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Hackers can remotely kill hospital patients with drug pumps, IT expert discovers
2015-06-11 13:58:30| Wireless - Topix.net
Serious alarm is finally being raised over drug pumps in thousands of hospitals around the world being vulnerable to hacking. RT spoke to the security expert whose previous warnings were ignored - until he proved hackers could kill patients remotely.
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FDA panel backs Amgen cholesterol drug for some patients
2015-06-11 08:41:53| Biotech - Topix.net
" Federal health advisers said that a highly-anticipated cholesterol-lowering drug from Amgen Inc. should be approved for patients with dangerously high levels of the artery-clogging substance. But as with their review of a similar drug a day earlier, the Food and Drug Administration experts stressed Wednesday that long-term results are needed to judge the drug's real benefit.
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TECOS, Mercks Cardiovascular Safety Trial of JANUVIA (sitagliptin), Met Primary Endpoint in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
2015-06-08 22:30:00| Merck.com - Product News
Dateline City: KENILWORTH, N.J. Findings Published in the New England Journal of Medicine and Presented at the American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions Treatment with Sitagliptin Did Not Increase the Risk of Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in the Primary Composite Endpoint, or Hospitalization for Heart Failure, Compared with Placebo KENILWORTH, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced the primary results of the Trial Evaluating Cardiovascular Outcomes with Sitagliptin (TECOS), a placebo-controlled study of the cardiovascular (CV) safety of Mercks DPP-4 inhibitor, JANUVIA (sitagliptin), added to usual care in more than 14,000 patients. Language: English Contact: MerckMedia:Pam Eisele, 267-305-3558orKim Hamilton, 908-740-1863orInvestors:Joe Romanelli, 908-740-1986orJustin Holko, 908-740-1879 Media Capsule: Please Activate Javascript !function(d, s, id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https',dt=new Date().getTime();if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://s3.amazonaws.com/contentcapsule.com/clients/Merck/tags/d5542d85-2f26-45dc-b64c-3ee84a4312ff_reg_frame.js?dt="+dt;fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","contentcapsule-embed-d5542d85-2f26-45dc-b64c-3ee84a4312ff"); Ticker Slug: Ticker: MRK Exchange: NYSE read more
Samsung chief, 73, to remain in Seoul hospital despite patients, staff being exposed to Mers
2015-06-07 12:20:13| Semiconductors - Topix.net
Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Kun-hee will remain at the Samsung Medical Centre in Seoul, where he has been receiving treatment since May last year following a heart attack, despite the hospital being one of the hospitals hardest hit by the outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome that is causing spreading panic in the country. Parent company Samsung Group has no plans to transfer the 73-year-old, Yonhap news agency reported on Sunday, citing a person it did not identify.
Samsung chief, 73, to remain in Seoul hospital despite patients, staff being exposed to Mers
2015-06-07 12:10:22| Electronics - Topix.net
Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Kun-hee will remain at the Samsung Medical Centre in Seoul, where he has been receiving treatment since May last year following a heart attack, despite the hospital being one of the hospitals hardest hit by the outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome that is causing spreading panic in the country. Parent company Samsung Group has no plans to transfer the 73-year-old, Yonhap news agency reported on Sunday, citing a person it did not identify.
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