The company fully intends to keep operating during the re-structure process.
Makena which is the main drug the company produces 
has had a lack of enforcement on the orphan drug marketing exclusivity granted by the FDA. Medicaid agencies have also made access tough. BD
K-V Pharmaceutical Co. (KV/A) (A), a provider of women’s health-care products, filed for bankruptcy after it said lax federal enforcement and state Medicaid restrictions prevented it from attaining the “full value” of a medicine intended to help pregnant women avoid premature births.
The drug company, which sought court protection along with several subsidiaries, listed debt of $728 million and assets of $237 million in a Chapter 11 petition filed today in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan. Based in Bridgeton, Missouri, K-V said it will keep operating as it seeks to reorganize.
Other K-V units that sought court protection include DrugTech Corp., FP1096 Inc., K-V Discovery Solutions Inc., K-V Generic Pharmaceuticals Inc., K-V Solutions USA Inc., Ther-Rx Corp. and Zeratech Technologies USA Inc.
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-08-04/k-v-pharmaceutical-files-for-bankruptcy-protection
releases being delayed somewhere along the line? Of course you do as it makes the news that the next operating system or what ever it is will be extended for a couple weeks, and why? Roll no code before it’s time as we want it to work and with today’s complexities it’s hard. Why do you think there are “beta” programs? It’s so you can have some real life testing done with actual users before the full effects of the software goes into place. Still there are bugs but not as many as there would be without a beta program for sure. 
get some help with their suffering with losing over $400 million, shows how far behind the times they are, let them cook and choke and take responsibility for their “code” actions. They did it and other firms took a wait and see option to further work on their code before entering the NYSE dark pools. The problem with this though is that they have consumer/investors money involved and there lies the criminality of what they are doing…all technologically created greed. You can read more at the link below on complexities and how the rip works. 
beyond the processor standards, but on Wall Street they do what they want and run hardware at speeds beyond and one day some will melt too. I can’t help but think that some of this is part of the hardware maintenance with chip melt downs and replacements as an on going process as well. Sure there are several in a server farm so one melt down at a time would not have a significant effect, but what about the day you have massive hit with a large number melting down at once if the cooling gasses that keep the processors cool malfunctions and the processors simultaneously fry? 
but that is exactly what is going on. Denial of service attacks of course are illegal and you have probably heard about the hacking group Anonymous exerting some of these with their break ins; however the same process is legal on Wall Street? An algorithm is creating all of this once again with the parameters is is programmed to do and submit quotes when the formula parameters are me. Everywhere else in technology companies spend a lot of money to stop the vulnerability but it’s perfectly ok on Wall Street to jam the circuits because the machines are busy making money with algorithms that support the process. 
.only a developer and quant may have that answer as things are evolving to multi levels of code interactions. When there’s millions at stake to be made ask yourself, do you think there’s the potential for some “dirty”code to be working out there? I think we know the answer to that question but finding it and proving that fact is the issue. Interesting quote below in the fact that why some like to live below the radar and this is not only true in financials, other industries too, like health insurance companies who are publicly traded like to keep the attention away from their “algorithms for profit” as well with nobody digging very deep. 
code running, moving money and nobody held accountable so what seems like a good move right now, could be disaster in as little a few seconds away. Perhaps it could be time for exchanges and insurance companies to go back to what they were, non profits as this circle unless someone makes some life impacting decision won’t stop and the insanity will continue to grow. This not only happens in the markets but machines making life impacting decisions goes on every day with other businesses and runs behind the scenes. In an effort demonstrating this for such occurrences I made a collection of posts which I call “The Attack of the Killer Algorithms” and you can read through and see how all of this plays out, even beyond the markets. 
and the premiums keep going up. Some states have laws that limit the deep pockets but other states do not. Actually in some states doctors and hospitals go without it and hospitals set aside cash reserves but are they enough? Doctors end up filing bankruptcy if the judgment is too high so how stressful is this..very. There’s a good documentary that goes right along with the topic here called “The Vanishing Oath” and my hospitals use it to show medical students what they are in for in the long haul with being doctor today. Watch the trailer at the link below and catch the second link to hear a doctor talk about being sued. 
events the counselor, George Anderson dealt with. You know what though there’s a new institute to help investigate and work on “humanizing” healthcare too, so clearly there’s a ton of the working environment that contributes here. 
I made an “opinion” post asking if “we need a Department of Algorithms”…maybe we are there as there are those algos created for “desired” results and those that generate “accurate” results and the two should be the same, but they are not always. Read this book on how some of this works from Twitter bud Professor Siefe at NYU, as he nails it pretty well. We are well beyond the comprehension levels of those who make our laws as well and you saw what happened yesterday when they don’t get it, they go on break and leave everything unattended not even caring about the Post Office crisis. 
Allscripts who projected sales based on projections of where they would be with combining two technologies and I flat out said, too much code too little time. Again we come around to those who sell and market flat out just don’t get it with today’s complexities. That post is Chapter 30 in the Killer Algorithm series. It’s not popular to talk about this and most do not as keeping the level of comprehension gray helps sell markets but eventually it all comes out. Interesting too with the Knight incident, we are now hearing the word “algorithm” use more with the media instead of the ridiculous “circuit breaker” terminology. Call it what it is. 
create more formulas and reports to substantiate the past and some of it does get down the the truth and some of it is just a further “spinning” of information to substantiate the original questions and of course this is the hot topic when formulas and algorithms have either denied consumers or made big profits on conclusions of data queried that are not accurate. I think we all know too that journalists have to meet certain ratings to keep their jobs so again not to fault some of the reporting out there as they need their jobs too but does this impact what we get out there, sure it does and if I had to make sure I kept my job I would probably be doing the same thing. 
covered by which policies will be entitles to the free no co-pay birth control and I commented on Twitter, who’s going to be out there with a new algorithm to help doctors figure it out? This is how it works with complexities it builds on itself and I guess I can keep my eyes open for a press release for some new software or existing software company talking about their new algorithms to sell that will make it easier for doctors to determine what women do get the no co-pay birth control, complexities out of control We absolutely put consumers on a data chase at a time when they just want care. Killers Algorithms Chapter 6 talks about this to where the data has already made you guilty due to a flawed system at times, so let’s see if this happens? Will we have a “free birth control algorithm” next? 
money to be made, well you get the picture there. Again, this is a dangerous area to where the rush for greed and the ability to not only control a market but also a society is upon us and you can’t see the algorithms, talk to them and as we saw yesterday with flaws they do their thing. A couple weeks ago too someone wrote an interesting article about the real time updating of prices at Amazon that could signal a danger area as well with the potential of a “flash crash” type of incident there and it was good food for thought as again we are talking masses of data and algorithms. 
algorithm that priced a copy of a book about flies at over a million dollars, so again it lives out there with us and be aware as the Attack of the Killer Algorithms, no matter where you are will show up when you might least expect it. The video below includes this story in How Algorithms Shape our Lives…if you not have not seen it, a must see that will help explain some of what goes on today. As Robert Scoble mentioned in one of his TED presentations “the world belongs to the geeks today because nobody else wants it” and those who write the code rule the world. This video by the way has been out there for about a year now and talks about contemporary math and algorithms. Find out what Black Box investing is…investments as he says “formerly known as your pension”…. 
they stated that Interfaith needed about $10 to $30 million to keep going, a very small portion of the amount of money wiped out by a mini second algorithm on the markets. 
for the “think tank” institute to get started. You can read below and watch the video to hear more about what it will intend to do and focus upon. Schwarzenegger is a “fellow” here with USC and he has an honorary doctorate. Arnold the professor now:) They are going to bring the brightest minds to the institute and time will tell what they hope to solve. Healthcare and public wellness is right on the list. 
can make a dent in political reform…better know some math and formulas is all I can say as that’s what’s running everything and it swoops around Congress every day and they still miss it. If this think tank can help out with lessening the Attacks of the Killer Algorithms, that would be great. I’ll add the link here to the 35 posts I have with every day attacks that directly have impact on what the institute intends to work on. 
Free government birth control for all the ladies he says, what Rush Limbaugh warned us about:) Women showed up to be hooked up to the Yaz IV tube…women will have more time for sex…he eats the dose for the entire month…hilarious! 
The timing on this though is bad as the article states that he was also involved in the surveillance of FDA scientists. Well remember the FDA scientist that was doing the insider trading? Sometimes there are reasons for surveillance and I have done it for clients and I don’t like the process of providing it for clients but when exposure gets so bad that legalities and other areas come in to play, you have no choice and when you look at the information it does change how you view another person forever but you have to remain independent and stay with facts. 
we have a 3rd party vendor at the root with a stolen notebook. In essence this is starting to reflect that hospitals sound like they are pretty much on top of their business but it’s the vendors with patient data that are the cause of much that has been in the news of late. EMC is also the same company that owns VMware and I wonder why the employee had this information on the computer and not accessed with a VMware virtual system? Makes sense since the same corporate company owns them maybe? 
When the Accretive story fully rolled out we learned there were 9 laptops involved and not one. Hartford Hospital reported the incident in June after it was noticed missing and of course the information was not encrypted. Last year Stanford has a breach with information that was online, not their fault it was the vendor as was the case at Beth Israel Deaconess in Boston. 
records of about 9,000 patients, the Connecticut Attorney General's Office reports. 
will continue to have health benefits. Some processing plants have been shut down and they want to end Saturday service, but the rural areas of the US would be the first to suffer. Congress needs to act and so far nothing. 
going anywhere. It was back in 2007 that the planning for this new facility began. This is not the only new facility opened this year as in March they opened a new center in Maryland. What else is kind of neat too is the use of Bloom Box Fuel Cells in California. You can read more about how they are using them at 
giving full credit to their success with personal health records for patients as they were out there with a plan and there were a lot of skeptics when it was announced but it is working well and both patients and doctors are happy with it. A couple years ago I interviewed one of their pediatricians about how a PHR helps her do her job better and stay on top of patient charts and needs. 
second new hospital, a replacement for its 38-year-old facility in Anaheim. 
and that is not due to the fact that it was a bad law, it’s good law, but for goodness sakes talk intelligently and address areas that need change and stop the over all repeal, it’s not doing the GOP any favors. I agree that the law needs amendments in some area as the economy delegates this and even the President says the same thing as guess what, nothing remains the same and as changes happen, address them. We live in a digital world and thus so need some digital law formats and today without violating the Bill of Rights, get with it! 
that would help our Congress make better laws, but let’s do the “control issue” about abortions, waste of time and money. Does anyone wonder why Congress looks so bad? They don’t even know a tool when it is presented to them. Use a system like IBM Watson and query and get all the information first and then break into committees and everyone will at least have heard the same thing and have the same starting point. Do we do this, nope default topic of abortions rules all and we get nowhere, get over it. Personally I laugh my fanny off every time the big “A” word comes up and is debated when there are much more important issues that need attention. BD 
and the smart pill received separate approvals from the FDA. There’s also a smart patch which reports back to the Proteus system and that part has been approved. See who the big investors are here with the product, none other that Novartis and Medtronic. I remember it was reported that Novartis has $24 million invested so I am not sure if there are others and the amount contributed by Medtronic. 
of this and gave their approval back in August of 2010. So now the chip can send even more information and is made out of minerals found in food, such as copper, magnesium and silicon. There’s no battery on the chip and we kind of all can figure out where the exit point is when done. As I read this, the minute the pill hits your stomach, it gets powered for action right there when it gets wet. The chip is placed on your pills you take for prescriptions. I would guess that drugs made by Novartis could be the first ones to be in line to carry the chip? Here’s a video of a company representative explaining how this works and you can “share” with other folks who have similar conditions. I don’t know if I’m ready to share what goes on in my stomach and bowels with others yet, maybe more information than some may want to know. BD 
monitor medication adherence. The de novo medical device, which the company refers to as an ingestible event marker (IEM), can monitor the timing of drug ingestion in the stomach and relay that information to a patch worn on the body. The patch also can track heart rate, activity levels, and sleep patterns, and relay such information, as well as information regarding drug compliance to caregivers via text message or e-mail. In addition, the device can be used to send text reminders to patients who forgot to take a pill on time. 
over and over and over. If Walgreens wanted to promote their products, why in the world do they not advertise directly with bloggers instead of this nonsense, and nonsense it is. I could care less if I ever made the BlogHer list after having reviewed what I saw today. It’s costs money to go to the conference as well and what am I going to get out of it, not much in my opinion. This marketing effort was directed at me to go to the Perrigo booth so they could pass along some products to me…says so right in the email body so I can stock my medicine cabinet. All they want me to do to enter the contest is “get my social networks fired up” and frankly the content I put out here has no relativity. 
up some free Walgreens brand medications from our BlogHer booth “drugstore”. Perrigo Company (
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Math–This Could be a Subject for Michael Moore to Explore and Document In a Movie
Screenings Too–Killer Algorithms Part 12–Medical Billing Codes Style
Duping” Society Combined With A World of Rogue Algorithms & Flawed Data Continues In Markets As Seen With Knight Capital This Week-Attack of the Killer Algorithms Chapter 36
Study Fraud With EHR Technologies, Namely Medical Records/Billing Software Used by Hospitals– HHS And SEC Continue Getting Their Non-Algorithmic Fannies Kicked–Attack of the Killer Algorithms Chapter 46
SilverScript Senior Drug Program Sanctioned by Medicare Until the Payment And Billing Algorithms are Cleaned Up-Killer Algorithms Chapter 53
