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GDC Council Meeting - Thursday 11 June 2009
The next meeting of the General Dental Council (GDC) will take place on Thursday 11 June 2009 in the Harvey Goodwin Room, Church House Conference Centre, Dean"s Yard, Westminster, London, SW1P 3NZ from 10:30am.

Bill Would Allow Federal Funding For Needle Exchange Programs
House Democrats on Friday as part of a spending measure to fund the Departments of Labor and HHS for fiscal year 2010, "unveiled legislation to lift a ban on federal funding for needle-exchange programs, a shift to try to reduce [HIV infections] but one that will probably spark a fight," Reuters/Boston Globe reports (7/11). The ban has been included in the annual spending bill in previous years. House Appropriations Committee Chair David Obey (D-Wis.) said, "Scientific studies have documented that needle exchange programs, when implemented as part of a comprehensive prevention strategy, are an effective public health intervention for reducing [HIV] infections and do not promote drug use" (Reuters, Pelofsky, 7/10). "The move is in keeping with a pledge [President] Obama made during the primaries to remove the prohibition on such funding, although the ban was carried in his budget request this year," CQ Today reports (Wolfe, 7/10). However, "Republicans are girding for a fight over the ban and lawmakers could try to restore it as the legislation moves through the House during the next two weeks," according to Reuters (7/10). The bill also addresses sex education and "appears to continue Democrats" slow march away from funding abstinence-only sex education," CQ reports (7/10).
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Second European Country To Commence Cerepro(R) Treatment On Named Patient Basis, England
Ark Therapeutics Group plc (AKT:LSE) announces that Named Patient Supply (NPS) for Cerepro® (sitimagene ceradenovec) has been approved in Finland by the National Agency for Medicines (NAM). The approval follows an application made by a neuro-surgeon in Finland for the use of Cerepro®.
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Celebrity Performer Duo Receives MDA Directors' Awards

The Muscular Dystrophy Association has awarded its highest philanthropic achievement honor, the MDA Directors" Award, to two entertainment industry celebrities. Alison Sweeney and Ace Young were honored for their outstanding contributions to MDA"s battle against muscular dystrophy and related disease . The award recognizes philanthropic contributions in the areas of corporate and organizational sponsorship, media and entertainment industry support, and personal fundraising. MDA Chairman of the Board Dr. R. Rodney Howell presented the awards to both at the July meeting of the MDA Board of Directors in Los Angeles. Sweeney is the host for NBC"s hit reality series The Biggest Loser and stars in the network"s award-winning daytime drama Days of our Lives. In addition to being an accomplished writer, producer and director, she serves as an MDA Celebrity Ambassador. Young is also an MDA Celebrity Ambassador and an award-winning vocalist who released his debut CD last year. He was a contestant and finalist on the fifth season of the hit TV talent show American Idol. Young has performed as a guest on MTV"s Total Request Live, hosted a solo concert at the Pepsi Center in Denver and starred in the recent Broadway production of Grease. "Both of these outstanding performers have something else special in common," Howell said. "Both are MDA ambassadors who use their special communication skills to help spread the word about MDA"s dual mission of help and hope. And both of them volunteer their valuable time to serve as co-hosts of the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon. Their unstinting philanthropy in combination with their marvelous talents has helped make the Telethon a continuing success and keep MDA high in the public consciousness. MDA is the nonprofit health agency dedicated to curing muscular dystrophy, ALS and related diseases by funding worldwide research. The Association also provides comprehensive health care and support services, advocacy and education. The majority of contributions to MDA come from individual donors. The Muscular Dystrophy Association


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