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Drug Law Weekly

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . May 30th, 2006

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Burdock Group - Importance of Generally Recognized As Safe standards to nutraceutical industry is outlined

Celsion Corporation - Celsion Corporation announces patent infringement suit filed by American Medical Systems, Inc.

Circadian Technologies Limited - Circadian Technologies Limited announces major agreement with Ludwig Institute and Licentia

Enzon Pharmaceuitcals, Inc. - Enzon reports solid first quarter, new corporate strategy begins to deliver results

FibroGen, Inc. - FibroGen licenses oral HIF-PH inhibitors to Astellas for treating anemia in other countries

Finance - Coventry Health Care reports record operating revenues in first quarter

Kyphon Inc. - Kyphon granted additional broad U.S. patent for spinal fracture treatment through 2014

Medicare - AstraZeneca Foundation to expand patient assistance program

Medicare - Medicare announces supplemental rural funding for state health insurance counseling programs

Medicare - Medicare beneficiaries now receiving prescription drug coverage

Medicare - PCMA member companies pledge to pay Medicare pharmacy claims within 30 days

Neuren Pharmaceuticals - Neuren and U.S. Army announce success in traumatic brain injury program and filing of joint patent

NutraCea - Nutracea receives Korean patent for rice bran-based diabetes treatments

Nymox Pharmaceutical Corporation - Long-term use of statin drugs for treating Alzheimer disease is safe, task force confirms

Patents - Norwood Abbey announces enhanced catheter drug delivery patent granted in U.S.

AH Nethersole Hospital, Tai Po - Fosinopril reduced albuminuria and rate of decline in renal function in type 2 diabetics

Abeille Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Abeille in-licenses a technology platform for all transdermal patch applications

Acorda Therapeutics - Acorda Therapeutics reports quarterly loss of $4.05 per share

Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge - New data from Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge detailed

Adherex Technologies, Inc. - Adherex concludes phase Ib component of European ADH-1 trial

Advaxis - Advaxis advances therapeutic cervical cancer vaccine phase I/II trial

Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx - Researchers from Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx detail new studies and findings

Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx - Researchers' work from Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx adds to body of knowledge

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Alnylam obtains rights to RNAi delivery technology from CBR Institute

American Medical Association - Long-term estrogen therapy linked to breast cancer risk

Anadys Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Anadys Pharmaceuticals reports revenues of $1.5M

Ankara University - Hurthle cell carcinoma clinicopathologic characteristics studied

Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam - Bladder cancer tumor motion and deformation evaluated during external radiotherapy

Arizona State University - Recent studies from Arizona State University add to knowledge base

Arrowhead Research Corp. - Arrowhead Research subsidiary founding scientist elected to National Academy of Sciences

Asthmatx, Inc. - Asthma trial begins at University of Southern California

AstraZeneca - U.S. FDA approves AstraZeneca's NEXIUM in youth 12-17 for short-term treatment of GERD

Ataturk University, Erzurum - Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever risk factors in Eastern Turkey identified

Avi BioPharma, Inc. - Avi BioPharma reports preclinical data against multiple strains of influenza

Avian Influenza - ORC Worldwide organizes meetings and encourages California business to prepare for avian influenza

Avigen, Inc. - Avigen to raise $21.2 million in private placement of common stock

B. Braun Medical Inc. - U.S. FDA approves cefoxitin for injection in compliant closed drug delivery system

Bayer Pharmaceuticals Corporation - Enrollment completed in Phase III studies of Nexavar for metastatic melanoma and liver cancer

Beijing Agriculture College - Anti-inflammatory mechanism for a plant compound used to treat enteritis is investigated

BioMS Medical Corp. - BioMS reaches milestone in multiple sclerosis trial

Biotechnology Institute I MAS D, Vitoria - Autologous fibrin matrices encourage tendon neovascularization and repair

Boehringer Ingelheim Inc. - Researchers from Canada, the People's Republic of China and Australia describe findings in HIV/AIDS studies

Brest University Hospital - Premature atherosclerosis in HIV/AIDS correlates with protease inhibitor exposure

Cardiovascular Research - New guidelines offer power to prevent stroke

Center for Tumor Detection & Prevention, St. Gallen - Studies from Switzerland and the United States describe new findings in cancer treatment research

Center of Molecular Immunology, Havana - Researchers from Cuba, France and Austria describe findings in cancer treatment studies

Centre Leon Berard, Lyon - Neuroblastoma patients should not be treated with total body irradiation

Cephalon, Inc. - Cephalon's fentanyl effervescent buccal tablet reduces intensity of breakthrough cancer pain

Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer - Recent findings from Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer highlighted

Chang Gung University, Taipei - Reports from Taiwan and Spain advance knowledge in hepatitis B virus research

Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, London - Efavirenz-containing HAART alters sleep quality and brain wave patterns in HIV/AIDS patients

Children's Cancer Institute of Australia - Poor neuroblastoma outcome involves high-level multidrug transporter expression

Chinese University of Hong Kong - New research from Chinese University of Hong Kong described

Christie Hospital NHS Trust, Manchester - Researchers from the United Kingdom, Netherlands and Germany publish new studies and findings in the area of cancer treatment

Cleveland Clinic Foundation - Renal urothelial tumors treated by partial nephrectomy in a select population

Coley Pharmaceutical Group, Inc. - Coley Pharmaceutical Group announces data from clinical study of ACTILON for hepatitis C

Colorado State University - Reports from Colorado State University describe recent advances

Colorado State University - Studies from Colorado State University highlight recent research

Compugen Ltd. - Compugen reports decreased sales revenue in first quarter

ConjuChem Inc. - PC-DAC:Exendin-4 trial for type 2 diabetes demonstrates efficacy with once-a-week dosing

Corgentech Inc. - Corgentech presents 3268 Phase 3 data at Pediatric Academic Societies' annual meeting

Covance Laboratories - Impact of cGMP compliance on consumer confidence in dietary supplements is outlined

Delmarva Foundation - Delmarva Foundation announces improvements in healthcare quality in D.C.

Generic Drugs - IMPAX receives U.S. FDA approval for generic version of Colestid

Iomai Corporation - Iomai submits proposal to U.S. HHS for funds to develop pandemic influenza skin patch

Irvine Scientific - Cryopreservation of embryos conceived in vitro is now available in U.S.

Medicaid - New evidence underscores rural communities' dependence on Medicaid

Monash University - Surgical weight loss procedure more effective than nonsurgical loss programs, study shows

NitroMed, Inc. - U.S. FDA confirms no drugs are therapeutically equivalent to BiDil

STAAR Surgical Company - STAAR submits application to U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Visian Toric ICL

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - Genomics data based on experience with mock new drug application submissions are reviewed

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - Method to identify Yersinia enterocolitica from milk has been developed

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - New findings from U.S. Food & Drug Administration detailed

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - U.S. FDA perspectives on health claims for food labels are presented

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Influenza epidemics have been more severe in some countries than in others

University of Mediterranee, Marseille -  Yersinia pestis-related pandemics driven by multiple forces

University of Pittsburgh - Researchers from the United States report recent findings in bird flu

University of Queensland - University of Queensland researchers publish most recent findings

Yale University - Researchers from Yale University report details of new studies and findings

sanofi pasteur - sanofi pasteur H5N1 pandemic influenza vaccine candidate demonstrates significant immune response

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