Quintiles report of health care executives reveals how to improve success in a new competitive landscape

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. - Saturday, July 27th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Health care industry executives’ understanding of the need to collaborate and the challenges they face in working together are explored in a new report from Quintiles based on a global survey of biopharmaceutical, payer and provider executives.

The Collaboration Mandate is the first in a series of three thought leadership publications based on independent surveys of more than 300 healthcare executives in the US, Italy, France, Germany, Spain and the UK. The series expands upon Quintiles’ annual New Health Report, released over the past three years.

"Stakeholders are moving closer to operating as a system in which aligning goals and integrating data will improve their probability of success,” said John Doyle, Dr.P.H., senior vice president and managing director, Consult ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Thursday, July 25th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

The Air Wing Department at the Abu Dhabi Police participated in a course on airplane quality control that was recently held at Agusta Systocalendi Academy in Milan, Italy.

The delegation, which was headed by Lieutenant Colonel Adel Abdul Aziz Al Sajwani, Director of Supply Branch, included Major Eng. Waleed Mohammed Al Raisi, First Lieutenant Abdullah Hasan Al Marzouqi, and Lieutenant Technician Ibrahim Al Bloushi.

Lieutenant Colonel Al Sajwani said: "The course addressed topics of quality control in airplane maintenance, spare parts, quality management and standards, and engineering planning for airplane maintenance. It also covered human error in aviation and ways to limit these errors, and approved international aviation laws that regulate technical work.”

He added: "The two-week course was successful and useful to the officers at the Maintenance and Technical Supply sections. It hel ... Read more »

TOKYO - Saturday, July 27th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO: 6502) today announced that it has launched photocouplers, "TLP2361” and "TLP2161”, that combine 15Mbps high-speed communication with low power consumption. Mass production is scheduled to start in August, 2013.

The products incorporate Toshiba’s original infrared LED. The LED’s high output and reliability secure low input current operations and reduce threshold input current by approximately 54% compared with equivalent products1. This LED’s stable output under high ambient temperature guarantees operation up to 125 degrees Celsius, the industry’s highest class2 of operation. Fabricated with Bi-CMOS process, supply current per channel is lowered to 1mA (max.), which cuts total supply current by approximately 66% for "TLP2361”, and approximately 60% for "TLP2161”.

"TLP2361”, with a small SO6 package, achieves clearances and creepage distance of 5mm (min.) and complies with t ... Read more »

Pre-specified interim analysis indicated study would likely not meet the primary endpoint of improved overall survival

OSAKA, Japan & CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Friday, July 26th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited ("Takeda”) announced today that it has unblinded the ELM-PC 5 Phase 3 study (C21005) of orteronel plus prednisone compared to placebo plus prednisone in patients with metastatic, castration- resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) that had progressed during or following chemotherapy based on the recommendation of the Independent Data Monitoring Committee (IDMC). The pre-specified interim analysis indicated that orteronel plus prednisone would likely not meet the primary endpoint of improved overall survival (OS) when compared to the control arm (HR 0.894, p=0.226). The interim analysis did show an advantage for orteronel plus prednisone for the secondary endpoint, radiographic progression-free survival (rPFS) over the control arm ( ... Read more »