Managed Care Business Week

Coalition America, Inc. - Medical claim savings provider secures key agreements in first half of 2005

I-Flow Corporation - Contracts signed for reimbursement of pain relief device

PacifiCare Health Systems Inc. - Health system to provide benefits for companies with 5-50 employees

PricewaterhouseCoopers Health Research Institute - Survey shows rising healthcare costs cut into profits of large U.S. businesses

Able Laboratories, Inc. - Pharmaceutical firm receives inspectional observations from U.S. FDA

Adams Respiratory Therapeutics, Inc. - Pharma firm sets pricing for public offering

Alcan, Inc. - Guardlid launched as new child-resistant pharmaceutical packaging solution

American Academy of Dermatology - Dermatologist addresses academy session on common nail problems

Aphios Corporation - Deal signed with Japanese firms to develop anticancer therapeutic

Bavarian Nordic - Phase II trial with Imvamune in HIV infected patients initiated

Bayer Corporation - P38alpha/beta MAPK acts as molecular switch to activate quiescent satellite cell

Baylor College of Medicine - New data illuminates research in childhood obesity

Baylor College of Medicine, Houston - Veterans with spinal cord injury have more stress than civilians

Berlex, Inc. - Recruitment completed for Betaseron BEYOND study

Biophan Technologies, Inc. - Nanotechnology company executes agreements with Boston Scientific

Biotechnology Industry Organization - Biotech group names chairman, board members for 2005-2006

Bipolar Disorder - Medical education company offers lessons on bipolar disorder

Bremenn Research Labs - Hylexin eliminates dark circles under the eye

Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston - Reports describe recent advances in cardiology research

Brown University - Dual reuptake inhibitors incur lower tachyphylaxis rates than SSRIs

Business Update - Health Net of California awarded another government contract

Catholic University Leuven, Belgium - Insulin spares intensive care patients from organ failure and death

Catholic University of Louvain - Endothelial dysfunction may contribute to increased CV mortality in hot weather

Chiba Cardiovascular Center - Gamma knife surgery treated brain metastases

Children's Hospital, Los Angeles - Rac3 expression cultivates malignant lymphoblast precursors

Consortium for SE Hypertension Control - Cardiovascular risk in Southeastern United States examined

Cornell University - Anticoagulation therapy for antiphospholipid syndrome is subject of debate

Covance, Inc. - Company reports strong earnings growth of 28% to $0.46 per share

Danco Laboratories, LLC - Company announces updated labeling for Mifeprex

Finance - Genworth Financial reports Q2 2005 net earnings of $285 million

Fiocruz MS, Rio De Janeiro - Lymphocyte subset analyses after yellow fever vaccination reported

Genomatix Software, GmbH - Software company contracts with French National Genomic Research Consortium

Geron Corp. - Company inks agreement with Merck for cancer vaccines targeting telomerase

Given Imaging, Ltd. - Imaging company announces U.S. management change

Guava Technologies, Inc. - Lawrence F. Bruder elected president, chief operating officer by biotech company

Gunma University - Patients with early esophageal squamous cell carcinoma treated with radiation

Hannover Medical School - Researchers describe findings in transplant medicine studies

Harris Interactive Inc. - Survey shows number of those searching Internet for health information grows

Herbalife, Ltd. - Supplements maker appoints new director

Hopital Cardiologique du Haut-Leveque, Pessac - Apical ventricular pacing can cause ventricular dyssynchrony

Hopital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris - Long-term outcome of cementless hip arthroplasty evaluated

Hospira, Inc. - First orders of ceftriaxone injection shipped

HumanWare - Adaptive reading device available for patients with impaired vision

Iatrogen, LLC - RxWise launched as portable medication safety checking system

India National AIDS Research Institute, Pune - Orchestrated action of different immune mechanisms decide HIV infection outcome

Inst. of Animal Science Pharmaceutics, Gansu - Herb polysaccharides enhance coccidiosis vaccine effects

Institute Biology & Experimental Med, Buenos Aires - Progesterone neuroprotection in spinal cord trauma involves BDNR upregulation

Istanbul University - Novel rat model of microarterial traction developed

Ivax Diagnostics, Inc. - CE certification granted for Parsec System diagnostic device

Johns Hopkins University - B lymphocyte activation by HPV-like particles induces Ig class switch

Kanazawa University, Ishikawa -  S. cerevisiae heat shock response studied, regulation defined

Karolinska University Hospital - Intravenous acetaminophen has weak opioid-sparing effect

Karolinska University Hospital - Selective D₂ -like receptor agonist shows promise as radioligand

King Fahd University Hospital - Researchers provide details of new studies and findings in the area of childhood obesity

King's College London - Mice lacking alpha 7 nicotinic receptors show no changes in nicotine tolerance

Kochi Medical School - Clinicopathologic study of primary adenosquamous carcinoma of the liver reviewed

Korea University, Gyeonggi - Hepatitis B virus-associated liver cancer harbors c-kit-positive tumor cells

Kumamoto University - Mannosylated dendrimer/cyclodextrin conjugates improve gene delivery

Kurashiki Medical Center, Okayama - Induced apoptosis studied, kinase involvement and suppression defined

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine - Economic analysis of pneumococcal vaccine for elderly reported

Mahidol University, Bangkok - HIV-1 uncoating requires cellular activation

Malcom Randall VA Medical Center, Gainesville - New findings in hypertension described

Massachusetts General Hospital - In the debate of atherosclerosis and scavenger receptors, who's right?

Medical Consultants Network Inc. - Healthcare publishing and education firm launches business model for training

Medical Services International Inc. - Diagnostic test manufacturer delivers HIV test kits

Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston - Paper reviews evidence for links among inflammation, CRP, dietary fiber, and CVD

Medical University of Vienna - Pilocarpine- and stimulus-induced accomodation compared

Medtox Scientific, Inc. - Laboratory testing services company reports Q2 2005 financial results

Mergers & Acquisitions - Cigna HealthCare to acquire Managed Care Consultants of Nevada

Meridian Bioscience, Inc. - Life science company reports record operating results

Metabasis Therapeutics, Inc. - Biopharmaceutical company comments on data from hepatitis B treatment study

Missouri Bone and Joint Research Foundation - Cementless, patella-sparing, PCL-retaining arthroplasty effective