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Management Change At Actelion - Isaac Kobrin To Take Newly Created Position Of Chief Medical Officer
Actelion Ltd (SIX: ATLN) announced the creation of the position of Chief Medical Officer (CMO). This change was initiated to fulfill the needs of a fast growing organization, which is developing products rapidly and managing a growing portfolio. Effective 1 July 2009, the current Head of Clinical Development, Isaac Kobrin will move into this position. He will continue to be a member of Actelion"s Executive Committee (AEC).
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Mock CPR Drills In Kids Show Many Residents Fail In Key Skills, Hopkins Study Reveals
Research from the Johns Hopkins Children"s Center exposes alarming gaps in training hospital residents in "first response" emergency treatment of staged cardiorespiratory arrests in children, while at the same time offering a potent recipe for fixing the problem.
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Secrets Revealed About How Disease-Causing DNA Mutations Occur
A team of Penn State scientists has shed light on the processes that lead to certain human DNA mutations that are implicated in hundreds of inherited diseases such as tuberous sclerosis and neurofibromatosis type 1. The results one day could influence the way couples who seek to have children receive genetic counseling. The team, led by Kateryna Makova, an associate professor of biology, also includes Erika Kvikstad, a graduate student in the Department of Biology, and Francesca Chiaromonte, an associate professor of statistics. Their findings will be published in the July 2009 issue of the journal Genome Research.
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Reproductive Health Bill Could Reduce Maternal Mortality In Philippines

The number of Filipino "women who die yearly due to childbirth and pregnancy complications has doubled in the last four years," and a reproductive health bill opposed by some lawmakers and stalled in Congress could address this rise in maternal mortality, health groups say, ABS-CBN News reports. The bill includes a "range of programs to promote reproductive health through education and access" to family planning methods, according to ABS-CBN News. Junice Melgar, executive director of the women"s health organization Likhaan, said that pregnancy-related deaths could be prevented by increasing access to family planning services, pre-natal check-ups, emergency obstetric care and skilled birth attendants. "Many of the unintended pregnancies lead to abortion. This places the life of a woman at risk," Melgar said, adding that half of all pregnancies in the Philippines are unplanned. According to ABS-CBN News, "the bill met calls for shelving from lawmakers who claim that the bill legalizes abortion and that some of the artificial contraceptives cited in the bill are not safe." Melgar noted that that maternal mortality correlates with infant deaths. "Women"s concerns are always tied to children"s concernsò€¦When women are dying or sick, they cannot provide their children the warmth, the right nourishment, and the right protection," she said. Benjamin de Leon, president of the Forum for Family Planning, said maternal and infant deaths occur because "Filipinos have very little access or no access to family planning services" (Balane, ABS-CBN News, 6/18). This information was reprinted from globalhealth.kff.org with kind permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, search the archives and sign up for email delivery at globalhealth.kff.org. © Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.


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