Clinic News

• COVID-19 Vaccine Faces Challenge of Confidence
  
  Clinical success isn't enough, experts say.
  Voice of America.  Saturday, 11 Jul 2020.
• Baxter Gets FDA Nod for Altapore Shape Bioactive Bone Graft
  
  Baxter (BAX) receives FDA approval for Altapore Shape that will provide surgeons versatile options to advance the art of healing and boost clinical outcomes during a surgery.
  Zacks.  Friday, 10 Jul 2020.
• Ex-Tennessee pain clinic CEO sentenced in fraud scheme
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The former CEO of a Tennessee pain management company has been sentenced to three years and six months in federal prison for his role in a $4 million Medicare kickback scheme. ...
  Washington Times.  Friday, 10 Jul 2020.
• Cases of 'broken heart syndrome' are FOUR TIMES higher during the coronavirus pandemic
  
  Experts from the Cleveland Clinic in the US found that the condition - stress cardiomyopathy - has grown more prevalent in patients with heart symptoms.
  Daily Mail.  Thursday, 9 Jul 2020.
• Walmart quietly registers insurance business in its latest move into health care
  
  The big-box retailer has opened primary-care clinics, made health-care acquisitions and spoken about its broader ambitions.
  CNBC.  Thursday, 9 Jul 2020.
• Biogen Files BLA for Alzheimer's Drug Aducanumab, Stock Up
  
  If Biogen's (BIIB) aducanumab is approved by the FDA, it will become the first medicine to be approved to reduce the clinical decline associated with Alzheimer's disease.
  Zacks.  Thursday, 9 Jul 2020.
• In race to bring vaccine to market, big pharma struggles to protect its intellectual property rights
  
  The World Health Organization this week said 21 candidate vaccines are in clinical trials at the moment, meaning they are being tested on human volunteers.
  CNBC.  Thursday, 9 Jul 2020.
• Experimental drug shows early promise against inherited form of ALS, trial indicates
  
  A clinical trial has found evidence that the experimental drug tofersen lowers levels of a disease-causing protein in people with an inherited form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, caused by mutations in the gene SOD1.
  Science Daily.  Wednesday, 8 Jul 2020.
• NHS scandals review: Women 'verbally abused by clinicians' after raising concerns
  
  A scathing report into three NHS scandals sets out how patients were "dismissed" and "overlooked", despite being disabled or left in chronic pain from procedures and drugs.
  Sky News.  Wednesday, 8 Jul 2020.
• A New Generation of Coronavirus Tests Is Coming. Here's What to Expect.
  
  New technologies, like the gene-editing tool Crispr, can spot the virus in less than an hour. But it will likely be months before these tests hit clinics.
  New York Times.  Tuesday, 7 Jul 2020.
• Woman loses job after yelling 'white lives are better' at Black Lives Matter protesters in Tennessee
  
  Sonya Holt is no longer an employee at the Keith Family Vision Clinic in Johnson City, her ex-bosses have confirmed.
  Daily Mail.  Tuesday, 7 Jul 2020.
• Regeneron COVID-19 treatment enters final stage trials
  
  The pharmaceutical firm Regeneron on Monday announced it was entering the late stages of its human clinical trials investigating a drug to both treat and prevent COVID-19. ...
  Yahoo.  Monday, 6 Jul 2020.
• 'Think carefully' before visiting English pubs, Scots warned
  
  The advice from the national clinical director came as one English publican claimed 70% of his bookings were from Scotland.
  BBC News.  Saturday, 4 Jul 2020.
• Prof Leitch: Aberdeen player's positive test 'shows system is working'
  
  An Aberdeen player testing positive for Covid-19 was "quite encouraging" as it "shows the system is working," says clinical director Jason Leitch.
  BBC News.  Saturday, 4 Jul 2020.
• WHO sees first results from COVID drug trials within two weeks
  
  The World Health Organization (WHO) should soon get results from clinical trials it is conducting of drugs that might be effective in treating COVID-19 patients, its Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday. ...
  Yahoo.  Friday, 3 Jul 2020.

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