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Medical Device Business Week

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . May 12th, 2004

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Abiomed, Inc. - Option grant to new CEO reported under NASDAQ marketplace rule

Advanced Magnetics, Inc. - Nanobiotech company reports loss of $0.07 per share

Affymax, Inc. - Peptide drug maker completes Series C financing, adds new board member

Agentase, LLC - Biocatalyst maker receives $100,000 investment

Aksys, Ltd. - Dialysis systems developer files registration statement with SEC

AngioGenex, Inc. - Oncology company completes bridge financing

Avanir Pharmaceuticals - Pharmaceutical company files shelf registration statement

Axya Medical, Inc. - Device firm completes $3M financing

Bio-One Corporation - Majority control of Chinese glucose maker acquired

Britannia Pharmaceuticals Limited - U.K. distributor selected for Adacolumn autoimmune disease treatment

Business & Finance - Purchase of medical advisory services business assets announced

Calypte Biomedical Corporation - R&D agreement signed with CDC for rapid HIV incidence test

Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories - Pharmaceutical firm repays $6M loans

Cardiokine, Inc. - Heart disease drug maker completes $37M private equity financing

Conceptus, Inc. - FDA approval granted to make Essure at lower-cost site in Mexico

- Patient enrollment begins for fourth Doripenem phase III trial

A.P. Pharma, Inc. - Phase I trial of APF530 initiated as adjunct to chemotherapy

AVVAA World Health Care Products - Biotech company leases manufacturing facility, proposes collaboration

Abbott Laboratories - AIDS researchers to Abbott: Norvir price increase cannot be tolerated

Abbott Laboratories - Hospira announces board of directors

Accentia Biopharmaceuticals - Technology for chronic sinusitis licensed to Mayo Foundation

Adventrx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - FDA grants clearance for HIV viral entry inhibitor to begin phase Ib/IIa trial

Agilent Technologies, Inc. - Agreement signed to supply microarray, gene expression products

Albert Einstein College of Medicine - Recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis usually results from surgery or neoplasia

Altus Biologics, Inc. - Pharmaceutical firm appoints Lynne H. Brum to its board of directors

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons - Treating a common lower back condition without surgery

American Red Cross - Thrombospondin-1 internalization requires heparin sulfate proteoglycans

Andhra University -  Datura metel seeds exhibit hypoglycemic effects in diabetic rats

Angioplasty - Wisconsin Hospital offers 24-hour on-site catheterization by cardiologist

Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Licensing agreement extended with Poly-Med for biomaterial technologies

Arizona State University - Single chain antibody fragments inhibit aggregation of alpha-synuclein

Asaf Harofeh Medical Center - Major factors guide prenatal genetic testing among Israeli Moslem women

Australian National University - Gender imbalances relating to emotional work pose a health risk to women

Aventis Pasteur - Flu shot makers say orders filling up fast for next season

Awards - Premier receives award for environmental leadership

Axon Instruments, Inc. - Microarray licensing agreement signed

Bertek Pharmaceuticals - FDA approves Apokyn for the acute treatment of episodes of immobility

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center - Drugs that target cancer angiogenesis also have a direct impact on tumor cells

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center - Physicians, patients must work together on new electronic relationships

BioElectronics Corporation - Device maker commences trading under symbol BIEL

Biological Institute of Lille - Peptide-protein microarrays enable serodetection of multple pathogens

BlueCross BlueShield - Insurance giant says it's fighting $50 billion in fraud

Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceutical - Challenges of virtual screening for kinase targets demystified

Bovine Tuberculosis - USDA says Michigan progressing on eradication of bovine tuberculosis

Brandeis University - Crystal structure of anti-morphine antibody 9B1 determined

Breast Cancer - State drops controversial language from web site suggesting abortion link

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company - HIV/AIDS monitoring research could reduce costs for African nations

Brussels Free University - Enteropathy develops before overt diabetes in diabetic rats

Burnham Institute - Orlistat is inhibitor of fatty acid synthase with antitumor activity

Business Update - Cooper University Hospital announces plans for expansion

CAS Medical Systems, Inc. - NIH grant will support development of non-invasive blood pressure monitors

CCG International - Hema Diagnostic chooses SAP Business One implementation partner

Cancer Therapy - Japanese study shows drug combo can slow lung cancer

CardioVascular Center, Frankfurt - Researchers review the results of carotid stenting

Case Western Reserve University - Decay-accelerating factor deficiency increases colitis risk

Catholic University of Korea - Behavior modification reduces body fat in obese Korean children

Catholic University of Louvain - Antioxidant defense mechanisms stem non-alcoholic steatohepatitis progression

Catholic University of Louvain - Novel molecular assay quantifies HIV-2 viremia

Centocor, Inc. - MorphoSys achieves fourth milestone in collaboration

Central University of Venezuela - Vaccine containing Leishmania and BCG effective for leishmaniasis

Chung Shan Univ. Hospital, Taichung - Thallium-201 SPET is better than CT/MRI in finding recurrent oral cancer

Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation - Neonatal methamphetamine exposure has long-term effects on cognitive function

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory - Scientists glean new insight from prematurely old mice

Connetics Corporation - Pharmaceutical company expects first quarter profit

Corixa Corp., Seattle - Mammaglobin may be a candidate diagnostic marker for breast cancer

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