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Food and Drug Law Weekly

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . August 25th, 2006

Non-Subscriber - Summaries Only

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Abbott - Abbott gets U.S. FDA clearance for test to diagnose congestive heart failure

Aida Pharmaceuticals - Aida Pharmaceuticals completes phase I trials for gene-therapy drug

Bovie Medical - Bovie Medical reports U.S. FDA clears suture removal device for marketing

Chembio Diagnostics - Chembio applies for CLIA Waiver for SURE CHECK HIV 1/2, go-ahead would expand domestic marketing

EMD Chemicals - EMD Chemicals gets U.S. FDA approval for Candurin for use in drugs

Elan - Biogen Idec, Elan announce availability of Tysabri to treat relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis

Eli Lilly - Lilly and Alcon sign marketing agreement for oral medication for diabetic retinopathy

Endo Pharmaceuticals - Endo announces commercial availability of Opana ER and Opana tablets

Eyeonics - Eyeonics, Inc. reports revenues in Q2 2006 up 30% over year ago to $4.3 million

Mylan Laboratories - Mylan announces final approval for added strengths of transdermal vasometer systems

Pro-Pharmaceuticals - Pro-Pharmaceuticals files protocol for treatment of colorectal cancer with Davanat combination

Schering-Plough - Study finds once-daily Avelox effective as multidose antibiotic in treating abdominal infections

Shire - Shire files NDA with U.S. FDA for compound to treat adult attention deficit disorder

Shire - U.S. FDA approves Shire's enzyme replacement therapy idursulfase for Hunter syndrome

Sorin Group - Sorin Group receives U.S. FDA approval to produce heart valves in Saluggia, Italy facility

Acologix - Acologix reports AC-100 did not significantly regenerate more periodontal bone

Altus Pharmaceuticals - Altus updates plans for initiation of phase III trials for ALTU-135 and ALTU-238

American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases - How tumors respond to treatment prior to liver transplants may be useful in selecting recipients

Aneurysms - Intracranial aneurysms treated with stent-assisted coil occlusion device

Aomori Municipal Hospital, Aomori, Japan - Coronary artery bypass grafting using an abdominal artery as an inflow is described

Army Natick Soldier Center, U.S. - Data from the United States and Canada advance knowledge in antibiotics research

Astellas - Phase III Study shows Prograf as effective as Neoral in kidney transplant recipients

Avalon Pharmaceuticals - Avalon, ChemDiv alliance to focus on oncology drug discovery and development

Azienda Ospedaliera S. Camillo-Forlanini, Rome, Italy - Varicocele treatment depends on knowledge of anatomic variants

Belarussian Center for Pediatric Oncology & Hematology, Minsk, Belarus - Researchers from Belarus, Japan and the United Kingdom detail new studies and findings in the area of HIV/AIDS

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, U.S. - New findings in angiology described from the United States, Japan and Australia

Biogen Idec - Biogen Idec reports loss of $0.50 per share

Bradley Pharmaceuticals - Bradley Pharmaceuticals launches authorized generic products

Business & Finance - Advanced Medical Institute's sales top US$1 million

CHU Bretonneau, Tours, France - Recent findings in HIV/AIDS described by researchers from France, the United States and Thailand

CHU Vaudois, Switzerland - Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles interact with brain structures

CPAP Supply USA - Americans turning to the Internet for medical equipment

CV Therapeutics - Cardioprotective effects of the late sodium current inhibitor ranolazine are reviewed

CardioOptics - Cleveland Clinic physicians use advanced visualization technology during complex cardiac procedures

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, U.S. - Cedars-Sinai supercomputer ranked among world's most powerful

Central Hospital of Jyvaskyla, Jyvaskyla, Finland - Ten-year prognosis of Puumala hantavirus-induced acute interstitial nephritis is favorable

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Rangueil, Toulouse, France - Findings from France, Mexico and Italy advance knowledge in antibiotics research

Charite-Universitatsmedizin, Germany - Polyurethane stent implantation for lacrimal duct stenoses has low success rate

Children's Hospital La Fe, Valencia, Spain - Montelukast improves pulmonary function measured by impulse oscillometry

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, U.S. - Air-displacement plethysmography underestimates body fat percentage in children

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, U.S. - Inhaled nitric oxide reduces lung disease in premature babies

China Agricultural University, People's Republic of China - Novel lectin isolated from the mushroom Armillaria luteovirens

Chinese Academy of Science, People's Republic of China - Research from the People's Republic of China, Taiwan and United States add new data to diabetes body of knowledge

Chung Ang University, South Korea - Recent findings in diabetes described by researchers from South Korea and Germany

City University of New York, U.S. - Genetic predictors of adverse radiotherapy effects studied in Gene-PARE project

Cleveland Clinic, U.S. - Locally advanced prostate cancer treated by radical prostatectomy as primary treatment modality

Cleveland Clinic, U.S. - Provenge plus bevacizumab elicits immune response in prostate cancer

Columbus Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, U.S. - Lysozyme-mediated peptidoglycan degradation is not required for bactericidal activity

Columbus Children's Research Institute, U.S. - Researchers from the United States and Japan report recent findings in apoptosis

Comenius University, Slovakia - Antioxidant and antimutagenic activity of mannan neoglycoconjugates revealed

Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas, Argentina - Reports from Argentina, France and Kuwait advance knowledge in tuberculosis research

Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark - Researchers' data from Denmark, Italy and Germany advance leukemia research

Cross Cancer Institute, Canada - Role of nucleoside transporters in uptake-mediated cancer therapy clarified

CryoCor - CryoCor announces addition to board of directors

CytRx - CytRx successfully completes patient dosing and follow-up in Phase IIa clinical trial for ALS drug

Cytogen - Cytogen announces publication of peer-reviewed journal article on Quadramet

DMS Data Systems - DMS Data Systems launches new clinical trials database

Damien Foundation Bangladesh, Bangladesh - Semiqualified health providers can help improve tuberculosis treatment access in poor areas

Dana Farber Cancer Institute, U.S. - New research from the United States and South Korea in the area of cancer treatment detailed

Dana Farber Cancer Institute, U.S. - Studies from the United States, Spain and Canada advance knowledge in prostate cancer research

Danish Cancer Society, Denmark - Research from Denmark and the United States add new data to oncology body of knowledge

Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. - Computer model addresses pandemic influenza in 21st century

Diomed Holdings - Diomed Holdings signs $10 million equity financing

National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases, U.S. - Studies from the United States and People's Republic of China advance knowledge in vaccines research

National Institutes of Health, U.S. - New data from the United States and People's Republic of China lluminates research in DNA

PreMD - PreMD's LungAlert test format presented at American Association for Clinical Chemistry meeting

Sanofi Pasteur - New findings in influenza described from France, the United States and Norway

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