Medical Device Business Week
Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . May 24th, 2006
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Abaxis, Inc. - Abaxis reports 43% increase in revenue
Abraxis BioScience, Inc. - Abraxis BioScience to acquire European, U.S. compliant manufacturing complex
Actelion, Ltd. - Actelion reports net income of CHF 53.7 million
Advanced Medical Optics, Inc. - Advanced Medical Optics posts 23.7% increase in sales
Affymetrix, Inc. - Affymetrix reports income of $0.03 per share
Alcon, Inc. - Alcon's first quarter sales rise 8.1%
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Alexion Pharmaceuticals records a loss per share of $0.88
Alliance Pharmaceutical Corp. - Alliance announces amendment of senior convertible promissory notes, gives operational update
Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Amylin Pharmaceuticals reports loss of $0.61 per share
AtheroGenics, Inc. - AtheroGenics reports loss per share of $0.49
Avigen, Inc. - Avigen reports loss of $0.38 per share
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - BioCryst reports loss of $0.27 per share
Biogen Idec, Inc. - Biogen Idec reports income of $0.36 per share
Biosite, Inc. - Biosite reports 10% increase in revenue
Business & Finance - Centene Corporation reports 37% increase in revenues
Aarhus University Hospital - Leukemia initial response to chemotherapy predicted event-free survival
Abel Salazar Institute for the Biomedical Sciences, Porto - New research from Portugal, the United States and Germany in the area of obesity detailed
Acacia Research Corporation - CombiMatrix Molecular Diagnostics launches and ships first microarray diagnostic product early
Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam - Risk factors for uterine artery embolization complications identified in recent study
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic - Unmethylated CpG ODN inhibit HPV16-associated tumors
Acadia University, Wolfville - Improved synthesis of DMU-212 described
Accreditation - Healthways receives URAC accreditation renewal
Adams Respiratory Therapeutics, Inc. - Adams Respiratory Therapeutics relocates corporate headquarters
Affymetrix, Inc. - Affymetrix announces management changes
Akorn, Inc. - Akorn announces supplemental new drug application approval for Inapsine
Albany Medical College - Counterregulatory responses to acute and repeated hypoglycemia developed
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx - Recent studies from the United States and Italy add new data to neurology research
Alfred & Monash University, Melbourne - Findings from Australia and Germany in healthcare provide new insights
AlgoNomics, N.V. - AlgoNomics to receive Frost & Sullivan award
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Alnylam presents phase I data for ALN-RSV01
Alveolus - Alveolus finalizes $15M Series C financing
American Journal of Pathology - Senile amyloidosis appears to spread from mother to offspring
American Medical Alert Corp. - American Medical Alert names Greg Fortunoff to board of directors
American Medical Association - Antidepressant medication may prevent recurring depression in diabetics
American Physiological Society - Race horses are good predictors of human response to disease
American Psychological Association - Internet use can provide positive and negative health information for children and adolescents
American Roentgen Ray Society - CT angiography is highly accurate for detection of high-grade artery stenosis
American Roentgen Ray Society - Combined contrast enhanced MRI shows promise for detection of fibrosis
American Roentgen Ray Society - Higher strength MRI can be used instead of arthroscopy for some shoulder injuries
American Roentgen Ray Society - New MRI guided technique makes fibroid treatment 60% faster
American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery - Aesthetic plastic surgeons prepare for the comeback of silicone gel breast implants
American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery - Body contouring is possible without surgery
American Thoracic Society - Bronchial thermoplasty offers significant improvement for asthmatics in small study
Anadys Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Phase II ANA380 dosing shows robust activity against lamivudine-resistant hepatitis B virus
Arthritis - Poll reveals exercise reduces arthritis pain
ArthroCare Corp. - Coblation saves healthy cells as mechanical shaver does in meniscus treatment, study shows
Astellas Pharma - Astellas discontinues CNS research in Edinburgh
Avian Influenza - Many North American life insurers still in planning stage for flu pandemic
Awards - Linda H. Aiken is first recipient of William B. Graham Prize for Health Services Research
B-K Medical - B-K Medical introduces intraoperative biplane transducer
Barrx Medical, Inc. - Barrx Medical reports U.S. FDA clears system to treat Barrett esophagus
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute - Betty White urges people to get serious about their vision
Baskent University Hospital, Ankara - Glucose control can reduce atherosclerosis risk in post-transplant diabetes mellitus
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston - Research from the United States and Japan in obesity provides new insights
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston - T cell vaccine induces CD4+ T cell responses in multiple sclerosis patients
Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva - A-beta-induced meningoencephalitis linked to T cell-dependent clearance of A-beta
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston - Findings from the United States and Japan describe new data in diabetes research
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston - Murine model reproduces human histopathology of anthrax
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston - Trophoblast stem cell survival controlled by Shp2/SFK/Ras/Erk signaling pathway
BioElectronics Corp. - BioElectronics adds Michael Z. Metzger as a consulting podiatrist
BioEnterprise - Midwest healthcare startups attract $128 million in investments in first quarter 2006
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