Cutting Medicare Part B drug payments isn't worth the cost to Pennsylvania: As …

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Already, some 240 community-based cancer treatment centers have been forced to close their doors since 2007. And the Community Oncology Alliance reports more than 400 are facing financial difficulties. Thanks to the recent sequester spending cuts, Part …
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Buzz on rare disease drugs puts ViroPharma in the M&A spotlight

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The biotech has been earning revenue from Cinryze, a drug for hereditary angioedema. It also has 5 programs in clinical development, including VP 2062, acquired back in 2006. The treatment "aims to prevent disease recurrence and involves the oral …
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Hormone Treats Brain Injury

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"There really is no definitive therapy for the treatment of acute brain injury," Daniel Laskowitz, MD, MHS, Professor Medicine (Neurology), Neurobiology, & Anesthesiology, and Director, Neurovascular Laboratories at Duke University Medical Center said.
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