FDA Law Weekly

Calypso Medical - Agreement signed with Impac Medical Systems for radiation delivery

Cancer & Pregnancy - Doctors report safer ways to help cancer patients have children

Castle Hill Hospital - Benefits of fish oils for chronic heart failure reviewed

Cellegy Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Pharmaceutical firm to acquire Biosyn

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - Arthropod-derived histamine-binding protein prevents allergic asthma

Children's Hospital & Medical Center, Seattle - Retroviral-mediated gene transfer corrects B-cell development in murine models

Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute - Capsule of Bacillus anthracis behaves as type 2 antigen

Corcept Therapeutics - James A. Harper joins board of psych/neurological drug company

Cornell University - Drug protocols for IVF compared in breast cancer patients

Cryo-Cell International, Inc. - New research finds umbilical cord blood-derived stem cells reduce stroke damage

Dalhousie University - CD2-CD48 interactions promote T-cell activation by stabilizing cytokine mRNA

Diagnostic Ultrasound Corp. - Bladder Assessment Kit launched for primary care physicians

Drug Abuse - Sister of girl who died with cocaine in system taken from mother

Drug Abuse - U.S. HHS awards $23 million to fight club drug use at local level

Emory University - Vaccine efficacy estimated using a small validation sample

En-Chu Kong Hospital - Weight-loss surgery can help reduce metabolic syndrome in obese patients

Endocrinology - GnRH affects bone metabolism at the start of estradiol suppression in IVF

Entropin, Inc. - Company: Analysis supports continued development of ENT-103

Environmental Health - Environmental exposures before and after birth can harm children's lungs

Enzo Biochem, Inc. - Gene-identification company provides 2004 update

Fooyin University, Kaohsiung Hsien - Oxidative stress and caspase activation involved in paclitaxel-induced apoptosis

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Res. Ctr. - Combination HRT doubles breast density, quadruples risk of abnormal mammograms

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center - Hepatitis C virus NS5A and nuclear factor-kappa B generate liver injury

Free University of Brussels - Prevalence of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Belgian infants reported

Fundacion Instituto de Inmunologia de Colombia - Acidic-basic repeat antigen protein peptide protects against malaria

GammaCan International, Inc. - GCAN101 maker appoints CEO and CFO

IVAX Corporation - U.S. FDA approves ANDAs for fluoxetine capsules, tablets

Legionnaires Disease - Ohio County man contracts Legionnairs disease

Lung Transplantation - Lung transplant program at Jackson Memorial Hospital now Medicare-approved

Quill Medical, Inc. - Medical devices and wound closure technology companies announce alliance

R2 Technology, Inc. - Novation signs agreement for enabling discounts on image checking systems

Transplant Medicine - Temporary artificial heart approved

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - In vitro human skin penetration of diethanolamine investigated

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - Subassemblies of pertussis toxin subunits analyzed in vivo

U.S. Food and Drug Administration - FDA releases 2004 produce safety action plan