shopping plaza parking lot in Easton, killing all three on board.http://www.topix.net/business/healthcare/2008/08/ntsb-begins-probe-at-mass-plane-crash-sit... Genentech turns down Roche offer- August 13, 2008 US firm Genentech has rejected an offer from Swiss form Roche to buy the remaining shares in the firm it does not already own for $43.7bn . Roche, which has been the majority owner of Genentech since 1990 and ...http://www.topix.net/business/healthcare/2008/08/genentech-turns-down-roche-offer?fromrss=... Schering-Plough Establishes Shanghai Operation- August 13, 2008 Schering-Plough has expanded its presence in China by establishing Shanghai Schering-Plough Pharmaceutical Co.http://www.topix.net/business/healthcare/2008/08/schering-plough-establishes-shanghai-oper... US warns of skin reactions with alcoholism drug- August 13, 2008 WASHINGTON : Federal regulators warned doctors Tuesday about severe skin reactions seen in patients taking an injectable treatment for alcoholism made by Alkermes Inc.http://www.topix.net/business/healthcare/2008/08/us-warns-of-skin-reactions-with-alcoholis... |