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Wall Street Journal: Health Blog
WSJ's blog on health and the business of health.
Updated: 24 min 29 sec ago
For Dendreon, It’s 500 Prescriptions for Provenge and Counting
Today, the company reported its first ever revenue from the product -- $2.8 million in the second quarter, plus an additional $5.2 million in July.
Categories: NEWS: Health and Medical
Genzyme and Pfizer, Kissin’ in a Tree? Probably Not.
Pfizer CFO said on an earnings call with analysts that his company is looking for acquisitions worth between a few billion to several billion dollars.
Categories: NEWS: Health and Medical
Stork Passes Tenet By, Adding to Commercial Admissions Decline
It's not clear whether the trends Tenet is seeing are linked to some broader drop in the birth rate.
Categories: NEWS: Health and Medical
Study: No Problems if Nurse Anesthetists Work Unsupervised By Docs
Nurse anesthetists and anesthesiologists receive about the same amount of actual anesthesia-related clinical and classroom training.
Categories: NEWS: Health and Medical
Biting Back at Tick-Borne Diseases — Including Lyme and Relapsing Fever
Categories: NEWS: Health and Medical
A.M. Vitals: Finally! Sanofi and Genzyme Talk Takeover
Also: a suit challenging the health-care overhaul law will go forward; a study suggests heart risks start early; military research under scrutiny.
Categories: NEWS: Health and Medical
U.S. vs. Foreign Med School Grads: No Difference in Patient Care
There was, however, a difference in outcomes for patients treated by U.S.- and non-U.S.-born graduates of foreign medical schools.
Categories: NEWS: Health and Medical
Mayo Study: Withdrawing LVAD Support Is Ethical
If patients or their representatives want a ventricular assist device turned off, should doctors comply?
Categories: NEWS: Health and Medical
Tapeworms, Cow Gestation and Malpractice: Trolling the NEJM Archives
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Spray Cleaners Most Common Cause of Household-Product Injuries: Study
Categories: NEWS: Health and Medical
A.M. Vitals: Humana Profit Up 21% On New Enrollment
Also: Republican candidates running on defunding health-care overhaul; MS theory tested; testing a possible replacement for some allergy shots.
Categories: NEWS: Health and Medical
Merck Ready to Play Let’s Make an (Emerging Markets) Deal
Merck isn't ruling out making outright purchases of emerging-market companies, but competition is fierce.
Categories: NEWS: Health and Medical
Mt. Sinai Program Lets Some Pre-Meds Swap Orgo for Shakespeare
Students in the Humanities and Medicine Program get spots in med school as long as they meet certain requirements -- but don't take the usual pre-med pre-requisites.
Categories: NEWS: Health and Medical
A.M. Vitals: Merck Profit Falls 52% On Merger, Restructuring Costs
Also: high-risk pool regs are out; vote held up by motion to repeal provision of health-care overhaul; Republicans want HHS to edit HealthCare.gov.
Categories: NEWS: Health and Medical
Got a Limited Screening Budget? Then Colonoscopy’s Not Your Test.
Categories: NEWS: Health and Medical
Senator Slams FDA Advisory Committee’s Avastin Decision
Sen. Vitter has also called on HHS to remove the new U.S. Preventive Services Task Force breast cancer screening recs from the agency's website.
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