Courageous Kids Must Save Santa in Time for Christmas
New York, NY, Dec. 2, 2020 — Amid the backdrop of an overindulgent culture and waning Christmas spirit, one company, Eastern Industries, is uniquely poised to monopolize the attention of children with the launch of its latest video game. But things have gotten way out of hand. Santa is missing, the North Pole is in a state of chaos, and Christmas may not happen at all! With the holiday traditions of the world hanging in the balance, can a team of intrepid youngsters drawn from the Naughty List, some toy soldiers and living snowmen save the day?
Author Thomas Conway sets the stage for worldwide adventure in The Naughty List, his imaginative, modern Christmas tale that blends elements of pop culture with the age-old tradition of Santa Claus. The story begins at a Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade without Santa, where toy manufacturer Eastern Industries has just released a new holiday marketing scheme, which keeps kids glued to their devices and drains everyone’s holiday spirit. With Christmas fast approaching and Santa nowhere in sight, a team of daring youngsters recruited from Santa’s Naughty List aim to rescue Santa and save the holiday.
While primarily a Santa tale, The Naughty List cleverly incorporates Winter holiday beliefs from around the world, including the legend of Marduk, a Babylonian god; the Roman feast of Saturnalia; the epic story of Jangar from North Asia; Moravian traditions of animal communication; and the present real-life adventures of Israeli Santa Claus, Nicola Abdou.
Also sprinkled with references to holiday favorites such as Miracle on 34th Street, T’was the Night Before Christmas, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and others, this wonderfully rich tale promotes right over wrong, good over evil and love over fear.
Suitable for all ages, The Naughty List skillfully weaves valuable lessons about overindulgence and society’s tendency to put labels on children, with the overarching theme that when kids misbehave they should not be defined by their bad deeds but rather see it as a learning opportunity, since when we appreciate the best in humanity and combine our talents, we are capable of almost anything.
The Naughty List, winner of the 2020 Indie Book Award in the E-Book Fiction category, is the first release from Thomas Conway. His 30-year career spans various industries. When not at work, he devotes his time to environmental matters and inventing stories for his two children.
Spirit of Christmas Shines through in Uplifting, Small-Town Romance
Nashville, TN, Dec. 2, 2020 — Build a crackling fire, pour a cup of cocoa and immerse yourself in the holiday spirit with Wrapped Up in Christmas Joy, a heartwarming, small-town romance from Hallmark Publishing author Janice Lynn.
Set in the charming little town of Pine Hill, Kentucky, Wrapped Up in Christmas Joy introduces readers to quilt shop owner Sophie Davis and former Marine Cole Aaron, whose lives intersect at Pine Hill's Christmas festivities.
The story begins when Sophie finds Cole’s journal among a box of books that had been donated to her church. She can’t help but peruse the personal entries, finding herself drawn to the stranger on the pages. As the daughter of a veteran and a seamstress who sews Quilts of Valor, she feels a deep connection to the former soldier who wrote the emotional entries, and she longs to heal his heart.
As a former Marine, Cole battled to find peace after returning to civilian life, and his journal was the conduit toward a truce with his past. Always needing to protect others, Cole now fights fires and is embracing his new life in Pine Hill. When Sophie shows up at the fire hall with his journal, he fears digging up the demons from his past and tells her to trash it.
Their paths continue to intertwine, with both Sophie and Cole volunteering for their community. But it’s hard for Cole to let down his guard, and he doesn’t need anyone’s pity. After all he’s been through in the past, can he find faith in a more hopeful future — one touched by joy?
Wrapped Up in Christmas Joy is the perfect small-town Christmas romance to warm readers’ hearts during the holiday season. It is the sequel to Janice’s first story, Wrapped Up in Christmas, and can also stand alone.
Janice Lynn is a USA Today and Wall Street Journal Bestselling author. She strives to write characters who evoke strong emotions and make readers want to go along on their journeys.
Her first sweet romance, Wrapped Up in Christmas, was a bestseller on Barnes & Noble, Wal-Mart, Amazon (hit No. 13 overall in paid fiction in Kindle) and ibooks (hit number No. 1 paid ebook fiction); was Hallmark Publishing's first release to hit the USA TODAY and Wall Street Journal's bestseller lists; and was a finalist in the Bookseller's Best Award. Janice also writes contemporary Medical Romances for Harlequin, and her books have won numerous awards, including the National Readers' Choice Award, the Golden Quill for Best Short contemporary Romance and for Best First Book, Romantic Times Magazine's American Title, and the Holt Medallion Award of Merit.
Janice lives in Tennessee with her Prince Charming, their seven kids, her vivid imagination, an adorable Maltese named Halo who's the true princess of the house and a bunch of unnamed dust bunnies who took up permanent residence after Janice started her writing career. In addition to writing romance, Janice is a nurse practitioner, a quilter, an exercise queen, a military mama and a member of and an avid supporter of the Quilts of Valor Foundation. Just kidding on the exercise queen.
Home Opens the Door to Healing After Devastating Loss
Santa Rosa, CA, Dec. 2, 2020 — In the wee hours of October 9, 2017, the disoriented and panic-stricken Barnes family, with two little boys in tow, frantically scrambled to evacuate their Santa Rosa, California, home. Smoke burned their lungs. Ash stung their eyes. Nearby fires raged, engulfing homes as howling winds fed the flames. In the end, the Tubbs Fire, deemed one of the most destructive wildfires in California history, destroyed more than 5,643 homes, including the Barnes’.
They returned to the lot where their house once stood, to gain closure and confront the harsh reality that the house was truly gone. But seeing the empty lot had a profound — and lasting — impact on 7-year-old Brett.
When her search for relatable, child-centric resources to augment Brett’s recovery came up short, mother Carrie Lee Barnes used her family’s experiences to inform her compelling, inspirational book, Home: A Story of Resilience and Healing. Told from a child’s perspective, Home is one little boy’s account of the abrupt and devastating loss of his house and his emotional journey toward discovering the true meaning of home. Written primarily for young children from ages 3 to 7, Home is an uplifting story intended to bring hope and healing in the aftermath of a natural disaster.
“My goal is for this book to help comfort children as they find their new normal after the loss of their home due to any circumstance,” Barnes says. “When I read Home to my little ones, they immediately saw themselves in the story. It opened up a forum for dialogue and healing for my boys and allowed them to feel a part of something bigger.”
With wildfires, hurricanes and other natural disasters happening more and more frequently, it’s important for children to have age-appropriate resources for coping. Home is Barnes’ heartfelt contribution to this very worthy cause.
“My hope for Home is that it provides a much needed glimpse at an ending for natural disaster victims,” Barnes adds. “There is a moment when you find peace in the constants of the people you love who are around you every day. We need to find our center, the place we call home, in our human connections.”
Author Carrie Lee Barnes is a stay-at-home mom who previously trained surgeons on advanced robotic technology in the operating room. Home was written to help victims of natural disasters, especially children, who are emotionally affected by the loss of their home. She lives with her husband and two sons in Santa Rosa, California.
Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards recently recognized Home with a gold medal in the category of Best First Book: Picture Book.
Overcome Overeating—During the Holidays and Throughout the Year
San Francisco, CA, December 2, 2020 — Candied sweet potatoes. Egg nog. Mac ‘n’ cheese. Stuffing. Pumpkin pie. Traditional holiday meals are resplendent with taste-of-home fare that’s easy to overeat. Based on original research by holistic nutrition researcher Deborah Kesten, M.P.H., and behavioral scientist Larry Scherwitz, Ph.D., Whole Person Integrative Eating offers in-depth insights into the reasons we overeat and gain weight, and a science-backed, step-by-step dietary lifestyle that can halt—even reverse—overeating and weight gain during the holidays—and throughout the year.
“Now is the time to ‘reset’ and rethink what and how we eat; to replace traditional dieting with a scientifically sound way of eating that lessens overeating and that leads naturally to weight loss, health, and healing,” says Kesten.
In their award-winning book, Whole Person Integrative Eating: A Breakthrough Dietary Lifestyle to Treat the Root Causes of Overeating, Overweight, and Obesity, authors Kesten and Scherwitz share a simple yet powerful premise: Identify the reasons you overeat (your overeating styles) and gain weight—with the illuminating self-assessment quiz—then overcome overeating and lose weight by replacing your overeating styles with the antidotes: the elements of the Whole Person Integrative Eating program.
By shedding light on the root causes of overeating, Kesten and Scherwitz present a program that empowers readers with a personalized plan, and in turn new hope and new choices to help them reduce overeating, lose weight and keep it off.
WPIE is not a diet that a person goes on … then off. It is a scientifically sound, dietary lifestyle designed to be practiced for a lifetime.
"If people follow the revolutionary program outlined in this game-changing, insightful book, it may be the most helpful step they can take toward losing weight and keeping it off," says bestselling author Kenneth Pelletier, M.D., clinical professor of medicine at University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco.
The authors’ paradigm-shifting message is that food influences not only the physical dimensions of health, but also our emotional, spiritual and social well-being. Their dietary lifestyle can build bridges between the millions who struggle with overeating and weight issues and the medical community. And it can inspire us all to re-envision our relationships with food, eating and weight, so that each time we eat, we are nourished … for life.
Deborah Kesten, M.P.H.,is an international nutrition researcher, award-winning author and medical/health writer, with a specialty in preventing and reversing obesity and heart disease. She served as Nutritionist on Dean Ornish, M.D.’s first clinical trial for reversing heart disease through lifestyle changes, the results of which were published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. She has served as Director of Nutrition at cardiovascular clinics in Europe and on the Board of Directors of the American Heart Association, San Francisco.
Kesten has published more than 400 nutrition and health articles. Her first book, Feeding the Body, Nourishing the Soul, received the first-place gold award in the Spirituality category from the Independent Publisher Book Awards. Whole Person Integrative Eating has been honored with the No.1 gold, best-book award in the Health category by Book Excellence Awards and is a No. 1 Amazon best seller. Kesten is a VIP Contributor at Arianna Huffington’s Thrive Global, and is married to behavioral scientist and co-author of Whole Person Integrative Eating, Larry Scherwitz, Ph.D.
Great for the Holidays, Kid’s Book Celebrates Diversity, Equality and Blended Families
New York, NY, Dec. 1, 2020 — Celebrating the subject of the blended family and diversity is a great new book for kids that teaches them sensitive subjects like race and equality, which we know are permeating the airwaves and social media. Gold Mom’s Choice Award-winner and authorNadine Haruni is addressing these hot button issues with acceptance and understanding in Freeda the Frog& Her New Blue Family. Appropriate for ages 3 to 11 (pre-K to Grade 3), the book encourages children (and their parents) to be sensitive to people of all different racial, ethnic, religious and gender backgrounds—and to celebrate the blended family.
Green tadpoles Frannie and Frank are surprised and filled with questions when they first meet blue frog Samson and his blue son Jack. Why are they blue and not green like them? Why is Freeda going to marry Samson? Will their new blue stepfather be replacing their green biological father? Will they get along with their new blue step-tadpole? Their momma, Freeda, encourages them to get to know the blue frogs. Before long, the tadpoles discover that Samson and Jack are just like them: really cool amphibians! While spending time with the blue frogs, the green tadpoles learn a lifetime lesson: a frog is who they are on the inside, not to be judged by the color of their skin.
The Freeda the Frogseries serves as a tool to help parents, educators and school counselors open up conversations about difficult topics with children in an upbeat and non-scary way. Toward that goal, each book offers discussion questions at the end. The entire series has been leveled for the schools to align with National Education standards, and all five books in the series have a Readers’ Favorite 5-star review and the Gold Mom’s Choice Award for excellence in the family-friendly picture book category.
“We are happy to award deserving books like Freeda the Frog & Her New Blue Family,” says Dawn Matheson, CEO, Mom’s Choice Awards. “Our panel of judges really felt this book merited a place on our list of the best in family-friendly products that parents and educators can feel confident in using.”
Future topics for Freeda and her tadpoles to explore include adoption, Special Needs kids, a new baby sibling and a parent returning to work. Each book reinforces Nadine Haruni’s mission of “helping families of all species, one tadpole at a time.”
Author Nadine Haruni has gone through a divorce herself and is now the mother of five kids in a blended family. She has appeared on TV, radio, print, online and does virtual storytime events across the country. Haruni has also created a lesson plan inspired by her books for Garden State Equality in New Jersey, her home state. For more information, please visit www.freedathefrog.com.
Freeda the Frog& Her New Blue Family
Publisher: Mascot Books
Hardcover / $14.95
ISBN: 978-1-68401-132-2
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NEWLY RELEASED STUDY REVEALS HEALTH BENEFITS OF EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMALS
In a new study done by CertaPet of 298 people from nine different countries, 100% of participants reported that their quality of life had noticeably improved with an ESA (emotional support animal) dog. 95% of participants said they would get another ESA. The other 5% said they would prefer a service dog instead, which is afforded even more protections and accomodations than an ESA.
99.29% felt an increased sense of security and activity levels
98.93% reported an increased zest for life
98.58% reported an increased sense of motivation in everyday life
94.4% mentioned less generalized anxiety disorders
88.89% experienced a reduction in panic attacks
88.89% felt able to resume education, work, or training
83.33% felt an improvement in compulsive thoughts
77.78% felt an improvement in compulsive acts
This positive news is echoed in another recent study done by PLOS on human-animal relationships during COVID-19 lockdown. They found that having a pet led to smaller decreases in mental health, and smaller increases in loneliness, regardless of the type of animal they had.
Licensed mental health professional, Prairie Conlon LPC, NPC, & Clinical Director of CertaPet, says: "This profound study demonstrates what those in the animal-assisted therapy space have long known: that having a pet can drastically increase your quality of life. ESA's are often frowned upon by society or disregarded as pseudoscience, but this research shows how valuable they actually are."
Emotional support animals are protected in the United States under the Fair Housing Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act - those with ESA's are afforded accommodations during air travel as well as in rental properties. This means someone cannot be denied or charged a fee for having their ESA with them on a domestic flight or when living in an apartment. Please feel free to use the research or infographics with proper citation and link. For more information or to request CertaPet/Prairie for an interview, please contact press@one.pet. Thanks! ABOUT CERTAPETCertaPet is the #1 Emotional Support Letter Service, and is 100% compliant with all State and Federal regulations. If qualified, a client goes through a guided process that involves a free screening, a licensed therapist session, and a customer support team dedicated to providing all necessary information. ABOUT PRAIRIE CONLONPrairie is a licensed mental health professional and is considered the world’s leading expert on Emotional Support Animals. She is the Clinical Director of Therapetic and consults for CertaPet, one of the largest telehealth companies in the nation. Prairie has a Master’s Degree in professional counseling and a Postgraduate Degree in Military Behavioral health counseling. She is certified as an equine assisted psychotherapist. Prairie is a certified Accelerated Resolution Therapist and helps train future trauma therapist in this modality. She consults for several nonprofits for veterans and first responder trauma, including The Lone Survivor Foundation and Horses that Heal.
PBS’s Award-Winning Travelscope Host Invites Readers to Savor Life’s Journey
Los Angeles, CA, Dec. 1, 2020 ― Joseph Rosendo’s boundless globe-trotting adventures bring viewers breathtaking vistas, astonishing wildlife encounters and unforgettable cultural experiences with local inhabitants on the Emmy-winning PBS series, Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope. Through Joseph’s insatiable passion for exploration and discovery, we all gain a taste of once-in-a-lifetime experiences and learn the value of opening our minds and senses to the world around us.
And now, he’s assembled a written collection of his favorite expeditions and added new reflections and insights in his latest book, Musings – The Short Happy Pursuit of Pleasure and Other Journeys.
Written in a conversational tone that captures his heart and soul and reveals his deep connection to the travel experience — especially as a path to pleasure, enlightenment and cultural connections — Musings is acollection of informative, entertaining and inspirational stories about travel and life’s other enjoyable pursuits for which we all yearn. It is a touching and often-humorous journey through a life propelled by a passionate and compassionate view of our world.
The stories cover decades of Joseph’s enlightening travel observations, plus a lifetime of reflections related to his personal journey. Some of the “musings,” particularly the early ones, are directly tied to travel, offering how-to tips on bargaining, packing, planning and other nuts-and-bolts travel topics. Other stories are less solidly connected to travel as an activity, and explore topics such as Joseph’s childhood adventures, his year of spring, his Cuban grandparents, his quest for the holy platter, his brunch-conquering brother and other happenings. These musings describe Joseph’s personal journey, touching on many topics, but the voyage, the passage, is always the subtext.
And it's through his belief — that it’s the journey, not the final destination, that matters most — where Joseph reveals his secrets for happy travels and a happy life: “We should keep our sense of humor and be as adaptable as possible,” he says. "And we should never, ever isolate ourselves from the experience and just observe — sightsee — from a place apart," he adds. Instead, Joseph wishes that his stories will inspire readers to commit to what’s happening in the moment and relish the good, the bad and the ugly of it. “May you live all the days of your life,” author Jonathan Swift once said. “And may you savor the journey along the way,” Joseph adds.
Travel connoisseur, motivational speaker and four-time Emmy award-winning director and host Joseph Rosendo has been a travel journalist and broadcaster since 1980. Since 2007, he has hosted, directed and written Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope, the award-winning PBS travel television series. Joseph has been published worldwide and is the Consulting Editor for DK Eyewitness Travel Guides’ Where To Go When and Where To Go When – the Americas, as well as the author of an Insider’s Guide to Los Angeles.
To learn more, please visit www.travelscope.net or connect with Joseph on Facebook: travelscope and josephrosendostravelscope; Instagram: @josephrosendo; and Twitter: @josephrosendo.
Musings – The Short Happy Pursuit of Pleasure and Other Journeys
The Gift of Time: Care consultancy creates Advent Calendar to help caregivers make a difference this December
A leading care and culture consultancy has launched an online advent calendar to help caregivers ‘open a window of possibility’ this December – following a challenging year for the sector.
Created to help boost morale following an exhausting year spent protecting the vulnerable from the coronavirus pandemic, Meaningful Care Matters’ Gift of Time advent calendar offers ways to take a moment and make a difference each day in December - and is free for all care providers and individuals to access.
Behind each closed door is a short, simple activity to partake in with those being cared for, with the aim of helping to brighten someone’s day and make a real difference to their life. It could be anything from setting up a video call with family members, listening and dancing to someone’s favourite song with them, or sharing and reminiscing over meaningful photographs.
Explaining the reason behind the Gift of Time, Peter Bewert, Managing Director of Meaningful Care Matters, said: “When talking to many of our partners undertaking Butterfly Projects in Canada, UK and Ireland about the future, they explained it was hard to focus on the bigger parts of culture change with all that continues to go on with responding to the pandemic, staff shortages and people generally feeling exhausted.
“They said they needed something simple and achievable to help raise their team’s morale. This is how we came up with the idea of the advent calendar – things to do each day in December which focus on being kind, having fun, sharing memories and looking after each other.”
Part of Meaningful Care Matters’ new Meaningful Connections Community, a comprehensive online platform offering individuals and care providers an opportunity to share, collaborate and debate issues impacting person-centred care cultures, the calendar offers a simple way to spend quality time, kindness, and meaningful moments to those needing care this Christmas.
The first of its kind, the new platform has been designed to enable global networking through the sharing of ideas, information and experiences, as the industry the world over continues to deal with delivering care in the ‘new normal’. Those wanting to benefit from the platform’s wide range of tools and support can currently enjoy a 15 per cent discount by using the code Welcome2020 when signing up, until 31st December.
Peter concluded: “Please join us each day in opening a new window of possibility to change a moment and make a difference. Sometimes the gift of time is the most precious thing we can give. This might be for someone you support or one of your team members, or it could be for YOU, as you matter too!”
To sign up for free and find out what is behind the first door of the advent calendar, click here. Participants are also encouraged to share their daily activities across social channels using #MakeCareMeangingful #GiftofTime.
Bausch + Lomb Announces Additional Expanded Public Coverage for (Pr)VYZULTA® (Latanoprostene Bunod Ophthalmic Solution 0.024% w/w) in Canada
PrVYZULTA® Added Under British Columbia, North West Territories, the Yukon and Veteran Affairs Plans
LAVAL, QC, Dec. 1, 2020 /CNW/ - Bausch + Lomb, a leading global eye health business of Bausch Health Companies Inc. (NYSE/TSX: BHC), announced that PrVYZULTA® (latanoprostene bunod ophthalmic solution, 0.024% w/w), which is indicated for the reduction of intraocular pressure (IOP) in patients with open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertensioni, now has expanded public drug program reimbursement in Canada in the jurisdictions of British Columbia, North West Territories, the Yukon and Veteran Affairs.
These provinces join Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador and the federal Non-Insured Health Benefits (NIHB) program which made VYZULTA available to patients at various points from December 2019 to December 2020. PEI is in the final stages of their review process, while Quebec is the last remaining province to seek to increase access for Vyzulta for its patient population. Affecting over 400,000 Canadians, glaucoma is a disease of the optic nerve and the leading cause of blindness in North America.ii
"We are pleased that VYZULTA, a new treatment option that can help patients manage the potentially life-altering condition of glaucoma and possibly preserve eyesight has been recognized by most Canadian provinces and the federal government are increasing access to VYZULTA for the benefit of patients and the health care system," said Richard Lajoie, president and general manager, Bausch Health, Canada. "Bausch + Lomb is proud to continue to live its mission to help Canadians live better by enabling them to see better with our health care products."
VYZULTA has a dual mechanism of action for lowering intraocular pressure by increasing outflow of aqueous humor through both uveoscleral and trabecular meshwork routes.i VYZULTAis to be administered once daily.
"VYZULTA is the first prostaglandin analog with a Nitric Oxide (NO) releasing metabolite and reduces IOP by increasing outflow through both the trabecular meshwork and the uveoscleral pathways," said Dr. Steven Schendel, (MD, FRCSC). "I am pleased to have this innovative therapy for treatment of open angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension, which is now accessible to patients on public drug plans in British Columbia."
For Canadians, glaucoma is one of the leading causes of irreversible blindness.iii Glaucoma is defined as a group of eye diseases that slowly and progressively affect the optic nerve,v which can lead to irreversible vision loss. Open-angle glaucoma is the most common form of the disease and is associated with elevated pressure caused by a backup of fluid in the eye.iv
"For patients to have advanced standard of care for glaucoma, they need to have access to innovative treatments such as VYZULTA on public formularies," said Doug Earle, president & CEO, Fighting Blindness Canada. "Governments of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, the North West Territories, the Yukon and the federal government, through the Non-Insured Health Benefits and Veteran Affairs programs are showing their commitment to glaucoma patients by making Vyzulta available to patients on public formularies. On behalf of the constituents of Fighting Blindness Canada, I am heartened to see that most provinces and jurisdictions are supporting people living with open-angle glaucoma and now have access to another treatment option that they can discuss with their optometrist or ophthalmologist."
VYZULTA received its Notice of Compliance (NOC) from Health Canada on Dec. 27, 2018 and is currently covered by most private insurance plans in Canada.
About Bausch + Lomb Bausch + Lomb, a leading global eye health business of Bausch Health Companies Inc., is solely focused on helping people see better to live better. Its core businesses include over-the-counter products, dietary supplements, eye care products, ophthalmic pharmaceuticals, contact lenses, lens care products, ophthalmic surgical devices and instruments. Bausch + Lomb develops, manufactures and markets one of the most comprehensive product portfolios in the industry, which is available in approximately 100 countries. For more information, visit Bausch.ca.
About Bausch Health Bausch Health Companies Inc. (NYSE/TSX: BHC) is a global company whose mission is to improve people's lives with our health care products. We develop, manufacture and market a range of pharmaceutical, medical device and over-the-counter products, primarily in the therapeutic areas of eye health, gastroenterology and dermatology. We are delivering on our commitments as we build an innovative company dedicated to advancing global health.
In Canada, our areas of focus include eye health, dermatology and cardio metabolic. More information can be found at BauschHealth.ca.
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PrVyzulta® Product Monograph, dated December 27, 2018.
Quigley HA, Broman AT. The number of people with glaucoma worldwide in 2010 and 2020. British Journal of Ophthalmology. 2006;90(3):262v Horton JC. Disorders of the Eye. In: Kasper D, Fauci A, Hauser S, Longo D, Jameson JL, Loscalzo J, eds. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 19e. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Education; 2015.
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Canadian Ophthalmological Society Glaucoma Clinical Practice Guideline Expert Committee; Canadian Ophthalmological Society. Canadian Ophthalmological Society evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for the management of glaucoma in the adult eye. Can J Ophthalmol. 2009;44 Suppl 1:S7-S93.
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ISOLOGIC acquires diagnostic FDG distribution from CPDC
Acquisition will provide hospitals, physicians and patients with a more robust and reliable supply chain for critical diagnostic FDG molecules
MONTREAL, Dec. 1, 2020 /CNW/ - ISOLOGIC Innovative Radiopharmaceuticals is pleased to announce it has reached a preliminary agreement with the Centre for Probe Development and Commercialization (CPDC) to acquire CPDC's commercial distribution of diagnostic FDG molecules. Through this agreement, ISOLOGIC will integrate 18FDG manufacturing and distribution under a single brand, while maintaining the highest level of product quality and customer service.
ISOLOGIC is committed to ensuring Canadians can depend on a reliable, efficient, and locally made radiopharmaceutical supply. Radiopharmaceuticals are used in imaging technologies, notably single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and positron emission tomography (PET), to diagnose and assess cancer tumors and metastases, seizures, strokes, infections and other serious medical conditions.
The vision behind this transaction is simple: to help provide improved healthcare across Canada and assist physicians by delivering the most clinically relevant PET and SPECT radiopharmaceuticals in a safe, reliable manner to ultimately help save patient's lives.
"Today's acquisition and resulting consolidation is essential to safeguarding Canada's critical radiopharmaceutical supply chain and will further improve the delivery of care to patients," said Andre Gagnon, President of ISOLOGIC Innovative Radiopharmaceuticals. "Isologic is more committed than ever to our role as a vital partner to the health system amidst the current health crisis and challenges Canada is facing."
This acquisition builds on ISOLOGIC's previous investments and strengthens its ability to meet the needs of Canadians for these critical radiopharmaceuticals safely, efficiently, and consistently. Today's announcement marks a key step in fulfilling this goal.
As a result of this acquisition, both ISOLOGIC and CPDC will be able to focus on their key strengths in serving Canada's healthcare community.
"CPDC is confident that ISOLOGIC will continue to provide excellence in service and supply for our hospital partners and their patients across Canada," said Bruno Paquin, Interim Chief Executive Officer of CPDC. "We're excited to continue expanding our ground-breaking work to discover, develop and distribute next generation imaging agents and targeted radiotherapeutics for the detection and treatment of human diseases."
Given the short shelf-life of FDG products, the need to manufacture to rigorous Canadian GMP standards, and the essential nature of FDG-based imaging technology for Canada's health care system, this transaction will help ensure production capacity stays close to major Canadian delivery-of-care locations.
Hospitals, physicians and patients will benefit from a more robust and reliable supply chain to meet today's and tomorrow's needs. True to its track-record, ISOLOGIC will remain a strategic partner for health care systems across Canada.
"We look forward to servicing CPDC's trusted customers, and we commit to doing so in accordance with the highest national and professional standards," said Mr. Gagnon. "This acquisition will allow ISOLOGIC to maintain and enhance the level of service that CPDC's customers have experienced in the past. Our objective is to build on these important relationships and to grow new, long-lasting ones."
About ISOLOGIC Innovative Radiopharmaceuticals Inc.
ISOLOGIC Innovative Radiopharmaceuticals (ISOLOGIC) is a Canadian company dedicated to nuclear medicine and the science of radiopharmaceutical production. ISOLOGIC's commitment in these areas includes cyclotron centers, SPECT and PET radiopharmaceutical manufacturing facilities across Canada. We use our increased experience, expertise and radiopharmaceutical network to provide our customers and patients reliable, safe and high-quality radiopharmaceutical products and services. ISOLOGIC's radiopharmaceutical drug and medical device offers flexibility of choice, providing its clients with access to all radiopharmaceuticals that have Health Canada's market authorization.
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