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SciClone And Sigma-Tau Announce Additional Positive Results In Clinical Study... 8 Feb 2010 at 7:00am SciClone Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCLN) and its partner Sigma-Tau S.p.A., announced additional topline results in a clinical study evaluating the potential of ZADAXIN® (thymalfasin) to enhance immune response to the MF59 adjuvanted H1N1 influenza monovalent vaccine, Focetria™ from Novartis... Chief Medical Officer Mobilises GPs To Support Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Influenza... 8 Feb 2010 at 6:00am Australia's Chief Medical Officer, Professor Jim Bishop, is calling on GPs to promote vaccination against the pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza to their patients before the flu season begins in Australia ... Talecris Biotherapeutics Receives Orphan Drug Designation For Aerosolized Alp... 8 Feb 2010 at 5:00am Talecris Biotherapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: TLCR) announced that it was granted orphan drug designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the development of an aerosol formulation of Alpha1-Proteinase Inhibitor (Human, A1PI) to treat congenital alpha1-antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency... Today's Opinions And Editorials 8 Feb 2010 at 4:00am Pfizer's Bad Political Bet The Wall Street Journal The sight of ObamaCare on life support has many Democrats disappointed. It could be worse. They could be Pfizer CEO Jeffrey Kindler (Kimberley Strassel, 2/4). The Verizon Wireless Cure The Christian Science Monitor Are health insurance company employees just meaner and more greedy than those who provide cellphone service ... Poll Finds That Nearly Half Of Americans Believe H1N1 Outbreak Is Over 8 Feb 2010 at 3:00am The latest poll from researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) shows that almost half of Americans believe the H1N1 flu outbreak is over (44%), and levels of concern about getting sick with the virus continue to decline. Few (18%) think it is "very likely" there will be another widespread outbreak of the H1N1 virus in the U.S... QIAGEN Unit And Pfizer Enter Into An Agreement To Develop A Companion Diagnos... 6 Feb 2010 at 4:00am Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) and DxS (a wholly owned subsidiary of QIAGEN N.V.) (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt, Prime Standard: QIA) announced that they have entered into an agreement to develop a companion diagnostic test kit for PF-04948568 (CDX-110), an immunotherapy vaccine in development for the treatment of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM)... NTU Researchers Complete The World's First In-depth Study Of The Malaria Para... 6 Feb 2010 at 3:00am Groundbreaking research done at Nanyang Technological University's (NTU) School of Biological Sciences (SBS) could lead to the development of more potent drugs or a vaccine for malaria, which is transmitted to humans by infected mosquitoes and kills up to three million people each year... PharmAthene Submits White Paper To BARDA For Advanced Development Funding For... 6 Feb 2010 at 3:00am PharmAthene, Inc... Overeating Triggers Molecular 'Firing Squad' In Mice, Destroys Metabolism 6 Feb 2010 at 2:00am Overeating in mice triggers a molecule once considered to be only involved in detecting and fighting viruses to also destroy normal metabolism, leading to insulin resistance and setting the stage for diabetes... New Report Finds Low Adult Vaccination Rates For Pneumonia In U.S. 5 Feb 2010 at 7:00am A new report, Adult Immunization: Shots to Save Lives, released by the Trust for America's Health (TFAH), the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) found that more than 30 percent of adults ages 65 and older had not been immunized against pneumonia in 36 states as of 2008. The U.S... U.N. Taps Bill Clinton To Lead Haiti Rebuilding; 200,000 People Died In Quake... 5 Feb 2010 at 6:00am U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday asked former President Bill Clinton, currently the U.N. special envoy for Haiti, to oversee aid and rebuilding efforts in Haiti, CNN reports (2/3). Ban "specifically asked President Clinton to assume a leadership role in coordinating international aid efforts from emergency response to the reconstruction of Haiti," U.N... Early Stage Trial Finds Malaria Vaccine Effectively Protected Young Children,... 5 Feb 2010 at 6:00am An experimental vaccine was found to effectively protect young children from malaria in Mali, Reuters reports. According to the news service, "The vaccine, which uses an immune system booster called an adjuvant from British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline, targets the malaria parasite as it is actively infecting red blood cells and causing fever and illness" (Steenhuysen, 2/3)... Spread Of H1N1 Flu At Alabama Boys Camp Stopped By Targeted Prevention Measur... 5 Feb 2010 at 2:00am Providing preventive Tamiflu and educating and emphasizing the need for repeated hand sanitizer use and disinfectant spray helped stop the spread of H1N1 influenza at a boys' summer camp in northern Alabama, according the co-director of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases. David Kimberlin, M.D... Flu Vaccination Rate At BJC HealthCare Rises Dramatically Due To Mandatory Po... 5 Feb 2010 at 2:00am Making flu shots mandatory in 2008 dramatically increased the vaccination rate among St. Louis-based BJC HealthCare's nearly 26,000 employees to more than 98 percent, according to a report now online in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases. The study's lead author, infectious disease specialist Hilary Babcock, M.D... 40 Per Cent Of Cancers Are Preventable: Message For World Cancer Day 4 Feb 2010 at 1:00pm This year, the message for World Cancer Day, 4th February, is "Cancer can be prevented too", with experts suggesting that 40 per cent of the 12.4 million cancers diagnosed and 7.6 million cancer deaths worldwide could be prevented if we applied what we know about avoiding infections and changing lifestyles...     HealthBusinessBuilder.com Build your Health Business Fast!