Managed Care Business Week

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center - STI571 and taxol target skeletal compartment tumor-associated cells

MGI Pharma, Inc. - Biopharmaceutical company announces promotion agreement for Kadian

Massachusetts General Hospital - Vascular normalization improves drug penetration in tumors

Matrixx Initiatives, Inc. - OTC pharmaceuticals manufacturer updates second quarter outlook

MediciNova, Inc. - Specialty pharmaceutical company names executive VP, clinical research

Medtronic, Inc. - Xcelerant for use with Talent AAA Stent Graft System receives CE Mark approval

Merck KGaA - Chemical Diversity Labs announces drug discovery agreement

Montreal Heart Institute - High-energy excimer laser coronary catheter shows promise

Mouse Genome - MICER allows targeted modification of the mouse genome

National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Hou - Midodrine improves postspace flight orthostatic hypotension

National Institute of Hygiene, Warsaw - Prevalence of anti-rubella antibodies decline in Polish women

NeoRx Corporation - Cancer therapeutics development company files IND for metastatic breast cancer

Netherlands Cancer Institute - Effects of P-glycoprotein inhibitors on paclitaxel uptake clarified

NextMed, Inc. - Alprox-TD license, supply and distribution agreement signed with Schering

North Carolina State University - Combined approach to analysis of protein mutant outlined

Ohio State University - First medical test on CD gets good results - fast

OptiCare Health Systems, Inc. - Integrated eye care services company expects earnings restatement

Osaka University - Gene therapy shows promise for treating cardiovascular disease

Palatin Technologies, Inc. - FDA approves NeutroSpec imaging agent to help detect appendicitis

Personnel - Alcohol/Drug Council of North Carolina names new director

Personnel - Healthcare district names Irwin C. Hansen CEO of Doctors Medical Center

Pfizer, Inc. - Agreement reached to settle Rezulin lawsuit in Illinois

PharmaSeq - National Cancer Institute grant received to develop multiplex cell assay

Pharmacyclics, Inc. - Initiation of Xcytrin Phase 2 clinical trial in renal cell carcinoma announced

Pharming Group N.V. - Esteve reaches development, marketing and sales agreement for rhC1INH

Phoenix Biosciences, Inc. - Patent issued for development of HIV/AIDS drug

Policy - Scientific wealth of nations is revisited

Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin - CDKN2A/ARF gene mutation insignificant risk of FMM or MM in cancer aggregates

Pulmonary Lymphangioleiomyomatosis - Low initial KCO predicts rapid FEV1 decline in interstitial disorder

Salk Institute for Biological Studies - Lentiviral vectors mediate CRE recombinase-inducible RNA interference

Schering AG - Pharmaceutical company appoints new member to executive board

Skin Carcinogenesis - Increased skin pigmentation may explain photoprotective properties of black skin

Southampton University Hospital - DNA fusion gene vaccines against cancer reviewed

Southmead General Hospital, Avon - IL-10/TNF alpha region haplotypes predict mortality after unrelated donor SCT

Specialized Health Products International, Inc. - Development and supply agreement forged with Kendall for bone biopsy needles

Thomas Jefferson University - Tim50 suppression sensitizes human cells to death stimuli

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - PA Secretary of Aging to serve on Medicare drug benefit commission

Univ. of California, Los Angeles - A novel viral hybrid system stably transforms mammalian cells

Univ. of Southern California - Glue shows promise for acute arterial hemorrhage

University Hospital Freiburg - Novel human platelet septin SEPT8 is interaction partner of SEPT4

University Hospital of Geneva - Sequential therapy treats recurrent hepatitis C after liver transplantation

University at Buffalo - Study links drug-abusing fathers to serious psychopathology in their children

University of Alberta - Slow release rate optimal for pegylated liposomal doxorubicin

University of Auckland - Carvedilol prevents cardiac remodeling in coronary artery disease

University of Connecticut - T cells from Salmonella vaccine cause interclonal competition

University of Hong Kong - Deficit in dendritic cell-T cell interaction crucial in hepatitis B

University of Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam - Organohalogenated pollutants in breast milk from Turkey reported

University of Maryland - Metal-enhanced fluorescence improves the utility of fluorophores

University of Maryland - Prolonged aspirin chewing can damage teeth

University of Minnesota - ET-1-mediated coronary vasoconstriction did not limit heart's oxygen uptake

University of Regensburg -  Drosophila carbonyl reductase sniffer prevents neurodegeneration

University of Siena - Vitamin D status and bone turnover studied in women with acute hip fracture

University of Utah - Malignant hematopoietic disease from internal exposure to Pu-239 uncertain

University of Vermont - Store-operated calcium ion entry regulates vascular smooth muscle gene activity

University of Zurich - Silicon model of early visual system can replace animal models

VA Med Center, Portland - Myelin peptide induces severe chronic autoimmune encephalomyelitis

Velcura Therapeutics, Inc. - Michigan biotech company hires lab administrator, staff scientist

Vista Medical Technologies, Inc. - Medical group appoints new chief financial officer

Vulvodynia - Genital pain linked to increased pain sensitivity throughout the body

World Health Organization - New edition of WHO prequalification list to include four new anti-AIDS medicines

name - VNUS Medical Technologies expands accessory product line