Food and Drug Law Weekly

Centre Hospitalier Regional Universitaire, Lille - Nephron sparing surgery recommended for multilocular cystic renal cell carcinoma

Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite de Hautepierre, Strasbourg - Researchers publish new studies and findings in the area of Cancer Therapy

Children's Hospital Westmead, Sydney - Bisphosphonate treatment doesn't affect osteoblasts in improved in vitro model

Cleveland Clinic - Use of chemotherapy to treat brain metastases examined

Clinquest - Clinquest Group closes up to $5.5 million funding by BioGenetics capital

Cordis Corporation - Cypher sirolimus-eluting coronary stent brings growth to stent-maker

Corgentech Inc. - Merger completed following stockholder approvals

Cornell University - Recent findings in Cancer Therapy described

Cornell University, Ithaca - Iron and zinc supplementation don't consistently improve behavior in first-graders

Cortex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Orphan drug strategy mapped out for Ampakine technology

Debiopharm S.A. - Development agreement for Depelestat restructured

Diamyd Medical AB - New GAD protein formulation shows positive results

Dr. Margarete Fischer Bosch Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Stuttgart - Optimized TRAP assay remains nonspecific for telomerase inhibitors

Drug Abuse - Researchers call for further study on managed care's impact on substance abuse treatment

Duke University, Durham - Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor may relieve depression, improve CV risk

Elsevier MDL - NIH gets help cataloging biological properties of small molecules

Enanta Pharmaceuticals - Shionogi & Co., Ltd. pays up as antibiotic studies are initiated in Japan

Endometrial Cancer - Endometrial carcinoma treated by surgery and chemotherapy

Endometrial Cancer - Remission of endometrial carcinoma occurred after surgery and chemotherapy

Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam - Nicardipine is effective as antihypertensive agent in treatment of pre-eclampsia

Haemonetics Corp. - U.S. FDA grants marketing clearance of cardioPAT surgical blood salvage system

Institute Salud Carlos III, Madrid - High clinical suspicion and specific lab techniques required to identify unusual outbreaks

Lannett Company, Inc. - Drug company receives U.S. FDA approval for generic doxycycline monohydrate tablets

Merck & Co. - U.S. FDA committee says clinical data support the efficacy and safety of Zostavax

Milestone Scientific Inc. - Medical device company begins U.S. FDA approval process for infusion pump

Mt. Auburn Hospital, Cambridge - Global initiative for TB screening and treatment is an important step to combat TB

Novare Surgical Systems Inc. - New line of articulating surgical tools allow full mobility for 'keyhole' hysterectomy

Nuvo Research Inc. - Research company forms U.S. FDA advisory panel for Pennsaid application

Oscient Pharmaceuticals - Pharma company obtains special protocol assessment for Ramoplan to treat CDAD

Osiris Therapeutics, Inc. - Adult stem cell therapy company receives orphan drug status from U.S. FDA for Prochymal

Osteotech, Inc. - U.S. FDA grants clearance for GraftCage TLX System

Smith & Nephew - CMS increases IDET procedure reimbursement level

University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston - WNV replication interferes with poly(I:C)-induced IFN gene transcription and IFN response

ViaCell, Inc. - FDA lifts clinical hold on CB001 trial

Zhejiang University - Researchers' findings advance Cancer Therapy research