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In spite of ongoing news on the nation's economic instabilities and the incessant play-by-play coverage of the presidential race, the San Antonio healthcare and bioscience industry has been busy blazing their own trails. Read on for stories that show how S.A.'s healthcare and bioscience industry continues as a dominant force in the San Antonio economy.
Last week the San Antonio Greater Chamber of Commerce announced the results of their 2007 Economic Impact Study. According to the study conducted by Richard Butler, PhD, and Mary E. Stefl, PhD, both professors at Trinity University, the economic impact generated by the industry totaled $16.3 billion. The study further indicated that one of every seven San Antonio employee worked in the healthcare and bioscience industry. (Click here to read the report in its entirety.) Also at an event last week held at the new STBTC Donor Pavilion, Bill Rasco, President/CEO of the Greater San Antonio Hospital Council hosted Senator Leticia Van de Putte at their monthly meeting where she discussed plans to resume addressing healthcare policy at the start of the 81st legislative session. Texas Senator Leticia Van de Putte, a pharmacist for more than 25 years, represents a large portion of San Antonio. She has been elected to four terms in the Texas Senate, following five terms as a state representative.
Other news for the week and newsletter highlights include: Phoenix Biotechnology, Inc. raises $3.6 million in spite of economic financial instability; the Methodist Transplant team is the first in Texas to perform a 3-pair kidney donor exchange; DPT Laboratories, Ltd. celebrates 50 years; the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation funds a nursing project at the UT Health Science Center; Christus Santa Rosa breaks ground on their new Medical Center Campus; and Dr. Kalmin, CEO of the South Texas Blood & Tissue Center is elected to serve as Vice President to the International Society of Blood Transfusion.
These are just some of the latest news and updates available this week through The HCB Newsletter. For more industry news and archived stories, log onto www.hcbmagazine.com for the full stories and more or click on the stories attached.
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| Phoenix Biotechnology, Inc. Raises $3.6 Million In Private Placement |
 Phoenix Biotechnology, Inc. San Antonio, TX - October 20, 2008 -- Despite tight financial market, company with anti-cancer drug in clinical trial raises $3.6 million in private placement. Phoenix Biotechnology, Inc., has research and development relationship with M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.
During a time of tight credit, record-breaking stock market plunges, and shell-shocked investors, anti-cancer drug development firm Phoenix Biotechnology, Inc., has just completed a private placement in which the company raised $3.6 million from individual investors. Full Story. |
| Kidney Transplant Team At Methodist Specialty And Transplant Hospital Is First In Texas To Perform A 3-Pair Kidney Donor Exchange |
 Methodist Specialty and Transplant Hospital, San Antonio, TX - October 20, 2008 -- Live donors for three kidney transplant recipients are exchanged and provide the gift of life to total strangers
The doctors at Texas Transplant Institute and the kidney transplant team at Methodist Specialty and Transplant Hospital made transplant history by performing the first triple kidney donor exchange transplant in Texas. Six operating rooms and nearly 60 medical staff members were involved in the simultaneous surgeries. Full Story. |
| DPT Laboratories, Ltd. to Receive State's "Texas Treasure Business Award" |
 DPT Laboratories, Ltd., San Antonio, TX - October 20, 2008
Senator Van de Putte to Honor DPT's Commitment to Texas
On Tuesday, Oct. 21, DPT Laboratories, Ltd. will receive the "Texas Treasure Business Award," which the state Legislature created in 2005 to honor businesses that have been in existence in Texas for over 50 years and that have remained committed to Texas for generations, creating jobs and stimulating economic growth. Full Story. |
| Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Funds UT Health Science Center Nursing Project To Improve Quality Of Care |
 UT Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX - October 16, 2008 --
We've all heard the saying that it's not worth it to "sweat the small stuff."
Three faculty members at the UT Health Science Center San Antonio, however, are out to prove that the opposite may be truer - at least in health care. They are investigating whether educating teams of nurses in new methods of solving small, everyday problems in patient care can improve larger-scale quality and safety issues. Full Story. |
| Groundbreaking Makes Way For $12 Million Medical Office Building On Christus Santa Rosa Medical Center Campus |
 Christus Santa Rosa Health Care, San Antonio, TX - October 16, 2008 -- Today, officials from BP Healthcare Properties LP, GC Rowland Cos. and CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health Care broke ground on a three-story medical office building slated to open in the spring of 2009.
Located at 5131 Medical Dr. on the CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital - Medical Center campus, the Villa Rosa Medical Plaza is a $12.2 million project that will feature well over 69,000 sq. ft. of space and offer physicians and other health care providers prime office real estate in the heart of the South Texas Medical Center. Full Story. |
| Local Blood & Tissue Center CEO Elected To Serve As Vice President For International Society Of Blood Transfusion |
 South Texas Blood & Tissue Center, San Antonio, TX - October 16, 2008 -- STBTC medical director assumes greater international responsibility
The International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT) has announced that Dr. Norman Kalmin, President/CEO and Medical Director of the South Texas Blood & Tissue Center, has been elected to serve as the Vice President of the Society through 2010. Kalmin joined the ISBT board in 2006 following his election by ISBT members as the Director for the World Health Organization's (WHO) Region, Northern Americas, for the period 2006 through 2010. Full Story. |
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