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Drug Law Weekly

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . May 23rd, 2006

Non-Subscriber - Summaries Only

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Business Update - BioScrip named national vendor for Medicare Part B

Business Update - Claimsnet announces contract with Medicare healthcare plan

Healthcare Costs - Weill Cornell awarded major federal contract and grant for public health research

Healthcare Coverage - Lack of health insurance associated with decreased use of health care services

Medicare - Medicare Part D Drug Plan enrollment experience provides valuable lessons for seniors

Medicare - Medicare provides payment increase, policy changes for inpatient psychiatric facilities

Medicare - Medicare trustees release annual report, point to need to build on President's reforms

Synergetics USA, Inc. - Synergetics adds Iridex to Pennsylvania-based patent infringement lawsuit against Peregrine

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. - U.S. FDA grants approval for Teva's generic pravastatin, court denies Apotex's injunction

University of Alabama - Internet-based programs will educate doctors about drug marketing

ARUP Inst. of Clinical & Experimental Pathology, Salt Lake City - Researchers from the United States, Kuwait and Switzerland report details of new studies and findings in the area of tuberculosis

Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam - Risk factors for uterine artery embolization complications identified in recent study

Accuray Incorporated - Spinal tumor treatments with robotic radiosurgical system up 75% since April 2005 launch

Aethlon Medical, Inc. - Aethlon Medical completes human safety study

Alexza Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Alexza initiates AZ-003 phase I clinical trial for anti-pain drug

Alkermes, Inc. - Lilly, Alkermes initiate phase 3 study for inhaled insulin to treat type 1 and 2 diabetes

American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology - Combining PET and CT scans makes cancer treatment more accurate

Antares Pharma, Inc. - Antares Pharma develops new dermatological drug delivery system

Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam - Pseudomyxoma peritonei long-term survival achieved with combination therapy

Arthritis & Rheumatism - B-cell biologic therapy promises success for rheumatoid arthritis

Astellas Pharma - Astellas launches Vaprisol to treat euvolemic hyponatremia in hospitalized patients

Bascom Palmer Eye Institute - Betty White urges people to get serious about their vision

Bayer Pharmaceuticals Corporation - U.S. FDA grants Orphan Drug designation to Nexavar for treatment of liver cancer

Biomax Informatics AG - Biomax releases software for drug discovery, development

BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics - BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics engages Holly G. Atkinson

CV Therapeutics, Inc. - CV Therapeutics reports loss of $1.57 per share

Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte - Studies from the United States, Germany and Turkey advance knowledge in surgery research

Catalan Institute of Oncology, Barcelona - Gastric and esophageal adenocarcinoma risk linked to meat intake

Catholic University of Louvain - Intensive insulin therapy benefit in critical illness is mainly in normoglycemia maintenance

Cellegy Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Cellegy announces results of the U.S. FDA's Cardio-Renal Advisory Committee meeting

Central South University, Hunan - Researchers' data from the People's Republic of China, Germany and Turkey advance statins research

Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite de Montpellier - Lung cancer risk of death decreased with platinum-based chemotherapy doublet

Chiang Mai University - Incidence of neurological complications in AIDS patients receiving HAART determined

Chungnam National University, Taejon - Data from South Korea and Germany advance knowledge in cancer research

Cincinnati Children's Hospital - Environmental tobacco smoke linked to behavior problems in children and pre-teens

Cleveland Clinic Foundation - Coronary atherosclerosis shows significant regression with very high-intensity rosuvastatin therapy

Cleveland Clinic Foundation - Rectourethral fistula management discussed

Clinical Data, Inc. - Clinical data validate genetic biomarker for risk of clozapine-induced agranulocytosis

Clinical Trials - YM BioSciences, Oncoscience AG start patient treatment in phase 3 trial with nimotuzumab

Cognis Corporation - Cognis enters agreement with U.S. EPA regarding emissions compliance

Columbia University, New York - Almost one third of colon cancer patients stop chemotherapy, rendering treatment ineffective

Complementary & Alternative Medicine - Author reveals the new frontier in health and healing

Concepcion University - New research from Chile, Germany and the United States in the area of DNA detailed

Creighton University, Omaha - Adaptation in African Americans protects against bone loss, raises chronic disease risks

Cytochroma, Inc. - Vitamin D analog shows significant antitumor activity in human neuroblastoma

Cytogen Corporation - Cytogen sells ownership in PSMA Development joint venture to Progenics

Cytori Therapeutics, Inc. - Cytori Therapeutics reports benefit of adipose cells in reconstructive surgery

DATATRAK International, Inc. - DATATRAK eClinical Product Suite gains momentum

Depomed, Inc. - Depomed and Esprit announce availability of ProQuinXR 3-Tablet Blister Packs

Dokkyo University, Saitama - Researchers from Japan, the United States and the the Netherlands report recent findings in aneurysm

Dongeui University, Pusan - High soy/animal protein ratio appears to positively affect calcium metabolism in rat

Drexel University, Philadelphia - Weight suppression predicts weight gain during in-patient treatment of bulimia nervosa

Drug Abuse - SAMHSA data show admissions still rising in 2004 for meth, prescription narcotics treatment

Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Fort Gordon - Reports from the United States describe recent advances in vaccines research

EDAP TMS S.A. - EDAP TMS S.A. launches online education resource, www.HIFU-Planet.com

Emory University, Atlanta - For cardiovascular and kidney disease, treatment benefit of erythropoietin remains uncertain

Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam - Findings from Netherlands, Australia and Finland describe new data in influenza research

Facilities - Panacea Biotec inaugurates pharmaceutical formulation plant at Baddi

ImQuest Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - ImQuest licenses series of anticancer therapeutic compounds from Samjin

Japan National Institute of Infectious Diseases -  Legionella pneumophila serogroup 5 cause of Legionnaire disease outbreak

Madigan Army Medical Center, Fort Lewis - Chitosan-based hemostatic dressing performs well in combat operations

McGill University, Montreal - New findings from Canada, Australia and Japan in the area of pain described

Novartis - Novartis' NDA for high blood pressure treatment accepted for review by U.S. FDA

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. - U.S. FDA tentatively approves generic pantoprazole sodium delayed release drug for GERD

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Monochloramine may reduce Legionella colonization of water systems

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - West Nile virus quantified in Culex species in southern U.S.

U.S. Food and Drug Administration - Strategies to optimize vitamin D status in special needs populations presented

University Children's Hospital, Bratislava - Transcatheter patent ductus arteriosus closure using Amplatzer duct occluder safe and effective

University of Liverpool - Recent findings from the United Kingdom, Austria and United States illuminate research in obesity

University of Toronto - HIV partial efficacy vaccines have low acceptability among high-risk communities

World Heart Corporation - U.S. FDA approves large reduction in size of WorldHeart RELIANT clinical trial design

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