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Renal CarePartners names new president

MIAMI LAKES , Fla. —Renal CarePartners said today that its board of directors has named the company’s chief financial officer Orestes Lugo as the dialysis provider’s new president. Lugo has been with Renal CarePartners since it began operations in 2002. He will maintain his ...More

March 11, 2008

Posted in News, Business

Renal Advantage increases presence in Florida

BRENTWOOD, Tenn.—Renal Advantage Inc. has acquired a new freestanding dialysis center in Merritt Island, Fla. ...More

March 7, 2008

Posted in News, Business

Fresenius introduces Liberty Cycler for PD

WALTHAM, Mass.—Fresenius Medical Care North America introduced the Liberty Cycler during the 28th Annual Dialysis Conference in Orlando earlier this month. ...More

March 7, 2008

Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Practice Management

Kidney Expert named NIDDK director of Kidney, Urology and Hematology Research

WASHINGTON—Robert A. Star, MD, has been named director of the Division of Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Diseases at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. ...More

March 7, 2008

Posted in News, Government & Regulation

Genzyme launches Renvela for U.S. dialysis patients

CAMBRIDGE, Mass—Genzyme Corp. has launched its new phosphate binder Renvela in the United States for dialysis patients and is moving to get the drug approved in international markets as well. ...More

March 7, 2008

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Baxter recalls remaining heparin lots

DEERFIELD, Ill.—Baxter International Inc. said Feb. 28 that it is going to voluntarily recall all remaining lots and doses of its heparin sodium injection multi-dose, single-dose vials and HEP-LOCK heparin flush products. ...More

February 28, 2008

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NxStage appoints new critical care medical advisor

LAWRENCE, Mass.—NxStage Medical Inc. said Feb. 28 that Emil Paganini, MD, has joined the company as Critical Care Medical Advisor. ...More

February 28, 2008

Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Practice Management

Race, insurance affect access to transplant, kidney disease treatment

WASHINGTON—Universal access to healthcare might help overcome racial and ethnic barriers to treatment for kidney disease, according to two studies in the March 2008 issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. ...More

February 28, 2008

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CMS sends ESRD bundling report to Congress

WASHINGTON—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has sent its long-awaited report to Congress about bundling all end-stage renal disease services into one prospective payment system. ...More

February 21, 2008

Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation

Amgen says no to Roche’s royalty offer

ZURICH—Amgen Inc. rejected Roche’s offer to pay a licensing fee so it could launch the rival anemia drug Mircera in the United States, according to a report by Thomas Financial. ...More

February 21, 2008

Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma

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