FDA Law Weekly

Bronx Lebanon Hospital Cntr. - Treatment regresses left ventricular hypertrophy more in women than men

Cancer Diagnosis - Cancer Centers of Florida uses mobile PET system

Capital Univ. of Medical Science, Beijing - ACE inhibitors can treat incidental atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis

Celera Genomics Group - X-ray crystal structure of a human histone deacetylase published

Children's Hospital Eastern Ontario - Malaria prevention and therapy reviewed

Children's Hospital Oakland - Lipids and lipoproteins in patients with type 2 diabetes reviewed

Children's National Medical Center - Dexmedetomidine facilitates opioid and benzodiazepine detoxification

Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences - Acupuncture points are excitable muscle/skin-nerve complexes

Chiron SRL - Vaccine safe and effective against H. pylori infection in dog model

Chong Kun Dang Research Institute - Substituted pyridines and purines possess hypoglycemic activity

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center - Rotavirus IgA stimulated by doses of quadrivalent rotavirus vaccine

Cleveland Clinic Foundation - Surgical management of erectile dysfunction reviewed

Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas - Host cell gene expression changes after vaccinia virus infection

Dana-Farber Cancer Inst. - Study suggests broader chemotherapy attack may be more effective

Diet and Nutrition - Research reveals married women diet much more than single women

Duke University Medical Center - MRSA and vancomycin-resistant enterococci associated with adverse outcomes

Eli Lilly & Co. - Bladder-sparing treatment shows promise against cancer

Emory University - Immunological memory in humans reviewed

Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc. - Pain-management company reports positive second-quarter results

Entropin, Inc. - Company successfully completes first phase of topical ENT-103 formulation

Epimmune, Inc. - Preliminary EP HIV-1090 trial data presented at international AIDS conference

Fitness & Wellness - Iowa State University research says fat is good with vegetables

Forbes Medi-Tech, Inc. - Company announces FM-VP4 phase II study

Funding - Billionaire Buffett and wife donate $6 million to hospitals for cancer research

Gilead Sciences, Inc. - Studies Viread and Emtriva published in JAMA

Healthcare Access - Another Ohio hospital chain sued over charitable healthcare

Medical Fraud - Feds say phony hospital inspector worked in West Virginia, along East Coast

Medicare - Indiana Medicare patients will have access to computerized medical tests

Norwood Abbey Ltd. - Medical technology company receives patents, names global medical advisor

Peninsula Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Biopharmaceutical company begins phase III trial of Doripenem

Prescription Drugs - Crestor maker tells FDA safety complaints are false

R2 Technology, Inc. - FDA approval granted for computer-aided detection system for lung nodules

Salmonella - Health officials say study indicates tomatoes likely cause of salmonella outbreak

Sepracor Inc. - U.S. FDA to review aerosol inhaler for asthma, COPD

Transkaryotic Therapies, Inc. - Pharmaceutical company gets FDA fast track designation for Hunter syndrome drug

U.S. Food and Drug Administration - FDA to establish new cancer office and program to speed drug approvals