Managed Care Law Weekly

Okayama University - Gene products may promote urinary tract infection by methicillin-resistant staph

OmniCorder Technologies, Inc. - Breast cancer imaging system delivered to Italy's National Tumor Institute

Oral Contraceptives - Birth control pills cut the risk of heart disease and cancer

Orion Phamaceutical Co. - Levosimendan does not induce ischemia, reduces risk of heart failure and death

Oscient Pharmaceuticals - Positive clinical efficacy data on FACTIVE presented at meeting

Pacific Biometrics, Inc. - Specialized laboratory service provider announces $1.7 million research contract

PediaMed - Pediatrics pharmaceutical company appoints director, field sales

Personnel - Wellness solution company appoints new board member

Pioneer Behavioral Health - Behavioral health company announces expansion at the Detroit Medical Center

Premier Research - Contract research organization and Document Solutions Group partner

QTL Biosystems, LLC - Bioassays company announces U.S. Army contract, new kinase Activity Assays

Quality Assurance - Formosa is fined over violations at plant where fatal explosion occurred

Roswell Park Cancer Institute - Utility of BAC arrays reviewed

Sargent Rehabilitation Center - Rehab center announces clinical study results of a device for quadriplegics

Scripps Research Institute - Sniffing out the culprits of dust allergies

Sightline Partners - Venture capital firm announces formation of private equity firm

Soshundo Plastic Surgery - Novel technique for microvascular suturing developed

Spherix Incorporated - First sale of nonfood natural bulk sweetener to pharmaceutical company announced

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital - Researchers use modified blood stem cells to search for blood disease treatments

St. Lukes Hospital, Milwaukee - COX II inhibitor spares platelets when pegylated interferon is used for HCV

St. Michaels Hospital, Toronto - Review describes advances in understanding HDL metabolism

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome - SIDS rate in North Carolina up 23% in 2003

Syrrx - Discovery companies file IND for DPP IV inhibitor to treat type II diabetes

Tanabe Seiyaku Company, Ltd. - Hepatic changes in acute phase of chemical-induced diabetes described

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd. - Additional data reaffirm clinical benefits of Copaxone treatment

The Dial Corporation - Antibacterial soap company distributes coupons at pediatrician offices

Thomas Jefferson University - New university president says storm needed to reform patient care

Toshiba America Medical Systems - Systems company seeks to replace invasive diagnostic angiography in cath lab

Transax International Limited - Healthcare IT company reports Q3 2004 transaction volume, revenue increases

Transition Therapeutics Inc. - Clearance given to initiate clinical trial for treatment for type 1 diabetes

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Cancer immunotherapy beyond current vaccines reviewed

Univ. of California, Los Angeles - Determinant spreading indicates antitumor response in melanoma therapy

Univ. of California, Los Angeles - Hormonal contraception lowers women's testosterone levels and libido

Univ. of California, San Francisco - Lipid A of Francisella tularensis modified

Univ. of Southern California - Study finds no link between tamoxifen and stroke

University College Dublin -  Helicobacter pylori infection of primary gastric cells investigated

University Hospital Groningen - Induced sputum may help to study of inflammatory changes after lung transplant

University of Athens - RSV-A-induced bronchiolitis is more severe than RSV-B in infants

University of California, Irvine - L-chicoric acid inhibits HIV-1 integration

University of California, San Francisco - Mechanism of type II polyketide syntase polymerase could aid drug development

University of Cordoba - Imperatorin inhibits HIV-1 replication through Sp1-dependent pathway

University of Erlangen Nurnberg - Atorvastatin may contribute to role of statins on endothelial function

University of Florida - Transforming growth factor and hypoxia join to mediate VEGF in tubular cells

University of Glasgow - Creatine can result in a more efficient thermoregulatory response

University of Glasgow - Novel inhibitors of trypanosomal 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase designed

University of Groningen - Multiple protein export sites seen in Bacillus subtilis

University of Hawaii - HIV-associated brain injury leads to less efficiency in normal attention network

University of Heidelberg - Statins reduce mortality and morbidity even in the very elderly

University of Helsinki - Researchers develop method for detecting lignans in human plasma

University of Illinois - Physically fit children appear to do better in classroom

University of Michigan - Biosynthetic pathway and gene cluster of curacin A analyzed

University of Minnesota - High-protein, low-carbohydrate diet reduces blood glucose in diabetes

University of Navarra - Antitumor mechanisms of adrenomedullin characterized

University of Nijmegen - Study reports positive correlation between allopregnanolone and PBR density

University of North Carolina - Program improves colorectal cancer prevention among African Americans

University of Oxford - Combination therapy for HCV alters the profiles of maturing dendritic cells

University of Regensburg - Long-term parvovirus B19 viremia associated with pure RBC aplasia after BMT

University of Rochester - DNA and histone synthesis are coordinated under normal and adverse conditions

University of Tokyo - NALT- versus Peyer's-patch-mediated mucosal immunity reviewed

Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences - Recombinant baculovirus generates hepatitis B protein in silkworm larvae

VISICU, Inc. - Information technology company awarded patent for healthcare connectivity system

VU University, Amsterdam - X-linked cancer gene: One-hit hypothesis proposed

Vaxin Inc. - Pharma company developing new flu vaccine

Venetec International, Inc. - Catheter devices maker named to San Diego area Technology Fast 50 Program

Viking Systems, Inc. - Surgical device company upgrades to trading on OTC Bulletin Board

VioQuest Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Chiral expands catalyst group with issuance of U.S. patent for KetalPhos family

Winstead Sechrest & Minick P.C. - New member elected to Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas

ev3, Inc. - U.S. FDA grants marketing clearance for Protege GPS Long Stents