Law and Health Weekly

Business & Finance - AutoImmune reports loss of $0.00 per share

Business & Finance - Celesio records, as anticipated, weaker growth in third quarter

Business & Finance - Cellegy reports third quarter financial results

Business & Finance - Chembio Diagnostics announces 8% third quarter revenue increase over same period last year

Business & Finance - DOV Pharmaceutical announces net loss of $17.5 million in third quarter

Business Update - Amerigroup to file form 12b-25 notification of late filing

Business Update - Delta Dental of Michigan selects ILOG BRMS for claims processing

Business Update - Nabi Biopharmaceuticals closes sale of PhosLo to Fresenius Medical Care

Business Update - SXC Health Solutions signs $23.4 million Medicaid PBM contract with Georgia community health

Business Update - U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services continue to expand, integrate data

Collaborations - Advanced Medical Solutions, BSN, AT3 partner for European launch of wound closure product

Collaborations - Certicom collaborates with Texas Instruments for RFID authentication and encryption

Cosmetic Injections - Unlicensed, highly concentrated botulinum preparation can result in severe illness

Finance - Amerisafe announces pricing of secondary offering of common stock

Finance - Biovail reports 12% boost in revenues

Finance - Chattem announces plan to offer $100 million Convertible Senior Notes

Finance - Corcept Therapeutics announces $3 million private equity financing

Finance - HealthSouth reports net operating revenues for the third quarter of $731.2 million

Finance - Hythiam reports revenues of $1.1 million in the third quarter

Finance - PainCare Holdings reports third-quarter 2006 results

Healthcare Policy - America's Health Insurance Plans proposes expanded access to health insurance coverage

Legal Issues - Cobalt announces settlement of Imitrex litigation with GlaxoSmithKline

Legal Issues - Dey, L.P. reaches settlement with State of Idaho on pricing litigation

Legal Issues - HealthSouth settles litigation with Senior Housing Properties Trust

Legal Issues - Par Pharmaceutical, GlaxoSmithKline settle Imitrex injection patent litigation

Life Sciences - Findings from University of Geneva provide new insights into life sciences

Mergers & Acquisitions - 3M reaches agreements to sell its pharmaceuticals business

Mergers & Acquisitions - Abbott commences tender offer for outstanding shares of Kos Pharmaceuticals

Osteogenesis Imperfecta - Scientists at University of Dundee publish research in osteogenesis imperfecta

Patents - Cephalon granted composition of matter patent covering Nuvigil

Patents - Inverness, Vedalab settle litigation, enter into exclusive U.S. distribution arrangement

Personnel - Aerovance announces key board appointments

Personnel - China-Biotics appoints Li Chi Yuen as CFO

Psychiatry - Research from Karolinska University in psychiatry provides new insights

Schizophrenia - Barr receives tentative approval for generic version of Zyprexa Zydis

Acute Bronchitis - Virginia Commonwealth researchers report antibiotics unnecessary for bronchitis

Age-Related Macular Degeneration - Cellgate initiates phase I clinical study for eye disease

Age-Related Macular Degeneration - Study evaluates Macular Health supplement in dry age-related macular degeneration

Allergy & Immunology - Autoimmune disease is triggered if T cells miss a single protein early on

Allergy & Immunology - Pilot study is successful in desensitizing children to food allergies

Allergy & Immunology - Scientists pursue a new target for asthma treatment

Alzheimer Disease - Alzheimer's Foundation of America sets standard of excellence for dementia settings

Alzheimer Disease - Coalition calls U.S. FDA's new focus on neurological diseases a positive first step

Alzheimer Disease - Immune system modulator may be key to treatment for Alzheimer disease

Alzheimer Disease - New data show death rates from Alzheimer disease skyrocketing

Alzheimer Disease - Yeast model shows promise as Alzheimer test

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis - InnoCentive posts $1 million seeker challenge for biomarker discovery

Antibacterial Agents - Oragenics pursues licensing of oral probiotic mouthrinse following positive clinical results

Antifungal Agents - Noxafil (posaconazole) Oral Suspension approved in European Union for invasive fungal infections

Anxiety Disorders - Anxiety Disorders Association of America survey finds Americans report stress, anxiety

Asthma - American Lung Association launches information and access program related to inhalers

Asthma - AstraZeneca's Symbicort improves lung function, according to new data

Asthma - Caregivers look for U.S. Food & Drug Administration okay when seeking asthma treatment for kids

Asthma - Critical Therapeutics announces efficacy data for controlled-release formulation of zileuton

Asthma - Data show fewer ER visits, hospitalizations in asthma patients treated with Advair Diskus

Asthma - Illumina Technology selected by Johns Hopkins for race-specific study on asthma genetics

Asthma - MediciNova initiates phase 3 clinical program on oral treatment for bronchial asthma

Astronomy - Saturn's polar vortex may help astronomers understand the planet's atmosphere dynamics

Avian Influenza - Research uses satellite observation to track bird flu

Awards - American Pain Society launches pain management awards program

Awards - HealthMedia wins two Platinum 2006 eHealthcare Leadership Awards

Awards - Mayo Clinic is ranked first in the 2006 National Health Care Quality and Accountability

Awards - Philips announces Resuscitation Fellowship Award

Bariatric Surgery - HealthGrades reports bariatric surgery complication rates high in some hospitals

Bioidentical Hormones - American Medical Association calls for U.S. FDA oversight of bioidentical hormones

Biotechnology - Parexel Consulting expands risk management expertise, appoints Oji as senior consultant

Breast Cancer - BSD Medical reports greater success in treating breast cancer patients

Business & Finance - Adventrx reports loss from operations of $5.1 million

Business & Finance - Aeterna Zentaris reports loss of $0.12 per share

Business & Finance - Aksys reports 48% decrease in revenue

Business & Finance - Alexza updates status of development pipeline, posts $11.2 million net loss

Business & Finance - American Independence reports $0.01 million in income, enters fully-insured health market

Business & Finance - Anesiva records net loss of $0.59 per share, provides Zingo progress update

Business & Finance - Apogee reports net loss of $0.06 per share

Business & Finance - Arcadia Resources reports record revenues for the second quarter of fiscal 2007

Business & Finance - Auxilium Pharmaceuticals selected for inclusion in the NASDAQ Biotechnology Index

Business & Finance - Bioniche reports 33% increase in revenue

Business & Finance - BioSante Pharmaceuticals reports loss of $0.03 per share

Business & Finance - Biosensors reports increases in product revenue

Business & Finance - Cell Genesys records net loss of $0.57 per share

Business & Finance - Cepheid posts $0.07 per share loss

Business & Finance - Chad Therapeutics reports a decline in revenue

Business & Finance - Chelsea Therapeutics reports third quarter net loss of $2.1 million

Business & Finance - Chemokine Therapeutics announces third quarter financial and operating results

Business & Finance - China Medical reports fiscal year 2006 second quarter unaudited financial results

Business & Finance - China Pharma reports record third quarter results

Business & Finance - China Sky One Medical reports 198% third quarter revenue over same period last year

Business & Finance - China-Biotics announces financial results for second quarter of fiscal year

Business & Finance - Chindex International, Inc. announces results for the quarter and six months

Business & Finance - Clinical Data announces results for fiscal 2007 second quarter

Business & Finance - Columbia Laboratories reports third quarter net revenues of $4.9 million

Business & Finance - Commonwealth Biotechnologies reports financial results through September

Business & Finance - Concentra Operating Corporation reports third quarter results

Business & Finance - Continucare Corporation reports financial results for first quarter of fiscal 2007

Business & Finance - Corautus Genetics reports third quarter financial results

Business & Finance - Cord Blood America announces record revenues in third quarter

Business & Finance - Corgenix reports record revenue for first quarter of fiscal year

Business & Finance - Critical Therapeutics reports net loss of $8.9 million in third quarter

Business & Finance - Curis reports third quarter financial results

Business & Finance - Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals reports net loss of $5.4 million in third quarter

Business & Finance - Cytori announces third quarter results, updates on adipose stem cell applications

Business & Finance - CytRx reports net loss of $3 million for third quarter

Business & Finance - Daxor Corporation announces third quarter and nine month financials

Business & Finance - Depomed reports net loss of $12.6 million in third quarter

Business & Finance - Derma Sciences reports $48.7% increase over 2005 in gross profit for third quarter 2006

Business & Finance - Hansen Medical announces initial public offering

Business & Finance - Icagen reports third quarter revenues of $2.2 million, net loss of $5.5 million

Business & Finance - Idera reports third quarter net loss of $3.8 million

Business & Finance - IRIS reports Q3 revenue of $18.0 million, 13% increase over Q3 2005

Business & Finance - IsoRay announces Q1 consolidated sales revenues of $1,025,444

Business & Finance - IVAX delays filing 10-Q; provides some preliminary Q3 results, including revenues of $4.85M

Business & Finance - Javelin Pharmaceuticals reports Q3 net loss of approximately $5.7 million

Business & Finance - National HealthCare reports third quarter income up 16 percent over last year

Business & Finance - NeoGenomics announces results for third quarter of FY 2006

Business & Finance - Neopharm reports third-quarter 2006 financial results and accomplishments

Business & Finance - Neurologix will move forward with clinical development of NLX gene therapy technology

Business & Finance - NMT Medical announces third-quarter 2006 revenues up 14 percent

Business & Finance - Nuvo announces third quarter financial results; new drug application for Pennsaid is resubmitted

Business & Finance - Nventa Biopharmaceuticals announces third quarter 2006 financial results

Business & Finance - Nymox reports third-quarter 2006 net loss of $1.2 million

Business & Finance - Opexa reports on third quarter 2006 highlights

Business & Finance - Oscient Pharmaceuticals reports financial results for third quarter of 2006

Business & Finance - Palatin Technologies reports fiscal year 2007 first-quarter total revenues of $4.9 million

Business & Finance - Perrigo announces voluntary product recall of store brand acetaminophen

Business & Finance - Praecis Pharmaceuticals reports third quarter 2006 net loss of $6.7 million

Business & Finance - Select Medical Corporation reports Q3 2006 net operating revenues down 3.6%, merger update

Business & Finance - Solexa reports Q3 2006 revenues down, updates rollout of genome analysis system

Business Update - 454 Life Sciences, Max Planck publish sequence of Neandertal DNA

Business Update - AdvanDx launches new website that highlights the impact of PNA FISH on patient care

Business Update - Aethlon Medical acquires strategic cancer therapy patent

Business Update - Aetna and Bank of America introduce the Aetna Healthy Living Credit Card

Business Update - Aetna implements new technology to increase member participation in programs

Business Update - Aetrex launches socks with copper sole Technology

Business Update - Affordable prescription drug options available at Medication Informatics website

Business Update - AliMed's new catalog includes SilverClene24 disinfectant

Business Update - American Shared to provide radiation therapy system to M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Business Update - AmeriHealth, AmeriHealth Administrators sign 5-year contract with NaviMedix

Business Update - Amerinet strengthens market position, reports strong growth

Business Update - AmerisourceBergen initiates program for the pharmaceutical supply channel

Business Update - Angiotech submits application for European regulatory approval for vascular wrap

Business Update - APS Healthcare gets 18 new and expanded accounts

Business Update - AtCor Medical is optimistic about future demand

Business Update - Aurora Breast MRI is available in Bucks County, greater Philadelphia region

Business Update - Avanir initiates cost reductions, provides update on Zenvia

Business Update - AvMed expands into South Lake County

Business Update - Bangladesh research center selects Mirage Endpoint Control to make research network secure

Business Update - BioForce makes new sale to Harvard Medical School

Business Update - BioLucent renews agreement with OhioHealth

Business Update - BioSphere Medical receives U.S. FDA approval for QuadraSphere Microspheres

Business Update - BJ's Pharmacy reduces price of select generics at Massachusetts's locations

Business Update - Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City improves productivity with software

Business Update - Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Blue Care Network gear up with new offerings

Business Update - Boston Scientific integrates remote device information direct to electronic medical records

Business Update - Cardinal Health declares dividend, names Philip Francis to board

Business Update - CBIZ Medical Management Professionals reports new radiology clients

Business Update - Centene Corporation notified of final Medicaid Aged, Blind, & Disabled regional selections

Business Update - Cerner announces availability of Millennium 2007

Business Update - Charleston Area Medical Center expands Sonic Mediasites diabetes information to rural physicians

Business Update - Chembio receives order for 990,000 Sure Check HIV 1/2 Rapid Tests

Business Update - China Biopharma delivers 1.5 million doses of flu vaccine in China

Business Update - ChiRhoClin announces human secretin study completed for MRCP imaging

Business Update - Cleveland BioLabs CEO Michael Fonstein, PhD, interviewed by Wall Street Reporter

Business Update - Cleveland BioLabs enters contract negotiations with DoD Defense Threat Reduction Agency

Business Update - CombiMatrix Molecular Diagnostics announces launch of powerful new melanoma test

Business Update - Community Health Network of Connecticut makes direct transaction exchange free to network providers

Business Update - Comprehensive Health Services announces new HybridHealth service line

Business Update - Comprehensive review published on FzioMed technology for postsurgical adhesion prevention

Business Update - Compugen launches predictive discovery platform with 200,000 novel genomic variations

Business Update - Cook Endovascular partners with International Society for Vascular Surgery to develop fellowships

Business Update - Critical Care, Inc. files Form 15

Business Update - CryoCath named to Deloitte's Technology Fast 500

Business Update - Cybex announced as preferred vendor for Snap Fitness Franchises

Business Update - Cynosure receives U.S. FDA clearance for Smartlipo System

Business Update - Dataworks Development launches major Freezerworks unlimited upgrade

Business Update - Daxor announces Carolinas Medical Center purchases BVA-100 and Blood Volume Kit

Business Update - Decreased hospitalizations and health care costs associated with Renagel use

Business Update - DermaPlus, Inc. offers Tropoelastin to organizations engaged in organ and tissue regeneration

Business Update - Devon Health and Group Health Incorporated (GHI) announce strategic alliance

Business Update - Devon Health to offer secure, HIPAA-compliant laptop for healthcare industry

Business Update - Diabetes Centers of America hires MWW Group to create national brand recognition

Business Update - Diagnosoft receives U.S. FDA approval for cardiac MRI quantitative regional function software

Business Update - DMetrix and BioImagene partner to create a complete digital pathology solution

Business Update - HealthMarkets establishes regulatory advisory panel

Business Update - Janssen selects Invega as brand name for paliperidone, its atypical antipsychotic

Business Update - Joslin Diabetes Center launches Veraxa Health to market retinal imaging device

Business Update - March of Dimes, Johnson & Johnson Pediatric Institute announce prematurity prevention initiative

Business Update - Martek, Dynamic Confections announce addition of nutrition bar with vegetarian DHA omega-3

Business Update - Med Gen launches nine new products on online store under Sonergy label

Business Update - Medarex to receive milestone payment from Amgen for taking antibody to clinical trials

Business Update - Medical Economics, Healthcare Success Strategies partner to distribute medical marketing CDs

Business Update - Medical Reserve Corps reaches 500th-unit milestone with approval of Summit County, Utah unit

Business Update - Medical Services International reports interest in dengue fever test kit growing

Business Update - Medical Services receives regulatory approval to sell Vscan HIV test kit in Saudi Arabia

Business Update - MedicAlert signs marketing and advertising partnership with Health Watch, Inc.

Business Update - MediMedia joins CMS pilot project to test electronic prior authorization technology

Business Update - MediPurpose announces exclusive distribution agreement for Sangofer blood separation product

Business Update - Medivation updates clinical development for Alzheimer, Huntington, prostate cancer programs

Business Update - Medix Japan, Abiomed ink 5-year, $16 million distribution agreement

Business Update - MedNetwoRx picks Allscripts electronic health record and practice management software

Business Update - MedSurge Advances introduces new skincare products to physician-only BelleDerm Skincare Line

Business Update - Memorial Healthcare System installs Sentillion's single sign-on system for 7,000 users

Business Update - Millar Instruments launches world's smallest sensor tip pressure-volume catheter

Business Update - Misonix is first ever to participate in HIFU for treating prostate cancer in Hungary

Business Update - Nabi Biopharmaceuticals and Third Point reach agreement

Business Update - New Dial Complete for the Kitchen to take on E. coli and Salmonella in holiday kitchens

Business Update - Optimer Pharmaceuticals files registration statement for proposed initial public offering

Business Update - Parexel acquires California Clinical Trials Medical Group and Behavioral and Medical Research

Business Update - PENtech Infusions announces corporate name change to Pentec Health

Business Update - Pharmaxis' Aridol is endorsed in global and Australian guidelines

Business Update - Sagemark adds 16 slice PET and CT imaging system that forms "biograph" at New York facility

Business Update - ScienceBased Health introduces next-generation patented nutraceutical for dry eye relief

Business Update - Sermo partners with Charles L. Bennett, MD, and team on monitoring of adverse drug events

Business Update - SOLX establishes international certification program for glaucoma implantation surgery

Business Update - Steris announces hydrogen peroxide sterilant technology for infection, biological threats

Business Update - Syprosoft retained to develop system for easy access to medical device instructions

Business Update - Texas EMS group reports overall resuscitation rates up 50% with use of ResQPOD

Business Update - Texas-based Matlock OB/GYN offers new 3-year implantable contraceptive device

Business Update - U.S. National Institutes of Health awards Insightful Corporation grant for least-angle regression

Cancer Research - Oncolytics Biotech presents Reolysin Phase I systemic administration clinical trial results

Cancer Therapy - ArQule reports data from phase IB trial with ARQ 501 and docetaxel

Cancer Therapy - Emerging field sees cancer as an evolutionary and ecological process

Cancer Therapy - European scientists sharing genetics research to better understand disease processes

Cancer Therapy - Experimental drug ABT-737 destroys acute myeloid leukemia in lab studies

Cancer Therapy - Kosan presents encouraging antitumor and safety data on novel epothilone KOS-1584 at EORTC

Cancer Therapy - Research identifies a human enzyme that could be programmed to kill cancer cells

Cancer Therapy - Rest is not best in recovering from breast cancer treatment

Cancer Therapy - Survivors of childhood leukemia and brain tumors are more at risk for strokes later in life

Cancer Vaccine - Data from investigator-sponsored trial of Oncophage cancer vaccine in glioma presented

Cardiology - Bioheart expands trials of myogenic stem cell treatment for heart attack, heart failure

Cardiology - OXIS Phase IIA licensed compound reduces damage from heart attack in diabetic mice

Cardiovascular Disease - Siemens reports booming cardiovascular population requires tighter tie between diagnostics, data

Cardiovascular Research - Insect protein is effective for treating heart enlargements and arrhythmias

Cardiovascular Research - Researchers identify a stem cell that gives rise to two different cell types that make up the heart

Cardiovascular Research - Studies confirm drug-eluting stents are a safe and effective treatment

Cardiovascular Research - Study explores the cause of exercise intolerance in heart failure patients

Cholesterol Management - Aegerion study shows combination treatment with AEGR-733, Zetia reduces LDL levels

Chronic Kidney Disease - Intensive Lipitor therapy cut heart attack, stroke by 32% in patients with CKD

Chronic Myeloid Leukemia - ChemGenex announces granting of Fast Track status for Ceflatonin by U.S. FDA

Chronic Pain - Long-term, intense pain a hallmark of wounded veteran experience

Clinical Trials - Helsinn to discontinue becatecarin trial program

Clinical Trials - Neose Technologies initiates Phase I Trial of GlycoPEG-GCSF

Clinical Trials - U.S. Food & Drug Administration approves home discharge for U.S. VentrAssist patients

Coding - HCPro unveils online resource for accreditation survey coordinators

Collaborations - Advinus Therapeutics, Merck establish drug discovery and development collaboration

Collaborations - Affordable Primary Care, Southwest Doctors reach $1.5 million in free services

Collaborations - Akorn, FDC sign agreement for two ophthalmic suspension drug products

Collaborations - Alltracel's Nanopeutics subsidiary inks partnership to develop nanofibers

Collaborations - Artromick and Managed Healthcare Associates partner to market eMAR solution

Collaborations - Cerner and Mortara Instrument collaborate in diagnostic cardiology

Collaborations - Dendrite collaborates with Microsoft to create next generation solutions for life sciences

Collaborations - Ivivi Technologies and Allergan enter into worldwide distribution agreement

Collaborations - New corporate members, leaders for C-Path's Predictive Safety Testing Consortium announced

Collaborations - U.S. CDC and Humana partner to create next generation of public health

Complementary & Alternative Medicine - Natural therapies may help combat complications of chemotherapy but are rarely used

Congestive Heart Failure - NovaCardia presents Phase II data for KW-3902

Dental Research - Dental anesthetic reversal agent meets endpoints in pediatric study

Dental Research - Too much of a good thing might lead to unintended results for teeth and gums

Dermatology - Anacor begins phase IIb study of AN0128 in children with skin disorder

Diabetes Prevention - Dairy Council of California helps Hispanic families achieve healthier lifestyles

Diabetes Research - Holiday gluttony can spell disaster for undiagnosed diabetics

Diabetes Research - New data confirms protocol to reverse type 1 diabetes in mice

Diabetes Research - Panic attacks are linked to poor outcomes for diabetic patients

Diabetes Research - Researchers study whether it is possible to prevent type 1 diabetes by modifying infant nutrition

Diabetes Therapy - Innocoll files IND for CollaRx Gentamicin for infected diabetic foot ulcers

Diagnostics - Intact Medical Corp. introduces Intact Advance for minimally invasive breast biopsy

Diarrhea - Cera products tackle food-linked diarrheal illness outbreaks

Diet & Nutrition - Cloned wheat gene may boost foods' nutrient content, offering solution for malnutrition

Diet & Nutrition - Professor finds that confusion about calories is nothing new

Diet & Nutrition - Tegaserod is effective in treating nearly all symptoms associated with chronic constipation

Disease Control - Clean hands leading to safer health care for half the world's population

Drug Abuse - Canadian study reveals prescription opioid abuse is more prevalent than heroin

Drug Development - Avi BioPharma reports positive trial results delivering Neugene to central nervous system

Drug Development - CuraGen and TopoTarget announce updated PXD101 Phase Ib results at symposium

Drug Development - Cyclacel reports Phase I sapacitabine study results in refractory solid tumors or lymphomas

Drug Development - Idera presents preclinical data on new class of toll-like receptor antagonists

Drug Development - Preclinical data on potential uses of PolyMedix's compounds for ophthalmic infections presented

Dysphagia - VitalStim therapy is more effective than traditional dysphagia treatment

Environmental Health - States adopt more stringent restrictions on mercury pollution

Facilities - Bio-Matrix completes construction, installation of stem cell tissue processing lab

Finance - Aastrom Biosciences reports loss of $0.03 per share

Finance - Accellent posts 2.8% increase in net sales

Finance - Acorda Therapeutics added to NASDAQ Biotechnology Index

Finance - AFP Imaging reports loss of $0.05 per share

Finance - Aida Pharmaceuticals reports 12.4% increase in revenue

Finance - Alexion Pharmaceuticals prices public offering of common stock