Daily News: Reuters Health News Headlines - Affymax, Takeda recall anemia drug Omontys after deaths

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Today's Reuters Health News Headlines - Yahoo! News: Affymax, Takeda recall anemia drug Omontys after deaths Latest Simpson-Bowles health plan stirs worry but lacks detail White House directs open access for government research Governors press for alternative to impending spending cuts

Affymax, Takeda recall anemia drug Omontys after deaths  Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 10:22 AM PST TOKYO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S.-based Affymax Inc and Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical Co said they are voluntarily recalling all lots of anemia treatment Omontys (peginesatide) in the United States due to reports of serious hypersensitivity reactions, including some deaths. As of Sunday, fatal reactions to the injection have been reported in about 0.02 percent of 25,000 patients after receiving their initial injection of the treatment, Affymax said in a statement. ... Full Story	Top
Latest Simpson-Bowles health plan stirs worry but lacks detail  Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 08:34 AM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new bipartisan deficit-reduction plan to slash a massive $600 billion from U.S. healthcare spending over two decades has policy experts scratching their heads over how such an ambitious target can be reached. Democrat Erskine Bowles and Republican Alan Simpson have yet to declare what they would do to wring savings from Medicare, Medicaid and other programs, according to analysts who provide the two deficit hawks with their facts and figures. Those ideas will be laid out in a detailed plan due to be issued at some point over the coming weeks. ... Full Story	Top
White House directs open access for government research  Saturday, Feb 23, 2013 07:23 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House has moved to make the results of federally funded research available to the public for free within a year, bowing to public pressure for unfettered access to scholarly articles and other materials produced at taxpayers' expense. "Americans should have easy access to the results of research they help support," John Holdren, the director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, wrote on the White House website. ... Full Story	Top
Governors press for alternative to impending spending cuts  Saturday, Feb 23, 2013 04:56 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Less than a week before billions of dollars of U.S. spending cuts are set to begin, governors meeting in Washington ratcheted up the pressure on Congress and President Barack Obama to find an alternative to the reductions and give states more say in bringing down the federal debt. "I certainly join the chorus of voices that are calling for that administration and members of Congress to come together and find more responsible cuts," said Indiana Governor Mike Pence, a Republican who served in the House of Representatives during the 2011 negotiations that led to the cuts. ... Full Story	Top

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