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LITTLE FALLS, N.J.—Cantel Medical Corp. President and CEO R. Scott Jones, resigned from the company April 22. In the wake of the resignation, Cantel’s board created the Office of the Chairman and promoted chief operating officer and executive vice president Andrew A. Krakauer to president and a member of the Office of the Chairman. The newly created Office of the ...

WASHINGTON— Healthcare in the United States is expensive, but its continued funding is necessary as it also is a major contributor to the economy and can better lives, according to an essay in the June issue of the Journal of the American Society Nephrology. Healthcare costs will rise as the U.S. population increases. In order to curb these costs, government ...

LAWRENCE, Mass.—Medical device company NxStage Medical and its subsidiary Medisystems Corp. entered into an agreement in which Tokyo-based Kawasumi Laboratories will supply blood tubing sets through Jan. 31, 2010.“We are pleased to extend our long-standing relationship with Kawasumi for blood tubing sets,” said Jeffrey Burbank, president and CEO of NxStage. “I believe NxStage is well positioned to preserve and build ...

EXTON, Pa.—Safety concerns regarding anemia drugs have led to a decrease in the use of erythropoiesis-stimulating agents in predialysis patients, according to a recent report.The use of ESAs in CKD stage 4 patients decreased from 54 percent in the first quarter of 2007 to 42 percent in the first quarter of 2008, according to a report by the market research ...

MEDIA, Pa.—Dialysis provider Reliant Renal Care is planning to open a new 12-station, outpatient dialysis facility in Marlette, Mich.The new facility is part of an existing group of dialysis facilities near Flint, Mich., and is owned in partnership with area nephrologists, according to Reliant Renal Care.“We are proud to offer hemodialysis and self-care dialysis to Marlette-area patients at the state-of-the-art ...