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Thought Leaders in Mobile and Social: Interview with Dan Hickey, SVP of Products at Alliance Health (Part 6)

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:26:08 -0400

The End of the Party?: GE to Open Helium Reuse Plant as Shortage Worsens

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:15:00 -0400

Thought Leaders in Mobile and Social: Interview with Dan Hickey, SVP of Products at Alliance Health (Part 5)

Sun, 19 May 2013 08:00:17 -0400

(BMY) Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Earns Good News From FDA

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:00:32 -0400

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMY) recently received positive news from the US Food and Drug...

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Thought Leaders in Mobile and Social: Interview with Dan Hickey, SVP of Products at Alliance Health (Part 4)

Sat, 18 May 2013 06:00:32 -0400

(STJ) St. Jude Medical’s New Quadra Study

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:09:17 -0400

St. Jude Medical (STJ) has enrolled the first patient for its MultiPoint Pacing clinical study. The...

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How the Sequester is Killing Healthcare Jobs

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:33:52 -0400

Sequester-driven budget cuts to Medicare are threatening to spur massive job cuts in the healthcare industry.

And the pain doesn't stop there - the sequester cuts are already making healthcare harder to obtain for some Medicare patients.

Unfortunately, this is just the beginning. The longer Congress allows sequestration to continue, the deeper the cuts will go and the more widespread their impact.

When President Barack Obama and Congress failed to reach agreement on $1.2 trillion in cuts to federal spending before March 30 -- as mandated by the Budget Control Act of 2011 -- the sequester kicked in.

Medicare providers faced mandatory 2% across-the-board reductions in their reimbursements.

After the cuts went into effect on April 1, hospitals, doctors, insurers, prescription drug plans, and other healthcare providers immediately felt the impact.

In short, the sequester is delivering precisely the kind of broad, damaging and indiscriminate cuts that politicians warned would happen.

And as each day passes, the drastic consequences grow worse.

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Infinite Direct’s Donny Boyer and Melissa White Celebrate Operation Smile’s 30th Anniversary

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:56:26 -0400

Thought Leaders in Mobile and Social: Interview with Dan Hickey, SVP of Products at Alliance Health (Part 3)

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:21:08 -0400

(GSK) GlaxoSmithKline’s Trametinib Delayed

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:33:46 -0400

Recently, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has...

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(TEVA) Thoughts from Israel

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:27:36 -0400

Israel is a difficult place to live. As it is surrounded by its enemies, military service is...

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(SNY) Sanofi Earnings Plummet – Outlook Maintained

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:22:21 -0400

Sanofi (SNY) reported first quarter 2013 business earnings of 81 cents per American Depository...

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(VRX) Valeant Pharmaceuticals Beats Earnings – Misses Revenues

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:17:59 -0400

Valeant Pharmaceuticals’ (VRX) first quarter 2013 earnings of $1.27 (excluding special items but...

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(AMED) Amedisys Posts Huge Earnings Miss – Guides Lower

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:06:31 -0400

Home healthcare provider Amedisys (AMED) reported net income of $3.9 million or 9 cents per share...

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Healthcare Costs: Your $100,000 Procedure Cost Someone Else $7,044

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:05:27 -0400

When it comes to healthcare costs, Americans have been left in the dark.

Unlike when booking a hotel or buying a new flat-screen TV, Americans haven't had easy access to cost-comparison measures when deciding where to have their medical procedures done.

Turns out, if we had, some of us could have saved tens of thousands of dollars...

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(CVH) Coventry Health Care Beats Earnings Estimate

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:04:59 -0400

Coventry Health Care Inc. (CVH) reported first-quarter 2013 operating earnings per share of $1.00,...

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Funding Tech Projects to Help Lonely, Vulnerable Seniors

Thu, 16 May 2013 13:00:00 -0400

(AEGR) Aegerion Pharmaceuticals Loss Narrower Than Expected

Wed, 15 May 2013 18:40:21 -0400

Aegerion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (AEGR) reported first quarter 2013 net loss per share of 64 cents,...

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(ARIA) Ariad Pharmaceuticals Posts Wider Year Over Year Loss

Wed, 15 May 2013 18:39:27 -0400

Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (ARIA) reported first quarter loss of 36 cents per share, wider than...

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(LIFE) MedTech Industry Stock Update – May 2013 – Zacks Analyst Interviews

Wed, 15 May 2013 18:34:08 -0400

As expected, MedTech mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are heating up in 2013. Finally, the...

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Salem Health IT’s Vital Signs are Good Since Moving to EasyStreet

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:46:41 -0400

(ENDP) Endo Health Solutions Sees FDA Setback on Opana ER

Wed, 15 May 2013 12:47:11 -0400

Endo Health Solutions Inc. (ENDP) recently suffered a setback with the US Food and Drug...

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(IPXL) Impax Laboratories Beats Earnings Estimate

Wed, 15 May 2013 12:45:02 -0400

Impax Laboratories Inc.’s (IPXL) first quarter 2013 adjusted earnings of 37 cents per share were...

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Thought Leaders in Mobile and Social: Interview with Dan Hickey, SVP of Products at Alliance Health (Part 2)

Wed, 15 May 2013 12:00:57 -0400

Advanced Manufacturing: GE Healthcare Corvix

Wed, 15 May 2013 11:00:00 -0400

(CI) Cigna Posts Strong First Quarter Earnings

Tue, 14 May 2013 14:11:31 -0400

Cigna Corp.’s (CI) first-quarter 2013 net operating earnings of $1.72 per share outpaced the Zacks...

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(ACT) Actavis Beats on Earnings – Raises View

Tue, 14 May 2013 13:51:17 -0400

Actavis, Inc.’s (ACT) first quarter 2013 earnings of $1.99 per share beat the Zacks Consensus...

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(MRK) Merck & Company Joins Forces With Bristol-Myers Squibb on Hepatitis C Virus Candidates

Tue, 14 May 2013 13:40:36 -0400

Merck & Co. Inc. (MRK) recently joined forces with Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY) to conduct a...

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Thought Leaders in Mobile and Social: Interview with Dan Hickey, SVP of Products at Alliance Health (Part 1)

Tue, 14 May 2013 12:43:48 -0400

2013 VolunteerMatch Corporate Volunteer Awards: A Look at Finalist Humana

Fri, 10 May 2013 08:15:00 -0400

(AZN) AstraZeneca Inks Biomarker Discovery Deal

Thu, 09 May 2013 19:11:32 -0400

AstraZeneca (AZN) recently announced that it has entered into an agreement with UK-based company,...

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U.S. medicine spending shows rare dip in 2012

Thu, 09 May 2013 09:22:12 -0400

Spending on prescription medicines in the U.S. fell for the first time in decades last year, slipping as cash-strapped consumers continued to cut back on use of health care services. Patients also benefited from a surge of new, inexpensive generic vers...

Verizon Foundation Healthcare Program Puts New Technologies in Patients Hands

Thu, 09 May 2013 07:30:00 -0400

Americans' Rx Drug Spending Shows Rare Drop in 2012

Thu, 09 May 2013 06:50:00 -0400

DailyFinance.com: Corbis By LINDA A. JOHNSON TRENTON, N.J. -- Spending on prescription medicines in the U.S. fell for the first time in decades last year, slipping as cash-strapped consumers continued to cut back on use of health-care services. Patients also ... Read more

The Scene: Week of May 6

Wed, 08 May 2013 15:00:00 -0400

MDPromptPay Offers New "Team Up" Approach for Medical Bill Negotiations

Wed, 08 May 2013 14:08:38 -0400

Report: Fees Vary Wildly Among Hospitals for Same Procedure

Wed, 08 May 2013 10:04:00 -0400

DailyFinance.com: Getty Images By CONNIE CASS and LAURAN NEERGAARD Hospitals within the same city sometimes charge tens of thousands of dollars more for the same procedures, according to figures the government released for the first time Wednesday. The federal list ... Read more

(FRX) Forest Laboratories Sees Positive Data on Combo Drug

Tue, 07 May 2013 17:22:29 -0400

Forest Laboratories, Inc. (FRX) and Almirall, S.A. recently announced positive top-line data on...

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Long-Term Care: Denial Is Not One of the Choices

Mon, 06 May 2013 08:00:00 -0400

Eschewing insurance? Make sure you have a viable backup plan.

(ABMD) Abiomed Releases Encouraging Preliminary Fourth Quarter Data

Fri, 03 May 2013 13:49:15 -0400

Leading cardiac assist devices maker, Abiomed Inc. (ABMD), provided encouraging preliminary data...

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(LLY) Eli Lilly and Company Sees Positive Data on Diabetes Candidate

Fri, 03 May 2013 13:49:09 -0400

Eli Lilly and Company (LLY) recently announced top-line data on its type II diabetes candidate,...

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(VOLC) Volcano Corporation Stays Neutral

Thu, 02 May 2013 17:12:44 -0400

Recently, we have reaffirmed our Neutral recommendation on Volcano Corporation (VOLC). Although we...

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(JNJ) Protect Yourself From Gold

Thu, 02 May 2013 17:12:30 -0400

Gold is supposed to act as a safe haven from crisis and a hedge against inflation. But lately, it...

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(ALKS) Pipeline Progress at Alkermes

Thu, 02 May 2013 17:07:22 -0400

Alkermes (ALKS) recently announced encouraging top-line data from a phase II study (n=142) on ALKS...

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(ABT) Abbott Laboratories Launches Automated Solution

Thu, 02 May 2013 16:31:18 -0400

Abbott Laboratories (ABT) recently announced that the company has launched ACCELERATOR a3600 – its...

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(PFE) Grading the First Quarter Earnings Season – Earnings Preview

Thu, 02 May 2013 15:06:42 -0400

Grading the Q1 Earnings Season We have crossed the halfway mark in the Q1 earnings season, with...

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(GILD) Gilead Sciences Suffers Double Setbacks

Wed, 01 May 2013 16:52:47 -0400

Gilead Sciences, Inc (GILD) suffered two successive setbacks when the US Food and Drug...

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(MDCO) The Medicines Company Earnings Increase

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:47:46 -0400

The Medicines Company (MDCO) reported first quarter earnings of 24 cents per share, compared with...

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Sanofi US Employees Volunteer to Assemble “Coping Kits” to Aid Children’s Health Fund’s (CHF) Continual disaster Relief Efforts

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 05:00:00 -0400

(VPHM) ViroPharma Drug Candidate Pipeline Progresses

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:54:11 -0400

ViroPharma Incorporated (VPHM) recently announced results from a phase II study of its candidate...

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