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PITTSBURGH, June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Mylan Inc. (Nasdaq: MYL) today announced the pricing of a private placement of $500 million aggregate principal amount of 1.80% Senior Notes due 2016 at an issue price of 99.925% and $650 million aggregate principal amount of 2.60% Senior Notes due 2018 at an issue price of 99.791%. Mylan intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to repay term loans borrowed under its credit facility. Subject to customary closing conditions, the sale...
ATLANTA, June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- AdCare Health Systems, Inc. (NYSE MKT: ADK) (NYSE MKT: ADK.PRA) (the "Company"), a leading long-term care provider, today announced that, on June 13, 2013, the Company received a notice from the NYSE MKT LLC (the "Exchange") indicating that the Company's plan to regain compliance with certain of the Exchange's continued listing standards was accepted. As previously announced, on May 17, 2013, the Company received a deficiency letter from the...
Results Up Slightly from 2011 SAN RAMON, Calif., June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Hill Physicians Medical Group released its 2012 annual report and financial results today, reporting more than $11.8 million in net income on $491 million in revenue. In 2011, Hill Physicians reported $11.6 million in net income and $480 million in revenue. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130618/SF34324) (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120202/SF46003LOGO-b) "We kept pace...
Professional Society Names New Editor-in-Chief of Multidisciplinary Journal NEW YORK, June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP) recently announced that Mass General radiologist Joshua A. Hirsch, MD, FACR, FSIR has been named the new editor-in-chief of Pain Physician, a peer-reviewed academic journal for physicians and basic scientists that presents the latest studies, research and information related to the specialty of...
Philip Treuil is happy to announce 11 years as a veterinarian and member of the American Veterinary Medical Association. NEW YORK, June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Philip Treuil has been a practicing veterinarian since he earned his doctorate from the Louisiana State University in 2002. Philip Treuil proudly announces that 2013 will mark his eleventh year as a member of the American Veterinary Medical Association, as well as his eleventh year as an accomplished and respected...
MARIETTA, Ga., June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Feosol(®) Iron Supplements, distributed by Meda Consumer Healthcare's US headquarters in Marietta, Georgia, has been awarded the #1 Pharmacist Recommended Brand (2013-2014) by U.S News & World Report and Pharmacy Times. Top recommended healthcare brands were identified through a national survey amongst 2,411 pharmacists early in 2013 for consideration for the award and Feosol was chosen as the #1 pharmacist recommended brand in the...
MISSISSAUGA, ON, June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Nuvo Research Inc. (TSX: NRI) a specialty pharmaceutical company dedicated to building a portfolio of products for the topical treatment of pain announced today that, at its 2013 annual and special meeting of shareholders held in Mississauga, all nominees listed in the management proxy circular dated May 1, 2013 were elected, by a show of hands, as directors of the Company. The detailed results of the votes by proxy are as follows:...
The Patients' Choice Award is based on patient-provided online ratings. KNOXVILLE, Tenn., June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Only a small percentage of the nation's physicians are ever honored with a Patients' Choice Award. But Knoxville Plastic Surgery Dr. David Reath belongs to an even more selective group of doctors who are being honored this year as five-time Patients' Choice honorees, marking the award's fifth anniversary. (Photo:...
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Sansum Clinic and Cottage Health System ("CHS") announced today that the parties have entered into a letter of intent to develop an integrated health system. The transaction would bring the three hospitals of Cottage Health System and Sansum Clinic's twenty-three (23) ambulatory sites together to better serve the community in an era of health care reform. Sansum Clinic, a non-profit community benefit entity would serve as...
Growth Equity Investment to Accelerate Market Penetration CLEVELAND, June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- COMS Interactive, LLC (also known as "Clinical Outcomes Management Systems" or "COMS"), announced today that it has secured a minority investment of $21 million from Summit Partners, a global growth equity firm. The investment will be used for company expansion and adjacent market product offerings. In addition, a portion of the capital will be used for redemption of COMS common stock...
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Trichuris suis is a species of whipworm that is classified within the Nematoda phylum. It can be found in warm tropical regions throughout the world but is rare in arid regions. Males reach an average body length between 1.1 and 1.5 inches, while females reach an average length between 2.3 and 3.1 inches. This species, and other members of the Trichuris genus, was given its common name because of its whip like appearance. The original definitive hosts of this species are pigs, but it is able...
Schistosoma mansoni is a species of parasitic worm, classified within the Platyhelminthes phylum, which affects an estimated 83.31 million throughout the world. This species is the most populous of all members of its genus, occurring in fifty-four countries including areas like Africa, the Middle East, South America, and the Caribbean. This species causes intestinal schistosomiasis in humans. The mapped genome of Schistosoma mansoni and S. japonicum were published in 2009. The associated...
The lancet liver fluke (Dicrocoelium dendriticum) is a parasitic worm that is classified within the Platyhelminthes phylum. It is thought to be native to over thirty countries including Switzerland, Spain, Germany, Iran, China, Vietnam, Japan, Ghana, and Nigeria, among many other areas. It is also found in South and North America and in Australia. It is typically found in cattle or other grazing species, so it is thought to prefer a habitat that supports these species. It is similar in...
DNA probes help scientists to detect a specific gene in a long DNA sequence. According to Dr. Michael A. Pfaller, DNA probes are “single-stranded pieces of nucleic acid, labeled with a specific tracer (isotope, enzyme, or chromophore), that will hydrogen bond (hybridize) with complementary single-stranded pieces of DNA (or RNA) under the appropriate conditions of pH, temperature, and iconic strength.” The Foundation for Genomics and Population Health website has a helpful video about...
The activity of any living cell, and by extension life itself, depends on protein synthesis and the transcription of DNA. If proteins are the machinery of cellular function, then DNA are the machine assembly lines – responsible for accurately and efficiently ‘transcribing’ protein messengers, structures and enzymes. DNA transcription begins in the nucleus of a cell when an enzyme called RNA polymerase binds to the DNA strand. Sequences within the DNA direct the polymerase to...
