Medicare Advantage plans will need to comply permanently with standards already applied on a temporary basis for the 2010 plan year, and new limits would be placed on Medicare Part D drug plans, under a new proposal from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
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WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — Now that the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has issued a better-than-expected score for Sen. Max Baucus’ (D-Mont.) healthcare reform bill, the Finance Committee is poised to send it to the Senate floor in a vote planned for Tuesday.
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WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — The FDA said today that GlaxoSmithKline has reported the death of an influenza patient treated with nebulized Relenza (zanamivir).
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Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced that Phase III data published in the Journal of Cystic Fibrosis showed that CREON® (pancrelipase) Delayed-Release Capsules, the most prescribed pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT) in the United States, significantly improves a key measure of fat absorption in patients with CF who suffer from exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI).
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Fibrocell Science, Inc. (OTCBB: FCSC) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Cellular, Tissue and Gene Therapies Advisory Committee reviewed azfibrocel-T, an autologous cell therapy being investigated for the treatment of moderate to severe nasolabial fold wrinkles in adults. The committee voted 11 yes to 3 no that the data presented on azfibrocel-T [...]
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Clemson bioengineer Frank Alexis is designing new ways to target drugs and reduce the chances for side effects. Pharmaceutical commercials can cause the unsettling feeling that if the disease doesn’t kill, the cure will, what with a drug’s long list of side effects and warnings. Many therapeutic drugs administered by pill, cream, [...]
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Testicular cancer, or cancer of the testes, occurs in the testicles (testes), inside the scrotum. The scrotum is a loose bag of skin under the penis. Male sex hormones, testosterone, and sperm for reproduction are produced in the testicles. The testicles are a pair of male sex glands, also known as gonads. Testosterone controls the [...]
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