- Eko Core, stethoscope that streams to smartphones, cleared by FDA (healthcarefinancenews.com)
'We've started by pairing the oldest and the newest tools in the medical toolkit – the stethoscope and the smartphone.'…The FDA has cleared Eko Core, a digital stethoscope designed by medical devices startup Eko Devices..."a next-generation" stethoscope – billed as the only one on the market to wirelessly stream heart sounds to a HIPAA-compliant smartphone app. It is also the first to integrate heart sounds directly into the patient's EHR.
- Genomic screening project aims to foster trials of new cancer drugs (asia.nikkei.com)
Drugmakers in Japan, U.S. and Europe are teaming up to discover new drugs based on human genetic data. Led by the National Cancer Center of Japan, the joint research by private companies and academic institutions will collect genetic information from cancer patients to build a database for clinical trials.
- Nevadans to see premium increases in 2016 health insurance rates (reviewjournal.com)
Nevada Division of Insurance said…that it has approved 2016 health insurance rates for individual and small-group coverage…For small businesses and their employees, premiums will rise an average of 5 percent,…Consumers who buy a plan through the state's Nevada Health Link insurance exchange will see an average premium gain of 8.7 percent. Individual buyers off of the exchange will pay 9.6 percent more…
- Henderson approves 4th medical marijuana dispensary (reviewjournal.com)
Henderson City Council approved a medical marijuana dispensary…that plans to open on Eastern Avenue, south of the 215 Beltway…The Source Henderson…fourth dispensary…None have opened yet. Clark County has only one dispensary in business, Euphoria Wellness in the southwest Las Vegas Valley.
- GSK hep B supplies to Japan hit by Tianjin explosion (fiercepharmaasia.com)
GlaxoSmithKline faces constraints in supplying hepatitis B treatment Tenozet in Japan because of curbed operations at its China plant that makes the treatment after a massive chemical explosion that rocked country's Tianjin manufacturing hub in early August…said cleanup operations related to the..blast have blocked access to the plant where Tenozet is produced and the facility has remained idled since last month's explosion.
- Las Vegas cancer care provider partners with USC (reviewjournal.com)
Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada and the University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center…announced a partnership to provide treatment and cooperation in clinical trials…USC Norris brand joins the Cleveland Clinic, Stanford Hospital and other distinguished names affiliated with health care providers in Southern Nevada… Such partnerships widen the scope of therapies and procedures available in Southern Nevada..
- Tight Nevada testing rules constrict supply of medical marijuana (lasvegassun.com)
Southern Nevada's first dispensary now open after months of red tape, medical marijuana cultivators are facing growing pains as they grapple with the state's strict testing standards…growers…failed…led to pounds of marijuana being destroyed,..Dispensaries report several batches of cannabis failing to meet the required levels for pesticides, mycotoxins or heavy metals,… Nevada's toughest-in-the-nation standards for marijuana quality are working.
- Doctor Charged in Illegal Sales of Prescriptions for Controlled Substances: Medical Practices at JFK International Airport and on Long Island (dea.gov)
Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Division…announced today the indictment and arrest of Dr. Gerald Surya, an internist and senior aviation medical examiner with offices at JFK International Airport... sold prescriptions for oxycodone, a powerful opioid painkiller, and other controlled substances to a select group of "patients" in exchange for cash...allegedly wrote prescriptions in the names of individuals with no legitimate medical need for the controlled substances..
- Inside a Nevada marijuana testing lab (rgj.com)
In Northern Nevada, the medical marijuana industry is ramping up. New cultivation facilities, dispensaries and producers are coming online, and with that, one type of ancillary business must take on a vital part of the process: testing laboratories…One of these businesses, a small testing facility which sits in the heart of Sparks, is called 374 Labs… When it comes to medical marijuana, Nevada requires business to run a gauntlet of testing requirements ranging from mold and microbials to heavy metals and pesticides, not to mention the tetrahydrocannabinol..
- MountainView Hospital announces $90M expansion (reviewjournal.com)
MountainView Hospital…announced a $90 million expansion project….will include the addition of 64 beds, the expansion of women's services, the upgrade of the neonatal intensive care unit, the expansion of the emergency department and a new medical office building…When the expansion is complete, MountainView will grow to a 400-bed hospital,…Construction is expected to take 18 months.