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Agency
for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD—AHRQ,
a part of the U.S. Public Health Service, is the lead agency
charged with supporting research designed to improve the quality
of health care, reduce its cost, address patient safety and
medical errors, and broaden access to essential services.
Alcon
Laboratories, Fort Worth, TX—Alcon Laboratories,
Inc. markets a comprehensive line of prescription products.
Please visit our exhibit where representatives will be
discussing CIPRO® HC Otic, the only drop that combines the
potent antibacterial activity of CIPRO® with the proven
anti-inflammatory relief of hydrocortisone, PATANOL®, the #1
prescribed allergic conjunctivitis therapy, CILOXAN® the ocular
form of ciprofloxacin and TOBRADEX®.
ALZA
Pharmaceuticals, Mountain View, CA—ALZA
Pharmaceuticals, a research-based pharmaceutical company,
specializes in drug-delivery technologies and products designed
for disorders of the central nervous system.
Concerta™ is a new once-daily methylphenidate for the
treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder that lasts
through 12 hours, eliminating the need for in-school and
after-school dosing. www.concerta.net
American
Academy of Pediatrics, Elk Grove Village, IL—The
Academy, an organization of 55,000 primary care pediatricians,
pediatric medical subspecialists, and pediatric surgical
specialists, publishes professional and patient educational
materials. Ask
about (italic) 2000 Red Book: Report of the Committee on
Infectious Diseases, Coding for Pediatrics (end italic), CD-ROM
products including Visual Red Book, and Policy Reference Guide,
and CME opportunities.
Anew
Int., Debary, FL—ANEW'S NATURAL NAIL SYSTEM was
developed for the medical field 14 years ago.
Our product addresses a problem Medical Professionals
have, problem nails and dry cracking cuticles that can lead to
bleeding and infection due to continuous hand scrubbing,
disinfectant use, and powder found in protective gloves.
ANEW'S NATURAL NAIL SYSTEM
utilizes an all-natural approach towards the removal of dead
cuticle and restoration of elasticity to the health cuticle.
Our system will also prevent and eliminate nail
discoloration and bacteria, therefore, promoting stronger,
healthier nails. Your
nails will be left with a beautiful, yet natural, healthy shine. It's a once a month, easy to follow, low maintenance system.
Association
of Occupational and Environmental Clinics (AOEC), Washington, DC—AOEC
representatives will be available to discuss the Pediatric
Environmental Health Specialty Units (PEHSU) located across the
United States. The
PEHSU sites provide consultative services, pediatric
environmental health education, along with limited clinical
services. The PEHSU
services are utilized by parents and healthcare providers, alons
with local and federal health agencies.
B
C Decker Inc., Hamilton, ON, CANADA—B C Decker is
committed to publishing only the highest quality print and
electronic products for health care professionals. Founded in 1981, the company publishes over 25 professional
journals, as well as an excellent line of books in pediatrics.
Our newest publication is W. Allan Walker et al,
Pediatric Gastrointestinal Disease, 3/e.
Bionix
Systems Corp., Mundelein, IL—Bio-logic offers a
full range of products for newborn hearing screening.
Whether you choose a stand-alone instrument or prefer a
two-stage screening approach, a system is available to meed your
needs. Automated
Auditory Brain Response system disposable costs are as lows as
$2.50 per test.
Braintree
Laboratories, Inc., Braintree, MA—Braintree
Laboratories, Inc. will exhibit MiraLax™, the first new Rx
laxative therapy in 24 years.
The benefits of No Grit and No Taste have made MiraLax a
popular choice of therapy for the treatment of constipation.
Braintree Laboratories is best known for the gastrointestinal
lavages GoLYLTELY® and NuLYTELY®.
Brookes
Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD—Come to Brookes
Publishing for books and videos on Pediatric topics important to
you. Stop by the
booth to receive a 20% discount on every title.
Bunnell
Incorporated, Salt Lake City, UT—The LIFE PULSE®
High-Frequency Jet Ventilator has demonstrated there is no
better tool for PIE, Airleaks or Rescue.
The LIFEPORT™ ETT adapter has eliminated the need to
re-intubate with a special E.T. tube.
To find out more about the Life Pulse and Bunnell, call
1-800-800-4358 or visit www.bunl.com.
Cambridge
University Press, New York, NY—Please stop by our
booth to review (italic) A Clinical Guide to Sleep Disorders in
Children and Adolescents (end italic), by Gregory Stores;
(italic) Congenital Hemiplegia (end italic), by Brian Neville
and Robert Goodman; (italic) Specific Learning Disabilities and
Difficulties in Children and Adolescents (end italic), edited by
Kaufman and Kaufman; and many other excellent and exciting new
titles.
Celltech
Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (formerly Medeva), Rochester, NY—Celltech
Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (formerly Medeva) is the Rochester,
NY-based manufacturer of METADATE™ CD Capsules CII 20mg
(methylphenidate HCL extended-release tablets, USP), METADATE™
ER Tablets CII 10 mg and 20 mg (methylphenidate HCL
extended-release tablets, USP), ZAROXOLYN® Tablets (metolazone
tablets, USP), TUSSIONEX® pennkinetic (hydrocodone polistirex
chlorpheniramine polistirex), DELSYM® (dextromethorphan
polistirex) Extended-Release Suspension, PEDIAPRED® (prednisolone
sodium phosphate, USP) and SEMPREX-D® Capsules (acrivastine/psuedoephedrine
hcl). Stop by our
booth for more information about these products.
Centers
for Disease Control & Prevention, Atlanta, GA—
Children's
Medical Ventures, Norwell, MA—Children's Medical
Ventures, a Novametrix company, is the leader in developmentally
supportive products and educational services focused on the
preterm and ill newborn. Products
include positioning aids, pacifiers, diapers, and a wide range
of innovative items for babies.
Cincinnati
Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH—
Columbus
Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH—Children's
Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, features a 313-bed facility, an
extensive ambulatory network, Children's Research Institute (CRI)
and Pediatric Clinical Trials International.
CRI is one of the country's top 10 NIH-funded
freestanding pediatric centers.
A clinical volume of nearly 500,000 patient visits
annually supports extensive residency and education programs.
Dey,
L.P., Napa, CA—Dey is a leader in the manufacturing
and marketing of high-quality, sterile, unit-dose respiratory
solutions. Our
products feature compact, Patient-Focused Packaging™ and
exclusive Twist-Flex™ vial-tops for easy opening.
We also market EpiPen® epinephrine auto-injectors,
EasiVent™ valved holding chamber and Astech® peak flow meter.
Doctors
Research Group, Wolcott, CT—Doctors Research Group,
Inc. is a manufacturer of surgical and diagnostic medical
devices, notably the PureTone Stethoscope with ENR Tube
Technology. Additional
technology also includes GelSeal eartips and HealthShield
Diaphragm cover.
Drager
Medical, Lawrenceville, GA—
Elsevier
Science, New York, NY—The Journal of Adolescent
Health, published by Elsevier Science, is a multidisciplinary
journal devoted to the unique health care problems of the
adolescent. Each
issue contains original articles, brief scientific reports,
analytic subject reviews and case reports.
Visit JAH Online at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jahonline.
For a FREE coy of the Journal, vitis the Elsevier Science
booth.
Emergency
Medical Services for Children, Silver Spring, MD—Emergency
Medical Services for Children (EMSC) is a national initiative
designed to reduce child and youth disability and death due to
severe illness or injury. The
goals of the program are to ensure that state-of-the-art
emergency care is available for all ill or injured children and
that various pediatric services are well integrated into an EMS
system. Products to be displayed include booklets, fact sheets,
training curriculums, CD-ROMs, videos and guidelines.
Fisher
& Paykel Healthcare Inc., Laguna Hills, CA—We
proudly invite you to experience the best in neonatal
thermoregulation: From
the fully featured COSYCOT® Infant Warmer, to the Mobile Infant
Warmer for warming wherever needed.
For safe, controlled neonatal and infant resuscitation,
the NEOPUFF® Infant Resuscitator is an easy to use, manually
operated, gas powered resuscitator.
Forest
Pharmaceuticals, Inc., St Louis, MO—Forest
Pharmaceuticals Inc. welcomes you to Baltimore!
We invite you to visit our exhibit where our professional
representatives will welcome the opportunity to discuss and
answer any questions regarding our product Infasurf® (calfactant)
Intratracheal Suspension.
Gerber
Products Company, Fremont, MI—Discover how Gerber
can make your job easier! We
now offer everything for babies from nutrition, to baby care, to
wellness. In
addition to displaying Gerber Foods, we are introducing Gerber
Baby Wellness: a complete line of infant health and care
products. Register
for product samples, professional reference materials, and
patient education booklets.
GlaxoSmithKline,
Philadelphia, PA—You are cordially invited to visit
the GlaxoSmithKline Exhibit, where our Pharmaceutical
Consultants will be happy to provide information on our products
and services, and to answer any questions you may have.
Hamilton
Medical, Inc., Reno, NV—
Handwriting
Without Tears, Potomac, MD—
Hill-Rom
Air-Shields, Batesville, IN—Hill-Rom Air-Shields -
a commitment to the NICU from 1947 with the first ISOLETTE®
Infant Incubator. Commitment
to innovative technology and leadership continue in our NICU
solutions today. A
patented design of the Versalet™ 7700 Care Center, is a
combination Incubator and Warmer device that optimizes thermal
stability while providing developmentally advanced capabilities,
such as noise and light monitoring. Visit our booth and also see the Globe-Trotter™ Transport
System, Jaundice Management products and Intensive Care warmers.
Hitachi
Chemical Diagnostics, Inc., Mountain View, CA—Hitachi
Chemical Diagnostics, Inc. is dedicated to providing unique in
vitro allergy diagnostic products, services and expertise to the
global medical community.
The company also operates a
fully licensed clinical reference laboratory and provides
ready-to-use allergenic extracts for immunotherapy and clinical
expertise from its Medical Director.
ICN
Pharmaceuticals, Costa Mesa, CA—ICN manufactures
and markets Virazole® (ribavirin for inhalation solution),
which is the only drug indicated for the treatment of
Respiratory Syncytial Virus for pediatric use.
Please visit our booth for the latest studies and
information on RSV and Virazole®.
INO
Therapeutics, Inc., Clinton, NJ—INO Therapeutics is
offering INOmax® as part of a Therapeutic Package called
INOtherapyÔ, which includes:
INOmax® (nitric
oxide) for inhalation, INOvent delivery system, INOcal®
calibration gases for the INOvent delivery system, and
INO Therapeutics Service.
JayJo
Books, Ballwin, MO—JayJo Books, children's book
publisher, has specialized in premium/corporate sales for nine
years. Dedicated to
providing quality health education for special needs/conditions
children, friends, classmates, parents, teachers, school nurses,
and caregivers, JayJo has 16 titles in print with six new titles
for Fall 2001. Special printing and customizing is available.
La
Leche League International, Schaumburg, IL—La Leche
League International is a non-profit organization providing
breastfeeding information and encouragement through
mothers-to-be support and interaction with parents, physicians
and health care providers.
Lake
Forest Medical, Lake Forest, IL—BLADE ROLLER™ -
just for kids. Lake
Forest Medical introduces a new I.V. Transport/Patient Transfer
and Ambulation System designed SOLELY for pediatric use. Initial products include the mobile IV stand, wheelchair
IV/pump support, multi-device pediatric walker and pediatric
cast cart RACER.
Lexi-Comp,
Inc., Hudson, OH—Lexi-Comp's Pediatric Drup
Information is available in print, on CD-ROM, online, and for
your Palm OS or Windows CE/Pocket PC device.
Life
Measurement, Inc., Concord, CA—The BOD POD® Body
Composition System is the only device of its type to offer air
displacement technology. Testing
is accurate, fast, and safe for all populations.
The PEA POD Infant Body
Composition System, based on the same technology as the BOD POD,
is used for low birth weight and at-risk infants.
Linde
Healthcare, St Louis, MO—
Lippincott
Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA—Lippincott
Williams & Wilkins is a leading health science publisher
with headquarters in Philadelphia, PA, and offices in Baltimore
and Hagerstown, MD; New York City; Springhouse, PA; and Skokie,
IL. We are the
proud publisher of Pediatric Research (ital), the official
Journal of the APS, SPR and ESPR.
Please visit our booth to see the full range of quality
pediatric and medical publications.
MAGELLA
Healthcare, Frisco, TX—
MAGIC
Foundation, Oak Park, IL—MAGIC provides support and
education to families of children with growth related disorders
through national networking, newsletters, kids programs,
financial assistance, annual convention and physician referrals.
Specialty divisions for GHD, AGHD, RSS, CAH, CPP, MAS,
Thyroid, Turners, Panhypopit, SOD, Barth and Rare Disorders.
Maico
Diagnostics, Eden Prairie, MN—OAE's are now
emerging as a required component of the Pediatric test battery.
Stop at the Maico exhibit for an educational
demonstration. In
addition, check out the New Race Car and Quick T-ymp combo
Tympanometer/Audiometer. Lastly,
see why the new Pilot Audiometer is in 30% of all primary care
offices. All items
from Maico are reimbursable.
Mallinckrodt,
Inc., St Louis, MO—Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, an
operating company of Tyco Healthcare, is committed to providing
quality medications along with professional and consumer
education in the ADHD category.
The brand and branded generic products are specifically
formulated to meet the needs of children of all ages.
Mallinckrodt intends to display its ADHD products along
with educational and product literature.
March
of Dimes, White Plains, NY—
Mascot
Metropolitan Inc., So. San Francisco, CA—Office On
Wheels/Detail Bag - our award winning, medically endorsed case
provides back-saving, lightweight transport of laptop, charts,
and files. Top-opening
easy access, adjustable dividers, stable 4-wheel base; collapses
to 3" for easy storage and stacks up to 100 lbs.
Masimo
Corporation, Irvine, CA—Masimo Corporation designs,
develops, manufactures, and licenses advanced signal processing
and sensor technologies for the noninvasive monitoring of vital
signs. New from
Masimo is Radical - three pulse oximeters in one: a standalone
device for bedside monitoring, a detachable handheld unit for
easy portable monitoring and a monitor interface to upgrade
existing multiparameter monitors to Masimo SET technology.
Massie
Research Laboratories, Dublin, CA—Wide-Field
Digital Camera for Pediatric Retinal Imaging with Fluorescein
Angiography. The
RetCam 120 is the premier camera for imaging the retina of
children for Retinopathy of Prematurity, Shaken Baby Syndrome
and Retinoblastoma. RetCam exclusively features wide-field pediatric angiography.
Hand-held unit provides instant real-time documentation
of the pediatric retina. Please
refer to www.retcam.com.
McNeil
Consumer Healthcare, Fort Washington, PA—
Mead
Johnson Nutritionals, Evansville, IN—Mead Johnson
Nutritionals welcomes you to the 2001 PAS Annual Meeting.
We provide medical nutritional products for infants,
children and adults; and specialty formulas for patients having
specific medical nutritional needs.
We cordially invite you to visit our exhibit booth #325
to discuss our featured products with our representatives.
Med
Cases, Inc., Philadelphia, PA—MedCases offers
online interactive medical education for physicians, residents
and medical students. MedCases
employs a problem-based approach to education that combines
time-tested instructional methods with the power and convenience
of the Internet. Visit
www.medcases.com to try a sample case and learn more about our
online education products.
MEDELA,
Inc., McHenry, IL—Medela, a worldwide leader in the
development, production and marketing of high quality
breastpumps is dedicated to providing the best in design,
quality and features for our most innovative breastfeeding
assistance products. Medela's
full range of breastpumps and breastfeeding assistance products
are consistently recommended by caregivers for quality and
reliability.
Medical
Doctor Associates, Norcross, GA—MDA is the largest,
privately held physician service firm offering locum tenens and
permanent placement opportunities nationwide.
Our mission is to serve the healthcare industry through a
commitment to Integrity, Quality, and Personal Service.
Our Corporate Headquarters is located in Atlanta, GA with
Regional Offices in Dallas, Denver, and Salt Lake City.
Please call us at 800-780-3500 or visit our website at
www.mdainc.com.
MedImmune,
Inc., Gaithersburg, MD—MedImmune, Inc. is a fully
integrated biotechnology company focused on developing and
marketing products that address medical needs in areas such as
infectious disease, immune regulation and cancer.
Headquartered in Gaithersburg, Maryland, MedImmune has
manufacturing facilities in Frederick, Maryland and Nijmegen,
The Netherlands, and an oncology subsidiary in West
Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.
Merck & Co. US Human Health, West Point, PA—We
invite you to visit our exhibit featuring SINGULAIR (Montelukast
Sodium). Inquiries
about our professional, information and educational services are
welcomed.
Merck
Vaccine Division, West Point, PA—The Merck Vaccine
Division, a division of Merck & Co., Inc., is dedicated to
the discovery, development, manufacturing and marketing of
innovative vaccines to improve human health and lower overall
health-care costs. Products
being exhibited include, VARIVAX®, RECOMBIVAX HB®, COMVAX®,
Liquid Pedvax HIB®, SINGULAIR®, VAQTA®, and M-M-R II®.
Representatives are available to answer questions
regarding the full vaccine line.
MHS,
N. Tonawanda, NY—mhs, Inc. is a publisher and
distributor of the leading childhood psychopathology and
behavioral assessment instruments used by pediatricians,
psychiatrists and health practitioners.
Please drop by our booth for information on the most
widely used measures of ADHD, Depression, Emotional
Intelligence, and life event stressors.
Munksgaard,
Copenhagen, DENMARK—Munksgaard is a leading
publisher in Pediatric journals and books.
Some of the titles that will be on display are Pediatric
Diabetes, Pediatric Transplantation, Pediatric Allergy and
Immunology, Pediatric Dentistry.
New book title: Pediatric
Dentistry - A Clinical Approach, edited by Dr. Goran Koch and
Dr. Sven Poulsen. Visit
booth #450 for more information.
Mylicon,
Ft. Washington, PA—
National
Institutes of Health/Office of AIDS Research, Bethesda, MD—The
National Institutes of Health/Office of AIDS Research (NIH/OAR)
is responsible for scientific, budgetary, legislative, and
policy elements of the NIH AIDS Program.
Congress provided broad authority to the OAR to plan,
coordinate, evaluate, and fund all NIH AIDS research.
OAR promotes collaborative research activities in both
domestic and international settings.
Nature
Publishing Group, New York, NY—Specialist Journals
Division of Nature Publishing Group, publishers of the Journal
of Perinatology, the official journal of the Section on
Perinatal Pediatrics and Twin Research
Natus
Medical Inc., San Carlos, CA—Natus Medical provides
non-invasive medical devices to rapidly screen for common,
well-defined disorders in newborns.
The ALGO® Newborn Hearing
Screener facilitates simple, accurate, objective and
cost-effective screening of all newborns for hearing loss before
hospital discharge.
The CO-Stat®
End Tidal Breath Analyzer identifies the rate of
hemolysis, assisting in rapid identification of newborns at risk
for hyperbilirubinemia or other hemolytic disease.
To reduce noise levels for
premature babies in the NICU, Natus also provides MiniMuffs™
Neonatal Noise Attenuators.
NCEMCH/Bright
Futures, Arlington, VA—
Neo
Care - Klein Baker Medical, San Antonio, TX—Neonatal
catheters and accessories.
Neonatal
Intensive Care, Santa Monica, CA—Neonatal Intensive
Care, the Journal of Perinatology-Neonatology, features original
clinical studies, abstracts, works in progress, product reviews,
ICU case studies, and the latest news for neonatology/perinatology
caregivers. Our
readers are neonatologists and perinatologists, ob/gyns
specializing in neonatology, RTs, NICU nurses, NNPs,
researchers, and allied specialists.
The journal also publishes an annual directory of
products and services, including a comprehensive index of
articles published over its 12 year history.
Ohmeda
Medical, Laurel, MD—Ohmeda Medical offers the
highest quality infant care products in the world, including the
new Giraffe™ OmniBed™, a revolutionary neonatal care station
which instantly converts between an enclosed incubator and an
open bed radiant warmer. Other
products include the BiliBlanket® Plus High Output phototherapy
system and enGuard™ physiologic monitor and pulse oximeter.
Oral
Deaf Education Film and Information Office (Ober Kotter
Foundation), Palo Alto, CA—Visit us at booth #225
for your free copies of the exciting ODE resource materials your
colleagues are using: comprehensive
resource kits for audiologists to share with parents of newly
diagnosed deaf children; detailed clinical slide presentations
with PowerPoint; and videos about deaf children who listen and
speak.
Pediatric
Healthcare Inc., Pompano Beach, FL—Pediatric
Healthcare, Inc. specializes in customizing pediatric programs
and services, from birth through adolescence, to meet the
particular needs of your hospital.
Pediatric Healthcare consistently delivers superior
on-site clinical support and managerial leadership in the
following areas: Pediatric
Hospitalist Medicine; Pediatric Emergency Medicine;
Newborn/Neonatal Services and Integrated Pediatric
Hospital-Based Services
Pediatrix
- Obstetrix Center for Research and Education, Sunrise, FL—
Pediatrix
Medical Group, Inc., Sunrise, FL—Pediatrix Medical
Group is the nation's largest provider of physician services to
hospital-based neonatal intensive care units (NICUs).
Services are provided to more than 145 NICUs nationwide
in 27 states and Puerto Rico.
Combined Pediatrix and its subsidiaries employ
approximately 455 physicians.
Stop by booth #301 to discuss career opportunities.
PEP
- Physician Engineered Products, Park Rapids, MN—Physician
Engineered Products, Inc. (PEP) is a manufacturer of pediatric
products with items for use in home and hospital.
Products include the Home Infant Warmer, Ultra Bili
Light, Certified Neonatal Phototherapist Course, BABYFACE Shield
System, Reflux Reducer, Breathe-Easy Mist Tent, and Feel Bright
Light, a device for SAD and adjusting circadian rhythms.
Pfizer
Pharmaceuticals Group, New York, NY—Please visit
the Pfizer, Inc. U.S. Pharmaceuticals exhibit featuring:
ZITHROMAX® (azithromycin), and ZYRTEC® (cetirizine).
Pfizer/Warner
Lambert Consumer Group, Morris Plains, NJ—
PHI
Enterprises, Inc., Garden Grove, CA—PHI
Enterprises, Inc. markets healthcare products to professionals
Pneumo.com,
Ames, IA—Educational display of the website,
pneumo.com, an internet global resource center on pneumococcal
disease and its prevention in infants and young children.
Computers will have live connections to the internet and
wil allow users to access this site. Answers will be provided regarding use of the site.
Quintiles,
Inc., Durham, NC—Partnering with Pediatricians and
the Pharmaceutical industry to support pediatric clinical
research initiatives.
Radicool
Australia, Los Alaminos, CA—100 SPF swimsuits made
in Australia for children and adults
Radiometer
America, Inc., Westlake, OH—RADIOMETER offers a
transcutaneous monitoring system (TINA) composed of small,
independent modules for use with Pediatric Patients.
TINA provides continuous information on patient CO2 and
pO2 and reveals sudden changes. This vital information makes it possible to maintain or treat
the patient immediately when a change in condition occurs.
Raymond
Blank Children's Hospital, Des Moines, IA—Outstanding
opportunities to practice in Iowa's only children's hospital, a
96-bed, full service tertiary care facility with Iowa's only
pediatric emergency department. We also have a pediatric residency program and pediatric
intensive care unit. Sto
by our booth and visit with our representatives to learn more
about working and living in our affluent midwestern city - Des
Moines, Iowa.
Reach
Out and Read, Boston, MA—
Respironics,
Pittsburgh, PA—
Ross
Pediatrics, Columbus, OH—Ross Pediatrics, the
makers of Similac and Isomil infant formulas, invite you to
discover the latest advances in infant nutrition. Learn more about our pediatric nutritional and pharmaceutical
products, Similac Human Milk Fortifier, NeoSure, Elecare, and
Survanta. Our
representatives look forward to welcoming you.
Schering/Key
Pharmaceuticals, Kenilworth, NJ—Schering/Key
Pharmaceuticals, the leaders in allergy and respiratory care,
invite you to visit our booth to inquire on our full line of
products, inclusive of Claritin Family, Nasonex and Vanceril.
SciFor
Inc., Brewster, NY—SciFor Inc. specializes in
scientific posters. Professional,
affordable presentations - just email your text, tables, graphs
and images, and we'll create your poster, formatted and sized to
your needs. B&W
and color handouts, too. Our
posters include a complete presentation kit - fabric carrying
case, shipping tube, hanging business card holder - even push
pins!
Sepracor
Inc., Marlborough, MA—Sepracor is a specialty
pharmaceutical company that develops and commercializes
potentially improved versions of widely-prescribed drugs.
Referred to as Improved Chemical Entities
("ICE"), Sepracor's ICE Pharmaceuticals are being
developed a proprietary, single-isomer or active-metabolite
versions of these leading drugs.
ICE Pharmaceuticals are designed to offer meaningful
improvements in patient outcome through reduced side effects,
increased therapeutic efficacy, improved dosage forms, and in
some cases the opportunity for additional indications.
Shire
USA Inc., Florence, KY—Shire is an international
specialty pharmaceutical company with a strategic focus on four
therapeutic areas: central
nervous system disorders, metabolic diseases, oncology and
gastroenterology.
ADDERALL® (mixed salts of a
single-entity amphetamine product) - dextroamphetamine
saccharate, dextroamphetamine sulfate, amphetamine aspartate,
amphetamine sulfate.
CARBATROL® (carbamazepine
extended-release capsules)
Site
of Care Systems, San Francisco, CA—Clinical
Information Systems tailored for Women and Infant Care:
The Site of Care Solution - Site of Care systems has
taken a "best of breed" approach, developing turnkey
clinical information systems highly tailored to the needs of
specific segments of the provider community, starting with
obstetrics, gynecology and pediatrics.
Current products manage information across the continuum
of hospital-based care from the mom's pregnancy through the
infant's developmental care.
Slack
Incorporated, Thorofare, NJ—SLACK Incorporated, an
innovative information, education and management company, is the
publisher of Infectious Diseases in Children, the Pediatrician's
#1 News Source and Pediatric Annals, America's most widely read
journal for continuing education.
Pick up your free copy of our latest issues and sign up
for our free e-mail newswire.
SpectRx,
Inc., Norcross, GA—
Sunlight
Medical Ltd., Rehovot, ISRAEL—SUNLIGHT OMNISENSE
7000p is the only radiation-free bone strength assessment device
designed especially for children.
A simple to operate, child-friendly quantitative
ultrasound device, Omnisense 7000P monitors potential bone
strength deficiencies and normal bone strength for development.
Omnisense 7000P utilizes a unique reference database for
ages 0-20 and familiar age-matched percentile results.
Thermo
Respiratory Group, Palm Springs, CA—SensorMedics,
Bird Products and Bear Medical unite as part of the Thermo
Respiratory Group to provide respiratory products dedicated to
the care of the pediatric patient.
Stop by and see the 3100A oscillatory ventilator, the new
VIPBird Gold Infant/Pediatric ventilator system, and the first
SensorMedics conventional ventilator, the new 310.
VIA
Medical Corp., San Diego, CA—Perform frequent blood
gas, chemistry and hematocrit monitoring without sending any
blood to the lab. Using
a closed-loop system, VIA automatically draws blood into a
special sensor, analyzes it, then reinfuses it to the patient,
giving immediate results. VIA's
sensors are self-calibrating, CLIA exempt and use proven
electrochemical technology.
Vygon
Corporation, E Rutherford, NJ—Vygon will be
exhibiting a complete range of neonatal/pediatric disposable
products. Included will be our 27g percutaneous catheter (PCVC),
dual lumen E.T. tubes for surfactant instillation and emergency
resuscitation, meconium aspirators, single/dual lumen umbilical
catheters & trays, short, mid & long term feeding tubes.
We will also show NeoSump, our sump tube with graduated trap to
measure the gastric aspirate.
W.B.
Saunders/Mosby/Churchill Livingstone, Philadelphia, PA—W.B.
Saunders/Mosby and Churchill Livingstone, a combined premier
worldwide medical and health sciences publishing company, under
the umbrella of Harcourt Health Sciences, presents our latest
titles in healthcare. Visit
our booth and browse through our complete selection of
publications.
Wallace
Laboratories, Cranbury, NJ—Wallace Laboratories
will be presenting information on RYNA-12 S™ Suspension (phenylephrine
tannate, pyrilamine tannate), and TUSSI-12™ Suspension/Tablets
(carbetapentane tannate, chlorpheniramine tannate, phenylephrine
tannate).
Welch
Allyn, Inc., Skaneateles Falls, NY—Introducing
Welch Allyn's children's health products:
AudioPath (a portable otoacoustic emissions device),
Vision Screener (5 second test 16" from child) and Lithium
Ion Handle. Welch
Allyn will also feature the SureTemp and Braun ThermoScan
thermometers, LumiView (a portable binocular miscroscope) and
Welch Allyn opthalmoscopes, otoscopes and tympanometric devices.
Whitehall-Robins,
Madison, NJ—Whitehall-Robins Healthcare is a leader
in the discovery, development, manufacturing and marketing of a
broad range of OTC healthcare products including ADVIL®,
CHILDREN'S ADVIL®, DIMETAPP® and ROBITUSSIN®.
Our professional sales representatives welcome the
opportunity to discuss some of our newest products including
ADVIL® LIQUI-GELS® and CHILDREN'S ADVIL® CHEWABLES.
Women's
& Children's Health Policy Center - Johns Hopkins School of
Public Health, Baltimore, MD—
Wyeth
Lederle Vaccines, St. Davids, PA—Wyeth Lederle is
committed to children's health care.
This commitment is demonstrated by our partnerships with
professional medical societies, government associations, managed
care organizations, and community health clinics to promote
access to quality health care services for all children.
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