Drug Week

Acute Myeloid Leukemia - Compound triggers release of nitric oxide to fight leukemia and tumors

Weight Loss - Antiepileptic drug useful in obese adults

Community-Acquired Pneumonia - FDA approves Factive for treatment of respiratory tract infections

HIV/AIDS Therapy - High interlaboratory variability seen in drug level measurements

Heart Disease Risk - FDA announces labeling changes on cholesterol drug Zocor

Obesity Therapy - Herbal antiobesity agent possesses mechanism similar to fluoxetine

Type 2 Diabetes Therapy - Drugs promoting periodicity of insulin release show promise for diabetes therapy

AIDS Research - Stampidine first effective agent against FIV

AIDS Test - FDA clears Cobas Amplicor HIV-1 Monitor Test

AIDS Therapy - Virucort may slow development of HIV

Acute Childhood Diarrhea - Series of studies confirm action of homeopathy on childhood diarrhea

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome - Humanized lung surfactant exhibits anti-inflammatory properties

Addiction Research - Promiscuous enzyme could offer treatment for drug overdose, chemical exposure

Adverse Drug Events - Dangerous interaction between cholesterol-lowering drug and antidiabetic drug

Amyloidosis - DSMB recommends continuation of clinical trial for Fibrillex

Anti-inflammatory Drugs - Companies sign agreement for transdermal version of ketoprofen

Anticancer Drugs - Anticancer drug mithramycin is associated with H1-depleted chromatin

Antitumor Drugs - A disaccharide anthracycline, MEN 10755, can binds 2 DNA helices simultaneously

Aortic Constriction - Colchicine preserves cardiac function of aortic-constricted rats

Asthma - Agreement reached to codevelop Asmanex and Foradil combination product

Asthma - Airozin launched

Asthma Supplement - Panel of experts concludes Airozin safe

Atherosclerosis - Vascular tissue fragility occurs in surface areas with thrombolysis

Atopic Eczema - Consensus on atopic dermatitis treatment stresses long-term management

Bioengineering - Size-exclusion reaction chromatography is new technique for protein PEGylation

Bipolar Disorder - Ziprasidone demonstrates fast onset of action in significantly reducing symptoms

Birth Control - Generic Microgestin oral contraceptive launched

Breast Cancer - Caelyx - a novel agent in the fight against metastatic breast cancer

Breast Cancer - Percutaneous 4OHTam may be a useful alternative to tamoxifen

Cancer Therapy - Clinical evaluation of lead antisense drug, OGX-011, expanded

Cancer Therapy - New findings published on diagnostic applications of HAAH Oncology Program

Cancer Therapy - Novel dihydroartemisinin ethers cytotoxic to tumor cells

Cardiology - NHE1 inhibitor cariporide prevents the detrimental effects of DOCA/salt

Chemotherapy - Tetrathiomolybdate prevents bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis

Chemotherapy Fatigue - Supplement reduced chemotherapy induced fatigue

Clinical Trials - Icodextrin effects volume status, blood pressure, and echocardiographic parameters

Coagulation Therapy - Recombinant FVIIa limits dental blood loss in Glanzmann thrombasthenia patients

Cognitive Impairment - Company begins dosing patients in brain protection indication for dexanabinol

Collaboration - Drug discovery agreement involves supply of assay system

Collaboration - Lead discovery alliance focused on assay development

Collaborations - Standstill period ended; alliance moves forward

Complementary and Alternative Medicine - Hypothyroidism induced by an over-the-counter fat loss supplement

Diabetes Therapy - 3,3-Diamino-sulfonylacrylonitriles are novel inhibitors of insulin secretion

Diabetic Neuropathy - Nimodipine exerts antinociceptive effect on diabetic neuropathic pain

Drug Analysis - Capillary electrophoresis used for chiral and non chiral determination of Dopa

Drug Delivery - NovaDel Pharma enters license and development agreement

Drug Production - beta-Lactam selection pressure in culture disappears surprisingly quickly

Drug Resistance - Erythromycin and amphotericin B together may elevate Candida's tolerance

Dyslipidemia - New data suggest rosiglitazone may also lower cardiovascular disease risk

EMEA Compliance - Company is prepared for new EMEA electronic reporting regulations

Electronic Data Capture - Israeli company to use software to expedite clinical trial

Endocrinology - Thiazolidinediones inhibit Id2 expression in human aortic smooth muscle cells

Epilepsy - Study results on harkoseride presented at meeting

Erectile Dysfunction Therapy - Vardenafil effective for treatment of erectile dysfunction

Escherichi coli - Clinical trial to combat complications from EHEC

Finance - BI Nutraceuticals not part of bankruptcy

Finance - Drug maker reports 9.3%s sales increase

Finance - RxBazaar announces 2002 year end results

Finance - Stockholder approval of proposed financing recommended

Generics - Statement released on reported ANDA filing for a generic Enoxaparin

HCV Treatment - Positive hepatitis C, hepatitis B treatment results released

HIV/AIDS Therapy - Indinavir suppresses glycogen synthesis in HepG2 hepatoma cells

Heart Failure - Nitric oxide-like drug could revive a failing heart

Heart Surgery - Fibrinolysis rises significantly during low-dose aprotinin treatment

Hemostasis - Moore Medical enters multiyear distribution agreement for QuikClot