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Biotech Week


Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . May 2nd, 2007
Non-Subscriber - Summaries Only
Related Areas: Other Issues in Biotech Week | Other Publications

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm - Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms saves men's lives

Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia - Progress toward a targeted therapy for a specific form of leukemia

Addiction Medicine - Brief physician interventions have impact on problem drinking

Addiction Medicine - UCSF launches study on treatment for prescription drug addiction

Aging - Should primary care doctors assess safety of older drivers?

Alzheimer Disease - Brain structure changes years before memory loss begins

Alzheimer Disease - Omega-3 fatty acid may help prevent Alzheimer's brain lesions

Alzheimer Disease - Research could lead to treatment for Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer Disease - Study Shows Hope for Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis - Diseased Brain Cells Involved In ALS Motor Neuron Death

Anemia - Anemia treatment for patients with kidney disease can differ by dialysis facility type

Anemia - Study produces conflicting findings on the use of anti-anemia drug in cancer patients

Anthrax - Physicists Unite To Develop Anthrax Detection Method

Anxiety Disorders - Benefits of antidepressants appear greater than risks for children, teens

Astigmatism - LASIK safety for older adults studied

Behavior - Strong marriage helps couples deal with temperamental baby

Biomedical Engineering - Researchers develop technique for bacteria crowd control

Breast Cancer - Diet and lifestyle -- In the cancer fight, eating well is the best revenge

Breast Cancer - Predicting cancer risk in the long term

Breast Cancer - Study links breast cancer risk to epigenetic changes related to race, smoking and birth size

Breast Cancer - Tennessee researcher earns Komen grant to study depression and breast cancer

Breast Cancer - Traditional Chinese medicinal herbs may help women with breast cancer

Breast Cancer - Understanding personal genetic risk for familial breast cancer eases anxieties

Brown University - Biologists prove critical step in membrane fusion

Cancer - Cancer patients are at high risk for potential drug interactions

Cancer - Cheaper, better disease treatments expected from faster approach to developing antibodies

Cancer - Enhancing chemotherapy's efficacy: new agent has synergistic effect with standard drugs

Cancer - Health disparities -- Genetics, society and race play an important role in access to healthcare

Cancer - New Chemotherapy Agent Provides Synergistic Effect to Standard Drugs

Cancer - Premiere cancer organizations partner to reduce disparities, prevent incidences

Cancer - Research collaborators report new cancer therapy combination

Cancer - Researcher focuses on pros, cons of antioxidants from fruits and vegetables

Cancer - Study Identifies Factors Attributed To Later Stage Cancer Diagnosis

Cancer - Two studies highlight role of inflammation in cancer

Cancer - USC study identifies factors attributed to later stage cancer diagnosis

Cancer Gene Therapy - Gelatin-Based Nanoparticle Effective in Gene Therapy for Breast Cancer

Cancer Gene Therapy - Intravenous nanoparticle gene therapy shows activity in stage IV lung cancer

Cancer Vaccines - Breast cancer vaccine stimulates potent immune response to cancer cells

Cancer Vaccines - Head and neck cancer vaccine targets proteins to create immune response

Cancer Vaccines - Novel antigen-cloning technique may boost efforts to develop a melanoma vaccine

Cancer Vaccines - Taking a jab at cancer by stimulating the immune system

Cancer Vaccines - UCSF brain tumor vaccine trial shows promising results

Cell Biology - Bioluminescence at the service of a novel cerebral imaging technique

Cholecystectomy - Don't use drains in uncomplicated open cholecystectomy

Cognition - Carnegie Mellon University research shows how sensory-deprived brain compensates

Cognition - Carnegie Mellon University scientists identify genes activated during learning and memory

Colon Cancer - Cetuximab increases survival in advanced colorectal cancer patients, study shows

Critical Care - U.S. critical care delivery system in critical condition

Depression - Developmental and Behavioral Problems Can Plague Asmatic Children

Depression - New depression therapy gives reason for hope

Diabetes - First ever study predicts outcome for limb-threatening infections in diabetes

Diabetes - No sign that ethnic groups' genes cause diabetes, international research team says

Eating Disorders - UAB study may lead to new therapies for binge eating disorder

Emphysema - Eating cured meats frequently can lead to lower lung function and potential COPD

Epidemiology - Johns Hopkins begins aggressive screening for 'superbugs' in children

Epidemiology - Rhode Island Hospital study identifies high-risk patient populations for MRSA carriage

Fibrosis - Penn study on lung-infecting bacterial enzyme suggests new approach to cystic fibrosis treatment

Flu Vaccines - New research shows that flu is a trigger of heart attacks

Gastric Cancer - Study finds no survival benefit for gastric cancer patients

Genetics & Genomics - Research team identifies additional genetic risk factors for Crohn's disease

Heart Disease - Having elevated risk factors in young adulthood raises risk of coronary calcium later on

Hepatitis A Virus - Researchers find hepatitis A and hepatitis C attack same protein to block immune defenses

Hypertension - UGA study suggests that lowering blood pressure following stroke may reduce damage

Internal Medicine - Smoking indicator of alcohol misuse

Kidney Disease - Twin studies reveal genetic components leading to cardiac and kidney disease

Leukemia - Massey researchers induce cell death in leukemia

Lichen Planus - Clinical studies evaluate potential treatments for mouth ulcers

Lung Cancer - New diagnostic technologies offer non-invasive means

Malaria - Malaria-infected mice cured by 1 dose of new drug

Massachusetts General Hospital - Treatment costs fall and quality improves when patients use self-treatment tools

Medicare and Medicaid - Detection of melanoma by dermatologists linked with earlier tumor stage, higher survival rates

Mental Health - Racing neurons control whether we stop or go

Monoclonal Antibodies - Penn researchers find treatment for MS also reduces vision loss in MS patients

Myeloma - Mayo Clinic Cancer Center researcher finds mold by-product kills multiple myeloma

Nanotechnology - Nanoparticles can damage DNA, increase cancer risk

Nanotechnology - New methods and tools needed to measure exposure to airborne nanomaterials

Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma - A discovery that may lessen a health disparity

Neurodegenerative Disease - Proteins important in Alzheimer's, Parkinson's disease travel in the slow lane

Neuroticism - Change in neuroticism tied to mortality rates, researcher says

Obesity - Childhood Obesity Among Quebec Cree Raises Concerns

Obesity - Geisinger launches extensive study on obesity and related liver problem

Obesity - Obesity may be linked to middle ear effusions in children

Obesity - Twenty-year study shows significant rise in childhood obesity, especially among girls

Obesity and Diabetes - NIH launches study to assess bariatric surgery in adolescents

Pancreatic Cancer - Johns Hopkins develops pancreas cancer risk model

Parkinson Disease - Jefferson participating in global study to extend effectiveness of drug for Parkinson's

Peripheral Nervous System Disease - Researchers discover gene crucial for nerve cell insulation

Prostate Cancer - Curcumin, Also Known as Curry Powder, Has Anticancer Effects

Prostate Cancer - New imaging method shows whether treatment for advanced prostate cancer is working

Rotavirus - Rotavirus can spread beyond the intestine

Royal Women's Hospital - Cup feeding cannot be recommended as a method of supplementation in breast-feeding infants

Sleep Medicine - 'Night owls' report more insomnia-related symptoms

Sleep Medicine - Men who habitually consume alcohol more likely to have a sleep-related breathing disorder

Sociology - First systematic study of China's one-child policy reveals complexity, effectiveness

Stem Cell Research - Stem cells decrease ischemic injury and restore brain function

Stem Cell Research - Stem cells provide new tool for studying disease and identifying ALS drugs

Surgery - NeuroArm: Navigating the future of surgery

Surgery - Resident work hour restrictions may be costly for teaching hospitals

Type 2 Diabetes - Standard long-acting insulin as good as newer medications

University of Lübeck - Sleep enforces the temporal sequence in memory

University of Otago - No-scalpel vasectomies by skilled surgeons may speed recovery

Urology - Radical Prostatectomy for Octogenarians: How Old is Too Old?

Wake Forest University - MS patients not receiving medications to slow disease progression, research shows

3D Systems Corporation - 3D Systems Announces New Hearing Aid Manufacturing System

Access Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Access Pharmaceuticals Signs Definitive Merger Agreement With Somanta Pharmaceuticals

ACS, Inc. - ACS EDI Gateway Receives Electronic Healthcare Accreditation From Independent Agency

AcuNetx, Inc. - AcuNetx Buys Back Nearly One Percent of Its Outstanding Shares

Acusis - Acusis Acquires Digital Records Corporation Adding Capabilities for Significant Growth

Adaltis - Adaltis Receives Important Commitment for EclecticaTM Instruments in Mexico

Addiction Medicine - Addiction Medicine Associates Opens New Medical Office In Weymouth

AdvaMed - Advamed 2007 Announces Call for Session Proposals

Advanced Chemistry Development - ACD/Labs and Protasis Shatter the High-Throughput Bottleneck for NMR Analysis

Advanced Medical Optics, Inc. - Advanced Medical Optics Expresses Sympathy on Death of Director William R. Grant

Adverse Drug Reactions - Advanced Magnetics Announces Positive Results From Two Additional Phase III Studies of Ferumoxytol As an Intravenous Iron Replacement Therapeutic

Advitech - Advitech Inc Announces an Agreement With Maxi Healthcare for the Distribution of Dermylex In Indonesia and Its Annual General Meeting

Advocates for Youth - 10-Year Government Evaluation of Abstinence-Only Programs Comes Up Empty

AGFA Healthcare - Agfa HealthCare and the Free University of Brussels sign long-term research agreement to advance healthcare technologies

Agilent Technologies - Agilent Technologies Reduces Endurance Test Time for Non-Volatile Memory Cells from Days to Hours

Agilent Technologies Inc. - Agilent Technologies Wins Prestigious Supply-Chain Excellence Award

Aging - Former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum Joins Board of Directors of Universal Health Services, Inc.

Aging - K-State Kinesiology Professor Says Physical Activity Trend Could Benefit Aging Adults

Agion Technologies, Inc. - Agion Technologies Appoints Cyndy Hunter as New Director of Marketing

AgResearch (NZ) - AgResearch to sell Tara Hills research farm

Alexza Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Alexza Pharmaceuticals Announces Public Offering of Common Stock

Allergies - AAAAI: Protecting Infants From Viral Infections May Prevent Later Asthma, From the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Allergies - Lurking Cockroach Allergen Can Make Life Difficult for Asthmatics

Allscripts - Allscripts to Announce First Quarter 2007 Results on May 8

Almond Board of California - Flavo-what? Flavonoids!

Alpharma Inc. - Alpharma Expands Presence in China

Alzheimer Disease - Celebrities Help Put New Face on Alzheimer's

Alzheimer Disease - Eisai Withdraw Application for Additional Indication of Aricept for Treatment of Severe Alzheimer's Disease in Europe

Alzheimer Disease - Neurochem Update on the North American Phase III Clinical Trial for Tramiprosate (ALZHEMED) for the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease

Alzheimer Disease - Pre-Clinical Study Using Martek's DHA Reduces Brain Lesions in Alzheimer's Animal Model

Alzheimer Disease - Provista Life Sciences Announces the Opening of Its Clinical Laboratory - Provista Diagnostics (PDx)

America Service Group Inc. - America Service Group to Broadcast Conference Call Live on the Internet

America's Health Insurance Plans - AHIP Advances New National Strategy to Improve Health Care Safety and Quality

American Dental Association - American Dental Association Promotes Indian Health Service Funding Options Before Congress

American Hospital Directory - Free Hospital Mapping Service Now Available Online

American Medical Alert Corp. - AMAC Announces Plan to Compensate Outside Directors Solely in Stock

American Medical Systems - American Medical Systems First Quarter Earnings Conference Call April 30, 2007

American Medical Technologies, Inc. - AMT: ''Power Broker'' to the Global Dental Market -- Continues Shift in Business Strategy

American Occupational Therapy Association - Video: New Video Highlights Occupational Therapy at Walter Reed

American Physicians Capital, Inc. - American Physicians Capital, Inc. Announces Inclusion in the NASDAQ Global Select Market

American Red Cross - American Red Cross Appoints New President and CEO

AMI Semiconductor - AMI Semiconductor Demonstrates ASSP Technology Leadership

AMI Semiconductor - Dynamic Hearing Announces High-Performance Hearing Aid Algorithm Suite for AMI Semiconductor's New Ezairo 5900 Series

AMICAS, Inc. - AMICAS Acquires IMAGINEradiology Practice Management Software

Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Amylin Pharmaceuticals Reports First Quarter Financial Results

AnaChem - New Anachem Filtration & Transfer Membrane Price List - a Great Reference Resource for All Your Filtration Needs

AnaChem - NEW SupaTop Syringe Filter Range Exclusively from Anachem - High Performance Filters at Great Value Prices

Analgesics - Skinvisible Signs License Agreement for Leading Topical Pain Reliever - - - STOPAIN to use Invisicare to enhance its product line

Analysis Group, Inc. - Analysis Group Releases Report on Impact of Authorized Generic Entry on Paragraph IV Certifications

Anemia - Data Analyses Outline Efficacy and Safety of MIRCERA for the Treatment of Renal Anemia Associated With Chronic Kidney Disease

Anesthesia - Penalty Against Physicians' Group Grows to $8.6 Million; Wrongful Firing Led to Slander, Breach of Contract Complaints

Anesthesia - SonoSite Announces Engineering Breakthrough In Image Resolution for MicroMaxx System

Aneurysm - ev3's Onyx HD 500 Receives HDE Approval from FDA for Treatment of Cerebral Aneurysms

Angiogenesis - Abraxis BioScience Presents Data from Pre-Clinical Study That Provide Evidence for Chemotherapy-Induced Angiogenesis and Rationale for Combining nab-Paclitaxel (ABRAXANE) with Anti-Angiogenic Agent

Angiogenesis - AVN944 Shows Potent Antiproliferative Activity in Human Endothelial Cells

Angiogenesis - EntreMed Presents Multi-Mechanism Antitumor Data for ENMD-1420 in Preclinical Models

Angiogenesis - Lexicon Reports on Anti-Angiogenesis Target Discoveries

Angiogenesis - ZIOPHARM Presents Data Highlighting Oral ZIO-101 at AACR

Angiography - CMS includes new procedure code for SPY angiography in rules effective October 1, 2007

Angioneurotic Edema - Dyax Initiates Confirmatory Phase 3 (EDEMA4) Trial for DX-88 for the Treatment of Hereditary Angioedema

Angioplasty - Cordis Corporation and ClearStream Technologies Group, plc, Sign Distribution Agreement for Peripheral Angioplasty Balloon Catheters

Antares Pharma, Inc. - Antares Pharma Announces Positive Results from Application Site Study for ANTUROL

Anthrax Vaccines - Emergent BioSolutions Announces That Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Defense Issued Notices of Intent to Procure up to a Combined 22.75 Million Doses of BioThrax(Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed)

Antisense Technology - Lorus Therapeutics Announces Scientific Presentations for Lead Antisense and siRNA Drug Candidates at International Cancer Conference

Antisense Technology - Novosom AG acquires exclusive option for CD40-targeted antisense inhibitors from Isis Pharmaceuticals

Aperture Technologies, Inc. - Aperture Launches New Innovative Technology for Managing Data Center Capacity; Critical to Preventing Data Center Outages

Approva Corporation - Siemens Selects Approva as One of Its Preferred Solution for Continuous Controls Monitoring and Compliance

APR Applied Pharma Research - SANOFI-AVENTIS launches in the Belgian Market an innovative balsamic decongestant cream for Cough & Cold developed by APR Applied Pharma Research SA.

Arc Group Associates - Arc Group Associates' Claims Follow-up Solution Endorsed by the American Hospital Association

Arcadia Resources, Inc. - Arcadia Resources Names Richardson and Lund to Board of Directors

Arthritis - FDA Advisory Committee Recommends Against Approval for Merck's NDA for ARCOXIA (etoricoxib)

Arthritis - Merrimack Pharmaceuticals Initiates Enrollment in a Phase 2 Study of MM-093 in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Arthritis - The American Physical Therapy Association Urges Consumers To See a Physical Therapist Before Pills for Pain Relief

Arthrogryposis - 22 Miracles in Seven Years for One Las Vegas Child

Asthma - Don't Turn Your Back on Asthma - Get an Apod

Asthma - UnitedHealthcare Lowers Copayment for Chlorofluorocarbon-Free Brand-Name Inhalers in Response to Short Supplies and Higher Prices for Asthma Medication

Astigmatism - WaveLight Receives Wavefront-Guided and Mixed Astigmatism Approval for ALLEGRETTO WAVE Eye-Q

AstraZeneca - Alistair Darling MP, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, Celebrates 'Golden Age' of Science and Innovation at AstraZeneca's Alderley Park Site

Asuragen, Inc. - Agendia Licenses RNARetain as Accessory to MammaPrint

AT&T Inc. - AT&T Provides In-Building Wireless Services for Penn Health

ATCC - ATCC Proficiency Standard Program Enlists College of American Pathologists Proficiency Testing

Atherosclerosis - First Patient Enrolled in Phase 2 'PLASMA' Trial With A-002 for Patients With Coronary Atherosclerosis

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - New Published Trial Bolsters Evidence That Omega-3 Fish Oil Can Benefit Children With ADHD Symptoms

Audiology - Sonic Innovations Announces the Extension of Its Popular ion Brand With ion 200

Autism - Casco Group Launches Autism biOrb Program in Conjunction with National Autism Awareness Month

Autism - PA Secretary of Public Welfare Joins Legislators in Declaring April 'Autism Awareness Month'

Autism - Reps. Doyle, Smith, Engel and Pickering Introduce House Version of Expanding the Promise for Individuals with Autism Act

Autism - Research presented on Correlation Between Autism, Cell Phones, and Wireless Computers

Autoimmune Disease - Critical Therapeutics Announces the Publication of New Preclincial HMGB1 Data in Nature Immunology

AVAX Technologies, Inc. - AVAX Technologies Announces Definitive Agreement for Sale of Common Stock

Avitar, Inc. - Avitar's Expanded Product Line Simplifies Implementation of a Successful Drug-Free Workplace

avVaa World Health Care Products - avVaa World Health Care Products Reports Third Quarter Results

B-Cell Lymphoma - Data Presented at AACR Meeting Shows Peregrine's Immunocytokine Fusion Proteins Reduce Growth of B-Cell Lymphoma Tumors by 85% in Preclinical Studies

B2I Technologies, Inc. - LifeVantage Corporation Announces New Corporate Web Site

Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Barr Will Host an Earnings Conference Call on May 9, 2007 to Discuss the Results for the First Quarter of Calendar 2007

Bayer HealthCare - Who Will Be 'The Next Flintstones Kids'?

BCY LifeSciences - BCY LifeSciences Reports a Private Placement and Change of Auditor

BearingPoint, Inc. - BearingPoint Announces Launch of Quality by Design (QbD) Practice

Beckman Coulter, Inc. - Beckman Coulter Announces First Quarter 2007 Earnings to Be Released on Wednesday, May 2, 2007 Before Market Opens

Beckman Coulter, Inc. - Beckman Coulter Commercializes First Automated Inhibin a Assay

Behavior - Deloitte & Touche USA Survey Finds Strong Relationship Between Work-Life Balance and Ethical Behavior

Behavior - Hewitt Study Shows Companies Plan to Invest More in the Health of Their Employees

Behavior - Study Shows CDHP Financial Incentives Not Enough to Change Consumer Behavior

Best Practices, LLC - New Research Study Shows that Pharmaceutical Field Sales Reps' Productivity Inhibited by Unnecessary Internal Communication

Best Practices, LLC - Scientific Publications Strategy & Delivery Shifts from Marketing to Medical

BidShift - Brownwood Regional Medical Center Launches BidShift to Enhance Effective Staffing

BioDtech, Inc. - BioDtech to Relocate Corporate Headquarters to Birmingham

Bioethics - KGI Hosts Bioethics Roundtable at BIO International Convention

BioInformatics, LLC - Winners of the 2007 Life Science Industry Awards Announced

BIOLASE Technology - BIOLASE Announces Preliminary First Quarter Results

Biological Warfare - Harvard Medical School and Brigham & Women's Explore Biodefense, Stem Cell Research Applications with OpenArray System

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. - BioMarin Announces Pricing of Public Offering of $282.5 Million Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. - BioMarin Announces Proposed Offering of $250 Million Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes

Biomedical Engineering - Accuri Cytometers Announces Completion of $5 Million Series B Financing Led By Baird Venture Partners

Biomedical Engineering - Beckman Coulter Proposed Acquisition of Biosite Passes Milestone With U.S. Regulatory Approval

Biomedical Engineering - HHMI Announces New Open Competition for HHMI Investigators

Biomedical Engineering - Lifecore Biomedical Reports Results for Third Quarter Ended March 31, 2007

Biomedical Engineering - Strategic Healthcare Group LLC Signs Agreement With the American Red Cross to Provide Blood Management Consulting Services

Biomet, Inc. - Biomet, Inc. Granted Continued Listing by NASDAQ

Bioniche Life Sciences Inc. - Bioniche Eliminates Convertible Debt with Laurus Master Funds

Bioscience - Amarillo Biosciences Rating Maintained at Speculative Buy by Dutton Associates

Bioscience - YM BioSciences' partner Daiichi Sankyo receives clearance for initial clinical trial in Japan

Biotech Business - 2007 BIO International Convention to Help Pave the Way for Emerging Companies

Biotech Business - A Window of Opportunity Opens for the Israeli Life Science Industry - June 2007 - Tel-Aviv

Biotech Business - Biotech Research and Development Will Benefit from Sarbanes-Oxley Changes

Biotech Business - Miller Canfield Opens Office in Cambridge, Mass.; Expands Biotechnology, IP and Life Sciences Practice

Biotech Business - Strategic Research Institute 11th Annual Conference to Address Issues of Pharmaceutical Outsourcing of Discovery Chemistry, Advanced Intermediates & APIs to All Levels of Pharma and Biotech Companies

Biotechnology - Affymax and Takeda Honored with the Allicense 2007 Breatkthrough Alliance Award for Their Exclusive Global Agreement for Hematide

Biotechnology - Applikon and Finesse Announce Solution for Migrating 1010/1030 Controllers Onto DeltaV

Biotechnology - Congressman Van Hollen Honored as BIO Legislator of the Year

Biotechnology - Dr. Ganesh M. Kishore Joins Burrill & Company

Biotechnology - Global Biotechnology Makes Historic Advances

Biotechnology - Hercules Provides $3 Million of Venture Debt to NuGEN Technologies, a Biotechnology Company Specializing in Gene Expression Analysis

Biotechnology - Maquiladoras, Branch Banking, Biotechnology, Texas Exports Examined In Dallas Fed Report

Biotechnology - PIC Consulting to Adopt Campbell Informatics' Avenio Engine for Global Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Projects

Biotechnology - Senator Baucus Honored as BIO Legislator of the Year

Biotechnology - Solutions for Biotechnology Companies Featured at KGI's TMP Day

Biotechnology - Stephanie Monk Joins SunTech Medical

Biotechnology - Translational Research Forum to Explore Philanthropy and Drug Development At 2007 BIO International Convention

BioTek Instruments - BioTek Instruments Expands Microplate Washing Product Line with ELx50 Filter Microplate Washer

BIOTONE - BIOTONE Partners With the Massage Therapy Foundation to Raise Funds for Community Service Projects

Bird Flu - Statement by Mike Leavitt, Secretary of Health and Human Services, on the Approval of the First U.S. Vaccine for Humans Against the Avian Influenza Virus H5N1

Bladder Cancer - Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Announces Data From Three Oncology Programs Presented at the American Association of Cancer Research Annual Meeting

Blindness - Carl Zeiss Meditec Joins Forces with Ilmenau University to Combat Blindness

Blindness - Economic Impact of Vision Loss in the United States Estimated at $51.4 Billion

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan - Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Seeking 'Angels Amongst Us' Throughout State

Blue Shield of California - Blue Shield of California Issues Statement on Today's Los Angeles Superior Court Decision

BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina Foundation - Galloway Named Executive Director of BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina Foundation

Bone Research - Cytochroma and Genzyme settle lawsuit

Brachytherapy - IBt and IBA sign a distribution agreement IBt continues to expand its product range in field of radiation oncology

Brain Cancer - National Brain Tumor Foundation and Tug McGraw Foundation Unite With BrainLAB in Support of Patient Education

Breast Cancer - Bionovo Enrolls First Patient on Phase 1/2 Clinical Trial of BZL101 for the Treatment of Advanced Breast Cancer

Breast Cancer - ExonHit Therapeutics and bioMerieux Present Additional Results in Their Breast Cancer Blood Biomarkers Program

Breast Cancer - Experts Discuss Benefits of New SAVI Breast Cancer Treatment

Breast Cancer - Genomic Predictors Report Likely Response to Multiple Treatments in Breast Cancer

Breast Cancer - Imaging Diagnostic Systems' Director of Clinical Research Cautions Against Excess Radiation Dose to Breasts

Breast Cancer - KCI Investigators Present Breast Cancer Findings

Breast Cancer - Overall Approximately 3 Million Women in the US Are Living With Breast Cancer

Breast Cancer - Power3 Medical Able to Offer Blood-Based Tests for Detection of Breast Cancer and Neurodegenerative Diseases after Receiving CLIA High-Complexity Certification

Breast Cancer - Southwest Diagnostic Imaging Center Has Capacity and Experts to Perform Recommended Breast MRIs for Women with High Cancer Risk

Breast Cancer - Susan G. Komen for the Cure Announces Nearly $82 Million in Grants; Significant Step in Goal to Invest another $1 Billion in 10 Years

Breast Cancer - US-Scandinavian Researchers Present DiaGenic's Breast Cancer MDx Prototype at AACR Late-Breaking Sessions

Breast Cancer Screening - Imaging Diagnostic Systems Exhibits CT Laser Mammography at the Society of Breast Imaging

Breast Implants - $2 Billion U.S. Market for Aesthetic Devices and Therapies Set to Double in Next Four Years, According to a New Report from Medtech Insight/Windhover Information

C. R. Bard, Inc. - Bard Declares Quarterly Dividend

California Department of Social Services - Governor Schwarzenegger Proclaims April 2007 Child Abuse Prevention Month

California Nurses Association - Huge Rally of Nurses and Patients to Push Campaign for Guaranteed Healthcare - May 8 in California

California Nurses Association/National Nurses Orga - Modern Healthcare Names Rose Ann DeMoro to '25 Most Powerful Women in Healthcare'

California Permanency for Youth Project - Advocate Honored for Groundbreaking Work Resulting in Key Foster Care Changes

Cambridge Antibody Technology - Cambridge Antibody Technology and Philochem Announce Technology Evaluation Agreement

Cambridge Who's Who - Dr. Dina Tsentserensky Named Cambridge Who's Who Professional of the Year in Podiatry

Cancer - Abbott Researchers Focus on New Cutting-Edge Approaches in the Fight Against Cancer

Cancer - Abraxis BioScience Presents Results from Pre-Clinical Study That Demonstrates nab-Rapamycin's Robust Antitumor Properties and Ability to Target Intracellular Sites Such as the mTOR Pathway

Cancer - Access Pharmaceuticals Announces Poster Presentations on ProLindac at the American Association for Cancer Research 2007 Annual Meeting

Cancer - Adnexus Therapeutics Announces Presentation at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) on Clinical Product Candidate, CT-322

Cancer - Aeolus Pharmaceuticals' AEOL 10113 Demonstrates Potential as a Protector of Healthy Normal Cells from Cancer Radiation Therapy

Cancer - Affymetrix and NuGEN Announce Agreement to Co-market the NuGEN WT-Ovation FFPE System

Cancer - Affymetrix Launches Program to Advance Cancer Research

Cancer - Aranesp Phase 3 Study in Patients with Active Cancer Not Receiving Concurrent Chemotherapy or Radiotherapy Presented at AACR Annual Meeting

Cancer - Arius Announces First Quarter Fiscal 2007 Financial Results

Cancer - Array BioPharma Appoints Dr. Neil Spector to Its Scientific Advisory Board

Cancer - Arrowhead Subsidiaries Insert & Calando Present Data on Cyclosert Drug Delivery System at AACR Meeting

Cancer - Bionovo to Present Recent Findings of BZL101, Its Anti-cancer Agent, at the American Association of Cancer Research

Cancer - Bridgetech Sponsors Major Oncology Conference in China - the 2007 Asia-Pacific Conference of Tumor Biology and Medicine

Cancer - Cancer Goes Viral for Young Adults

Cancer - Canine Cancer Cure - Human Cancer Benefit Effort Launched by MAF

Cancer - Charlie Rose Science Series Explores Developments in Cancer Research

Cancer - Chemokine Therapeutics Announces 2006 Financial and Operating Results

Cancer - Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals reports preclinical Seliciclib-Erlotinib synergy data at AACR

Cancer - Data Show SuperGen's Multi-Targeted Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Suppresses Critical Double-Stranded DNA Repair Protein, Rad51

Cancer - Eisai Announces Completion of Acquisition of Morphotek

Cancer - EntreMed Presents Multi-Mechanism Results for ENMD-1198 at AACR Annual Meeting

Cancer - Enzon's PEG-SN38 Shows Anti-Tumor Activity in Resistant Preclinical Tumor Models

Cancer - Erimos Pharmaceuticals Names Dr. Scott Mohrland as President and Chief Executive Officer

Cancer - Genenews Announces Management Changes

Cancer - GenVec Announces New Research at AACR on Selectivity and Mechanism of Action of TNF-Based Anti-Cancer Therapy

Cancer - Gleevec Decreases Cancer Recurrence for Patients with a Type of Gastrointestinal Cancer

Cancer - Inex Pharmaceuticals Provides Progress Update on Alnylam Collaboration

Cancer - Introgen Presents ADVEXIN Biomarker Data at Major Cancer Conference

Cancer - Introgen Therapeutics Receives European Certification of its U.S. ADVEXIN Production Facility

Cancer - It is Predicted that New Cancer Drug Tracker AP23573 Will Reach the Market in Early 2010

Cancer - Karmanos Researcher Receives Top Honors at the American Association of Cancer Research Annual Meeting

Cancer - Kimmel Foundation Announces 2007 Cancer Research Grant Recipients

Cancer - Kosan Presents Data on Cardiac Safety Profile of Hsp90 Inhibitor Tanespimycin (KOS-953) at AACR

Cancer - Kosan Presents Preclinical Antitumor and Safety Data On Next-Generation Epothilone KOS-1803 at AACR

Cancer - Lilly and the AACR Work Together To Recognize Breakthrough Research in the Fight Against Cancer

Cancer - Medica Supports Minnesota Partnership

Cancer - MedImmune and Micromet Publish Data on Novel Anti-Cancer BiTE Molecule

Cancer - Metabasis Therapeutics Presents Results of a Clinical Study for Its Novel Liver-Targeted Product Candidate for the Treatment of HCC at American Association for Cancer Research

Cancer - Micromet and MedImmune Present Data From Preclinical Study of New BiTE Molecule Targeting CEA

Cancer - Myriad Genetics Presents Azixa's Mode of Action at AACR

Cancer - New Cancer Drug Tracker Available Now!

Cancer - Novel Human Tissue Transgenic Cancer Model May Offer Significant Advance Toward Accurately Modeling Human Cancer

Cancer - Novelos Therapeutics and MUSC Present Two Posters at AACR 2007 Annual Meeting

Cancer - Nutritional Supplements Safe and Beneficial for Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy

Cancer - Pharmacyclics Identifies Functional Biomarkers for its Novel HDAC Inhibitor and Demonstrates Preclinical Anti-Tumor Activity with Bruton's Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors

Cancer - Picked for Passion: Cancer Treatment Research Foundation Chooses Robinson & Maites for Brand Optimization

Cancer - Positive Results Prompt US National Cancer Institute to Make Gleevec Available To Patients in Post-Surgical GIST Study

Cancer - Poster on Cyclosert Drug Delivery Presented at AACR Meeting

Cancer - Pro-pharmaceuticals Issues Corporate Update

Cancer - Research and Markets: Ixabepilone is Predicted to Reach the Market in Late 2007 for the Second-Line Treatment of Patients with Metastatic Breast Cancer

Cancer - Research and Markets: Ticilimumab is Predicted to Reach the Market in Late 2007 for the Treatment of Metastatic Melanoma

Cancer - Rev. Jesse Jackson Joins American Cancer Society at a Conference to Address Cancer Disparities in Minorities

Cancer - Somanta Announces the Presentation of Alchemix Data at the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting

Cancer - Stanford Receives Cancer Center Designation From NCI

Cancer - Sumner M. Redstone Commits $105 Million to Fund Cancer and Burn Recovery Research and Patient Care

Cancer - Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Licenses Selective Histone Deacetylase Inhibitor MS-275

Cancer - The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Adopts the BioMark System for Early Detection and Monitoring of Cancer

Cancer - Thermo Fisher Scientific RNA Technology Enables Groundbreaking Discovery in Cancer Research

Cancer - TopoTarget enters into share purchase agreement for the acquisition of Apoxis SA and plans to raise new capital through an offer of new shares

Cancer - UCSD Cancer Researchers Report Ability to Detect Cancer at Earliest, Curable Stage

Cancer - Unique Nature of P2X7 Cancer Biomarker Confirmed in Medical Literaturek

Cancer - UNM Hospital Selects Neoterics' BloodTrack System

Cancer - VioQuest Pharmaceuticals Announces Data Presentation for Its Akt Inhibitor VQD-002, at American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting

Cancer - Viventia Biotech generates novel human anti-cancer antibody, VB1-050, and identifies its novel target

Cancer - ZIOPHARM Presents Unique Mechanism Data for Indibulin at AACR

Cancer Research - Anadys Reports Preclinical Data Showing ANA773 Promotes Anti-Tumor Activity of Natural Killer Cells

Cancer Research - ART to preview pipeline of molecular imaging products at AACR meeting in Los Angeles

Cancer Research - AVN944 Biomarker Study Identifies Gene Signatures Important for Patient Stratification

Cancer Research - Olink unveils first product for single molecule protein detection

Cancer Therapy - Idera Pharmaceuticals Announces Presentations of Preclinical Data on New Potential Oncology Applications of its TLR9 Agonists at AACR

Cancer Vaccines - Advaxis Completes Dosing and Enrollment of Third Cohort of Patients in Phase I/II Cervical Cancer Vaccine Trial

Cancer Vaccines - AVAX Technologies Presents Results of Phase I-II M-Vax Trial at Annual Meeting of American Association for Cancer Research

Cancer Vaccines - Data from Investigator-Sponsored Trial of Oncophage Cancer Vaccine in Glioma Presented at American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting

Cancer Vaccines - Data Presented at AACR Meeting Show Peregrine's Bavituximab Equivalent Can Generate Curative Immune Responses as Part of a Vaccine-Like Regimen in Preclinical Models of Aggressive Brain Cancer

Cancer Vaccines - Generex Biotechnology Vaccine Development Programs Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research

Cancer Vaccines - GSK Cervical Cancer Candidate Vaccine, Demonstrates 100 Percent Protection Against Precancerous Lesions Caused By Cancer-Causing Human Papillomavirus Types 16 & 18 for More Than Five Years

Cancer Vaccines - Merck Submits New Cross-Protection Data for GARDASIL to the FDA and Seeks New Indications for Vaginal and Vulvar Cancers

Cancer Vaccines - Northwest Biotherapeutics Files for Authorization for Use of DCVax-Brain for Commercialization in Switzerland

Cancer Vaccines - Observant LLC Expands Senior Management Team

Cancer Vaccines - Roche and Transgene enter partnership on therapeutic vaccines against HPV-mediated diseases

Capital BlueCross - Pennsylvania Employee Benefits Trust Fund and Capital BlueCross Partner to Lead Healthier Living through WalkingWorks(SM) Challenge for Employees

Cardica, Inc. - Cardica Appoints Ric Ruedy Vice President of Regulatory, Clinical and Quality Affairs

Cardiogenesis Corporation - Cardiogenesis Announces the Addition of Paul J. McCormick to Board of Directors

Cardiology - Millipore Provides First L-type Calcium Channel for Drug Testing

Cardiology - The World Metabolic Syndrome Project Enters Collaboration With the European Society of Cardiology

Cardiology - Westside Medical Imaging Announces the Presentation of Their Research Findings at the 2nd Annual Society of Cardiac CT Scientific Meeting

Cardioprotection - Medicure Announces Third Quarter Fiscal 2007 Financial Results

CareerBuilder.com - One-Third of Healthcare Employers Say Retaining Employees is Harder Than Last Year, CareerBuilder.com Survey Finds

CareGuide, Inc. - Results Show Predictive Modeling Reverses Spiraling Healthcare Costs, Produces Average 5.1% Cost Decline

CareMedic Systems - CareMedic Systems Announces New Sr. Vice President of Sales

CareMedic Systems, Inc. - CareMedic Systems Announces the General Availability of Compliance Checking Version 8

Carl Icahn - Icahn Comments on MedImmune Sale Process

Carl Zeiss - New TEM Enables View of Sub-atomic Details

CaseNET - Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Successfully Deploys CaseNET Care Management System

CCA Industries, Inc. - CCA Industries, Inc. Reports Record First Quarter Earnings

Celgene Corporation - Celgene Corporation to Announce First Quarter Results on May 3, 2007

Cell Biology - Essential Reading for Anyone Interested in the Effects of Acetaldehyde at the Tissue and Cellular Levels

Cell Biology - IDM Pharma Appoints Edward E. Penhoet, Ph.D to Board of Directors

Cell Biology - Invitrogen Garners Six Life Science Industry Awards

Cell Biology - TargeGen, Inc., Appoints Martin Friedlander, M.D., Ph.D. to Scientific Advisory Board

Cell Therapeutics, Inc. - Cell Therapeutics, Inc. Closes $37.2 Million Offering

Cell Therapy - Pluristem Life Systems, Inc. Retains Strategic Growth as a Global Investor Relations Advisor

Celsia Technologies - Celsia Technologies and the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH) Announce Product Development Partnership

Celsion Corporation - Celsion Announces Boston Scientific Exercises Its Option to Purchase Prolieve Assets

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities - Much at Stake for Latinos as Congress Prepares Farm Bill

Centrix Pharmaceutical, Inc. - Centrix Pharmaceutical Signs Agreement with Interpharm for REPREXAIN

Cepheid - Cepheid's Xpert MRSA Test for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Receives FDA Clearance

Cerebral Palsy - Dramatic Improvement for 19-Year-Old Hungarian Cerebral Palsy Sufferer After Stem Cell Treatment

Chagas Disease - Bayer supports the WHO in its fight against Chagas disease

Chromatography - Thermo Fisher Scientific Extends Informatics Offering into Colombia

Chromos Molecular Systems - Chromos Plans To Restructure

Chronic Disease - DxCG Announces Strategic Alliance with BioSignia

Chronic Heart Failure - Vasogen and Grupo Ferrer Form Collaboration to Commercialize Celacade in the European Union

Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia - INNOVIVE Pharmaceuticals Announces Interim Phase I Data on INNO-406 for the Treatment of Gleevec-resistant or Intolerant Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia

CIGNA Corporation - CIGNA Announces Appearance at the Morgan Stanley Global Healthcare Unplugged Conference

CIGNA HealthCare - RediClinic to Offer CIGNA Healthcare Members Choice and Convenience at Local Retail Outlets

ClickSoftware Technologies Ltd - KinCare Selects ClickSoftware for Optimized Scheduling of Healthcare Workforce

Clinical Research - Aeris Therapeutics Strengthens Management Team

Clinical Research - Ferring Reports on ENDOMETRIN Presentations at Pacific Coast Reproductive Society Annual Meeting

Clinical Trial Research - Arena Pharmaceuticals Announces First Quarter 2007 Financial Results

Clinical Trial Research - AstraZeneca Addresses Lack of Diversity in Clinical Trials for Medicines

Clinical Trial Research - BioTime Announces 2006 Year-End Results

Clinical Trial Research - Cell Genesys Announces Registered Direct Common Stock and Warrant Offering of $60 Million

Clinical Trial Research - DATATRAK Appoints New Board Member

Clinical Trial Research - Dr. Paul A. Foster Joins Reata as Chief Medical Officer

Clinical Trial Research - etrials Software Solutions Selected to Power Four Clinical Trials Involving Two Drug Treatments

Clinical Trial Research - Human Genome Sciences Reports Positive Interim Results of Phase 2b Trial of Albuferon

Clinical Trial Research - Kalypsys Initiates Second Phase I Clinical Trial of Topical iNOS Inhibitor

Clinical Trial Research - Launch of Phytopica in France

Clinical Trial Research - Liponex Inc. Reports Further Analysis of CRD5 Phase I/II Clinical Trial Data

Clinical Trial Research - National Medical Association Seeks to Increase Diversity in Clinical Trials

Clinical Trial Research - Nymox Reports Completion of New 42 Month Follow-up Study of NX-1207 for BPH

Clinical Trial Research - Pervasis Therapeutics, Inc. Selected as a Finalist for the Red Herring 100 North America 2007

Clinical Trial Research - PPD Reports First Quarter 2007 Financial Results

Clinical Trial Research - PRA International to Present Audioconference on Feasibility for Global Clinical Development May 17

Clinical Trial Research - PROMETRIKA Launches New Clinical Trial Management Services

Clinical Trial Research - Research and Markets: Telcyta was Predicted to Reach the Market by Mid-2007; However Phase III Results Do Not Support a Filing

Clinical Trial Research - S. Colin Neill Nominated to Pro-Pharmaceuticals Board of Directors

Clinical Trial Research - Sciele Begins to Enroll Patients in a Pivotal Phase III Clinical Trial for the Combination of Pravastatin and Fenofibrate

Clinical Trial Research - Supply and License Agreement with Cardiosolutions, Inc.

Clinical Trial Research - Web 2.0 Company Establishes New Marketplace for Sourcing Healthcare Alpha

Colon Cancer - ADVENTRX Announces Positive Data From Multidrug Therapy With CoFactor

Colon Cancer - Bioniche Presents Additional Data on the Anticancer Activity of MCC Against Peritoneal Carcinomatosis

Colon Cancer - Epigenomics Optimizes Workflow for Testing its Proprietary Biomarkers for the Early Detection of Cancer in Blood Plasma

Colon Cancer - Liver Metastasis Remains a Major Threat to Cancer Survivors

Colon Cancer - Merck KGaA: Largest Ever Erbitux Trial Shows Significant Increase in Progression-Free Survival in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Patients

Colon Cancer - Oncolytics Biotech Inc. Research Collaborators Demonstrate Reovirus/Gemcitabine Combination Has Synergistic Effect Against Human Colon Cancer Cell Lines

Colon Cancer - Randomized Phase III Trial Showed ERBITUX Significantly Improved Secondary Endpoints of Progression-Free Survival and Disease Control in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Patients

Colorectal - I-Flow Corporation Announces Preliminary Results of ON-Q Colorectal Infection Study at Annual Surgical Infection Society Meeting

CommonHealth - CommonHealth Opens 2nd European Office

CommonHealth - CommonHealth's Carbon Wins Coveted 'Agency of the Year' Award

Community Health - Sage Software Announces Community Health Center Solution

Community Health - Ushering in a New Era of Community Health Care

Concentra Health Services, Inc. - Concentra Expands Urgent Care Services

Conditioning Research - New Study Suggests that Carnipure tartrate is Efficient for Post-exercise Stress at Lower Dosages than Previously Determined

Conjunctivitis - Rapid Pathogen Screening Announces Potential US Healthcare Savings of Over $400 Million Annually With the Use of the RPS Adeno Detector

CONMED Corporation - CONMED Corporation to Announce First Quarter 2007 Financial Results on April 26, 2007

Cord Blood - Cord Blood America Announces Record Revenues; Up 71 Percent in 2006; Gross Profit Highest Ever

Cord Blood - Cryo-Cell International, Inc. Reports First Quarter 2007 Results

Cord Blood - Cryo-Cell Names Two Officers to Key Scientific, Marketing Positions

Cord Blood - StemCyte, Inc. Releases Its 500th Cord Blood Stem Cell Shipment for Transplant

Correctional Healthcare - America Service Group Announces Execution of Asset Purchase Agreement for the Sale of Certain Assets of Secure Pharmacy Plus

Cray - ORNL More Than Doubles Performance of Cray Supercomputer to 119 Teraflops

Cray - Swiss National Supercomputing Centre to Nearly Triple Cray System to Meet Growing Demand

Cryotherapy - CryoCath reports positive data at German Cardiac Society Conference

CuraGen Corporation - CuraGen and TopoTarget Announce New Clinical Results With Belinostat to be Reported at Upcoming Major Medical Meetings

Cutera, Inc. - Cutera Reports Filing of Purported Class Action Suit

Cutting Edge Information - Average Customer Relationship Management Program takes 16.2 Months to Develop

Cutting Edge Information - Drug Compliance Programs Demand Market Research Support

Cutting Edge Information - Patient Education: 76.5% of Brands Work with Advocacy Groups

CVS - CVS/pharmacy Unveils 'Extra Bucks Now'

CVS/Caremark Corporation - CVS/Caremark Corporation Ranks Among Best in J.D. Power and Associates 2007 Retail Pharmacy Satisfaction Study(SM)

Cynosure, Inc. - Cynosure to Announce First-Quarter 2007 Financial Results on May 1

Cytomegalovirus - Alphavax Begins Clinical Trials With Vaccines for Cmv and Flu

DaVita Inc. - DaVita Receives Spirit of Excellence Award From Sodexho and Modern Healthcare Magazine Recognizing Company's Life-Skill Training

Delcath Systems, Inc. - Delcath Systems Announces Board Resignations

Delmarva Foundation - Delmarva Foundation Awarded Contract to Ensure the Quality of Special Needs Services in South Carolina

Dental Select - Dental Select Launches a New Website

DENTSPLY International Inc. - DENTSPLY International Inc. to Present at Morgan Stanley's Global Healthcare Unplugged Conference

Depression - Forest Pharmaceuticals' Lexapro Will Lose Ground by 2010 to Sanofi-Aventis's Amibegron for the Treatment of Major Depression

Dermacare - Dermacare's Online Tool Will Help Franchisees Simplify Accounting and Other Business Tasks

Dermatology - Anika Therapeutics Receives CE Mark Approval for its Cosmetic Tissue Augmentation Product ELEVESS to be Marketed by Galderma

Dermatology - Greystone Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and 3M Health Care Announce Supply and Distribution Agreement

Dermatology - KCI Announces Issuance of Key Patent in Japan

Dermatology - XShares Advisors Launches Additional HealthShares ETF

Desert Radiologists - Desert Radiologists Expands With New Central Business Office

Diabetes - Abbott Announces FDA Clearance and Launch of New FreeStyle Lite Blood Glucose Monitoring System

Diabetes - American Diabetes Association a Proud Supporter of Cover the Uninsured Week

Diabetes - American Diabetes Association Honors Its Volunteers Across the Country During National Volunteer Week

Diabetes - Disposable Insulin Nanopump From Debiotech and STMicroelectronics Marks Major Breakthrough in Diabetes Treatment

Diabetes - LifeMasters Provides Tips to Prevent Foot Complications in Individuals With Diabetes

Diabetes - Metabolex Raises $32 Million to Accelerate Clinical Development Programs for Its Pipeline of Drug Candidates in Metabolic Disease

Diabetes - Nutrition 21 Announces Formation of Scientific Advisory Board

Diabetes - Regulatory Review Allows LCT Diabetes Clinical Program to Proceed

Diagnostic Assays - Aurora Imaging Technology Appoints Da Hsuan Feng, Ph.D. of the University of Texas to Advisory Board

Diagnostic Assays - Cepheid Announces Agreement With VWR International to Distribute Industrial Product in the U.S.

Diagnostic Assays - Increased Acceptance of PCR Technology Drives Growth in PCR Reagents Markets

Diagnostics - 2007 MIT Healthcare Industries Conference Set for May 9-10

Diagnostics - AION Diagnostics Completes Spin Out

Diagnostics - Clinical Data's Vital Scientific N.V. Appoints Herman Buis as International Sales Manager

Diagnostics - Home Diagnostics to Present at Deutsche Bank Healthcare Conference

Diagnostics - QIAGEN Signs Agreement for the Acquisition of eGene

Diagnostics - Quest Diagnostics Reports First Quarter 2007 Results

Diagnostics - Quest Diagnostics' MedPlus Subsidiary Selected To Develop the Lab Information System for the Province of British Columbia's Electronic Health Record System

Dialysis - Henry Schein to Distribute Caprius' Subsidiary's SteriMed Medical Waste Processing Systems to the U.S. Dialysis Market

Digital Imaging - Optimizing Clinical Workflow

Doctor Marion - Doctor Marion Named to BoomerTowne.com Expert Panel; Webcast, Articles, Video Tips, and More Now Available

Dow Chemical Company - The Dow Chemical Company Announces Revised Nominations for Annual Meeting

Draeger Medical, Inc. - Draeger Medical, Inc. Moves Acute Point of Care From the Hospital To the Home

Drug Delivery - As Transdermal Drug Delivery Gains Acceptance, Market Shoots to $7.9 Billion

Drug Delivery - MIV Therapeutics Highlights High-Growth Business Model, Next Generation Stent Technologies and Targeted $8 Billion Market in Updated Investor Fact Sheet

Drug Development - A Once-weekly Formulation of Risedronate Sodium Hydrate, an Antiosteoporotic Agent, Was Approved

Drug Development - AGI Therapeutics plc FDA approval to file IND for Arverapamil Phase III study

Drug Development - Bikash Chatterjee Leads Six Sigma Workshop at PDA Training and Research Institute in Indianapolis

Drug Development - BioSeek Awarded ToxCast Contract by EPA to Profile Chemicals for Toxicity Using BioMAP Assay Systems

Drug Development - CalbaTech Announces Profitable Fiscal Year

Drug Development - Conformia Platform and Applications Bridge Drug Development Lifecycle

Drug Development - Congress In Students' Bedrooms

Drug Development - Corning Introduces New Nanofiber Cell Culture Products

Drug Development - Dutton Associates Announces Investment Opinion: Provectus Pharmaceuticals Rating Maintained At Strong Speculative Buy By Dutton Associates

Drug Development - Eksigent Global Distribution Plans Forge Ahead in New Zealand and Australia

Drug Development - EPIX Pharmaceuticals Announces Statistically Significant Results in Cognitive Function from Phase 1b Clinical Trial of Novel 5-HT6 Drug Candidate

Drug Development - FDA Accepts GPC Biotech's Satraplatin NDA for Filing and Grants Priority Review Status

Drug Development - Galapagos signs two new drug discovery collaborations with Ono Pharmaceutical

Drug Development - Gene Logic Promotes Dr. Thomas Barnes to Lead Drug Repositioning Discovery Efforts

Drug Development - Helix BioMedix to Discuss Potential of Its Proprietary Peptides at the BIO International Convention

Drug Development - Indevus Announces Submission of Supplemental NDA to Reintroduce VALSTAR to Treat Bladder Cancer

Drug Development - IPS Opens Two Offices in India to Offer Clients Greater Access to Technical Engineering and Consulting Services

Drug Development - Micell Technologies Presents Data on Novel Drug-Eluting Stents

Drug Development - Molecular Devices Announces the Release of the First Live Cell Kinetic Neurotransmitter Transporter Uptake Assay Kit

Drug Development - Molecular Devices Introduces New Aequorin Option for Flipr Tetra Screening System

Drug Development - Mylan Announces Final FDA Approval for Glipizide and Metformin Hydrochloride Tablets

Drug Development - Novel Therapeutic Candidate Identified Through Pharmacopeia Collaboration Enters Development

Drug Development - PharmMD Helps Guard Against Medication Misuse, Overuse, Abuse

Drug Development - Pro-Pharmaceuticals Receives Letter from the FDA for New Drug Application for DAVANAT/5-FU

Drug Development - Renovo Announces Positive Phase II Efficacy Trial Results for Prevascar

Drug Development - SCOLR Pharma Announces Positive Ibuprofen Study Results and Status of Commercialization Program

Drug Development - Sirion Therapeutics Receives Orphan Drug Designation for Ophthalmic Drug to Treat Viral Eye Infection

Drug Development - Statistics reported on the use of medicinal products and death rates in Denmark

Drug Development - Value of CDISC Standards Highlighted Through Business Case

Drug Development - VioQuest Pharmaceuticals Signs Definitive Agreement for Sale Valued Up to $3 Million of Chiral Quest Subsidiary

Drug Resistance - GSK Announces FDA Approval of Altabax (Retapamulin Ointment), 1%

Drug Safety - Large Numbers of People Are Not Very Confident in Their Own Knowledge and the Safety of Prescription Medications and This Often Leads to Non-Adherence

Drug Safety - Poll: Consumers Say Government Failed to Protect them from Dangerous Prescription Drugs; Americans Back Host of Drug Safety Reforms

Durex - Americans Seeking Greater Sexual Satisfaction

e2e Analytix Inc. - e2e Analytix Completes Successful Business Objects XIR2 Migration for InSight Health Corporation

Eclipsys - Eclipsys Named One of the World's Top 100 Outsourcing Vendors by International Association of Outsourcing Professionals

ECRI Institute - Independent Healthcare Research Leader Announces New Name: ECRI Institute

EditAvenue Incorporated - psyAdvice.com Wins Outstanding Achievement in Website Development from Interactive Media Awards

Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commis - First EHNAC E-Prescribing Network Accreditation

Eli Lilly - Lilly Declares Second-Quarter Dividend

EndoGastric Solutions, Inc. - EndoGastric Solutions Hires Seasoned Chief Financial Officer and Director of US Sales Experienced in Launching Leading-Edge Medical Technology

Endometrial Cancer - Karmanos Physician-Scientists Examine Racial Disparities in Patients with Gynecologic Cancer

Endoscopy - Enpath Medical Appoints Industry Veteran as New General Manager

Enzymes - LibraGen launches its first family of active products obtained by enzymatic transformation of natural substances

EPCglobal Inc. - EPCglobal Ratifies Global Standard for Secure, Real-Time Data Sharing

Erythema - Senetek Initiates Clinical Trials of Pyratine 6 for Acne Rosacea

Exactech - Exactech Announces First Quarter '07 Earnings and Conference Call

Experimental Therapeutics - Data Published in Neurology Showed That Higher Dose of COPAXONE Increased Efficacy in Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis (RRMS)

Family Research Council - FRC Praises Supreme Court Ruling Upholding Partial-Birth Abortion Ban

Federman & Sherwood - Federman & Sherwood Announces That a Securities Class Action Lawsuit Has Been Filed Against Amgen, Inc.

Female Infertility - Follistim introduced in Japan in a further indication for the treatment of infertility

Female Infertility - Immune System Disorder May be the Cause of Unexplained Infertility

Fibrosis - Nanogen Submits 510(K) for Cystic Fibrosis Genetic Assay and NanoChip 400 System

Fibrosis - Pharmaxis Begins Phase III Cystic Fibrosis Trial

Financials - Accuray Incorporated to Report Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2007 Financial Results on May 1, 2007

Financials - AMDL Reports 2006 Financial Results & 2007 Operating Strategy

Financials - Aspen Technology Announces Date of Fiscal 2007 Third-Quarter Financial Results Release, Conference Call and Webcast

Financials - Aspyra Reports Results of Operations for the Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2006

Financials - BSML, Inc. Receives NASDAQ Notice

Financials - CareGuide Announces Improvement in Operating Results: Net Income of $69 Thousand and EBITDA of $3.3 Million for Nine Months Ended December 31, 2006

Financials - Dynacq Healthcare, Inc. Announces Reviewed Financial Results for the Fiscal Quarter Ended February 28, 2007

Financials - Fitch Rates Mother Frances Hospital (Texas) $90MM Series 2007 bonds 'BBB+'; Outlook Stable

Financials - Imagenetix Expects Significant Increase in Fourth Fiscal Quarter Revenues

Financials - Nextera Announces Year End Results and Additional Funding

Financials - Sharps Compliance Corp. Announces Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2007 Teleconference Call and Webcast

Financials - Urologix Announces Preliminary Third Quarter Results

Financing - Advancis Pharmaceutical Closes Private Placement of Common Equity Raising $24 Million

Financing - aTyr Pharma Completes $10.5M Series B Round

Financing - Biomicro Systems appoints Stephen Blose as Chairman of the Board of Directors

Financing - Biophage Pharma Appoints New Chief Financial Officer

Financing - Biosite Incorporated Receives Revised Commitment Letters From Inverness Medical Regarding Possible Merger Transaction

Financing - CEL-SCI Announces $15 Million Financing

Financing - Coherex Medical, Inc. Announces Closing of $8.525 Million Financing

Financing - CytRx Enters into Agreements for $37.0 Million Private Placement

Financing - Dutton Associates Announces Investment Opinion: Oragenics Rating Maintained at Speculative Buy by Dutton Associates

Financing - Guardian Technologies International, Inc. Announces Second Closing of Debenture Financing

Financing - Medical Ventures Corp. announces pricing of equity offering

Financing - PhytoLabs, Inc. Closes $1,600,000.00 Private Placement

Financing - Reliant Technologies Secures $15 Million in Venture Funding

Financing - Shocking Technologies Raises $7M in a First Round of Venture Capital Funding

Financing - Spirus Medical Raises $8.5 Million in Preferred Equity Financing

Financing - TransMedics, Inc., Closes $25.5 Million in Series D Funding

Financing - Xechem Receives $7 Million from New Investors

Finesse Solutions, LLC - DST Controls Partners with Finesse

First Consulting Group - First Consulting Group (FCG) Announces Expiration of UPHS Outsourcing Contract

First Defiance Financial Corp. - First Defiance Announces 2007 First Quarter Earnings

Flagship Global Health - Flagship Global Health Launches World's First Virtual Center of Excellence for Specialist Care

Florida Doctors Insurance Company - Florida Doctors Holding Company, LLC to Acquire Florida Healthcare Providers Insurance Services Company, LLC from American Healthcare Providers Insurance Services Company, LLC

Flu Vaccines - Carrington Subsidiary DelSite Biotechnologies Secures Antigen for Phase I Clinical Trial of Nasal Powder Influenza Vaccine

Flu Vaccines - CytoDyn Adjusts Seasonal Components of Its Pre-Flu Vaccine for WHO Recommendations

FONAR Corporation - FONAR Announces Reverse Stock Split

Foundation for Chiropractic Progress - Watch Your Back - the Foundation for Chiropractic Progress Touches on Ways to Bend, Reach and Dig During Your Yard and Garden Workout

FPIC Insurance Group, Inc. - FPIC Insurance Group, Inc. Announces First Quarter 2007 Earnings Conference Call

Frank N. Darras - Top Lawyer Says, 'Shop Smart When it Comes to Long Term Care'

Friedreich Ataxia - Repligen Licenses Potential Treatment for Friedreich's Ataxia from the Scripps Research Institute

Gardens Cosmetic Center - Local Plastic Surgeon Celebrates 29 Years

Gastroesophageal Reflux - Addex Achieves Statistically Significant Outcome in Phase IIa Clinical Trial With ADX10059 in Gastro-Esophageal Reflux Disease

Gaucher Disease - Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc. Receives Approval from the FDA to Initiate a Phase III Clinical Trial of prGCD

Gen-Probe Incorporated - Gen-Probe Announces Webcast of First Quarter 2007 Earnings Conference Call

Gene Therapy - Calando Pharmaceuticals Announces Preclinical Efficacy and Safety Data of Targeted, Systemic Delivery of siRNA at AACR Annual Meeting

Gene Therapy - Ceregene Enrolling Patients for Phase 2 Clinical Trial of Parkinson's Disease

Gene Therapy - Ceregene Presents Long Term Follow-Up Data From Phase 1 Trial of CERE-120 Demonstrating Improved Motor Function in Parkinson's Patients

Gene Therapy - Curis Announces Hedgehog and Wnt Antagonist Data Presentation at AACR

Gene Therapy - GenVec Appoints Marc R. Schneebaum to Board of Directors

Genentech - Genentech Announces First Quarter 2007 Results

Genetics & Genomics - CellCyte Genetics Corp. Appoints John M. Fluke Jr. as Audit Committee Chairman

Genetics & Genomics - Clinical Data's Cogenics Division Enters into Alliance with Epigenomics for DNA Methylation Services

Genetics & Genomics - Dnaprint Genomics Filing Sb-2

Genetics & Genomics - Illumina Announces Launch of Custom Methylation Application

Genetics & Genomics - Transgenomic, Inc. Announces Appointment of New Board Member

Genitope Corporation - Genitope Corporation Announces Proposed Public Offering of Common Stock

GenomeQuest, Inc. - GenomeQuest, Inc. Licenses GenomeQuest to MIGENIX

Genosis - Major US retailer CVS signed up to sell fertility test "Fertell"

Given Imaging - Given Imaging To Host First Quarter 2007 Earnings Conference Call

Glioma - Biomira selects PX-866 as clinical development candidate and presents promising preclinical data at AACR

Good Samaritan Hospital - Good Samaritan Hospital Named Among HealthGrades America's 50 Best Hospitals for 2007

Gordian Health Solutions - Gordian Health Solutions, Inc. Adds Diane Boverman Seloff to Senior Management Team as Chief Operating Officer

Great Expressions Dental Centers, Inc. - Great Expressions Dental Centers, Inc. Opens Training Center

Greenway Medical Technologies, Inc. - Greenway Medical Technologies' Integrated EHR Solution, Primesuite, Becomes a Registered Solution of the Highmark eHealth Collaborative

Gynecology - New and user-friendly probiotic capsule for improved women's health

Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro - Court Rules Against DePuy Spine Inc. in Artificial Disc Case

Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro - U.S. Court of Appeals Again Sides With Plaintiffs in Rio Tinto Alien Tort Claims Case

Head and Neck Cancer - Viventia biotech reports synergystic effect of its Proxinium antibody in combinaton with chemotherapy and radiation

Health Dialog - Boston Business Journal Names Health Dialog One of Massachusetts' Fastest Growing Private Companies

Health Industry Insights - Health Industry Insights Identifies Pharmaceutical Industry's Top Roadblocks to RFID Adoption

Health Information Technology - Emerging Health Information Technology Announces Launch of HIPAA Transaction Management Services

Health Information Technology - Permanent National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Named

Health Insurance - Northern Panhandle Doctor Is Pleased Governor Expands Clinic-Based Health Care

Health Maintenance Organizations - Changing California Healthcare Market Warrants Insurance Review Warns David Lindsey Agency

Healthaxis Inc. - Healthaxis Adds IFL to Client Base

Healthcare Enterprise Group - Further investment in Fertiligent made

HealthEdge Software, Inc. - HealthEdge and ChoiceMaker Partner to Improve Data Quality and Drive Higher Payor Auto-Adjudication Rates

HealthExtras, Inc. - HealthExtras to Report First Quarter Earnings Results on May 7, 2007

HealthiNation - HealthiNation Launches on Joost

HealthLeaders-InterStudy - Miami-Area Hospital Sales Result in New Market Leader

Hearing Loss - FEATURE/Specialized Telephone Helps Moms with Hearing Loss Connect with Family, Loved Ones

Heart Attack - Data May Support Role of Advanced Imaging and Diagnosis With IVUS and FFR

Heart Disease - American Diabetes Association Launches 'CheckUp America' to Curb Rise in Type 2 Diabetes, Heart Disease

Heart Disease - iVillage Partners with Revolution Health to Give Millions of Women Tools to Assess Their Family's Most Prevalent Health Risks

Heart Disease - Medtronic Combines Vascular and Cardiac Surgery Businesses

Heart Disease - Schering-Plough Announces Initiation of Two Phase III Clinical Trials for Novel Selective Antiplatelet Therapy (TRA-SCH 530348)

Heart Failure - Boston Scientific Announces FDA Approval of Innovative Heart Failure Lead

Hematology - Abbott and Premier Sign Contract for Diagnostic Tests

Hepatitis B Virus - ANA380 Exhibits Activity In Vitro Against Multiple Clinically Relevant Hepatitis B Virus Mutants

Hepatitis B Virus - BARACLUDE (entecavir) Therapy Resulted in Undetectable Levels of Hepatitis B Virus in Cohort of Patients Who Re-Started Treatment

Hepatitis C Virus - Achillion Presents Positive Data on Novel Mechanism for Treating HCV at EASL Annual Meeting

Hepatitis C Virus - Clinical Update - Debio 025 Cyclophilin Inhibitor for the Treatment of HCV

Hepatitis C Virus - Intarcia Therapeutics Announces Final Results From a Phase 2 Study of Injectable Omega Interferon plus Ribavirin for the Treatment of Hepatitis C Genotype-1

Hepatitis C Virus - Interim Results Presented at EASL from PROVE 1 Clinical Trial of Investigational Drug Telaprevir in Patients with Genotype 1 Hepatitis C

Hepatitis C Virus - Schering-Plough Addresses Major Milestones and Challenges in Treatment of Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C

Hepatitis C Virus - ViroPharma Announces Presentation of Additional HCV-796 Data at Meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver

Highmark Inc. - Highmark Inc. Employees Earn Recognition for Public Service Efforts

Hillenbrand Industries, Inc. - Hill-Rom and Tempur-Pedic Announce New Product Line

HIV/AIDS - AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs) Require National Solution

HIV/AIDS - Avexa Secures CCR5 Inhibitor HIV Program With TargetDrug

HIV/AIDS - Koronis Pharmaceuticals Receives Notice of Allowance on Patent for Novel Therapeutic KP-1461 in Development for Treatment of HIV

HIV/AIDS - Millenia Hope Inc receives a grant from the National Institutes of Health (USA) to develop new HIV therapeutics in consortium with the University of Pittsburgh and Rutgers University

HIV/AIDS - Nutra Pharma Announces Successful Completion of Joint Venture Meetings in China

HIV/AIDS - What is the Estimated Value of the Brazilian Bioequivalent Generic Market Now & in 2012?

Hodgkin Disease - Chromosomes Tell Tale of Patient's Risk for New, Future Cancer

Home Safety Council - Home Safety Council Appoints New Director of Development

Homeopathy - Children and Adults With Attention Difficulties Find Safe Relief With New Homeopathic Product From VAXA International

Howard Hughes Medical Institute - Robert H. McGhee to Leave HHMI to Join Rice University School of Architecture

Howard Hughes Medical Institute - Thomas Steitz Honored with Gairdner International Award

Humana Inc. - Humana Launches SmartResults - a Unique, Integrated, Multi-Year Approach That Assures Employers Will Save on Health Care Costs by Helping Employees Get Healthier

ICON - ICON Medical Imaging Strengthens Management Team

ICx Technologies - ICx Technologies Announces the Release of the Hospital Readiness Kit

iHealth - LSU Healthcare Network Delivers Online Physician-Patient Communication and Personal Health Records to Louisianans

Immunotherapy - Resistentia Initiates Phase II Clinical Testing of Novel Immunotherapeutic for Allergic Asthma

Implantable Devices - St. Jude Medical Announces FDA Approval of Internet-Based Data Management System for Implantable Cardiac Devices

Inflammation - Panacos Announces New Board Member

Influenza - 17th U.S. Surgeon General Carmona Announces New National Coalition to Increase Low Influenza Immunization Rates In Children

Influenza - 17th U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona and Canyon Ranch Institute Announce First-Ever Prevention Partnership of the Year of Wellness and Prevention

InforMed, LLC - InforMed Moves to In-House Provision of Medical Management Services With Its Own Experienced Clinical Staff Utilizing Newly Developed Software

Infusion Systems - Cardium Announces Automated Infusion System for Generx Phase 3 AWARE Study

Innophos Holdings, Inc. - Innophos Holdings, Inc. Completes $66 Million 9.5% Senior Notes Sale

Inogen, Inc. - Industry Veteran R. Scott Greer Joins Inogen Board

InSite Vision - InSite Vision Provides Announcement Regarding Auditors' Opinion

Integra LifeSciences - Integra LifeSciences Announces New Proposed Tracking Codes for Intracranial Monitoring

Internal Medicine - IPC - the Hospitalist Company Receives Three-Year Contract Renewal to Provide Hospitalist Services to Methodist Hospital

Internal Medicine - SearchMedica.com Demonstrates SearchMedica Primary Care at American College of Physicians' Internal Medicine 2007

International Isotopes Inc. - International Isotopes Inc. Announces Completion of a Share Purchase Agreement With an Owner of RadQual L.L.C.

invivodata inc. - invivodata Introduces ePRO-EDC Integration for Medidata Rave That Leverages CDISC Operational Data Model Standards

Inyx - Buyout Group Reaffirms $3.01 Per Share All-Cash, Go-Private Offer for Inyx

Ischemia - THE SAGE GROUP Reports that in 2006 Approximately 2 Million People in the United States Suffered from Critical Limb Ischemia

Isonics - Isonics Corporation Reaches Agreement With Lender

Isotis Inc - IsoTis Appoints James P. Abraham as Senior Vice President Sales

iVoice, Inc. - Thomas Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Files Registration Statement with SEC in Anticipation of Spin Off by iVoice, Inc. to its Shareholders

J.D. Power and Associates - J.D. Power and Associates Reports: Pharmacy Staff Interaction With Customers Strongly Impacts Overall Satisfaction With the Retail Pharmacy Experience

Johnson & Johnson - Johnson & Johnson Reports 2007 First-Quarter Results: Sales Increase of 15.7% and EPS of $.88 Versus $1.10 a Year Ago; Excluding Special Items, EPS was $1.16, an increase of 17.2 PERCENTSIG

Johnson & Johnson - McNEIL-PPC, Inc., Today Issues Voluntary Nationwide Consumer Recall of LISTERINE AGENT COOL BLUE Plaque-Detecting Rinse Products

Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Develo - Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, L.L.C. Breaks Ground on New Facility

Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association - Voluntary Standards for Juvenile Products Help Reduce Injury

Kaiser Permanente - Kaiser Permanente Receives Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award

Kidney Disease - Genzyme Announces Successful Completion of Study Investigating Sevelamer Carbonate in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease

Kindred Healthcare, Inc. - Kindred Healthcare's First Quarter Conference Call Scheduled for May 1

Knowledge Networks - University of Michigan Turns to Knowledge Networks for Accurate Read on Key Trends in Children's Health

Kyphon Inc. - Kyphon to Present at the Morgan Stanley Global Healthcare Unplugged Conference

Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings - Conversion Right Triggered for LabCorp's Liquid Yield Option Notes Due 2021 and Zero Coupon Convertible Subordinated Notes Due 2021

Language Access Network, Inc. - Boston Medical Center Becomes First Hospital to Adopt MARTTI Service in Massachusetts

LCA-Vision Inc. - LCA-Vision to Restate Financial Statements to Increase Deferred Revenues for Separately Priced Extended Warranties

LearntobeHealthy.org - LearntobeHealthy.org Garners National Web Health Award

Leg Ulcer - Leading Wound Care Experts to Discuss Benefits of Manuka Honey in Wound Treatment

Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP - Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP Files Class Action Suit against Amgen Inc.

Leukemia - Gemin X Presents Positive Preclinical Data of GX15-070 in Infant ALL at AACR Meeting

Leukemia - New Method Predicts Hip Joint Decay From Chemotherapy

Leukemia - Research Supported by Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation Discovers Mode of Action of Arsenic-Based Drugs in Destroying Cancer Cells

Liberty Pacific Medical Imaging - Liberty Pacific Medical Imaging President and Chief Operating Officer Named among Health Imaging & IT's 25 Top Innovators in Healthcare for 2007

LifeCare Holdings, Inc. - LifeCare Holdings, Inc. Seeking Amendment to Credit Facilities

LifeHouse Retirement Properties, Inc. - LifeHouse Retirement Properties, Inc. Acquired Three Additional Assisted Living Communities, Expanding Its Presence in the Mid-West Region

Liver Cancer - Alnylam Announces Advancement of a New RNAi Therapeutic Development Program for the Treatment of Liver Cancer

Liver Cancer - Progen's Phase 2 Liver Cancer Trial Exceeds Efficacy Objective

Liver Cancer - Raptor Announces Fiscal Results, Updates Programs and Appoints Investor Relations Firm

Liver Cancer - Raptor Pharmaceuticals Corp. Announces Fiscal 2007 Second Quarter Results, Updates Programs and Appoints Investor Relations Firm

Liver Disease - IDEXX Laboratories Launches the Diagnostic Health Profile for the VetTest Chemistry Analyzer

Luminex Corporation - Luminex Corporation First Quarter Earnings Release Scheduled for May 2, 2007

Lung Cancer - Data supporting three Antisoma programmes presented at AACR

Lung Cancer - Immunomedics Develops Novel Immunotoxin for Therapy of Prostate and Lung Cancers

Lung Cancer - Lung Cancer Alliance Hails FDA Decision to Expedite Treatment for Lung Cancer

Lung Cancer - Telik Reports Positive New TELCYTA Preclinical Data at American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting

Lupus - MedImmune Publishes New Data in Nature Immunology Demonstrating the Role HMGB1 May Play in Systemic Autoimmune Diseases

Lupus - Worldwide Lupus Organizations Seek Greater Attention and Resources for Disease Affecting Five Million People

Lymphocytic Leukemia - Medarex Presents Preclinical Data Demonstrating Potent Anti-Tumor Activity of Anti-CD19 and Anti-CD70 Antibody-Drug Conjugates in Cancer Animal Models

Lymphoma - Favrille Announces Results From Study Showing Enhanced Activity From Insect Cell-Derived Immunotherapy for Lymphoma

Lymphoma - ProNAi Announces Preclinical Success for PNT2258 Therapeutic - Curative Events in Xenograft Mice for Difficult-to-Treat Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

Lymphoma - Rigel Provides Clinical Update of R788 Phase 2 Trials in ITP, Rheumatoid Arthritis and Lymphoma

LYNX Medical Systems - Callaway Community Hospital Selects LYNX Medical Systems' Emergency Department Outpatient Facility Charging System

Malaria - Charity Projects Entertainment Fund Teams With Fox, FremantleMedia North America, 19 Entertainment and 'AMERICAN IDOL' for 'IDOL GIVES BACK' Special To Benefit Children and Young People

Malaria - PSI Launches Five & Alive

Managed Care - 'It's All About the Consumer' Shapes This Year's Top Ten Issues Facing Managed Care Executives

Market Strategies, Inc. - Nearly 50% of Retail Clinic Patients Needing a Referral for Follow-up Care are Being Referred to a Specific Practice or Physician by Name

Marketing and Licensing Agreements - Alphatec Holdings, Inc. Enhances Technology and Product Portfolio With Global Licensing Agreement

Marketing and Licensing Agreements - Detroit Regional Chamber & Detroit Renaissance Form Panel on Regional Medical Education and Research

Marketing and Licensing Agreements - Given Imaging and Fujinon Corporation Sign Global Strategic Collaboration

Marketing and Licensing Agreements - Kodak and MedLink Sign Co-Marketing Agreement

Marketing and Licensing Agreements - Lexicon-Genentech Collaboration Yields Potential Therapeutic Targets

Marketing and Licensing Agreements - NC Research Campus Breaks Ground for Top University Research Facilities

Marketing and Licensing Agreements - Sasol Technology and Avantium Announce Strategic Research Collaboration

Marketing and Licensing Agreements - Schering-Plough Reports Financial Results for First Quarter of 2007

Marketing and Licensing Agreements - Veeco and Leica Microsystems Announce Life Science Product Collaboration

Mass Spectrometry - Early Drug Discovery Expected to Improve with First-of-its-Kind Mass Spectrometry Platform from Applied Biosystems/MDS SCIEX

Matria Healthcare, Inc. - Matria Healthcare to Present at Deutsche Bank 32nd Annual Health Care Conference

MCF Corporation - MCF Corporation Closes on the MedPanel, Inc. Transaction

McKesson - McKesson Celebrates National Volunteer Week with Community Days

McKesson - McKesson Expands InterQual Alliance Partner Program

McKesson - PharmacyRx Sets Record Transaction Volume for MPS

MDdatacor, inc. - MDdatacor Launches Emergency Room Portal

Med1Online - Med1Online Enters into Agreement with Amerinet, Inc. to Provide Customized Medical Equipment Management Services

MED3OOO, Inc. - Health First Network and MED3OOO Proactively Manage Patient Care Through Population Health Management Initiatives

MedComUSA, Inc. - MedCom USA Licenses Financial Web Portal Application to Tesia-PCI Corporation

MedeFinance - Kaweah Delta Hospital Selects MedeFinance Performance OnDemand Business Analytics

Medical Institute - The Medical Institute Responds to Mathematica Abstinence Sex Ed Report

Medical Simulation Corporation - Medical Simulation Corporation Opens Houston Regional Simulation Center

Medicare and Medicaid - AARP Announces New Relationships that Will Change the Health Care Marketplace and Improve Health of Americans

Medicare and Medicaid - AARP Applauds Senate Finance Committee for Passing Medicare Rx Bargaining Bill

Medicare and Medicaid - Arcadia Resources Signs Letter of Intent to Sell Part of its Durable Medical Equipment Business for $16.5 Million in Cash and Notes

Medicare and Medicaid - BIO Urges Senate Committee on Finance Not to Limit Patients' Access to Therapies

Medicare and Medicaid - Breaking from the Pack: Business leaders support Medicare-for-All-Californians bill SB 840

Medicare and Medicaid - Care Improvement Plus Names Joseph Williams as Medical Director for Georgia Medicare Plan

Medicare and Medicaid - Cell Therapeutics, Inc. to Pay United States $10.5 Million to Resolve Claims for Illegal Marketing of Cancer Drug

Medicare and Medicaid - Centene Corporation Announces Entry into South Carolina Medicaid Market with Purchase of PhyTrust of South Carolina

Medicare and Medicaid - CTI Settles Qui Tam Suit with Government, Suit Against Medicare Reimbursement Advisor to Recover Damages Filed

Medicare and Medicaid - Health Care Safety Net Faces Severe Cuts in Senate Budget Plan

Medicare and Medicaid - Health Promotion Programs Hold Promise of Saving Medicare Money - Particularly When They Change Behavior, Thomson Healthcare Study Finds

Medicare and Medicaid - How Pharma Leaders Are Reacting to Medicare Part D

Medicare and Medicaid - Minority of Senate Blocks Vote to Allow Medicare to Negotiate Lower Drug Prices

Medicare and Medicaid - Need for Adequate Medicaid Reimbursement to Provide Skilled Nursing Care Outlined

Medicare and Medicaid - New Report Shows Prices for Top Medicare Part D Drugs Grew by 9.2 Percent in Past Year

Medicare and Medicaid - Project FAROS to Help Houston-area Hispanics Access Health Care Services

Medicare and Medicaid - RxHub ePrescribing Standards Recommended for Use in Medicare Part D

Medicare and Medicaid - Seniors with Chronic Medical Conditions May Enroll in CareMore Reliance Throughout 2007

Medicare and Medicaid - Specialty Disease Management Services (SDM) Meets Enrollment Goal for New York State Health Department Medicaid Care Management Program in Buffalo and Surrounding Counties

Medicare and Medicaid - Weitz & Luxenberg Responds to Report Citing Rise of Hospital Errors

Medicare and Medicaid - You Can Still Get Medicare Advantage Part D Drug Benefits from QMedCare of New Jersey

Medicine Shoppe International, Inc. - Medicine Shoppe Pharmacies Rank Highest in J.D. Power and Associates Study of Retail Chain Pharmacy Customer Satisfaction

MedServe, Inc. - MedServe Expands Service to All of California with Latest Acquisition From InEnTec Medical Services

Melanoma - Fight Melanoma With Joe Pesci and James Woods!

Melanoma - Genta Announces New Phase 3 Trial of Genasense in Patients with Advanced Melanoma

Melanoma - Viragen Announces European Multiferon Licensing Agreement

Meningitis - U.S. Provides Assistance to Burkina Faso for Meningitis Epidemic

Menopause - K-State Research Shows Calcium Supplements Not Always Beneficial for Postmenopausal Women

Menstruation - Medicines regulator consults on widening the availability of a medicine for period pain

Mental Health - Psychiatrist Boosts Awareness of Mental Health Issues in Pageants Nationwide

Merck & Co., Inc. - Merck Anticipates Higher Than Expected First-Quarter Results; Raises Full-Year 2007 Earnings Per Share Guidance

Merge Healthcare - Merge Healthcare Announces Date for First Quarter 2007 Earnings Release

Merge Healthcare - Merge Healthcare Unveils New Fusion RIS/PACS MX, a Next-Generation Imaging Informatics Solution

Mergers & Acquisitions - Biosite Announces Expiration of Hart-Scott-Rodino Waiting Period for Tender Offer With Beckman Coulter

Mergers & Acquisitions - Cegedim SA's Proposed Acquisition of Dendrite International, Inc. Clears U.S. Antitrust Review

Mergers & Acquisitions - MedAssets to Expand Revenue Cycle Suite Offering With Agreement to Acquire XactiMed

Mergers & Acquisitions - PHNS Acquires Network Technology Group

Mergers & Acquisitions - Quest Diagnostics to Acquire AmeriPath in a Transaction Valued at $2 Billion

Mergers & Acquisitions - Results of Extraordinary General Meeting held on 16 April 2007

Mergers & Acquisitions - Southern Home Medical Appoints New Member to Board of Directors

Mergers & Acquisitions - Withdrawal of proposed resolution

Merritt, Hawkins & Associates - Survey: On Average, Physicians Generate $1.5 Million Annually for Their Affiliated Hospitals

Mesothelioma - ONCONASE has Potential as Chemopreventive Agent in Mesothelioma, Reports World-Renowned Mesothelioma Researcher at AACR Annual Meeting

Metabasis Therapeutics, Inc. - Metabasis to Host Conference Call and Live Webcast to Discuss First Quarter 2007 Financial Results

Metabolix - Metabolix Names New Member to the Board of Directors

MGI PHARMA, INC. - MGI PHARMA Reports First Quarter 2007 Financial Results

Microarray - Agilent Technologies Announces Clinical Data's Cogenics Division as its First Certified Service Provider for miRNA Microarrays

Microarray - Agilent Technologies Introduces First Comprehensive Microarray System for Expression Profiling of Human miRNAs

Microsoft Corp. - Johns Hopkins Health System Adopts Microsoft's Azyxxi Solution to Improve Quality Reporting and Patient Care

MicroStrategy Incorporated - CIHI Selects MicroStrategy to Provide Improved Health Care Information Service to Canadian Citizens

Midlothian Laboratories, LLC - Midlothian Laboratories Receives VAWD Certification from the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy

Midwifery - Learn How a Nursing or Midwifery Programme Is Structured

MILLENIA HOPE INC. - Millenia Hope shares trading status

Millipore Corporation - Millipore Becomes First Company to Embed RFID Technology in Filtration Products Used for Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing

MIV Therapeutics Inc. - MIV Therapeutics Announces First Ever Revenues from Cardiovascular Products Approved for European and Other Markets

MODA Technology Partners - Mark Kolb to Join MODA Board of Directors

Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Announces Resignation of Chief Financial Officer

Monoclonal Antibodies - The Position of Monoclonal Antibodies on the Market is Solidly Poised for Growth with Six Novel Therapies Expected to Launch within the Next Five Years

Monoclonal Antibodies - Vybion Awarded Monoclonal Antibody Development Contract.

Movement Disorders - Kansas University Medical Center's Movement Disorder Program Acquires the Most Trusted Stereotactic Image-Guided Platform

Multiple Sclerosis - New One-Year Pharmacoeconomic Study Shows AVONEX is Cost-Effective Relative to Other Interferon Therapies for Multiple Sclerosis

Muscular Dystrophy - SynCo Bio Partners B.V. Signs Pharmaceutical Service Agreement With Prosensa B.V. for RNA Based Therapeutics for the Treatment of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Myeloma - Millennium Discovers Biomarkers Potentially Predictive of Response to VELCADE (Bortezomib) for Injection

Myeloma - Sunesis Presents Data Supporting SNS-032's Potential Anticancer Activity in Multiple Myeloma at the American Association for Cancer Research Meeting

Myeloma - The International Myeloma Foundation Says CELGENE Launches New 'Patient Support Coordinator' Program at Meeting of Support Group Leaders in Phoenix

Myeloma - The Multiple Myeloma Research Consortium and Nereus Pharmaceuticals Initiate Clinical Trial Investigating NPI-0052 to Treat Multiple Myeloma

Nanostellar, Inc., - Nanostellar Introduces Gold in Oxidation Catalyst That Can Reduce Diesel Hydrocarbon Emissions by as Much as 40 Percent More Than Commercial Catalysts

Nanotechnology - Abraxis BioScience Presents Pre-Clinical Findings That Support Role of SPARC Expression in Cancer and the Role of the Nanoparticle Albumin Bound (nab) Technology Platform in Targeting the Pathway

Nanotechnology - Lumera Launches Podcast Series Featuring Experts in Nanotechnology, Bio-Arrays, Electro-Optics and Wireless Technologies

Nanotechnology - Mark Davis To Moderate "novel Approaches To Drug Delivery In Cancer" Session At the Aacr Meeting

Nanotechnology - Nanoexa Delivers Disruptive Battery Technology to Korean Manufacturer

Nanotechnology - Nanophase Announces Record First Quarter Revenue - Revenues Increase 45% Year-Over-Year; Largest Revenue Quarter in Company History

Nanotechnology - Nanotechnology Growth is Expected to Rapidly Grow over the Next Five Years

Nanotechnology - New Report Explores Nanotechnology's Future

NanoViricides, Inc. - NanoViricides Becomes a Member of Alliance for Biosecurity

National Alliance for Hispanic Health - The Nexus of Environmental Risk and Health Impacts Students, Local Volunteers Will Utilize Cutting Edge Personal Size Mobilemonitors & GPS Devices to Track Air & Water Pollution, Digital Video Cameras to Document Causes

National Center for Healthcare Leadership - National Center for Healthcare Leadership Names Allan Weisberg Senior Vice President

National Coalition for Pesticide-Free Lawns - Organic Landscaping Safer for People and the Environment, Group Says

National Health Investors, Inc. - National Health Investors, Inc. Announces Prelimary Discussions

National Quality Forum - National Quality Forum Announces Availability of New Report on Hospital Care Performance Measures for Pneumonia Mortality

National Research Corporation - National Research Corporation to Broadcast Its First Quarter 2007 Conference Call Live on the Internet

NationsHealth, Inc. - NationsHealth Announces $7.0 Million Term Loan Facility

NEC Corporation of America - NEC Debuts Biometrics Identification Technology for New Markets With PIDplus Suite of Products

NEOPHARM, Inc. - NEOPHARM, Inc. Announces Strategic Reassessment and Reorganization

Neurofibroma - Aeolus Pharmaceuticals' AEOL 10150 Highlighted in Nature Genetics Publication

Neurology - Cortex's AMPAKINE CX717 Toxicology Data Package Submitted to FDA

NeuroMetrix, Inc. - NeuroMetrix, Inc. Announces Date for 2007 First Quarter Financial Results Conference Call

Neuropathic Pain - Avanir Pharmaceuticals Announces Positive Results of Phase III Study for Zenvia in Diabetic Neuropathic Pain

Neurotrauma - Boston Life Sciences, Inc. Announces Presentation of Cethrin Phase I/IIa 6-Month Results at 75th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons

Neutropenia - Lilly Oncology Focused on Pharmacogenomics at AACR Annual Meeting

NMT Medical, Inc. - NMT Medical to Release First-Quarter 2007 Financial Results on May 8

Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer - Genmab Initiates Humax-egfr Combination Study In Non Small Cell Lung Cancer

Northwestern Memorial Hospital - Study Shows Rise in Staph Among Hospitalized Patients

Novelos Therapeutics, Inc. - Novelos Therapeutics Announces $15 Million Private Placement

Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. - Nu Skin Enterprises Provides First-Quarter Update

Nutraceutical International Corporation - Nutraceutical Announces Resignation of CFO

NuVasive, Inc. - NuVasive to Present at Morgan Stanley Global Healthcare Unplugged Conference

NxStage Medical, Inc. - NxStage Medical to Report First Quarter 2007 Financial Results on Tuesday, May 8th

Obama for President - Obama Response to Supreme Court Decision

Obesity - Foundation Announces Food and Fitness Community Grantees

Obesity - Philadelphians Asked to Sound Off on Childhood Obesity!

Obesity and Diabetes - GTx Announces Ostarine Improved Insulin Resistance among Elderly Patients in a Recently Completed Phase II Clinical Trial

Obstetrics - Columbia University Medical Center Teams with Revolution Health on Launch of Premier New Internet Destination for Pregnancy, Maternal Health

Odyssey HealthCare, Inc. - Odyssey HealthCare to Broadcast its First Quarter Conference Call Live on the Internet

OMRIX Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. - OMRIX Biopharmaceuticals Announces First Quarter 2007 Financial Results Date and Conference Call

Oncology - Healthcare Company Switches from Service Bureau to Ultimate Software's Intersourcing

Oncology - Ingenuity Systems Releases IPA 5.0 Software, Offering New Biomarker and Molecular Toxicology Capabilities

OneBeacon Insurance Group - OneBeacon and Hagerty Form Strategic Alliance

Ophthalmology - Research and Markets: the Oxford Handbook of Ophthalmology is a Valuable Guide for Both Trainees and Experienced Consultants

Optos - Schools of Optometry Utilize the optomap Retinal Exam

Oral Cancer - EPIC-MRA Study Reveals Extremely Low Awareness of Oral Cancer Among Michigan Residents

Oral Cancer - Football Coach's Mouth Cancer Intercepted by Cleveland Dentist - Oral Cancer Exams Save Lives

Oral Cancer - Oral Cancer Kills Someone in the United States Every Hour of Every Day

Oramed Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Exclusive Interview With Oramed Pharmaceuticals Inc. CEO, Nadav Kidron on www.Wallst.Net

Oscient Pharmaceuticals Corporation - Oscient Pharmaceuticals Announces Increase in Offering Size of New 3.50% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2011

Osteoporosis - Osteologix Completes Enrollment in Clinical Trial of Investigational Drug for Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration Approves New Actonel Dose to Treat and Prevent Postmenopausal Osteoporosis

Ovarian Cancer - Ciphergen Biosystems Discovers Protein Biomarkers Useful for Diagnosis of Early-Stage Ovarian Cancer

Ovarian Cancer - Expression Genetics, Inc. Announces Successful Completion of Phase I Trial of Gene-Based IL-12 for Treatment of Ovarian Cancer

P&G Health Sciences Institute - IBS Symptoms Are Hard for Americans to Stomach

Pain Management - Infinity Acquisition Corporation Signs Letter of Intent to Acquire Life Without Pain

Pancreatic Cancer - Data Presented at AACR Meeting Shows Peregrine's Selective Anti-VEGF Antibodies are as Effective as Avastin in Preclinical Cancer Models

Pancreatic Cancer - Early Stage Pancreatic Cancer Expresses Antigen Targeted by Immunomedics' PAM4 Antibody

Parkinson Disease - Integra LifeSciences Releases New Brain Mapping Software to Treat Parkinson's Disease

Parkinson Disease - Once-Daily REQUIP (ropinirole HCl) XL 24-HourTM Extended-Release Tablets

Parkinson Disease - SCHWARZ PHARMA Announces Publication of Rotigotine Data for Advanced Parkinson's Disease in Neurology

Partnership for Prescription Assistance - Partnership for Prescription Assistance Kicks Off New Effort to Connect Uninsured Children to Health Care Programs

Patents - Alphatec Holdings, Inc. Licenses Technology Focused On Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery Market

Patents - Carrington and Primus Pharmaceuticals Sign Long-Term Supply and Patent Licensing Agreements for Acemannan Hydrogel

Patents - Ceapro Launches Superior Care for Man's Best Friend in U.S. Market

Patents - Dynogen to Receive Two Key European Patents for DDP733

Patents - FDA Confirms Mylan's Status as the Only Approved ANDA for all Strengths of Amlodipine Besylate Tablets

Patents - GPhA Calls PhRMA's Authorized Generics Study 'Disingenuous'

Patents - Hi-Tech Pharmacal Receives Tentative Approval for Ciclopirox Topical Solution

Patents - Non-Invasive Monitoring Systems, Inc. (NIMS) Announces European Patent Issued for its Motion Platform Technology

Patents - Observant LLC Launches QUESTRILL

Patents - Osprey Pharmaceuticals Limited Announces Issuance of 3 U.S. Patents

Patents - Patent Granted In the US Which Further Increases Value of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Programme

Patents - RegeneRx Receives First Patent for Preventing and Repairing Damage to Cardiac Tissue Before, During and After Injury

Patents - Salix Pharmaceuticals Licenses DIACOL to Dr. Falk Pharma in Europe

Patents - Sigma Announces an Expansion of Its Generic Pipeline Access Agreement With Arrow Group

Patents - Since 2005, the Growth Rate of Global Pharmaceutical Market Mainly Pulled By North America Slowed Down To Below 10%

Patents - The Market for Chinese Traditional Patent Medicine Increased by 10.06% to Total RMB 37.205 Billion

Patents - United States Patent and Trademark Office Issues Cyberkinetics' Patent for Andara OFS Therapy

Patents - University Lab Technologies Will Launch Revolutionary New Product, Arthroleve, in Las Vegas

Patents - Vical Expands Testing of Vaxfectin Adjuvant to U.S. Navy Malaria Vaccine Program

Patents - Vitrolife: Notice of Allowance for Steen Solution Patent In USA

Radiology - 350th Installed MAGNETOM Trio Demonstrates the Clinical Need for High-Field MRI

Radiology - Fonar Launches New Advertising Campaign To Surgeons and Radiologists

realhealth.TV - realhealth.TV Collaborates With UCLA Healthcare

Reliv International, Inc. - Reliv International Announces Promotions

Renhuang Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Renhuang Pharmaceuticals Appoints Magnus Moliteus, Former CEO of Pharmacia Inc., as an Independent Director to its Board of Directors

Reportlinker - Learn About the Specific Segments of the Global Gene Expression Reagents Market

Research and Markets - Immense Opportunities for Growth in Underdeveloped Indian Dental Industry

Research and Markets - Research and Markets: Cardinal Health Inc - Company Profile and Executive Databank Available Now!

Research and Markets - The Latest and the Most Comprehensive Intelligence Available On eResearch Technology Inc's Partnerships

Research and Markets Ltd. - Analyze Challenges That Are Impacting Sales in the North American Healthcare UPS Market

Research and Markets Ltd. - Analyze the American, European and Asian Markets for Foot Care Products

Research and Markets Ltd. - Complete Ban on All Growth-Promoting Antimicrobials in the EU Drives Growth in the Animal Feed Probiotics Market

Research and Markets Ltd. - Future Trends and Developments in the Pharmaceuticals Industry in the United States

Research and Markets Ltd. - Gain Insight in to the Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing Industry in the U.S

Research and Markets Ltd. - Healthcare Organizations Will Need to Tailor Not Only Their Message, but Also Their Services to Meet the Needs of Generation ''Xers'' and ''Yers''

Research and Markets Ltd. - New Review Examines the Markets for Gene Expression Reagents and Small Lab Equipment All the Way up to Highly Automated Platforms

Research and Markets Ltd. - Proven Strategies for Raising Participation in Health Risk Assessments/Appraisals (HRA) Initiatives Are Highlighted in New Report Health Risk Assessments: From Participation to Payoffs in Risk Reduction and Healt

Research and Markets Ltd. - Research & Markets: Gilead Sciences Acquisitions of Myogen and Corus Pharma Has Significantly Expanded the Scope of Their Research Efforts

Research and Markets Ltd. - Research and Markets: Get an In-Depth Company Profile for Caremark Rx Inc

Research and Markets Ltd. - Study the Latest Forecasts for the Worldwide Tampon Market

Research and Markets Ltd. - The Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing Industry's Revenue for the Year 2006 Was Approximately $31,260,000,000

Restless Legs Syndrome - Schwarz Pharma's Rotigotine CDS will Overtake GlaxoSmithKline's Requip as the Clinical Gold Standard for the Treatment of Restless Legs Syndrome by 2009

Retinitis Pigmentosa - Neurotech Initiates two Phase II/III Clinical Trials of NT-501 for the Treatment of Retinitis Pigmentosa

Revolution Health Group LLC; - AAFP and Revolution Health Announce Partnership to Promote Consumer-Focused Care and Improve Patient-Physician Interactions

Rite Aid Corporation - Rite Aid Corporation Adopts Majority Vote Standard for Directors

Robarts Research Institute - Making the connection between mood and immunity

Rodman & Renshaw, LLC - Rodman & Renshaw 4th Annual Global Healthcare Conference To Take Place at the Le Meridien Beach Plaza Hotel in Monte Carlo, Monaco, on May 14-15, 2007

Ronald McDonald House Charities - Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, to Visit Philadelphia Ronald McDonald House and St. Christopher's Hospital for Children

Rural/Metro Corporation - Rural/Metro Awarded 911 Contract Renewal in Greenwood, Indiana

Rx Processing Corporation - Rx Processing Corp. Acquires Canadian American Discount Meds Client Base and Storefront Location

RxHub, LLC - RxHub Network Solutions Selected to Assist CCHIT

Saba - Trinity Health Uses Saba Centra Live to Reduce Costs and Increase Quality of Healthcare

Schizophrenia - FDA Approves New Dose of RISPERDAL CONSTA for Schizophrenia Treatment

SEI - SEI Research Demonstrates How Balance Sheet Asset Pools Can Cause Risks to Credit Metrics for Healthcare Systems

SEIU United Healthcare Workers-West - Cedars-Sinai Caregivers to Stage Picket

SEIU United Healthcare Workers-West - Federal Charges Filed Against Nursing Home

Senesco Technologies - Senesco Technologies Appoints Dr. James W. Mier To Its Scientific Advisory Board

The Caregiving Project for Older Americans - Survey Reveals Public Misperception of Training Received by In-Home Caregivers of Older Adults

The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America - Guardian Expands Medical Plan Discounts for Yoga, Pilates, Massage Therapy, Ayurvedic and Other Alternative Procedures

The Haystack Group - The Haystack Group Hires New Director of Healthcare

The Medicines Company - The Medicines Company Reports First Quarter 2007 Financial Results

The Mercanti Group - Dane Technologies Acquires LEVO AG, Switzerland-Based Inventor and Manufacturer of Standing Wheelchairs

The Meth Project - The Meth Project Launches Statewide Prevention Campaign in Arizona

The National Working Group on Evidence-Based Healt - The National Working Group on Evidence-Based Health Care Convenes Health Groups to Support Patient Perspective in Health Care

The Salvation Army - The Salvation Army Northwoods Camp Gives Kids Appetite for Summer Fun

The SCOOTER Store - The SCOOTER Store Donates Power Wheelchairs and Scooters to Disabled Vets Visiting WWII Memorial

The SCOOTER Store - The SCOOTER Store Grants Gift of Mobility to Stroke Patient

Thermage, Inc. - Thermage, Inc. Announces First Quarter 2007 Results Release Date and Conference Call

Thermo Scientific - Thermo Fisher Scientific Deploys SampleManager LIMS at Intertek

Thomson Scientific - Thomson Scientific Publishes 'Who is Making the Biggest Splash?' - a Quarterly Review of Scientific Literature on Drugs and Therapies

Thrombocytopenic Purpura - GSK initiates repeat dosing study of its novel oral platelet growth factor, eltrombopag, in ITP

Thromboembolism - As Travel Season Approaches, Physical Therapists Offer Tips on Preventing Possibly Life-Threatening Condition

Thrombosis - CINVENTION and Relisys Medical Devices Enroll First Patients in Clinical Trial of the Corel + C Drug-Eluting Stent

Thrombosis - Othera Pharmaceuticals Announces Upcoming Presentation Based Upon Expanded Understanding of Lead Compound Mechanism of Action

Tinnitus - Neuromonics Introduces Tinnitus Treatment Advance to the U.S. at AudiologyNOW! 2007

Transamerica Affinity Services, Inc. - Transamerica Affinity Services Introduces New Executive Medical Expense Reimbursement Program

Transfusion Medicine - Baxter Reports Strong First Quarter Financial Results and Boosts Full-Year Outlook

Transgene S.A. - Transgene: Net Cash Expenditures and Cash Position as of March 31, 2007

Travel Health - Ace Biosciences and Naval Medical Research Center Begin Campylobacter Trial Following Ind Approval By Us Fda

Travel Health - AVANT Restructures Organization to Focus Resources on Core Programs and Operations

Travel Health - Beremans Ltd Market Research Study "Current perceptions of Traveller's Diarrhoea treatments and vaccines" Published in the Journal of Travel Medicine

TrendSight Group - FEATURE/New Studies Shatter Myths of Women's Middle Age

Trimeris, Inc. - Trimeris Reports First Quarter 2007 FUZEON Sales Results

TriWest Healthcare Alliance - Iowa National Guard Honors TriWest Healthcare Alliance

Tyco - Tyco Electronics' President Juergen Gromer To Retire At End of 2007

Type 1 Diabetes - Diobex Raises $24 Million Series B Financing Led by Inventages Venture Capital

Type 2 Diabetes - A Family on a Mission: American Diabetes Association's Diabetes Forecast Spotlights the Cortez Family, Who Has Made It Their Mission to Reduce Their Risk of Developing Type 2 Diabetes

Type 2 Diabetes - deCODE Launches deCODE T2, a Novel DNA-based Test for Assessing Inherited Risk of Type 2 Diabetes

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - HHS Releases Plan for Development and Purchase of Medical Countermeasures

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Cleanup Begins at Abandoned Medical Building in Cairo, Ill.

U.S. Fund for UNICEF - UNICEF Honors Volunteers with President's Volunteer Service Award

U.S. Preventive Medicine - Twelve Tips to Help Patients Optimize Their Annual Physicals From U.S. Preventive Medicine

Ultrasound - Arrow International, Inc., to Provide Hand-Held Ultrasound for Vascular Access

Ultrasound - Vascular Solutions launches Vari-Lase Bright Tip laser fiber

United Concordia Companies, Inc. - United Concordia Unveils New Smile for Health(SM) Program

United Surgical Partners International, Inc. - United Surgical Partners International Stockholders Approve Merger

UnitedHealth Group - Robert Darretta Joins UnitedHealth Group Board of Directors

Universal Hospital Services, Inc. - Universal Hospital Services, Inc. to Be Acquired by Bear Stearns Merchant Banking

Urology - AEterna Zentaris Reports First Patients Treated with Cetrorelix for Phase 3 Program in BPH

Urology - Cook Medical Launches Full Line of Resection Electrodes Enabling Urologists to Improve Prostate Health

Vaccines - Weldon, Maloney Introduce Vaccine Safety Bill

Valera Pharmaceuticals - Indevus and Valera Announce Merger Exchange Ratio

Vascular Disease - Abiomed Announces Australian Regulatory Approval of Impella Circulatory Support Technologies

Vascular Disease - Local Doctor Improves Heart Health in High-Risk Eastern North Carolina Counties

Vascular Disease - Real-Life Stories Support New Position Statement By Society of Vascular Surgery on Importance of Screening

Vascular Disease - Schering-Plough Announces ZETIA Approved in Japan for Treatment of High Cholesterol

Vasogen Inc. - Vasogen Announces Effective Date for Reverse Stock Split

Ventracor - Ventracor announces changes to board

VeriChip Corporation - VeriChip Corporation Announces Preliminary 2007 First Quarter Revenue

VeriChip Corporation - VeriChip Corporation Sells Its 1,200th Infant Protection System

Versant Advantage, Inc. - Versant Advantage Equips VA Palo Alto Health Care System with Innovative Residency to Educate and Train New RNs

ViaCell, Inc. - Viacell to Report First Quarter 2007 Financial Results on May 1, 2007

Victhom Human Bionics Inc. - Victhom appoints Mr. Nader Kameli as Chief Operating Officer of its neuromodulation business unit

Viragen, Inc. - Viragen Completes $3 Million Financing with London Institutional Investor, RAB Capital plc

ViroPharma Incorporated - ViroPharma to Release 2007 First Quarter Financial Results on May 2, 2007

Vision Disorders - Optometry Backs New Bill Before Congress to Make Children's Vision a Top Federal Priority

Vital Images, Inc. - Vital Images to Present at the Deutsche Bank 32nd Annual Health Care Conference on May 2

Voice Disorders - Get a Step-by-Step Guide to Understanding and Treating Psychogenic Voice Disorder

Voxmedia International - Voxmedia International Contributes to the Hurricane Relief Fund

WakeUpWalMart.com - Iowa Elected Leaders Hold Tax Day Press Conference on Wal-Mart & Health Care Programs

Washington Headquarters Services - President's Commission on Care for America's Returning Wounded Warriors Launches Public Website

Waters Corporation - Waters Corporation to Assist US EPA in the Analysis of Perfluorinated Compounds (PFCs) in Soil and Water

WebMD - WebMD Announces Management Change

WebVMC - VNA Care Network & Hospice Selects WebVMC as Its Telehealth Technology Provider

Weight Loss - Celadon Employees Nearing 1,000 Pounds Lost in Wellness Initiative

Wellness - Bishop T.D. Jakes Continues Focus on Wellness With Day-Long Health Fair

Wellness - Kraft Foods Expands Its Healthy Living Initiative

West Nile Virus - Spectral's RapidWN West Nile Virus IgM Test presented at Oak Ridge Conference

Westaim Corporation - The Westaim Corporation announces receipt of NASDAQ Staff Deficiency Letter

Whole Harvest - Texas A&M University Eliminates Trans Fats Campus-Wide

WiFiMed Holdings Company, Inc. - WiFiMed Holdings Company, Inc. Announces Signing of Letter of Intent to Acquire JMJ Technologies, Inc.

Within3 - Cleveland Connects Physicians ``Within3'' Degrees Worldwide

Women's Health - Michelman: 'Court has shifted, Woman's Right to Choose fully under attack.'

Women's Health - Roberts Court Shows Its Cards: In a Stunning Reversal, Supreme Court Rules Against Women's Health, in Favor of Abortion Restrictions

Women's Health - Supreme Court Decision Marks Setback for Women's Health and Privacy

WorldExtend, LLC - WorldExtend's SecureIDA Enables U.S. Physical Therapy to Develop a Secure Remote Network Access System That Meets All HIPAA Requirements

Wright Medical Group, Inc. - Wright Medical Acquires the External Fixation Product Line of R&R Medical

Wright Medical Group, Inc. - Wright Medical Group, Inc. to Participate in the Baird Growth Stock Conference

Wyeth - Wyeth Reports Earnings Results for the 2007 First Quarter

Z Trim Holdings, Inc. - Kids Loving the Healthier Foods at Volusia County Public Schools

Zargis Medical Corp. - Zargis' Cardioscan Receives Televised News Coverage

ZOLL Medical Corporation - ZOLL Announces Top Winners of Its CPR Challenge at Recent 2007 EMS Today Conference

Zynex Medical Holdings, Inc. - Zynex Announces 2006 Financial Results

Zynex Medical Holdings, Inc. - Zynex Announces Increased Orders

Nanocomposites - Research from State University of New Jersey broadens understanding of nanocomposites

Tissue Engineering - Data from University of Genova provide new insights into tissue engineering

Tissue Engineering - Research from University of Tokyo provides new data about tissue engineering

Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia Therapy - New findings from University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in the area of acute promyelocytic leukemia therapy published

Allergies Therapy - Data on allergies therapy detailed by researchers at University of Szeged

Bacillus Calmette-Guerin Vaccines - New findings reported from Institute Pasteur describe advances in Bacillus calmette-guerin vaccines

Biochemistry - Findings from Graz University of Technology, Institute of Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering advance knowledge in biochemistry

Biochemistry - New findings from Graz University of Technology, Institute of Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering in the area of biochemistry published

Biochemistry - Recent findings from Graz University of Technology, Institute of Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering highlight research in biochemistry

Biochemistry - Research conducted at University of California has provided new information about biochemistry

Biochemistry - Research from University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation yields new findings on biochemistry

Biochemistry - Research results from University of California, Department of Biology update understanding of biochemistry

Biofilms - Researchers from University of Florida, Department of Otolaryngology publish findings in biofilms

Biofilms - Study results from University Nova of Lisboa provide new insights into biofilms

Biomechanics - Studies from Aarhus University, Center for Visceral Biomechanics and Pain further understanding of biomechanics

Biomedical Engineering - New biomedical engineering findings from University of Washington, National ESCA and Surface Analysis Center for Biomedical Problems described

Biomedical Engineering - New biomedical engineering research has been reported by scientists at University of Guelph

Biomedical Engineering - New biomedical engineering study findings have been reported by researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology

Biomedical Engineering - New biomedical engineering study findings recently were published by researchers at Ohio State University, Biomedical Engineering Department

Biomedical Engineering - Reports summarize biomedical engineering study results from Osaka University

Biomedical Engineering - Researchers from Florida Atlantic University, Department of Biomedical Science report on findings in biomedical engineering

Biomedical Engineering - Researchers from Indiana University publish findings in biomedical engineering

Biomedical Engineering - Researchers' work from University of Illinois focuses on biomedical engineering

Biomedical Engineering - Studies in the area of biomedical engineering reported from Yale University

Biopharmaceutics - Researchers' work from University of Ferrara, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences focuses on biopharmaceutics

Biotechnology - Data on biotechnology described by researchers at Genzyme Corporation

Biotechnology - Reports from Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center describe recent advances in biotechnology

Biotechnology - Studies from Institute for Molecular Biotechnology add new findings in the area of biotechnology

Breast Cancer - Researchers from University of Nebraska discuss findings in breast cancer

Cancer Research - Reports outline cancer research study results from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Cancer Vaccines - Data on cancer vaccines discussed by researchers at Tumor Biology Center

Cancer Vaccines - Research on cancer vaccines described by scientists at Medical University of Vienna

Cancer Vaccines - Scientists at Johns Hopkins University, Department of Pathology publish research in cancer vaccines

Cancer Vaccines - Scientists at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Infectious Diseases detail research in cancer vaccines

Cell Biology - Researchers from University of Tubingen describe findings in cell biology

Chemotherapy - New findings from Leiden University in the area of chemotherapy published

Clinical Chemistry - New clinical chemistry data have been reported by researchers at Nestec Ltd.

Coagulation - Studies from Nagoya City University provide new data on coagulation

Coagulation Therapy - New coagulation therapy findings from Philipps University, Department of Ophthalmology published

Developmental Biology - Study results from Gunma University in the area of developmental biology published

DNA Vaccines - Research from Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention in the area of DNA vaccines described

Drug Resistance - Findings from Tufts University advance knowledge in drug resistance

Flu Vaccines - Reports from Yale University highlight recent research in flu vaccines

Flu Vaccines - Research reports from State University of New Jersey provide new insights into flu vaccines

Follicular Lymphoma Therapy - Study results from University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center broaden understanding of follicular lymphoma therapy

Gene Therapy - Researchers at Chinese Academy of Sciences publish new data on gene therapy

Gene Therapy - Scientists at China Agricultural University publish new data on gene therapy

Hepatitis B Virus Vaccines - Research reports on hepatitis B virus vaccines from Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research provide new insights

Hepatitis C Virus Vaccines - Reports from University of Melbourne add new data to research in hepatitis C virus vaccines

HIV/AIDS Vaccines - Scientists at Thomas Jefferson University, Department of Microbiology target HIV/AIDS vaccines

Immunology - Recent studies from Sandia National Laboratories, Research Department add new data to immunology

Immunology - Research on immunology discussed by scientists at University of Oslo, Institute of Immunology

Macular Degeneration Therapy - New macular degeneration therapy research reported from University of Geneva

Malaria Vaccines - Reports from National Institutes of Health advance knowledge in malaria vaccines

Mesothelioma - Research on mesothelioma discussed by scientists at University of Lausanne, Division of Thoracic Surgery

Monoclonal Antibodies - Jules Bordet Institute details research in monoclonal antibodies

Monoclonal Antibodies - New monoclonal antibodies findings from Ruprecht-Karls University, Faculty of Clinical Medicine Mannheim described

Monoclonal Antibodies - New monoclonal antibodies findings from University Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine II described

Monoclonal Antibodies - New monoclonal antibodies study results reported from Georg-August University

Monoclonal Antibodies - Reports from Karolinska Institut, Department of Medicine describe recent advances in monoclonal antibodies

Monoclonal Antibodies - Research from University of Bretagne Occidentale in the area of monoclonal antibodies published

Monoclonal Antibodies - Researchers at Ege University, Department of Dermatology publish new data on monoclonal antibodies

Monoclonal Antibodies - Scientists at Amgen, Inc. report research in monoclonal antibodies

Monoclonal Antibodies - Scientists at Genzyme Corporation describe research in monoclonal antibodies

Monoclonal Antibodies - Scientists at Medical School, Department of Nephrology target monoclonal antibodies

Monoclonal Antibodies - Study results from Center for Drug Evaluation and Research update understanding of monoclonal antibodies

Nanotechnology - Investigators at University of Michigan, Department of Chemical Engineering publish new data on nanotechnology

Nanotechnology - New data from School of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutics illuminate research in nanotechnology

Nanotechnology - New nanotechnology data have been reported by scientists at University of California

Nanotechnology - New nanotechnology research from University of Technology described

Nanotechnology - Reports from National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health advance knowledge in nanotechnology

Nanotechnology - Research data from University of Navarra, Department of Microbiology update understanding of nanotechnology

Nanotechnology - Research findings from Addenbrooke's Hospital, Department of Nuclear Medicine update understanding of nanotechnology

Nanotechnology - Research on nanotechnology described by scientists at University of Zurich, Department of Psychology

Nanotechnology - Researchers from University of California report recent findings in nanotechnology

Nanotechnology - Researchers from University of Navarra publish new studies and findings in the area of nanotechnology

Nanotechnology - Scientists at University of Iowa, Department of Chemistry target nanotechnology

Nanotechnology - Studies in the area of nanotechnology reported from Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Nanotechnology - Study results from University of Colorado update understanding of nanotechnology

Neuroblastoma - New neuroblastoma research has been reported by scientists at University of Milan, Faculty of Pharmacy

Orthopedics - University of Pittsburgh, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery publishes research in orthopedics

Ovarian Cancer Therapy - Findings in ovarian cancer therapy reported from Institute of Cancer Research

Pandemic - Reports from Children's Hospital advance knowledge in pandemic

Phototherapy - Reports from Hokkaido University, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences advance knowledge in phototherapy

Phototherapy - Research on phototherapy detailed by scientists at University of Brescia, Department of Dermatology

Phototherapy - Studies from University Autonoma of Madrid in the area of phototherapy published

Physiology - Studies from Semmelweis University, Institute of Human Physiology and Clinical Experimental Research in the area of physiology published

Proteomics - Research on proteomics reported by scientists at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Department of Surgery

Proteomics - Scientists at Karolinska University, Karolinska Institute Cancer Center detail research in proteomics

Rhabdomyosarcoma Therapy - Researchers from National Institutes of Health discuss findings in rhabdomyosarcoma therapy

Seizure Vaccines - Studies from University of Melbourne, Epilepsy Research Center in the area of seizure vaccines described

Sociology - Research data from University of Nottingham update understanding of sociology

Thyroid Cancer Genetics - Scientists at Nagasaki University, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute release new data on thyroid cancer genetics

Tissue Engineering - Recent findings in tissue engineering described by researchers from University Hospital

Tissue Engineering - Research reports from University of Texas, Health Science Center provide new insights into tissue engineering

Tissue Engineering - Studies in the area of tissue engineering reported from University of Melbourne, Department of Surgery

Toxicology - Reports from University of Kansas, Department of Medicinal Chemistry describe recent advances in toxicology

Virology - Research from University of California in virology provides new insights

Virology - Scientists at United States Department of Agriculture, Department of Agriculture publish research in virology



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