Drug Law Weekly

Cukurova University - Treatment can reverse organophosphate-induced hepatotoxicity

Cyntellect, Inc. - Tina S. Nova, PhD, joins biotech company's board of directors

Dana Farber Cancer Institute - Television drug ads require more understandable language

Devi Ahilya University - Reports describe recent advances in diabetes therapy research

Dharmacon, Inc. - RNAi company selected by Genentech to support drug-discovery research

Diabetes Therapy - More aggressive diabetes treatment urged

Diet & Nutrition - Fighting back, the bread industry hopes for a comeback in 2005

Diet & Nutrition - New York project tries to boost anti-carcinogen in cow's milk

Diet & Nutrition - Smoothies pass the health test, as Texas cracks down on junk food in schools

Diet & Nutrition - Virtual food components take the guesswork out of healthy eating

Erasmus Medical Center - Anti-human CD40 antibody inhibits germinal center formation in monkeys

Essential Therapeutics, Inc. - Genes required for full virulence of Staphylococcus aureus identified

European Society of Cardiology - A third of European cancer patients use CAM; most are women

Expression Analysis - Microarray-services provider hires director of sales and business development

GEOMAR, Kiel - Method simultaneously detects genes and epidemiologically types Legionella

Genaissance Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Company links genetic variation to the effect of HRT on C-reactive protein

Genentech, Inc. - Surrogate antibody developed for preclinical efalizumab safety testing

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. - Company reports success in phase I studies on its GRC 3886

Healthcare Access - Dirigo panel promotes collaboration among hospitals

Healthcare Costs - Report criticizes Fairview's debt collection practices

InfleXion Therapeutics, LLC - $3M grant to commercialize drug addiction therapies

Institute Pasteur, Dakar - Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever outbreak spread via contact with animal blood

Legal Issues - Health and Human Services argues for whistleblower protection for embattled NIH

Medical College of Wisconsin - Highly efficient Francisella shuttle plasmid constructed

Medical Errors - Lawsuit says surgical instrument left inside abdomen

Norwegian Medical Association - Male surgeons report highest rate of mistakes in patient care

SCOLR Pharma, Inc. - FDA allows testing of extended release ibuprofen tablets

Sinclair Pharma plc - U.S. FDA approves oral spray for treatment of mouth ulcers

Sonus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - FDA grants orphan drug designation to TOCOSOL Paclitaxel in urothelial cancer

Tapestry Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Pharmaceutical company to proceed with phase 1 trial to set taxane dosage level

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. - Israeli pharmaceutical company gets USFDA approval for 750 mg antibiotic tablet

Thoratec Corporation - Cardiovascular device company comments on HeartMate II clinical study filing

Transition Therapeutics Inc. - Insulin-focused therapeutics company expands trials of type 2 diabetes treatment

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - Antimicrobial drug development reviewed

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - Beta-agonists found in bovine retina and liver

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - Effects of adrenergic agents on post-defibrillation arrest time studied

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - Human health impact from antimicrobial use in food animals reviewed

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - Mycobacterial heparin-binding hemagglutinin protects against TB

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - New findings in the area of endocrinology described

Voyager Pharmaceutical Corp. - Enrollment for approved study of implant to treat Alzheimer disease completed