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LONDON, 23 July 2008-GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) today announced a transformational agreement to significantly extend its pharmaceutical portfolio in emerging markets. The licensing collaboration between GSK and South African based pharmaceuticals...

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LONDON, July 2008 - Dan Troy has been appointed as Senior Vice President and General Counsel for GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), and will join the company on 2nd September 2008. Dan was formerly Chief Counsel for the US Food and Drug...

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- Grow a diversified global business - Deliver more products of value - Simplify GSK's operating model LONDON, 23 July 2008-In a presentation to investors today, Andrew Witty, CEO GlaxoSmithKline, set out three new strategic priorities that...

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PRINCETON, N.J. & LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 23, 2008--Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and AstraZeneca today announced the submission of a New Drug Application (NDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on June 30th and validation of a...

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BRISBANE, Australia, 23 July 2008. Following a thorough review that concluded late yesterday, the Board of Progen Pharmaceuticals Limited (ASX:PGL; NASDAQ:PGLA) today announced that it had discontinued the PI-88 phase 3 study in liver cancer. Progen...

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Authors: Pincus T

Quantitative clinical assessment measures and indices have been developed for many rheumatic diseases. However, these measures and indices generally are used only in clinical trials and other clinical research, as they are too complex for collection and calculation at a usual clinical visit. The only quantitative measures available in most rheumatology patient care are laboratory tests, which often give false positive and false negative results and may not be available at the time of a patient visit. The most feasible method to collect quantitative data in routine care involves patient self-report questionnaires, completed while waiting to see the physician and reviewed by the clinician at the time of the visit. A multidimensional health assessment questionnaire (MDHAQ) provides a useful one-page questionnaire to assess the three self-report Data Set measures-physical function, pain, patient global estimate, as well as review of systems, recent medical history, fatigue, and demographic data. An index of the three Core Data Set measures, routine assessment of patient index data (RAPID3), can be used to guide "tight control" of inflammation, analogous to a disease activity score (DAS28). RAPID3 can be scored in fewer than 10 seconds and is informative in patients with all rheumatic diseases. It is suggested that the infrastructure of all rheumatology care settings include a patient questionnaire for each patient, with all diagnoses, at each visit to improve quantitative guidance of clinical decisions, documentation of status and improvements, and patient outcomes.

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PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to describe the first experience of implanting a new left ventricular assist device in pediatric patients with end-stage heart failure. DESCRIPTION: In two recent prospective, international, multicenter clinical trials, three children (aged