Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) announced the start of patient enrollment in the ORION clinical trial, which is designed to evaluate the Company’s EPIC(TM) Self-Expanding Nitinol Stent System for the treatment of iliac artery disease, a form of peripheral artery disease that impacts a patient’s lower extremities. The first U.S. patient was enrolled on May 14 by Nicolas W. Shammas, M.D., at Trinity Terrace Park Hospital in Bettendorf, Iowa.
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The University of Rhode Island has been awarded a five-year, $18 million grant by a branch of the National Institutes of Health to strengthen biomedical research capacity in Rhode Island. One of the largest grants in the University’s history, the grant is the third in a series of multi-million dollar awards the agency has given URI for this purpose since 2001, for a total of $42 million.
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United Way of Metropolitan Dallas will invest $45 million in education, income and health programs in its four-county service area.

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AMC Entertainment Inc. reported an $81.2 million loss for fiscal 2009, compared with a $43.4 million profit the prior year.

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The Massachusetts Consumer Confidence Index jumped higher in April, returning to a level last seen in October 2007.

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Alabama has recovered another $89 million in legal settlements with several more drug manufacturers accused of overcharging the Alabama Medicaid Agency.

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Progressive MRI LLC has bought nine imaging centers in Maryland from Medical Resources Inc. to boost its size in the state.

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Susan G. Komen for the Cure has named new members to its board.

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Dr. J. Christopher Carey, former chief of the obstetrics residency program at Maricopa Medical Center, won a $1.4 million settlement in a discrimination suit he filed against the hospital and Maricopa County officials.

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The flow of stimulus dollars to the state of Ohio continues, as nearly $40 million in funding was awarded Friday from the Community Services Block Grant Program — through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

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