Elder Law Weekly

Abbott Laboratories - AIDS care group sues drug company for false advertising

Health Insurance - Enrollment in consumer-directed health plans growing rapidly

Healthcare & Politics - Missouri governor slams proposed state Medicaid cuts

Medicare - Three convicted in Texas Medicare fraud case

Nursing Home Care - Federal report cites Portland, Maine, nursing home's care

State Medicaid - Pharmacists sue New Hampshire over cut in drug payments

Advanced Cell Technology Corp. - Geron receives favorable ruling in nuclear-transfer patent interference

Altana AG - Pharmaceutical company's sales increased 5% in 2003

Altana AG - Positive Roflumilast data reported from RECORD study

BioMosaics, Inc. - Study initiated to assess biomarker responses in exposure to butadiene

Biomedical Primate Research Centre, Rijswijk - Marmoset monkey line may provide first valid MS model

Black-Lung Disease - Apparent death of black-lung bill has labor leaders mourning

Brigham & Women's Hospital - Cognitive behavior therapy effective

CCA Industries, Inc. - Chemopreventive effects of green tea said to delay aging of skin

Cantonal Hospital, St. Gallen - PGE2 mediates CCL19/CCL21 signaling, dendritic cell migration

Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories - Pharmaceutical company appoints additional independent director

CardioTech International, Inc. - Wound dressing technology introduced for $50M market

Chinese National Human Genome Center, Shanghai - Evolution of SARS coronavirus during Chinese outbreak characterized

Collaborations - InnoCentive inks partnership with the National Chemical Laboratory

Columbia Univ. College of Physicians & Surgeons - Irregular Id protein expression correlates with neural tumor progression

Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center - Primary cutaneous cryptococcosis reported in elderly immunocompetent man

DevCo Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. - Safety study of Lexipafant completed, phase III commences

DiagnoCure, Inc. - Automated version of ImmunoCyt/uCyt+ bladder cancer test launched

Disability - New program integrates medical, disability, behavioral health, pharmacy data

Electronic Medical Records - H-Quotient announces OB/GYN contract

EntreMed, Inc. - New Panzem formulation in phase I trial

Erasmus Medical Centre - Pegylated IFN-alpha effective as SARS prophylaxis in macaques

Finance - Four Neoforma executives enter into rule 10b5-1 trading programs

Finance - Omega Healthcare announces sale of senior notes and common shares

Fitness & Wellness - Restricting calories may increase life span

Healthcare Coverage - HMO enrollment in Wisconsin drops as employers seek other options, report shows

Henrich-Heine University - Hope for flu fight progresses as researchers crack communication

Hirosaki University - Education and research are needed to improve cancer survival in Japan

ICOS Corp. - Cialis maker names Teresa Beck and Vaughn D. Bryson to board of directors

ImClone Systems, Inc. - Cancer-drug maker reports increased revenues and decreased losses

Information Technology - Nashville General expands supply-management agreement with McKesson

Istanbul University - Endometrial growth is linked to a case of cyclic sciatica

Jefferson Medical College - Study: Needle-free transdermal system as effective as IV pain pump for pain

Laval University Hospital Center - Interaction between Leishmania and HIV clarified

MacroChem Corp. - Company announces $7.29 million private placement with institutional investors

Massachusetts General Hospital - New tumor suppressor may play important role in deadly brain tumors

Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Scientists want to delay the onset of fatal brain disease