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HealthEast Care System has selected Lawson Software’s Strategic Human Capital Management, including applications from the Lawson Talent Management and Human Resource Management suites. The enterprise software includes Lawson

PeaceHealth has selected Wolters Kluwer’s ProVation MD software for procedure documentation and coding. The software, already in use at PeaceHealth Medical Group and PeaceHealth Gastroenterology Endoscopy Center, will

Savient has received a complete response letter from FDA. The agency stated that it can not approve the company’s Biologics License Application (BLA) for KRYSTEXXA (pegloticase) at this

Purdue and Transcept have entered into an exclusive license and collaboration agreement to commercialize Intermezzo (zolpidem tartrate sublingual) tablet in the US. Transcept has granted Purdue and a

Beckman has completed the acquisition of Olympus’ lab-based diagnostics business. Scott Garrett, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Beckman, said: The completion of this transaction adds considerable

OSI has provided results from the phase III SATURN study on Tarceva (erlotinib). Tarceva extended the survival of patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), when used

AstraZeneca and Bristol-Myers Squibb have reported that FDA has approved Onglyza (saxagliptin) for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus in adults. Onglyza is indicated as an adjunct

Germany-based Merck has presented new data from a meta-analysis of trials evaluating the addition of Erbitux (cetuximab) to standard first-line chemotherapy, in patients with non-small cell lung cancer

Total has reported second quarter adjusted net income of E1.7 billion, a decrease of 54 % for the second quarter of 2009, compared to the previous year. The