Drug Law Weekly

Case Western Reserve University - Researchers' data advance metabolic syndrome research

Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan - Convection-enhanced drug delivery evaluated

Chemokine Therapeutics Corp. - Stem cell researcher joins scientific and clinical advisory boards

City University of New York - Dietary indexes for predicting diet and disease biomarkers compared

City of Hope National Medical Center, Durarte - Portal vein-delivered adjuvant floxuridine has low hepatotoxicity

Cognetix - FDA grants orphan drug designation to CGX-1160 for chronic intractable pain

Columbia University, New York - $25 million NIH grant awarded for rapid mass screening of radiation exposure

Copenhagen University Hospital - Increased BMI may be risk factor for total hip arthroplasty

Curis, Inc. - Hedgehog agonists modulate hair growth

Cutting Edge Information - Pharma research firm study examines mergers and acquisitions

Cyto Pulse Sciences - Company works with USAMRIID on Marburg vaccine delivery development

DOV Pharmaceutical - Company places ocinaplon phase III clinical trial on hold

Desmond Tutu TB Center, Cape Town - Rate of reinfection TB after successful treatment higher than rate of new TB

Deutsch Herzzentrum, Berlin - Researchers describe findings in stents studies

Division of Infectious Diseases - New research in the area of pertussis vaccines detailed

Dongduk Women's University, Seoul - Ginkgo extract anti-inflammatory caused arthritic inflammation

Drexel Univ. College of Medicine, Philadelphia - Philosophy used to analyze pain conditions

Duke University Medical Center, Durham - Furosemide and mannitol modulate nonsynaptic mechanisms

Dyax Corp. - Biotherapeutics company files shelf registration statement

EHNRI, Addis Ababa - Elevated CCR5/CXCR4/cytokines persistently increase viral load in TB coinfection

Ege University, Bornova - DNA genosensor seeks evidence of lamivudine-resistant hepatitis B

Emory University, Atlanta - COX-2 inhibitors suppressed integrin alpha 5 expression in human lung carcinoma

European Society of Cardiology - B vitamins do not prevent heart attacks, may be harmful in heart disease

European Society of Cardiology - Chronic heart failure guidelines published

European Society of Cardiology - Implantable Loop Recorder allows effective therapy in syncope patients

European Society of Cardiology - Interventional therapy of aortic diseases by stent-graft placement

European Society of Cardiology - Trial results show safety of enoxaparin in percutaneous coronary intervention

Forbes Medi-Tech - IND application submitted for cholesterol-lowering drug, FM-VP4

Keane - Taratec audit performed for U.S. FDA regulatory compliance

Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Abbreviated new drug application filed for M-Enoxaparin with FDA

Par Pharmaceutical Companies, Inc. - FDA approves NDA for cholestyramine for oral suspension

Recalls - U.S. FDA announces recall of Medline brand of alcohol-free mouthwash

Roche - Pharma company donates 3 million treatments of antiviral Tamiflu to WHO

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - PCR assay for dual detection of bacteria and parasites developed

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - Proteomics of apoptotic pathways reveals lymphoma prognostic factors

U.S. Food & Drug Administration. - Letrozole effects in women with early-stage breast cancer reported

etrials Worldwide - Agreement to merge clinical trial software company, CEA Acquisition announced