Drug Law Weekly

Bioheart, Inc. - Stem cell therapy company raises $19M in Series D round

Biomira, Inc. - Timetable changed for BLP25 liposome vaccine phase III trial

Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston - Very early benefits of statin therapy may be correlated with CRP reductions

California Institute of Technology - Researcher receives $3.6 million to start Nanosystems Biology Cancer Center

California State University of Northridge - Researchers offer treatment of psychosocial challenges for women with gynecological cancer

CancerVax Corp. - Discontinuation of Canvaxin trials leads to layoffs

Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. - Optical coherence tomography system launched for the anterior segment

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles - Infertility researchers identify one gene's critical role in the human embryo implantation process

Center of Experimental Medicine, Caracas - Speedy intervention urged to address vitamin B₁₂ and folic acid deficiency in Venezuela

Centre for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics - Mechanism of action of aspirin discovered, wins Aspirin Award

ChemGenex Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. - New phase II trial of Ceflatonin in Gleevec-resistant CML patients begins

Cleveland Clinic Foundation - New findings in the area of apoptosis described

Codexis, Inc. - Pfizer collaboration advances ahead of schedule

Columbia University - Cost-effectiveness of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion clarified

Columbia University - Use of bivalirudin to support SES implantation results in low rates of adverse events

Columbia University Medical Center - Black women with early-stage breast cancer are less likely to receive full course of chemotherapy

Complementary & Alternative Medicine - Alternative touch therapies may relax heart patients

CytRx Corp. - FDA grants fast track designation for arimoclomol in ALS

Cytori Therapeutics, Inc. - Data: Human adipose-derived adult stem cells have potential to differentiate into spinal disc

Dakar Fann National Hospital Center -  E. coli from AIDS patients in Senegal has low cotrimoxazole susceptibility

Dalhousie University - Protein-mediated membrane fusion machine reconstituted

Diagnostic Center of Ayios Therissos - Helical CT cholangiography provides valuable, exclusive data on bile activity

Diomed Holdings, Inc. - EVLT maker completes $10 million equity financing

Drexel University - Researchers' findings advance childhood obesity research

Drexel University, Philadelphia - Adriamycin delayed gross metastases from osteosarcoma

Dublin City University - Antibody 5C3 recognizes heteropolymer of cytokeratin 9

Duke University Medical Center, Durham - Study finds exercise amount is more important than the intensity

Emory University, Atlanta - Recombinant proteins can inhibit NF-kappa B activation

Epilepsy Foundation - Actions suggested to help reduce birth defects caused by mothers' use of anticonvulsants

Guidant Corp. - U.S. Food & Drug Administration approves new implantable defibrillator system

Thermage, Inc. - U.S. FDA approves IDE to study upper arm radiofrequency cosmetic procedure

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Prevalence of spina bifida and anencephaly declining in U.S. minorities

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - U.S. NIAID and MedImmune join forces to develop potential pandemic influenza vaccines

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - Greater standardization of ultrasound backscatter measurement methods needed

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - Radiation plus IL-13 receptor-targeted cytotoxin kill glioblastoma cells

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - Russian ethnomedicinal plants more cytotoxic than established therapies

University of Kansas - Immunization with Japanese encephalitis vaccine beneficial to those at risk for West Nile

University of Wisconsin - Flu virus reported to resist drug envisioned for pandemic

Viron Therapeutics Inc. - Phase 2 trial of anti-inflammatory for acute coronary syndromes initiated