Further launches in the European Union's 25 member states will follow reimbursement negotiations with the states' respective national health care systems

Further launches in the European Union's 25 member states will follow reimbursement negotiations with the states' respective national health care systems

The HAND initiative complements existing Genzyme programs that provide free medicines and help to build sustainable health care systems in developing countries

While diseases such as HIV and malaria are a significant weight, the true cost challenges to health care systems come from chronic disease

While diseases such as HIV and malaria are a significant weight, the true cost challenges to health care systems come from chronic disease

The 64-year-old von Eschenbach, generally viewed as industry friendly, said increased attention in those areas from the public and private sectors would lead to a health care system that’s more personalized, predictive and pre-emptive

Andreas Rummelt, CEO of Sandoz, said, "Omnitrope will contribute to cost savings in health care systems, and we are confident that the European Commission will now grant marketing authorization

Gingrich's group, which advocates improving health care by updating medical practices with 21st century technology, noted that all pandemic preparations would lay the groundwork for a far more advanced health care system - "a dual-use investment," he said, even if bird flu fears never become reality

Company Location Date Amt. (M) Details JANUARY Athenix Corp. Research Triangle Park, N.C. 1/20/04 $12.50 Investors in the Series B financing were led by Intersouth Partners, Polaris Venture Partners and Boston Millennia Partners; participating were Hunt Ventures and Eastman Ventures Alimentary Health Ltd. Cork, Ireland 1/28/04 €1.3 (US$1.62) Alimentary raised €1.3M in a funding round led by Seroba Bioventures Ltd. Auxeris Therapeutics Inc. St. Louis 1/9/04 $4.10 Auxeris

Its homogenous population and its state-run health care system, which has, over several decades, built up a rich store of epidemiological information, make it fertile ground for conducting population genetics studies...With access to greater predictability obtained through genomic information, health care systems will shift from caring for the needs of 5 percent of the population who are sick to maintaining the health of the majority of the population who are healthy

It would not only serve as a treatment for the infection but also reduce the number of recurrences, resulting in improved quality of life and savings to the health care system, Genzyme said

That initiative dates all the way back to the Clinton days to get savings in the health care system by bringing new communication technologies forward," Nawrocki said

Dallas 11/1/04 $4 Baylor Health Care System formed the company and provided $4M in seed financing Procognia Ltd

the Veterans Affairs Health Care System in Palo Alto, Calif

Speakers from the financial firm's newly formed Health Research Institute gave perspectives on Bush's second-term health care agenda and implications of policies and proposals aimed at the nation's health care system

Aegera Therapeutics Inc., of Montreal, said findings detailing the origin and function of Skin-derived Precursors (SKPs), a source of multipotent adult stem cells, were published in Nature Cell Biology. The endogenous SKPs are established in skin during embryogenesis and persist into adulthood. SKPs are maintained in a precursor state within a niche, such as in the root of hair and whisker follicles. Agilent Technologies Inc. , of Palo Alto, Calif., completed its acquisition of Silicon

Acacia Research Corp., of Newport, Calif., said its CombiMatrix group entered an agreement with Intel Corp., of Santa Clara, Calif., to work together on the feasibility of various projects using CombiMatrix's core technology. It is developing a platform technology to produce customizable active biochips, which are semiconductor-based tools for use in identifying and determining the roles of genes, gene mutations and proteins. Terms and conditions were not disclosed. Adolor Corp. , of Exton

Hirth called diabetes "a big issue for our health care system

Erik Tambuyzer, chairman of the health care board at EuropaBio, the European association of bioindustries, said genetic testing "will be a very important aspect of our future health care systems