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Taking Your Medications As Doctor Ordered – Help From The Agency For Healthcare Research And Quality

Free, online instructions for creating a pill card -- an illustrated medication schedule -- using only a personal or lap top computer and printer are now available from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, a part of the...

Exelixis: Genentech exercises option to develop cancer drug

Exelixis Inc has announced that Genentech Inc  has exercised the option to further develop and market Exelixis' experimental cancer drug XL518, which is currently in an early stage trial. Exelixis Inc has announced that Genentech Inc  has exercised...

Google to Offer Health Records On the Web

Google Inc. has  announced an online repository where consumers can store their health information ,a move that could boost the nation's fledgling efforts to adopt electronic medical records. Google Inc. has  announced an online repository where consumers can...

Avnet Unveils ISV Ecosystem for the Healthcare Market

Avnet Technology Solutions, an operating group of Avnet, has announced the launch of an independent software vendor (ISV) ecosystem designed specifically for the healthcare technology market. Through the ecosystem, Avnet will enable partners to provide complete healthcare solutions, including...

Tysabri’s Liver Warning Expanded to MS Patients

Biogen Idec Inc. and Elan Corp. warned doctors of the possibility of serious liver injury in patients being treated with the multiple-sclerosis drug Tysabri. Biogen Idec Inc. and Elan Corp. warned doctors of the possibility of serious liver...

Tenet Healthcare cuts losses; shares take off

Shares of Tenet Healthcare made double-digit gains Tuesday after the hospital operator said it cut its fourth-quarter losses by more than 80%. Shares of Tenet Healthcare made double-digit gains Tuesday after the hospital operator said it cut its...

Genentech rockets on FDA approval for Avastin

Shares of Genentech Inc. soared on Monday, 25th February 2008 on news that the Food and Drug Administration has approved its oncology drug Avastin for treating advanced breast cancer opening up a promising additional market for the drug. ...

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