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Healthcare Finance, Tax & Law Weekly

Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . February 23rd, 2005
Non-Subscriber - Summaries Only
Related Areas: Other Issues in Healthcare Finance, Tax & Law Weekly | Other Publications

ATS Medical, Inc. - Medical device maker reports 28% increase in revenue

Accelerator Corporation - Cancer-focused Spaltudaq is third biotech company started by venture corporation

Accelrys, Inc. - Device firm reports decline in revenue

Adenosine Therapeutics, LLC - Drug discovery firm announces $3.5M in funding

Advanced Cell Technology - New CEO, chief scientific officer named at biotech firm

Advanced Magnetics, Inc. - Pharmaceutical firm reports loss of $0.32 per share

Advanced Medical Optics, Inc. - Ophthalmology firm reports 23% increase in revenue

Affymetrix, Inc. - Microarray maker reports income of $0.44 per share

Agilent Technologies, Inc. - Microarray maker expands offerings

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Pharmaceutical firm completes offering of notes raising $150M

Align Technology, Inc. - Device firm reports revenues of $43.7M for fourth quarter 2004

America's Health Insurance Plans - Insurance group president comments on final regulations for Medicare program

American Specialty Health - Scholarships given to students studying complementary healthcare

Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - European Patent Office maintains validity of paclitaxel-eluting stent patent

ArQule, Inc. - Oncology firm to raise up to $31 million

AVI BioPharma, Inc. - U.S. patents issued covering stem cells

Abbott - New trial initiated in stroke prevention

ActiveSight - FBPase diabetes target available for structure-based drug design

Adelaide Women's & Children's Hospital - Biomarkers in amniotic fluid diagnose lysosomal storage diseases

Alcohol Use - Women have a higher health benefit over men from alcohol use

Allergan, Inc. - Pharmaceutical firm announces new board member

Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Deal signed with Medinol to develop AP23573 drug-delivery stents

Aspen Pharmacare - FDA grants tentative approval to generic AIDS drug regimen

Barrier Therapeutics, Inc. - Registration statement filed by pharmaceutical firm for stock offering

Business Update - Drug delivery systems developer announces MCO contracts for ON-Q PainBuster

Business Update - ER Urgent Care announces contract with Blue Cross Blue Shield

Business Update - Glenview at Pelican Bay renews agreement with American Retirement Corp.

Business Update - Hebrew SeniorLife completes Worker Interactive Networking study

Business Update - Lanxess, chemicals and polymers business spun off from Bayer, makes market debut

Campbell Soup company - Food company launches plan to help Americans achieve dietary guidelines

Children's Hospital & Research Center, Oakland - Altered iron metabolism model proposed to explain anemias in HIV disease

Chungnam National University, Taejon - Negatively charged lipids may cause the inhibition of paraoxonase activity

City Hospital, Nottingham - Findings describe new data in breast cancer research

Columbia University - Indoprofen stimulates survival motor neuron protein production

Disease Risk - Preventable diseases kill 1.3 million children each year, health experts say

Edward Jenner Institute for Vaccine Research - Integrative bioinformatics for functional genome annotation described

Emory University - Microtubule-targeting agent EM012 enhances paclitaxel effects

Emory University - Strategic plan for research to eliminate lymphatic filariasis outlined

Environmental Health - Air quality advisory issued for most of Wisconsin

Essential Therapeutics, Inc. - Genes required for full virulence of Staphylococcus aureus identified

FlowCardia, Inc. - Mark Stautberg named to board of directors of device company

Free University of Brussels - Benefits of miniaturization for DNA microarrays clarified

Frost & Sullivan - Growing consumer power and need for improved products key trends in ELN market

Fukushima Medical University - Transfusion-related acute lung injury possible after allo-BMT

GEOMAR, Kiel - Method simultaneously detects genes and epidemiologically types Legionella

GMP Cos., Inc. - Company licenses Conversion Technology, Analysis processes to Mayo Medical

Georgetown University Medical Center - Stat5 protein inhibits spread of breast cancer cells

Geriatrics - ComForcare Senior Services opens in San Diego, California

Griffith University, Queensland - The low-density lipoprotein receptor gene has no linkage to migraine headache

Guardian Technologies International, Inc. - Imaging informatics company relocated headquarters

HIV/AIDS Epidemiology - Report: AIDS on the rise among blacks

Hadassah University Hospital - Depressed women may be at risk for salt poisoning

Harvard University - Angiopoietin-2 deficiency disturbs kidney vessel configurations

Harvard University - Racism adds pressure that can lead to youth smoking

Haukeland University Hospital - Influence of PTEN mutations on outcome determined

Health Sciences Group, Inc. - OTC pharmaceutical-nutraceutical cough relief formulation issued patent

Hopital Ray Poincare, Garches - Pharmaceutical anti-edematous therapy can be effective in adults

Hoshi University - Researchers' data advance diabetes therapy research

Hospital St. Andre, Bordeaux - New research in the area of breast cancer detailed

ICOS Corporation - Companies enter into co-promotion agreement for AndroGel 1% CIII

ImClone Systems Incorporated - Biotechnology company signs license agreements with Genentech, Centocor

Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine - Low-intensity ultrasound delivers genes to skeletal muscle cells

Innsbruck Medical University - HIV-1-induced migration of dendritic cells linked to MAPK pathway activation

International Genomics Consortium - expO completes first phase of standardized gene-expression analyses

Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Rome - Novel assay detects FH-associated LDLR gene rearrangements

Itamar Medical - Published study shows fingertip test identifies coronary disease at early stage

Johns Hopkins University - Screening for bone disease prevents hip fractures in older adults

Kalorama Information - $42B cancer therapy market enters rapid growth phase

Keio University,Tokyo - New findings in the area of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis detailed

Kiyokawa Hospital, Tokyo - Reports describe recent advances in chronic hepatitis c research

Korea University, Seoul - Protein microarray technology may diagnose hepatitis C virus infection

Kyushu University - IL-10 augments antibody production in immunized lymphocytes

Legal Issues - Federal judge dismisses suit claiming hospital system charged more to uninsured

Linkoping University - PUMA expression changes of minor importance in colorectal cancer development

Lupus Research Institute - Research group increases funding for innovative research

March of Dimes Foundation - Progesterone therapy could prevent thousands of preterm births

Mayo Clinic - Rheumatoid arthritis patients at higher risk for unrecognized heart disease

Medical College of Wisconsin - Highly efficient Francisella shuttle plasmid constructed

Medical Ethics - New Utah HHS Secretary must divest holdings in family insurance company

Medicare - Rx plan pushed for disabled Nevadans

Michigan State University - Physician urges colleagues to avoid drug reps

Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Pharma companies collaborate to develop new antibody therapeutics

Mount Sinai School of Medicine - Skeletal muscle differentiation studied, basis of inhibition revealed

Nagoya University - Data advance knowledge in proteomics research

National Association of Chain Drug Stores - Chain drug store group president comments on Final Medicare Part D Regulations

Norwegian Institute Public Health, Oslo - Bone mineral density differs regionally in Norway

Ohio State University - Ca(v)2.1 Ca²⁺ channels studied, dose-dependent modulated inhibition revealed

On The Go Healthcare, Inc. - Baby products company launches multimedia division

Oxysox - Fitness socks improve athletic performance and aid in recovery

PRA International - Clinical research organization completes phase 1 pharmacology center renovations

Peking University - In vitro model of cold-induced astrogliosis developed

Personnel - Crawford & Co. promotes industry veterans Porter and Trice

Philanthropy - Grant helps Salvation Army provide healthcare to homeless

Repatriation Hospital, Heidelberg - Molecular mechanisms of increased glucose production reviewed

Roche - Tarceva provides hope for patients with advanced pancreatic cancer

SISSA, Trieste - ATP receptor ectodomain studied, negative behavioral residues revealed

SUNY, Stony Brook - Outer membrane usher PapC analyzed, topology reported

Samsung Healthcare - Healthcare organization launches program for women and heart disease

Seoul National University - Reactive oxygen species mediate RANK signaling in osteoclasts

Sontra Medical - Pediatric clinical study of topical pain killer at children's center completed

SureScripts - Electronic prescription service comments on Medicare and Medicaid regulations

Tenet Healthcare Corporation - Hospital company announces $500 million private offering in 10-year senior notes

ThermoGenesis Corp. - Study of sealant to reduce blood loss, pain in knee arthroplasty reported

Thoratec Corporation - Cardiovascular device company comments on HeartMate II clinical study filing

Tobacco Use - Iowa Governor announces cigarette tax proposal

Tokyo University of Agriculture & Technology - Cyclin proteolysis and CDK inhibitors help maintain genomic stability

Tosinvest Sanita, Rome - New data illuminates research in hormone replacement therapy

Tufts University, Boston - Youth need training to interpret nutrition labels

Turku University - Effects of fluoxetine on subcortical dopamine neurotransmission determined

Tyson Foods, Inc. - Meat processor completes removal of transfat from retail and school products

U.K. National Health Service - NHS trusts meeting government target on stroke units "in name only"

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Surgeon General Richard H. Carmona rolls out 'The Year of the Healthy Child'

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - Antimicrobial drug development reviewed

U.S. National Cancer Institute - Tumor endothelial marker 7 is overexpressed in tumor endothelium

U.S. National Council on the Aging - Web site for Medicare beneficiaries launched

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Vanilloid and endocannabinoid receptors coexpressed in brain endothelium

Univ. of California, Los Angeles - Hepatitis C virus prevalence is high among juvenile detainees

Universidad Nacional de Cordoba - Response to Trypanosoma antigen differentially modulated in mouse strains

University Hospital, Geneva - Compositional variations of HDL affect the influence of paraoxonase-1 on CV risk

University of Bari - Distinct Ca²⁺ levels may determine mode, amount of cytochrome c release

University of Belgrade - Vitamin E prevents formation of DNA adducts by lipid peroxidation products

University of Bonn - Tenofovir reduces hepatitis B virus load in HIV-positive patients

University of California Davis - Administering albumin to patients with hypoalbuminemia does not reduce morbidity

University of California, Los Angeles - Core decompression with BMP therapy shows promise

University of Chile - Junk food consumption increasing obesity in children of Chile

University of Dusseldorf - Recent findings in neuroscience described

University of Florence - Study will focus on a refined atrial tachyarrhythmia prevention pacing algorithm

University of Florida, Gainesville - Doxorubicin inhibits DNMT1 and results in conditional apoptosis

University of Florida, Gainesville - Software incorporates tools for extraction and analysis of heart rate data

University of Hamburg - Synthetic human prion protein analyzed, binding to proteinase K demonstrated

University of Hospital La Fe, Valencia - Liver transplantation plus imatinib controls gastrointestinal stromal tumors

University of Istanbul - Researchers publish new studies and findings in the area of lipid studies

University of Lyon, Villeurbanne - Macrocyclic glycopeptides studied, temperature and enantioseparation reported

University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey - Human umbilical cord blood cells reduces insulitis in type 1 diabetes

University of Missouri, Columbia - Sp3 proteins are negative regulators of beta myosin heavy chain genes

University of Murcia - Dietary arginine influences anabolic effects of androgens

University of North Carolina - Choose MRI for diagnosing pregnant women with abdominal pain

University of Nottingham - Sesquestosome 1 gene mutations play a role in Paget disease of the bone

University of Ottawa - 5-HT1A receptor genotypes regulate a patient's response to antidepressants

University of Ottawa - Actin cytoskeletal organization analyzed, basis of regulation revealed

University of Oxford - Powdered epidermal vaccine delivery characterized with multiphoton microscopy

University of Paris - CCR5/CCR2 genetic variants not responsible for maintenance of HIV nonprogression

University of Rovira & Virgili - Optimal aptamer assays require individualized assembly

University of Sao Paulo - Diabetes affects ecto-nucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase

University of Sao Paulo - Injecting atropine during dobutamine stress ECG safely decreases test duration

University of Siena - Plasma thiol concentrations were likely a result of thiol-disulfide exchange

University of Surrey - Bioreactors containing cultures with plasmids have different nutritional needs

University of Tennessee - Researchers detail new studies and findings in the area of lipid studies

University of Wisconsin - Atkins Diet may prove beneficial for seizure reduction

University of Wisconsin, Madison - Pathogens exploit complement receptor for immune evasion

Uterine Fibroids - Uterine fibroid embolization performed at Allina's Unity Hospital

VU University Medical Center, HV Amsterdam - Multiplex PCR profiles minimal residual disease gene expression in AML

Varian Medical Systems, Inc. - Medical systems company launches tri-focus X-ray tube for special procedure labs

Vascular Solutions, Inc. - Medical device company extends contract to supply hemostatic bandages

Vector Research Ltd. - Tobacco condensates alter gene expression patterns

Wholefood Farmacy Corp. - Health-based natural products store announces additions, realignments

William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak - Study analyzed frequency, variables associated with return to work after MI

XOMA Ltd. - Further details of accounting impact of changes to Raptiva arrangement noted

Yale University - Haplotype patterns vary among different populations

Yeshiva University - Gene expression of invasive primary mammary tumor cells characterized

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