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U.S. Renal Care Settles Fraud Case

BALTIMORE—U.S. Renal Care has agreed to pay $7.3 million to the federal government to settle a whistleblower lawsuit brought by a nurse that alleged a company U.S. Renal Care acquired, Dialysis Corporation of America (DCA), ...read more

Travel on Dialysis

“The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page,” said Augustine of Hippo. For many, travel provides an expanded world view and a great deal of joy. For many hemodialysis patients, travel seems ...read more

2013 RPA Meeting

If you missed the three-day, 2013 Renal Physician Association conference held in New Orleans, Renal Business Today was there and has the highlights available at your fingertips in the latest digital issue. Renal ...read more

Venous Needle Dislodgement

Venous needle dislodgement (VND) occurs when a venous needle dislodges from a patient's vascular access during hemodialysis treatment. This report discusses VND severity and presents best practices and other solutions to ...read more

A Recipe Guide to Lowering Salt Intake

Whether you are a kidney disease patient or a non-kidney patient, it is important to keep your kidneys as healthy as possible by following a low-sodium diet. Did you know that for a healthy individual over the age of 50, a ...read more

Latest Headlines

Fresenius applies for expanded use of PhosLo

BAD HOMBURG, Germany—Fresenius Medical Care said today it has submitted an application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to use the phosphate binder PhosLo in stage 4 chronic kidney disease. ...More
January 23, 2007
Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Practice Management
Trouble for Mircera?

The blockbuster patent-infringement trial between Amgen and Roche isn’t set to start until September, but court documents filed Friday reveal Roche could face an uphill battle in getting its anti-anemia drug Mircera to market. In a research report released today, Bear ...More
January 22, 2007
Posted in Blog
Aksys to shut down operations

LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill.—Medical device manufacturer Aksys Ltd. will be shutting down its operations after the company could not get the third-party financing it needed to continue operations, according to a regulatory filing. ...More
January 22, 2007
Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Practice Management
Kidneyoogle

I admit it. I take Google for granted. It's an bottomless well of information. Want to know where you can buy the world's smallest country? Check out Sealand. Would I have known that if it weren't for Google? Likely not. Frivolity aside though, Google has also become a 21st ...More
January 19, 2007
Posted in Blog
American Renal opens new South Carolina facility

BEVERLY, Mass.--American Renal Associates Inc. said today that it has recently opened a new South Carolina-based outpatient dialysis facility, which is the company's first clinic in the state. ...More
January 19, 2007
Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Practice Management
RMS Lifelines receives JCAHO Gold Seal of Approval

VERNON HILLS, Ill.--RMS Lifeline Inc., which provides vascular access management services, has received the Gold Seal of Approval from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. ...More
January 18, 2007
Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Practice Management
HHS chief operating officer to step down

WASHINGTON--The Health and Human Services Department's chief operating officer, Alex Azar, said yesterday he will leave the department on February 3. ...More
January 18, 2007
Posted in News, Business, Government & Regulation
Cytochroma lands $21 million in financing

MARKHAM, Ontario--Specialty pharmaceutical company Cytochroma Inc. said today it has secured $21 million in financing to help develop drug products for vitamin D deficiency and related ailments in chronic kidney disease. ...More
January 17, 2007
Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Practice Management
Fresenius expands dialyzer production at German plant

BAD HOMBURG, Germany--Fresenius Medical Care said yesterday it is investing €36 million (approximately $46.6 million) into its St. Wendel production facility in Germany in order to expand the plant's dialyzer production capacity by 40 percent. ...More
January 17, 2007
Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Practice Management
Fourth edition of The Handbook of Dialysis released

PHILADELHIA--The Handbook of Dialysis, which is used by doctors and nurses caring for kidney disease patients, has been revised by three nephrologists and is being published by medical book publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. ...More
January 17, 2007
Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Practice Management