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UCB Launches Vimpat(R) In The U.S. For Add-on Treatment Of Epilepsy In Adults
UCB today announced that Vimpat® (lacosamide) C-V, a new antiepileptic drug (AED) is available in the U.S. as an add-on therapy for the treatment of partial-onset seizures in people with epilepsy who are 17 years and older. Vimpat® will be available in U.S. pharmacies by the first week of June 2009.

University Of Florida Makes Gene Therapy Breakthrough In Treating Severe Genetic Disorder
A dog born with a deadly disease that prevents the body from using stored sugar has survived 20 months and is still healthy after receiving gene therapy at the University of Florida - putting scientists a step closer to finding a cure for the disorder in children.
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Editorials And Opinions

A Selection of Editorials and Opinions Health Care Reform, As The Insurers See It - New York Times Health care reform is simply too important to be hijacked by ideology, divisive rhetoric and the settling of old scores (Michael Tuffin, Letter to the Editor, 6/8). President"s Health Care Plan? Hah! China"s Scorn Is Deserved - Sacramento Bee The Chinese own so much of our debt that they have a keen interest in U.S. fiscal probity, and apparently a dim view of our ability to achieve it. The mandarins of a notionally communist government are now forced to harangue the world"s emblematic capitalist country about its ever-spiraling public debt (Rich Lowry, 6/9). How Not to Reform Health Care - National Review Massachusetts is widely touted as a model for health-care reform. It isn"t (Michael Tanner, 6/9). Medicare System Offers Model For Health Reform - Arizona Daily Star You will find more than 90 percent satisfied Medicare customers. Physician satisfaction with Medicare is also high. We don"t have to rediscover the wheel; we have only to follow its tracks (Dr. Charles Katzenberg, 6/9). What Access Really Means - Boston Globe Public health officials have long recognized - and tried to eliminate - the sharp disparities in health among racial and ethnic minorities. But there is another group as well that ranks well below average on many measures of health: people with disabilities (6/9). Health Care Reform -- the players and their starting positions - The Seattle Post-Intelligencer The next few months are going to be riveting. Will we be watching a political wreck or a historic success? At this point I"d say the chances for a bill are only a tad better than 50-50 (Larry Seaquist, 6/8). This information was reprinted from kaiserhealthnews.org with kind permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, search the archives and sign up for email delivery at kaiserhealthnews.org. © Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.


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