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Reuters - Covidien Ltd reported higher quarterly earnings Monday on strong sales of its medical devices, supplies and pharmaceuticals, but lowered its 2009 sales forecast due to the strengthening U.S. dollar.

University of Missouri System president Gary Forsee said Monday that he has frozen hiring of administrative, staff and faculty positions, effective immediately, because of the teetering economy and forecasts for more of the same.

Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC) has been selected as a site for a new clinical trial that will evaluate the effectiveness of shockwave therapy for treating complex wounds in a military trauma hospital environment.

RALEIGH, NC (MARKET WIRE) PharmaCom BioVet, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: PHMB) is pleased to announce a formal collaborative agreement with PetScreen, LTD, BioCity Nottingham, UK, to help improve cancer diagnosis and treatment for canines. PetScreen is the leading innovator of early detection of canine cancer. With one in three dogs developing cancer, early detection increases the chance of successful treatment and survival.

BEVERLY HILLS, CA (MARKET WIRE) Speaking before a capacity crowd at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Sunday, Nov. 16, Israel's first female U.N. Ambassador -- Gabriela Shalev -- told the audience, "As the most highly educated country in the Middle East and the region's only democracy, Israel's top priority today is continuing scientific and technological research that ultimately benefits each and every one of us -- Israelis, Angelenos, Californians, Americans and, in fact, humanity as a whole." Shalev, who was making her first visit to the Southland since being appointed to the U.N. post in September of this year, served as the

Clean technology company Codexis Inc. will pay $10 million to Dyadic International Inc. in a license agreement, the companies said Monday.

BRANCHBURG, NJ (MARKET WIRE) Hydromer, Inc. (OTCBB: HYDI) announces that it has entered into a Sales Representation Agreement with HnG Medical Incorporated to represent Hydromer medical coatings in the people's Republic of China.

Oral version of blood-pressure drug doesn't do the trick.

Pennsylvania hospitals and physicians are making one last push this week to get the state’s Mcare abatement program extended before the state House adjourns Nov. 19.

The University of Texas System has hired an Atlanta-based consulting firm to help it with the reorganization of the UT Medical Branch at Galveston, which was devastated by Hurricane Ike.