December 7th, 2010 by Katie Whittle
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First Long-Lasting Factor VIII Candidate in Late-Stage Clinical Trial for Treatment of Hemophilia A
WESTON, Mass. & STOCKHOLM, Dec 06, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) --
Biogen Idec (NASDAQ: BIIB) and Swedish Orphan Biovitrum (STO: SOBI) today announced that the first patient ...
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December 7th, 2010 by Katie Whittle
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December 7th, 2010 by Katie Whittle
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December 1st, 2010 by sswindle
Custom software platform is first internet-enabled mobile application to interface directly with patient management systems used by hemophilia treatment centers
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., Dec. 1, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- CSL Behring announced today the availability of the next generation HeliTrax® System ...
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December 1st, 2010 by Katie Whittle
November 24th, 2010 by Katie Whittle
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November 9, 2009 (Cincinnati, Ohio) - BioRx, a specialty pharmaceutical company, announces the availability of a free 2010 calendar to the hemophilia community. The annual BioRx Kids Hemophilia Calendar features artwork from children who either have ...
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November 24th, 2010 by Katie Whittle
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September 1, 2010 (Cincinnati, Ohio) BioRx and Hemophilia of North Carolina announce the availability of four 2011 BioRx Educational Scholarships in the amount of $2,000 each to individuals with bleeding disorders. The scholarships will be awarded ...
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November 23rd, 2010 by Eboni Morris
Health care reform will have a profound impact on persons with bleeding disorders as health insurance companies take steps to comply with various insurance market reform provisions. However, changes stemming from the health care reform law are only one piece ...
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November 19th, 2010 by Katie Whittle
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POZ speaks with Marilyn Ness, Emmy Award-winning producer, about Bad Blood, a documentary that chronicles how the hemophilia community fought to protect the blood supply from HIV.
What inspired you to make a documentary about this often ...
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November 17th, 2010 by Eboni Morris
As you may recall, the "grandfathered" rule in health care reform, was designed for individuals to keep their health plan while changes to the insurance market were implemented through newly created health plans. Health plans that are designated as "grandfathered" ...
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November 15th, 2010 by Katie Whittle
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Audience: Risk Manager, Nursing
Issue: FDA notified healthcare professionals of the class 1 recall of the SIGMA Spectrum Infusion Pump Model 35700. These units may fail suddenly, causing inaccurate flow conditions during use, ranging from back ...
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November 9th, 2010 by Katie Whittle
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The Council for Responsible Genetics, a public interest organization, is hailing the Final Rule implementing the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) released today by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
In its Final Rule, the EEOC ...
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November 8th, 2010 by Katie Whittle
ANNOUNCEMENT:
The Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and Availability is meeting November 4-5, 2010. The first order of business for today's session was the swearing in of new members.
NCHS is proud to announce that Ed Burke, Director of Advocacy and Outreach/Interstate ...
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