Recent Reference and Information News Today

New Product For Pfizer Specialty Takes Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension To Heart
Pfizer Australia announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire the local distribution rights for THELIN , an oral, once-daily highly selective endothelin receptor antagonist, indicated for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension in patients with NYHA/WHO Functional Class III symptoms to improve exercise ability.

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:43:12 GMT

Legislative floor actions
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Legislative floor actions in the House of Representatives and Senate from Wednesday, July 1. HOUSE PASSED HB 245 CONTINUING BUDGET -To make operating appropriations for the period beginning July 8, 2009, and ending July 14, 2009.

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:10:58 GMT

NIST Issues Human Milk and Blood Serum SRMs for Contaminant Measurements
NIST issues reference materials for milk/blood contaminants. July 2, 2009 - NIST has released 4 Standard Reference Materials in response to scientists' need to measure organic contaminants in human body fluids.

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:00:00 GMT

OCI Analytic Uncovers Duplicate Payment in Over 4% of Workers' Comp Claims
OCI conducted the analyses on a large employer from their proprietary Reference Database on duplicate workers' compensation and healthcare payments.

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:00:00 GMT

"Special Libraries" Name a Burden, So SLA Considers Name Change
The Special Libraries Association, which six years ago began doing business simply as SLA, is again considering changing its name.

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:40:28 GMT