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GlaxoSmithKline And Genmab Announce Top-line Results For Ofatumumab In Rheumatoid Arthritis
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Genmab A/S (OMX: GEN) announced preliminary top-line results from a Phase III study of ofatumumab administered intravenously for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in patients who had an inadequate response to methotrexate. The study met the primary endpoint, ACR20 at 24 weeks, which indicates a 20 percent or greater improvement in the number of swollen and tender joints, as well as improvements in other disease-activity measures.
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Migraines With Aura In Middle Age May Be Associated With Late Life Brain Lesions
Women who suffer from migraine headaches in middle age particularly those accompanied by neurological aura are more likely to have damage to brain tissue in the cerebellum later in life, according to a study by researchers at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, the National Institute on Aging (NIA) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Icelandic Heart Association in Reykjavik. The study appears in the June 24, 2009, issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. The researchers found that migraine sufferers with aura are more susceptible than others to localized brain tissue damage identified on magnetic resonance images (MRI). In particular, women who reported having migraines with aura were almost twice as likely to have such damage in the cerebellum as women who reported not having headaches.
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Government Of Canada Acts To Help Ensure Soft Vinyl Toys, Child-Care Articles And Other Consumer Products Are Safer
The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, announced today that the Government of Canada is proposing new regulations to prevent the use of six chemicals (phthalates) in soft vinyl toys and child-care articles. Regulations are also being proposed to further reduce lead limits in consumer products.
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Today's Selection Of Opinions And Editorials

The Health Care Follies CBS News /The New Republic The health care debate has been presented as a conflict between spendthrift Democrats and skinflint Republicans. The reality is closer to the opposite (Chait, 7/9). Whip Inflation Now The New York Times The health care bills now winding their way through Congress would do little to change the fundamental incentives that drive health care"s inexorably rising costs (Brooks, 7/10). Democrats Hoodwink The Health Lobby Wall Street Journal The question is just how long it is going to take for America"s health-care CEOs to realize they are being taken for a ride, both by Congress and their own lobbyists. Americans are wary enough about ObamaCare to maybe appreciate some straight talk from corporate America. If only corporate America can find the smarts to give it (Strassel, 7/10). How Not To Fix Health Care Washington Post For those who seek health reform that is effective, bipartisan and fiscally sound, the past few days have been unsettling (7/10). Mining Health Data To Cut Down Costs Minneapolis Star Tribune Minnesotans may not realize it, but as of July 1 they became part of a pioneering statewide health care project that could show the nation how to harness information technology to bring skyrocketing medical costs under control (7/10). 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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