FDA Law Weekly

Amnesty International - Violence against women fuels spread of HIV/AIDS

Aventis - Third pandemic influenza vaccine agreement signed

Becton, Dickinson and Co. - U.S. FDA alternate site clearance helps blood glucose meter users

Berlex, Inc. - Approvable letter granted for oral contraceptive containing drospirenone

BioPort Corporation - U.S. government to procure BioThrax for nation's stockpile

Biocon Limited - Indian company launches bio-insulin

Bioterrorism - Computer program developing to track disease, biological attacks

Biovail Corporation - FDA issues approvable letter for Ralivia ER

BlueSky Medical Group - FDA clears V1 Wound Vacuum System for marketing, Medicare confirms coding

Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Ltd. - FDA approval granted for Citalopram Hydrobromide tablets

Duke University - Relationship between substance abuse and HIV-infected women explored

Facilities - U.S. GSA/FDA break ground for central shared-use building

Government Accountability Project - FDA tried to discredit whistleblower over drug safety claims

Greer Laboratories, Inc. - Company receives FDA approval to begin sublingual-oral immunotherapy trial

Hawaii Department of Health - Airplane measles exposure offers lessons on disease contact response

ALK-Abello - Epitope modulation of Bet v 1 reduces IgE binding but retains protein folding

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - In vivo demonstration of RNAi via systemic delivery announced

American Diabetes Association - Cardiovascular treatment drug used for smoking cessation also keeps weight off

American Scientific Resources - National respiratory dealer group engaged for sales of asthma product

Amnis Corporation - ImageStream 100 cell analysis systems placed at research institutions

Ankara Training and Research Hospital - Leeches effective for treatment of class IIC ring avulsion injuries

Astex Technology - Apo and inhibitor complex structures of beta-secretase determined

Avant Immunotherapeutics, Inc. - Vaccine maker opens new manufacturing facility

Avian Influenza - Bird flu vaccine expected to be ready by 2007

Barrier Therapeutics, Inc. - European distribution agreement signed for dermatology products

Basilea Pharmaceutica AG - Data presented on ceftobiprole and BAL8557 at conference

Baxter Healthcare Corporation - Findings released from long-term kidney disease research program

Beijing Institute of Pharmacology & Toxicology - Choline acetyltransferase supplementation may slow Alzheimer disease

Biomedical Primate Research Center - Three vectors encoding SIV antigens protected against SIV CD4+ T-cell loss

Bionomics Limited - Alliance signed to commercialize new genetic tests for epilepsy

Bionomics Limited - Gene silencing molecules inhibit tumor growth

Boston University - Study identifies factors associated with long-term opioid treatment of veterans

CHU Vaudois, Lausanne - HPLC method monitors atazanavir therapy in HIV-infected patients

Cambridge Antibody Technology - Preliminary results of Trabio phase II/III trial released

Canadian Food Inspection Agency - Novel immunoassay suitable for bovine Campylobacter fetus screening