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On Monday, Dec. 16, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a bulletin outlining guidance to states on implementing Essential Health Benefits (EHBs).  As you may recall, the Affordable Care Act will require individuals to have insurance ...

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Link to Baxter's Press Release BAXTER INITIATES PHASE I CLINICAL TRIAL OF LONGER-ACTING RECOMBINANT FVIII TREATMENT FOR HEMOPHILIA A Investigational BAX 855 is based on ADVATE Factor VIII Molecule DEERFIELD, Ill., January 5, 2012 – Baxter International Inc. today announced the dosing of ...

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Direct link to Press Release ADVATE for routine prophylaxis reduced annual bleed events in hemophilia A patients from forty-four to one as compared to an on-demand regimen in a clinical study Once every third day pharmacokinetic dosing option offers some patients the opportunity ...

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By NICHOLAS WADE Published: December 10, 2011 Medical researchers in Britain have successfully treated six patients suffering from the blood-clotting disease known as hemophilia B by injecting them with the correct form of a defective gene, a landmark achievement in the troubled ...

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HFA Board Member Lew Collins has been appointed to the Texas State Bleeding Disorders Advisory Council. According to the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) this advisory council will oversee: 1) public use data, outcome data, and other information ...

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Medicare annual open enrollment ends in less than 1 week.  Medicare beneficiaries who do not have a Part D plan can enroll in one, and those who do have Part D coverage can change plans.  Beneficiaries can also return to ...

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NIH Statement on World AIDS Day 2011 Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Jack Whitescarver, Ph.D., Director, NIH Office of AIDS Research Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., Director, NIH Direct Link to NIH statement This year, we commemorate World ...

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Today, December 1 is observed as World Aids Day. Established in 1988 by the World Health Organization, this day is established to ensure renewed and continual attention to the threat posed by HIV-AIDS. It is estimated by the Centers for ...

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Next Push - Advanced Therapy Our Citizen Petition to the FDA in 2009 (with amendment), asked for recognition of the HCV crisis in our community and it requested the earliest possible access to advanced HCV therapies.  We have made substantial progress ...

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Gears For Good Fall Newsletter

PACT on HANJ's Website The PACT Program and the PACT Foundation Grants are two exciting services that are available to other chapters/associations throughout the country. HANJ, under the direction of Elena Bostick, administers both programs through Baxter Bioscience sponsored grants. Please review ...

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Link to NHF's Medical Advisory November 16, 2011 Baxter Healthcare Corporation has sent a notice of a labeling error affecting the expiration date of the Sterile Water for Injection that is packaged as a diluent with RECOMBINATE . The Sterile Water for ...

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