Health Care
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An old drug gets a new price, $89,000 per year, to fight a rare disease
Feb 10, 2017 12:00 am - An old steroid treatment, long available outside the U.S., received approval this week for a rare disease that afflicts about 15,000 Americans. Though not previously app...
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FDA gives approval to Marathon's EmflazaFeb 10, 2017 12:00 am - NORTHBROOK — Marathon Pharmaceuticals, a research-based biopharmaceutical company focused solely on the development of new treatments for rare diseases, said the U.S. Fo...
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Advocate Good Samaritan hosts heart fair, open houseFeb 09, 2017 12:00 am - DOWNERS GROVE - Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital will host a free community heart fair and tours of the new private patient bed tower from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Feb. 18. The We...
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Baxter names new board memberFeb 08, 2017 12:00 am - DEERFIELD - Baxter International has appointed Stephen (Steve) N. Oesterle, M.D., to its board of directors, bringing the total number serving the company to 12. Oester...
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Young adults with autism need a futureFeb 06, 2017 4:00 am - As a parent of a young adult with autism and an intellectual disability, we don't deal with alternative facts on a daily basis. Unlike the President and our current gove...
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Dentist With a Heart program offers free dental careFeb 05, 2017 10:00 pm - Aurora Children's Dental Services has organized the 17th annual "Dentist With a Heart" with dates throughout February. Forty-two area dentists from throughout the Fox V...
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Schaumburg may drop impact fee for medical marijuana dispensaryFeb 03, 2017 4:20 am - After generating exactly zero emergency calls since its 2015 opening, Schaumburg's first medical marijuana dispensary may soon see its annual $37,752 impact fee to the v...
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UK's Reckitt Benckiser in advanced talks with Mead Johnson
Feb 03, 2017 12:00 am - U.K company Reckitt Benckiser Group has emerged as a surprise suitor for Glenview-based Mead Johnson Nutrition, starting talks on a $16.7 billion purchase of the baby-fo...
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2017 Class of Presidential Leadership Scholars AnnouncedFeb 01, 2017 10:00 pm - The Presidential Leadership Scholars program, a unique leadership development initiative that draws upon the resources of the presidential centers of George W. Bush, Wil...
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Walgreens partners with WPP for global marketing programFeb 01, 2017 12:00 am - Business Wire DEERFIELD - Walgreens Boots Alliance has partnered with WPP and selected a team of WPP agencies to operate and develop multiple marketing and communication...