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MEDEC Commends The Ontario Government's Decision To Make PET Scans More Accessible To Patients In The Province
MEDEC - Canada"s Medical Technology Companies - applauds the Ontario Government for its recent decision to add Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Technology to the services covered by the Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) thereby ensuring that Ontarians have access to PET technology.
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Cellerant Therapeutics Announces Dosing Of First Patient In A Phase 1 Trial Of CLT-008 For Hematological Malignancies
Cellerant Therapeutics Inc., a biotechnology company developing novel hematopoietic stem cell-based cellular and antibody therapies for blood disorders and cancer, announced today that it has dosed its first patient in a Phase 1 IND trial of CLT-008 for hematological malignancies. CLT-008 is an off-the-shelf cell-based biologic designed to rapidly produce mature neutrophils and platelets in vivo and facilitate long-term engraftment in patients undergoing bone marrow or cord blood transplantation, or being treated for chemotherapy- or radiation-induced neutropenia among other applications.
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Scientists Find Faster, Cheaper Way To Identify Cancer Causing Genes
Researchers at the University of Virginia Health System have found a new way to study how genes function in living organisms, and their approach could substantially cut the time and costs that drug makers spend in searching for potential targets for new cancer therapies.
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Historic Day For Health Care, Nurses And Midwives - ANF Welcomes Legislation To Increase Access To Quality Health Care

New legislation giving "eligible midwives" and nurse practitioners prescribing rights on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) and Medical benefits Schedule (MBS) will allow more Australians to access quality, affordable health care according to the Australian Nursing Federation (ANF). The Health Legislation Amendment (Midwives and Nurse Practitioners) Bill and a Professional Indemnity Bill covering midwives will be tabled in Federal Parliament tomorrow (24 June). "The ANF congratulates the Australian government and the Minister for Health and Ageing, Nicola Roxon for recognising the benefits that highly skilled and educated nurse practitioners and midwives bring to the health of all Australians," Ged Kearney ANF Federal Secretary said. "The government has taken a practical, common sense approach to helping more people get safe, effective health care. Nurse practitioners already have authority to prescribe medications but patients could not get rebates on the medicines and tests they prescribed." The legislation would also allow pregnant women access to the full range of services available from eligible midwives. Ms Kearney said the ANF and peak nursing and midwifery bodies were looking forward to further talks with the Minister for Health and Ageing in order to work out the detail of the legislation. "The legislation must be designed to give patients efficient access to the full range of care that nurse practitioners and midwives provide," she said. "People need our care now, let"s make it happen." Australian Nurising Federation


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