Managed Care Business Week

Medicare - HealthTrans signs 5-year contract to provide Medicare Part D pharmacy services

Medivation, Inc. - Orion Acquisition Corp. II changes name, elects new directors

Medtronic, Inc. - Medical device company announces grant program, FDA approval of SynergyPlus+

Mount Sinai Medical Center - IL-12 and dendritic cells impaired in common variable immune deficiency

Nanfang Hospital, Guangzhou - Researchers' data advance virology research

National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei - IgG ELISA is sensitive/specific for SARS coronavirus serodiagnosis

National Vaccine Advisory Committee - Assuring the supply of vaccines has become a national debate

New York Medical College, Valhalla - Recent findings in hypertension described

NicOx - Pharmaceutical company announces new head of research and development

Norrlands University Hospital, Umea - Bone marrow hyaluronan distribution correlated with acute myeloid leukemia

Northern General Hospital, Sheffield - Gait parameters similar for Intelligent and standard prosthesis users

Northwestern University - Gene delivery via cell culture substrate adsorbed DNA complex reported

Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. - Direct selling company buys land, announces manufacturing facility in China

Oklahoma State University - Evidence for chaperone heterocomplexes containing both Hsp90 and VCP

Orebro University - New data illuminates research in atherosclerosis

Osel, Inc. - Bacterio-therapeutics company receives NIH grant for bacterial vaginosis

Pacer Health Corporation - Acute care hospital operator to build new hospital in Georgia

PaperFree Medical Inc. - Information technology company adds member to board

Papworth Hospital NHS Trust, Cambridge - Angiogenesis supports intimal proliferation after coronary artery grafting

Pfizer, Inc. - Company to manage comprehensive customer database for pharma firm

QuatRx Pharmaceuticals Company - Results from phase 2B clinical study of becocalcidiol in psoriasis reported

Royal Brompton Hospital, London - Reduced-peak early-lengthening velocity occurs in both HCM and CAD

SALVAT Laboratorios SA - FDA new drug application filed for CETRAXAL Otic solution

SPLENDA - Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes Growing at Exponential Rates

Saad Special Hospital, Al-Khobar - Studies add new findings to obesity surgery body of knowledge

Sahlgrens University Hospital -  Haemophilus influenzae antibodies measured before and after vaccine

Serologicals Corporation - Provider of biological research products authorizes share repurchase plan

Sexual Behavior - Marked changes in sexually activity observed in U.K. women over last 50 years

Sirna Therapeutics, Inc. - RNAi therapeutics company, Massachusetts General Hospital announce collaboration

Society for Women's Health Research - Women among hardest hit by HIV/AIDS

Society of Nuclear Medicine - Cyr61 may be a therapeutic candidate for severe myocardial ischemic disease

St. George Hospital, London - MTB chaperonin 60.1 signaling activity resides in the equatorial domain

St. Joseph's Hospital, Hamilton - DVT risk may be higher in users of combined HRT

State University of Ghent Hospital - Causes of dialysate partitioning determined in the Genius batch system

Taiwan Natl Hlth Research Institute, Miaoli County - Antibiotics/low CD4 increase oropharyngeal candidiasis rate in HIV patients

Technical University of Munich - Links between ghrelin and leptin, insulin, and type 2 diabetes studied

Teranode Corporation - New screening automation system for life sciences now available

Texas Community Care - New health plan for Medicare-eligible beneficiaries in Texas

The Avery Point Group - Is the Six Sigma Fad Dead?

The Geddings & Bessie Osbon Institute - Power of erectile dysfunction drug advertising queried at urology meeting

The Hospital & Healthsystem Assoc. of Pennsylvania - Study confirms Medicaid cuts in Pennsylvania will harm patients, hospitals

The National Council on the Aging - Survey uncovers impact of osteoarthritis on sufferers' everyday lives

Tokyo Metropolitan Institute Gerontology - New findings in obesity and diabetes described

Tufts University - Learning curve for laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass described

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Research in exercise provides new insights

University Hospital, Jena - Treatment of periodontitis significantly reduces serum activity of Lp-PLA₂

University of Bari - Utility of noninvasive ventilation in acute COPD exacerbation clarified

University of California - Irvine - Stem cell-based treatment for eye disorders looks promising

University of California-San Diego Medical Center - Laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication feasible in infants

University of Cambridge - Silicon-containing hydroxyapatite films show promise as bioimplant coating

University of Cologne - Researchers detail new studies and findings in the area of diagnostics

University of Colorado - Oxidative stress may reduce large elastic artery compliance in older women

University of Edinburgh - Drug abuse plus HIV infection has a synergistic deleterious effect on the brain

University of Essen - Clonidine lowers central systolic BP more than peripheral systolic BP

University of Ferrara - Sodium lauryl sulfate can improve patch test sensitivity

University of Florida, Gainesville - Merkel cell carcinoma of the skin with leptomeningeal metastases described

University of Helsinki - Clinical and laboratory manifestations described for Sindbis virus infection

University of Hong Kong - Findings describe new data in enzymology research

University of Hong Kong - Schwann cell cotransplant to injured spine promotes NSC survival/differentiation

University of Louisville - Nitroglycerin can alleviate exercise-induced ischemia long after administration

University of Medicine, Berlin - Hearts of patients with MD should be carefully investigated

University of Michigan - Effects of A-beta immunization in patients with AD in an interrupted trial

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor - Combination therapy beats cancer by focusing on angiogenesis

University of Missouri - Glutamate receptors analyzed, brain expression during aging clarified

University of New Mexico - Intranasal vaccine protects against intranasal Francisella infection

University of Paris XIII, Bobigny - Hepatitis D assay tracks virological response to interferon

University of Regensburg - Researchers report details of new studies and findings in the area of gastroenterology

University of Toledo - Viral replication examined, interferon-mediated inhibition described

University of Tromso - Types 8 and 80 community-acquired MRSA clones predominate in northern Norway

Vanderbilt University, Nashville - The c-MYC gene fuels prostatic carcinogenesis in murine models

Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center - Aging eye more susceptible to serious damage

Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Somerset files response to U.S. FDA letter on selegiline transdermal system

Xian Jiaotong University, Xian - Promyelocytic leukemia cDNA stifles bladder cancer cell growth

Yamaguchi University - Human homologue of maid is a useful marker protein in hepatocarcinogenesis

Yamaguchi University - Topographic 3D interstitial MDCT-LG navigates breast sentinel lymph nodes

eResearchTechnology, Inc. - Company awards $2.3 million in cardiac safety monitoring and services

sanofi-aventis - Study of 24-hour basal insulin Lantus published