Healthcare Districts' Role Under Fire
Two state assemblymen are training their sights on the municipal agencies known as healthcare districts, arguing they are outdated institutions whose funds would be put to better use helping county health systems. (Source: WSJ.com: Health)

FDA Approves Longer Use Of Valcyte® For Adult Kidney Transplant Patients At High Risk Of Developing Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Disease
Genentech, Inc., a member of the Roche Group (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY), announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved increasing the length of therapy with Valcyte (valganciclovir hydrochloride) in adult kidney transplant patients at high risk for cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease. The supplemental approval is based on data that showed longer prophylactic treatment with Valcyte reduced the incidence of CMV disease in high-risk adult kidney transplant patients from 36.8 percent (for patients who received 100 days of treatment) to 16... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)