Biotech Law Weekly

Abiomed, Inc. - Medical device firm reports 13% increase in revenues, clinical update

Catalyst Biosciences, Inc. - Intellectual property in the field of protease therapeutics licensed

CryoLife, Inc. - Biomaterials company reports that Q2 revenues increased 12%

Diomed Holdings, Inc. - Company responds to VNUS allegations

Inst. of Criminalistics & Criminology, Brussels - Method to measure delta⁹-tetrahydrocannabinol in oral fluid developed

Kline & Co. - Study: Generic drug makers taking more aggressive approach

Market Analysis - Avos introduces Medicare Drug Benefit Outlooks reports

Nabi Biopharmaceuticals - Pharmaceutical company expands access to kidney disease treatment

Quinton Cardiology Systems, Inc. - Cardiology products company reports financial results

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - Agency blocks sale of illegal drugs; judge issues injunction against Fla. firm

University of Birmingham - Researchers detail new studies and findings in the area of cancer vaccines

University of Paris XIII, Bobigny - Data advance knowledge in diagnostics research

University of Pennsylvania - Methods to reduce exposure of subjects to placebo treatments outlined

A.D.A.M., Inc. - U of Tennessee Medical Center picks interactive web contenthealth tools

Aarhus University Hospital, Aalborg - Protection offered by n-3 PUFA is mediated by its direct antiarrhythmic effect

Aastrom Biosciences, Inc. - Stephen G. Sudovar elected to bioscience company's board of directors

Actavis Group - Actavis completes acquisition of U.S. generics company Amide

Advancis Pharmaceutical Corporation - Pharmaceutical company takes steps to reduce expenses

Aeolus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Pharmaceutical company records loss of $0.81 per share

Akorn, Inc. - Pharmaceutical firm reports sales of $12.6M

Alethia BioTherapeutics, Inc. - Biotech company appoints Yves Cornellier as president and CEO

Alizyme plc - Recruitment for phase I clinical trial of cetilistat complete

Amer. Cncl. of Life Insurers & Computer Sci. Corp. - Study finds economic case for changes in insurance regulation

Amgen Inc. - Palifermin compound receives positive regulatory opinion for approval in Europe

Ankara Children's Hospital - Clinical features of extrapulmonary tuberculosis in children outlined

ArthroCare Corp. - Medical device firm reports revenues of $51.7M

Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Companies announce agreement to manufacture AA4500

Baylor College of Medicine, Houston - CELF protein is needed for normal alternative splicing in the heart

Bhabha Atom Research Center - Complex of metronidazole xanthate used as potential agent for targeting hypoxia

Bingham Child Guidance Ctr., Kentucky - Family therapy is an effective treatment tool for children

Biophan Technologies, Inc. - Technology agreements with Boston Scientific detailed in SEC form

Boston University - Cholinergic regulatory molecules control choline transporter expression

Brigham & Women's Hospital - Ethonol has independent effect on hs-CRP levels in women

Business Update - Duane Reade adds in-store health clinics

CHUA Michallon - Radiotherapy after surgery best option for prostate cancer patients

Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - Morbidity after sentinel lymph node biopsy in primary breast cancer evaluated

CapitalBio Corporation - Supply and comarketing partnership signed for microarray scanner

Cardiac Dimensions, Inc. - First implant of Carillon Mitral Contour System reported

Catholic University of Korea, Gyeonggi Do - Serotonin transporter gene polymorphism associates with male alcoholism

Celera Genomics Group - Genomics company reports loss of $0.22 per share

Center Leon Berard, Lyon - Persistence of medical change at implementation of clinical guidelines assessed

Cerner Corp. - U.S. government selects laboratory corporation for clinical military services

Cerus Corporation - New class of vaccines include killed but metabolically active microbes

ChemGenex Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. - Gene-based pharma company names two directors

Chiba University, Inohana - Mental stress impairs coronary circulation after the stress

Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan - Small interfering RNA produces gene-specific control in zebrafish embryos

Christchurch School of Medicine - Electrofusion process can increase immunogenicity of human cells

Christiana Care Health Systems, Wilmington - Participant recruitment strategy outlined

Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung - Ornithine decarboxylase prevented tumor necrosis factor-alpha-induced apoptosis

Churchill Hospital, Oxford - Topotecan and etoposide phosphate treated recurrent ovarian cancer

CollaGenex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Company files new drug application for Oracea

Columbia Laboratories, Inc. - Prochieve maker reports Q2 results in line with expectations

Competitive Technologies, Inc. - Homocysteine assay licensed to Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics

Conmed Corporation - Medical device firm records 20.9% increase in sales

Cutting Edge Information - Call centers help the drug industry curb patient non-compliance

Defense Science and Technology Laboratory - New findings in smallpox vaccines described

Dendrite International, Inc. - Sales and marketing services provider contract with PDI extended

Diet & Nutrition - Cocoa shows benefits for coronary heart disease

Discovery Laboratories, Inc. - Company responds to approvable letter for Surfaxin for RDS in premature infants

Disease Management - Study: Jury still out on disease-management ROI

Dokkyo University, Mibu - Study assessed effects of tetrahydrobiopterin following Ang II infusion

Duke University, Durham - APOBEC3 proteins may help prevent zoonotic infection by simple retroviruses

Dynavax Technologies Corp. - Immunotherapies company reports Q2 revenue of $1 million

East China Normal University - Mechanism of action of Qingyangshenylycosides clarified

Emageon, Inc. - Imaging company reports increased revenues during Q2

Emory University, Atlanta - Researchers' data advance atherosclerosis research

Firat University, Elazig - Cutaneous myiasis caused by Wohlfahrtia magnifica

Flexpoint Sensor Systems, Inc. - Company updates medical bed application contract

Florida State University, Tallahassee -  Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv integral membrane proteins identified

Friedrich Loeffler Institute, Wusterhausen - ELISA and Western blot detect hantavirus infections caused by Sin Nombre virus

Gazi Medical School, Ankara - GM-CSF does not increase CD20 antigen expression on CLL lymphocytes

Geisinger Health System - Health organization joins Cancer Alliance Bioinformatics Consortium

Gen-Probe, Inc. - Maker of nucleic acid tests reports strong Q2 results

GeoPharma, Inc. - Generics maker reports Q1 revenues of $11.7 million

GlaxoSmithKline - Study reports on acyclovir resistance in herpes simplex virus

Gloucestershire Royal Hospital - Hepatitis B vaccine doses trigger seroconversion in predialysis patients

HSK Wiesbaden - Push-and-pull enteroscopy safe and effective

Haemonetics Corp. - Blood processing company announces changes to board of directors

Hallym University, Chunchon - Hippocampus studied, post-ischemia Ca²⁺-ATPase behavior clarified

Hamilton College, New York - Recent ice shelf collapse unprecedented

Hannover School of Veterinary Medicine - Spermatozoa analyzed, regulatory and necrotic volume increase clarified

Harvard Health Publications - Publication discusses effectiveness of transcranial magnetic stimulation

Harvard Health Publications - Vegans, vegetarians, elderly need more vitamin B12 per Harvard Health Letter

Harvard University - Beta-amino ester polymers facilitate in vivo DNA transfection

Harvard University - Infusion of P-selectin could provide an affordable, effective clotting

Health Net of California - Health Net of California launches new, flexible plans

Health Promotion - Aetna debuts newest wellness offering

HealthTronics, Inc. - HealthTronics sells its orthopedic ESWL business for $10.4 million

Herbalife, Ltd. - Herbalife Ltd. announces record second-quarter net sales of $384.7 million

HistoRx - Decreased breast cancer survival associated with high TRAIL-R2 expression

Hong Kong Polytechnical University - Brain ceruloplasmin expression studied, roles of development and iron clarified

Hopital Archet 2, Nice - Ondansetron relieves fatigue in patients infected with hepatitis C

Hopital Europeen Georges Pompidou, Paris - Hypoxia-inducible factor 1 alpha augments skeletal myoblast transplantation

Hospital Aleman, Buenos Aires - Bile duct replacement using femoral vein autograft feasible

Hospital for Special Surgery, New York - Post-weightbearing implant migration evaluated in cementless THA

Howard University, Washington - Strategies for conducting research with low-income African American populations

Huazhong Univ. of Science & Technology, Wuhan - Diltiazem can be used for treatment of unstable angina pectoris

IBC Life Sciences - Survey of drug industry professionals finds support for cloning of human cells

Imperial College London - Phase I study of TNF-alpha AutoVaccIne for metastatic cancer conducted

Indira Gandhi Med College, Himachal Prades -  L. donovani & L. tropica cause of localized LCL outbreaks

Innovative Spinal Technologies, Inc. - Spinal device developer raises $39 million in private equity

Inst. Municipal d'Investigacio Medica, Barcelona - Consumption of virgin olive oil could provide beneficial effects in CHD patients

Institute Pasteur, Paris - Heat shock gene deletion on the Y chromosome correlates with azoospermia

Institute for Genomic Research - International research team announces finished rice genome

International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon - Risk of cancer after low doses of ionizing radiation evaluated

Intrepid Holdings, Inc. - Company acquires mail order service pharmacy with licenses in 20 states

Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. - In vitro diagnostic products developer to sell 4,000,000 shares of common stock

Iowa State University - Exercise-enhanced influenza immunity mediated by psychosocial factors

Irish Medicines Board - IMB monitors for potential counterfeit Lipitor

IsoRay, Inc. - Medical isotope maker completes merger, becomes subsidiary of public company

Isolagen, Inc. - Preliminary results of phase 3 dermal trials on autologous cell therapy reported

James Madison University, Harrisonburg - Effect of milk on child growth is variable

Johns Hopkins University - New technology shows our ancestors ate ... everything!

Katholieke University of Leuven - Perineal colostomy with antegrade continence enemas used as alternative therapy

Keio University - New findings in the area of cancer vaccines detailed

King Faisal Specialist Hospital - Value of nm23 as prognosticator of parathyroid neoplasia assessed

Korea Research Institute of Bioscience, Taejon - Interleukin-12 gene transfer and chemotherapy hinders murine tumors

Korea University, Seoul - Marked p16 expression almost always reflects cervical cancer or dysplasia

Kyorin University, Tokyo - Syntaxin 5 analyzed, interaction with presenilin holoproteins defined

Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka - Ribavirin priming makes chronic hepatitis C combination therapy more effective

La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company - Autoimmune-focused pharmaceutical company reports Q2, year-to-date results

Large Scale Biology Corp. - Gene expression-focused biotech company transfers securities to NASDAQ SmallCap

Laval University, Quebec City - Cranberry juice is linked with increase in plasma antioxidant capacity

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory - Studies advance knowledge in plague research

Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center - Tennessee children's medical center opens neurology clinic, hires 3 physicians

Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leics - Cytotoxic drugs instigated hair loss

Leiden University - Allogeneic stem cell transplantation recommended for XLP patients.

Leiden University - Aqueous oxygen prevents LV remodeling, preserves LV ejection fraction

Leiden University, Netherlands - New drug looks promising for lung disease

Lund University - CART knock-out mice have glucose intolerance and increased body weight

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center - Changes in technique can reduce radiation dose in CT examination

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center - Somatic symptoms of chronic non-cancer-related and cancer-related pain compared

Masaryk University - Modified cobalt ferrite particles facilitate PCR DNA evaluation

Masaryk University, Brno - Polyphenolic content and antioxidant potential of wine are strongly correlated

Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston - Nitric oxide boosts mural cell recruitment and vessel stability in melanoma

Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown - p21 links Notch and Wnt signaling pathways in keratinocyte growth control

Mayo Clinic - Patients' multiple sclerosis lesion type dictates effective treatment

Mayo Clinic Cancer Center - Recent findings in oncology described

Med-Design Corp. - Designer, developer of medical safety needles reports Q2 2005 financial results

MedCath Corporation - Cardiovascular disease healthcare provider announces financial results

Medical University of Vienna - Research in breast cancer provides new insights

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center - Integrin beta signaling domain effects of deletion defined

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center - Lifestyle and diet may stop or reverse prostate cancer progression

Merck & Co., Inc. - Dr. Floyd J. Malveaux to lead Childhood Asthma Network

Merck Frosst Centre for Therapeutic Research - Novel mPGES-1 inhibitors derived from MK-886

Michigan State University, E. Lansing - Researchers' data advance virology research

Mie University - Outcome after right-lobe graft donation characterized

Montreal Heart Institute - Celsior solution is best for preserving endothelial function

Morvan Hospital, Brest - Growth factor receptor associates with esophageal cancer and reduced survival

NE Ohio University, Rootstown - Uterine cervical P2X receptors studied, location during pregnancy revealed

Nanogen, Inc. - Grant awarded for development of diagnostics for sepsis and pneumonia

Nastech Pharmaceutical Company Inc. - Pharmaceutical company announces second quarter 2005 financial results

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill - Pennsylvania psychiatrist elected NAMI president, elects board members

National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka - Low-dose VEGF aggravates hemorrhagic transformation after cerebral ischemia

National Cheng Kung University, Tainan - Lactoferrin inhibited enterovirus 71 infection

National Health Research Institute, Taipei - Adiponectin levels decline in viral hepatitis patients who receive interferon

National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo - JNK and PI3k/Akt pathways required for persistent SARS infection

National Microelectronics Center, Spain - Nanotechnology to provide portable genetic risk detection

National Yang Ming University, Taipei - PSORS1C1 gene polymorphisms may not cause psoriasis in Chinese patients

Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Warsaw - Reports describe recent advances in neurology research