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A Mount Pleasant company responsible for the first birth in South Carolina using in-vitro fertilization, or IVF, has partnered with a New York-based specialty management company that helps run a network of more than 100 fertility centers nationwide.

Southeastern Fertility Center, which achieved the state's first IVF pregnancy 24 years ago, has joined with Purchase, N.Y.-based IntegraMed America Inc. in a 25-year deal.

Under the terms of the agreement, IntegraMed bought the assets of Southeastern and will provide a variety of services, including marketing, treatment programs for women who wish to get pregnant, and a sophisticated electronic medical records system.

In turn, IntegraMed will be reimbursed for the cost of its services and will receive a fixed percentage of the center's revenue and a fixed amount of its earnings. Financial terms were not disclosed.

The deal was effective April 24.

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Every year, thousands of women suffer terrible physical side-effects and heartbreak as they go through gruelling IVF in their desperation to become mums.

But now, a revolutionary new form of IVF could make their dreams come true without the suffering and at a fraction of the cost.

The technique - Soft IVF - uses fewer drugs, significantly reducing the side-effects which the hormone injections in conventional treatment often cause.

It is also around half the price of the standard approach - about £2,000 compared to at least £4,000.
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This month, at a fertility conference in London, doctors agreed Soft IVF was the future in fertility medicine.

They said the treatment - also known as Mild IVF - has good success rates and is safer for women because it interferes less with their body's natural chemistry.

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This year's National Infertility Day (NID) conference recognises 30 years of IVF by welcoming as our opening speaker Professor Robert Edwards, who alongside his late colleague Sir Patrick Steptoe was one of the pioneers of IVF. In addition we are delighted to also welcome Professor Andre Van Steirteghem, the pioneer of intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) which gave the chance of a child to those affected by male infertility.

The conference will take place on 19th July 2008 at The New Connaught Rooms in central London.

We have the most distinguished list of more than 30 other speakers delivering talks on subjects ranging from medical areas such as donor issues, male and female infertility and new developments including in vitro maturation and the issue of single embryo transfer. We will also cover related topics including nutrition, Chinese medicine, adoption, surrogacy and much more. There will also be a session looking at what to do if treatment fails.

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