FDA Law Weekly

Cleveland Clinic Foundation - WBC count predicts long-term mortality after percutaneous coronary intervention

Columbia University - Gene expression in biopsy specimens has prognostic value

Cornell University - Surface peptidase expressed during wound healing is a tumor suppressor

Coronado Industries, Inc. - Glaucoma-device maker updates European activities

Curtin University of Technology - Domestic solvents, cleaning products may increase childhood asthma risk

Cytogen Corporation - Study shows improved 3-year biochemical control of recurrent prostate cancer

DOR BioPharma, Inc. - Biopharmaceutical company announces Q2 net loss of $1,473,376, updates progress

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute - Monoclonal antibody conjugate has potent antimyeloma activity

Dr. Harisingh Gour University - Cholera toxin bile-salt-stabilized vesicles for oral vaccines developed

DrugLogic, Inc. - Qscan Version 3 launched

Fukuoka University - Maximum tolerable dose of red pepper decreases fat intake

Genaera Corp. - Company reaches clinical milestone related to IL-9 antibody alliance

Genelabs Technologies, Inc. - Prestara clinical trial GL02-01 for women with lupus is complete

Genentech, Inc. - Rituximab-mediated depletion of healthy B cells elucidated

General Dynamics - Contract awarded for joint biological point detection systems

Genetronics Biomedical Corp. - Electroporation-focused company report Q2 net loss of $2.2 million

George Pompidou European Hospital - Peginterferon may cause sustained cryoglobulinemia-related vasculitis

GlycoGenesys, Inc. - Drug-development company discusses second-quarter losses

Hantavirus - CDC looking for cause of hantavirus as victim recovers

Harbor-UCLA Medical Center - Researchers identify mechanism underlying inflammatory joint disease

Harvard University - Cardiac effects of carbon monoxide, ambient particles studied in a rat MI model

Hemagen Diagnostics, Inc. - FDA issues 510(k) clearance for liquid stable reagents

Inion - Trinion Meniscus Screw receives FDA 510(k) clearance

Kyorin University, Tokyo - Probiotic treatment prevents/treats enterohemorrhagic E. coli O157:H7 infection

Medical Errors - Madisonville, Kentucky, hospital reviewing thousands of medical scans

Miravant Medical Technologies - Clinical results for SnET2 presented at ASRS meeting

POINT Biomedical Corporation - Ultrasound-imaging company raises $27.1 million in equity financing

Purdue University - Bright idea could improve blood safety, spell trouble for cancer and viruses

Rubicon Medical Corporation - Vascular medical device developer and Boston Scientific collaborate

U.S. Army - Lab's experience managing potential threats offers guidelines for others

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - FDA's regulatory role in the ICCVAM process outlined

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - Modifications of Charm II assay for chloramphenicol in honey described

Univ. of California, Irvine - Scientists to develop vaccine to combat bioterrorism threat from deadly bacteria

University of Texas SW Medical Center - IRF-3 target genes constrain WNV infection and limit cell-to-cell virus spread

West Nile Virus - 83-year-old man is first Westchester, New York, resident with West Nile

West Nile Virus - Sixteen new West Nile cases, one death, reported in Louisiana

West Nile Virus - West Nile virus found in Oregon horses

Yale University - Novel method estimates time and size of bioterror attack for real-time use