Articles filed under Health
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Drug-makers take hit as patents lapse with few replacementsJul 29, 2012 6:00 am - TRENTON, N.J. — Fewer new prescription drugs will get approved in the U.S. this year than the 30 approved in 2011, a ratings agency forecasts, adding to the many stresse...
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Horizon Pharma gets FDA approval of arthritis drug RayosJul 27, 2012 9:29 am - The Food and Drug Administration has given approval to Deerfield-based Horizon Pharma’s rheumatoid arthritis drug Rayos for sale in the U.S. “We are extremely pleased th...
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Mercy officials looking ahead to hearing for new hospitalJul 25, 2012 2:00 pm - While one hospital system is looking forward to building in McHenry County, another hospital system remains in limbo over whether it can do the same. Tuesday, in a dram...
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State finally approves Huntley hospitalJul 24, 2012 12:24 pm - Now that Centegra Health System has received state permission to build a hospital in Huntley, the village has taken another step toward becoming a more complete communit...
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Pediatric Walk-In Hours Debut at Midlakes Health Center in Round Lake BeachJul 23, 2012 11:00 pm - Children needing medical services in the Round Lake area will have more opportunities to obtain them starting August 6 when the Lake County Health Department's Midlakes ...
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Medline acquires Perrigo businessJul 23, 2012 11:05 am - Mundelinea-based Medline Industries Inc. said it will acquire some key assets of Perrigo Co.’s personal hygiene business. Terms of the acquisition were not announced. Me...
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AIDS on decline, millions still waiting for drugsJul 22, 2012 5:10 am - LONDON — When the AIDS epidemic erupted nearly three decades ago, experts feared it would be impossible to stop the disease’s spread or to provide enough of the costly d...
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AIDS rise in Uganda shows need for more resourcesJul 19, 2012 9:26 am - KAMPALA, Uganda — Once every month, John Robert Engole checks into a clinic on the outskirts of the Ugandan capital to collect his medication before quickly returning to...
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Sherman Health narrows field in search for a partnerJul 18, 2012 11:00 pm - Sherman Health has been looking into partnership opportunities with area health care systems since 2011, recently narrowing a field of five potential partners to two. Ac...
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Local nurses: Reform emphasizes business side of health careJul 18, 2012 11:00 am - Nurses always have been among those on the front lines of health care, so what do they have to say about the health care reform recently upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court...