INTERMACS, the Interagency Registry for Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support, and its role in facilitating ongoing development of ventricular assistive devices (VAD) will be the subject of presentations and discussion during the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) 27th Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions this week.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement on the 2007 reports of the Board of Trustees of the Social Security and Medicare Trust Funds:
Nationally, the number of All-TerrainVehicle (ATV)-related emergency department visits has more than doubled in recent years, from 52,800 in 1997 to 136,100 in 2004.
The vast majority of Americans want Medicare to negotiate for lower prescription drug prices. Seniors and their families know there is no logical reason the federal government should be prohibited from negotiating with drug makers except to preserve industry profits.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is alerting health care professionals and consumers to the availability of audio broadcasts that provide emerging drug safety information.
A policy paper and principles assuring that physicians are given the opportunity to comment on performance ratings that they believe are inaccurate were adopted this week by the American College of Physicians (ACP) at its annual meeting.
Merck KGaA announced the conclusion of a ten-year partnership with WHO to control schistosomiasis in African schoolchildren. For this purpose, Merck will provide for free 200 million tablets Cesol? 600 (active ingredient praziquantel) with a value of approximately US$ 80 million.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will hold a public hearing on June 12 and 13, 2007, to obtain feedback on FDA’s Medication Guide program.
India will sign an agreement in the field of vaccine research with the International Institute of Vaccine (IVI) in Korea, Government said.
Dozens of celebrities are lending their time, talents and faces to educate the public on the facts of Alzheimer’s disease and challenge more than five million people – one for every person currently living with the disease – to get involved.