TOP 100 MEDICAL SITES
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| Wal-Mart Expands $4 Drug Program Wal-Mart is expanding its $4 prescription generic drug program to cover 24 additional treatments. The program now covers 361 medications. feeds.wsjonline.com |
Doctor recruiting group won't keep exec director The Cincinnati MD Resource Center will lose its executive director, a consultant whose contract is not being renewed. feeds.bizjournals.com |
Allergan Drops Unnecessarily on FDA BOTOX Review H.S. Ayoub submits: Shares of Allergan (AGN)plunged almost 6% on Friday following an announcement by the FDA thatthe agency launched a safety review of the company's flagship product,BOTOX, and Solstice Neuroscience's competing product Myobloc.Complete Story » seekingalpha.com |
UnitedHealth Service Problems Hurt Image UnitedHealth has become a lightning rod for sometimes scathing complaints from patients, health-care providers and state regulators, a problem exacerbated in the past two years by its difficulties integrating a major acquisition. feeds.wsjonline.com |
Rosetta Genomics: Mining Genes From Junk (Part II) Ohad Hammer submits:In the previous article, I discussed the importance of microRNAs [miRNAs] and the greatattention they have been receiving in the scientific industry. Withevery day that goes by, miRNAs gain more momentum and their cardinalrole in biology is constantly being elucidated. Due to their importanceand presence in such a wide range of creatures and medical conditions,from plants to humans, from cancer to women’s health, miRNA are makingthe migration from a scientific sensation to a huge commercialopportunity. This is great news for a company focused purely on miRNAsuch as Rosetta Genomics (ROSG),as after years of wandering alone in the desert, it may find itself atthe heart of one of the hottest segments in the pharmaceutical industry. Therationale behind miRNA-based drugs and diagnostics is straight forward.miRNAs are a group of genes which are involved in almost everybiological process, as they control over a third of our genome. Thiscentral role makes them obvious “drugable†targets, which can bemanipulated in order to treat diseases. Their central role might alsomake them ideal bio-markers for early-detection and diagnosis purposes,due to several advantages that will be described later on.Complete Story » seekingalpha.com |