The Orthopaedic Trauma Institute at San Francisco General Hospital and the University of California, San Francisco has been selected to be one of 12 core clinical centers in a newly established Extremity Trauma Clinical Research Consortium.

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The patient is still in the operating room, and the prognosis is not good.

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Duke-National University of Singapore Graduate Medical School opened its new campus in Singapore, giving the fledgling school a permanent base of operations.

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Money-losing Celsion Corp. has more money on the way, arranging an institutional stock sale that should raise about $7 million. (CLSN)

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International health-technology giant Covidien plc has agreed to buy brain-monitoring device company Aspect Medical Systems Inc. for about $210 million, the two companies reported Monday. (COV)

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Kristen Diane Parker — the former surgical technician at Denver’s Rose Medical Center linked to a wave of hepatitis C infections among patients — has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison under a plea agreement.

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Abbott Laboratories expects to close early next year on a more than $7 billion deal to buy the pharmaceutical business of Belgian conglomerate Solvay Group. (ABT)

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Allied Healthcare Products Inc. posted a loss and saw its sales drop in the fourth quarter and full year 2009 due to recession-driven budget cuts in health care.

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Novartis has received a positive opinion recommending European Union (EU) approval of QAB149 (indacaterol) for maintenance bronchodilator treatment in adult patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
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A report published by the Center for Healthcare Supply Chain Research, the research foundation of the Healthcare Distribution Management Association (HDMA), indicates that in 2008, that $253 billion in prescription drug sales were completed through primary healthcare distributors, representing nearly 85% of the entire market.
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