Jan. 17, 2007 - The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said on Wednesday he will introduce legislation to prevent drugmakers from striking deals that restrict the introduction of cheaper generic drugs.

The bill planned by Sen. Patrick Leahy, a Vermont Democrat, targets an increasingly common tactic used by brand-name drug makers — legal settlements that involve payments to generic rivals to restrict the sale of generic alternatives.

Leahy said the bill is supported by several other senators, including Republican Charles Grassley of Iowa.

Jan. 17, 2007 - Siemens Medical Solutions announced that as of January 1, 2007, it has taken control of Gesellschaft für Systemforschung und Dienstleistungen im Gesundheitswesen mbH (GSD), a health information systems (HIS) that Siemens acquired to strengthen its position in the healthcare information technology sector, especially in Germany and other European countries.

JANUARY 16, 2006 — GE Healthcare launched its Centricity Business Certified Partner Program, a program designed for qualified third-party practice management (PM) and billing companies simplified access to industry leading revenue-cycle technologies for optimizing client business processes, along with services designed to support partners growing their businesses.

Jan. 15, 2007 - VIASYS Respiratory Care Inc., a subsidiary of VIASYS Healthcare Inc. received approval to market its PulmoLife spirometry screener by the FDA. The PulmoLife screener is a new device designed for quick and easy assessment of lung disease associated with airflow obstruction known as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).

Gene could unlock the mysteries of Alzheimer's
By Kathleen Fackelmann, USA TODAY
January 15, 2007 - An international team of gene hunters has homed in on a new gene that might play a key role in some cases of late-onset Alzheimer's, the most common form of this degenerative brain disease.

January 15, 2007 - EnovateIT introduced the E750 Computer Wall Station, a push button, ergonomically adjustable wall mounted clinical workstation designed to improve workflow, patient safety and privacy.

Jan. 12, 2006 - More than 1,500 toddlers and babies wound up in emergency rooms over a two-year period and three died because of bad reactions to cold or cough medicine, federal health officials reported Thursday.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned parents not to give common over-the-counter cold remedies to children under 2 years old without consulting a doctor.

January 11, 2007 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When women and men have lung cancer of the same stage and are given the same treatment, the women are more likely to survive, according to the findings published in the journal of Chest.
Lung cancer "is the number one cause of cancer deaths in both men and women worldwide," Dr. Robert James Cerfolio and colleagues from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, write.

January 12, 20007 - HealthGate has announced that at HIMSS 2007 it will be reconstructing its Collaboration Architect, an online, permissions-based, collaboration/content management/workflow solution specifically designed to meet the needs of teams from multiple disciplines within a healthcare setting.

Jan. 11, 2007 - Fujifilm Medical Systems USA, Inc. announced today the acquisition of cardiology PACS vendor Problem Solving Concepts, Inc., the maker of ProSolv, as Fujifilm extends its enterprise information management approach to include cardiology and to provide a broader array of integrated technology solutions to a rapidly growing market.

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