Sentences with phrase «medical officers»

Its results were recently used by the UK Chief Medical Officers in the Department of Health's infographics on physical activity in pregnancy, which recommended at least 150 minutes of moderate intensity activity every week.

Interviewees included nursing staff, emergency department directors, directors of inpatient services, chief medical officers and other executive officers.

Wool and her medical officers are sceptical about Turnbull's conclusions: they see prisons as reducing risk because most people stop injecting.

But today in a statement to the islanders, chief medical officers Pál Weihe and Høgni Debes Joensen announced that pilot whale meat and blubber contains too much mercury, PCBs and DDT derivatives to be safe for human consumption.

It also called on the government to «rectify this administrative bottlenecks immediately to enable these medical officers to begin work, and also take all necessary steps to prevent future occurrences.»

President Goodluck Jonathan, Tuesday, paid tribute to medical officers who attended to the late Patrick Sawyer, and in the process got infected with the Ebola Virus...

Uniformed Fire Officers Association, which represents 2,500 lieutenants, captains, battalion chiefs, deputy chiefs, supervising fire marshals and medical officers of the FDNY, has joined the Sergeants Benevolent Association in calling for Rick Lazio to take down any ads using 9/11 footage.

The Chief Medical Officers for the UK recommend that if you're pregnant or planning to become pregnant, the safest approach is not to drink alcohol at all to keep risks to your baby to a minimum.

This film was made during World War II, by Commander James C. Maloney and Commander J.J. Cammisa, two United States medical officers stationed in Okinawa during the struggle with Japan.

«Jennifer possesses deep regulatory expertise and has a proven record of leading highly - effective cross-functional teams,» said Jay Backstrom, M.D., Chief Medical Officer of Celgene Corporation.

Omada has hired former Sanofi chief medical officer (CMO) Dr. Paul Chew to serve as the company's new CMO and Tom Schoenherr, who helped lead genomic sequencing upstart Counsyl to the $ 100 million threshold, as its new chief commercial officer (CCO).

SUMMIT, N.J. --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ: CELG) today announced the appointment of Jennifer Dudinak, Pharm.D., as Senior Vice President, Global Regulatory Affairs, reporting to Jay Backstrom, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, effective April 30, 2018.

«Expanding our collaboration with Banner Alzheimer's Institute stands testament to our belief that preventing amyloid buildup is one of the most promising approaches to treating Alzheimer's disease,» said Novartis» chief medical officer, global head of drug development, and soon - to - be CEO Dr. Vas Narasimhan in a statement.

Amy Abernethy, chief medical officer and chief scientific officer for Flatiron Health, questioned how those organizations offering trials can ensure that all available patients are contributing to them.

Before her tenure as a NASA astronaut, Jemison practiced medicine across the world, and served as a medical officer in the Peace Corps, overseeing care in Sierra Leone and Liberia when she was just 26 - years - old.

I applied for a position as a Peace Corps medical officer.

Doing something like this does also comes with risks for overdiagnosis, even if the research is successful; a regular test for cancer risks causing many people to receive potentially dangerous treatment for cancers that wouldn't have seriously impacted their health in the long run, according to José Baselga, Physician - in - Chief and Chief Medical Officer of Memorial Sloan Kettering.

Novartis's global head of drug development and chief medical officer, Vas Narasimhan, has a piece up on Fortune exploring the strides that have been made in the fight against malaria, including the development of an experimental Novartis treatment called KAF156.

«It's wildly expensive but, to be very frank, I think they've priced it what I'll call responsibly,» said Dr. Steve Miller, chief medical officer of pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts, which is partnering with Spark on distribution and specialty pharmacy services for Luxturna.

Dr. Elaine Chin is the Chief Medical Officer of the Executive Health Centre.

Dr. Sean Khozin, one of the authors on the study and a senior medical officer at the FDA, told Business Insider that Flatiron is just one of many companies the agency is working with to check out how alternative sources of data can be used to better inform the agency.

Probably not, but perhaps in some of those kids but I would doubt in all of them,» Aimmune's chief medical officer Dr. Dan Adelman, an allergist and immunologist, told Business Insider in January.

Amy Abernethy, Flatiron's chief medical officer, told Business Insider that the goal of the collaboration is to figure out what you can learn from real world data.

CVS, which operates pharmacy benefits manager Caremark, the second largest PBM after Express Scripts (esrx), is launching a new program in April that will among other things limit the use of Jublia, CVS Chief Medical Officer Troyen Brennan told Bloomberg.

So Karmazin was somewhat surprised to get a message from Jason Camm, chief medical officer at Thiel Capital, who expressed interest in what the company was doing.

Elaine Chin, M.D., M.B.A., is a founder and Chief Medical Officer of Scienta Health, an executive health practice.

LA JOLLA, Calif., May 1, 2018 / PRNewswire / — CalciMedica announced that it named two independent members to its Board of Directors, Lakhmir Chawla, MD, currently Chief Medical Officer of La Jolla Pharmaceuticals Company (NASDAQ: LJPC), and Christopher Krueger, JD, MBA, a co-founder and Chief Business Officer of Escalier Biosciences.

We've got two oracles to answer that, too — Venrock partner Bryan Roberts and Verily's chief medical officer, Jessica Mega.

Talkspace, a start - up that offers therapy via video chat, is getting serious about selling to employers and has just brought on a chief medical officer to help.

Talkspace has hired a chief medical officer to help build its enterprise business and start prescribing medicines through the app.

Cancer: Amy Abernethy, M.D., Ph.D., Chief Medical Officer, Chief Scientific Officer and SVP, Oncology, Flatiron Health Opioids: Kyu Rhee, M.D., VP and Chief Health Officer, IBM Interviewer: Meg Tirrell, Biotech and Pharma Reporter, CNBC

«Anyone who doesn't understand the core aspects of practicing medicine can't understand how messy it is,» says Abernethy, who four years ago became the chief medical officer at Flatiron Health, a startup backed by Google Ventures (GV).

«It's important to be honest and pragmatic about where we are now,» says Roy Smythe, chief medical officer for strategy and innovation at Philips.

CNBC's Meg Tirrell speaks with Verily Chief Medical Officer Dr. Jessica Mega about the role Alphabet plays in the biotech company and what it could mean for the future of medicine.

This morning, we'll tackle that issue head on — in what I'm expecting will be a fun, raucous conversation with the always - engaged Chip Bergh, the charismatic CEO of Levi Strauss & Co.; Dr. Nicholas Gettas, chief medical officer of Cigna — who has some very cool and thought - provoking ideas on this subject; Amy McDonough, VP and General Manager of Fitbit Group Health and Rick Valencia, president of Qualcomm Life — both of whom have great insights into the technologies that may shift the wellness paradigm; and a full roster of Brainstorm Health delegates to join the discussion.

Dr. José Baselga, chief medical officer and physician - in - chief at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, says it's organizations such as the Kamen Brain Tumor Foundation that will be instrumental in driving the cure.

- Dr. José Baselga, chief medical officer and physician - in - chief at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Deborah Brooks, Co-founder and Executive Vice Chairman, The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research Elli Kaplan, Co-founder and CEO, Neurotrack Dr. David A. Kessler, Professor of Pediatrics and Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco Bill Maris, Venture Capitalist Dr. Olivier Oullier, Neuroscientist & Former Head, Global Strategy in Health and Health Care, World Economic Forum Mary Varghese Presti, Executive Director, Emerging Services, athenahealth Moderator: Dr. David Agus, USC Introduction: Dr. Doug Nemecek, Chief Medical Officer, Behavioral Health, Cigna

DR. STEVE MILLER, EXPRESS SCRIPTS CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER: The reason to exclude the Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN) product is while both of them work in a very similar manner, the data is really good for Praluent.

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Over 70 % of men who are diagnosed with prostate cancer don't die from the disease, according to Dr. Otis Brawley, a prostate cancer expert and the chief medical officer for the American Cancer Society.

Firestarters: Dr. Dave Albert, Founder and Chief Medical Officer, AliveCor John Carlson, President, Medical Solutions, Flex Dr. David C. Rhew, Chief Medical Officer and Head, Health Care and Fitness, Samsung Electronics America, Inc..

Dr. Amy P. Abernethy, Chief Medical Officer, Chief Scientific Officer, and Senior Vice President, Oncology, Flatiron Health Dr. Kyu Rhee, Chief Health Officer and Vice President, IBM Dr. B. Vindell Washington, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Moderator: Michal Lev - Ram, Fortune

Dr. MacKinnon has served as our Chief Medical Officer since July 2015.

«With the Immunoscape platform, we are seeking to develop a molecular map of inflammatory diseases that will help us identify and characterize disease mechanisms,» Jessica Mega, chief medical officer for Verily, said in Monday's announcement.

«They didn't home - grow things at Valeant,» said Dr. Simon, who served as the chief medical officer at Sprout from 2012 to 2013.

(Reuters)- CVS Health on Friday named Marc - David Munk as the new chief medical officer of MinuteClinic, the drugstore chain's retail medical clinic unit and as associate chief medical officer of the company.

Baby Boomers are most likely to have the highest - paying jobs, including Chief Medical Officer (CMO)($ 300,700), Psychiatrist ($ 215,200), and Aerospace Engineer ($ 122,800).

Experts have been warning for some time that our antibiotic use is unsustainable and now the UK's chief medical officer, Dame Sally Davies, is calling for urgent action worldwide against what she is calling «a catastrophic threat.»

John Dickie, the director of Child Poverty Action Group in Scotland, and Sir Harry Burns, the former chief medical officer for Scotland who is now Professor of Global Public Health at the University of Strathclyde, will also be at the campaign launch.