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Medical Device Business Week

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . June 28th, 2006

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Acura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Acura Pharmaceuticals secures bridge funding

AstraZeneca - AstraZeneca invests $100M in China research and development

Asuragen, Inc. - Newly launched Asuragen closes series A funding of $49 million

BSD Medical Corp. - BSD Medical receives order for cancer treatment systems in China

BioSyntech, Inc. - BioSyntech appoints new board member

Bioject Medical Technologies, Inc. - Bioject completes financing and signs agreement

Biosensors International Group, Ltd. - Biosensors reports 37% increase in product revenue

Business & Finance - IBM powers Welsh software development incubator

Business & Finance - Schering-Plough announces changes to manufacturing operations in U.S. and Puerto Rico

Cangene - Cangene awarded $362M supply contract by U.S. government for anti-botulism drug

ChondroGene Limited - ChondroGene completes $25M private placement financing

Clarient, Inc. - Clarient names laboratory industry expert, James V. Agnello, as new chief financial officer

Connetics Corporation - Connetics receives notice of failure to comply with convertible debt obligation

Corautus Genetics Inc. - Corautus Genetics receives NASDAQ deficiency notice related to minimum bid price

Cyberonics, Inc. - Cyberonics reports fiscal 2006 financial results, board authorizes stock repurchase program

AFP Imaging Corp. - AFP Imaging negotiates to acquire imaging technology

Academia Sinica, Taipei - Nasopharyngeal shedding of SARS coronavirus is associated with genetic polymorphisms

Accuray Incorporated - Accuray study indicates CyberKnife is effective treatment for prostate tumors

Acuity Pharmaceuticals - Acuity Pharmaceuticals reports positive initial phase II results for Bevasiranib

Advanced BioHealing, Inc. - Advanced BioHealing purchases Dermagraft and TransCyte

Advancis Pharmaceutical Corp. - Advancis Pharmaceutical completes enrollment in Amoxicillin Pulsys phase III trial

Agilent Technologies, Inc. - Agilent rolls out new single Quadrupole series, Q-TOF, sample prep products

Air Pollution - Specialist suggests avoiding air pollution while exercising in the city

Akita University - Testicular germ cell tumors associated with XRCC1 gene polymorphism

Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New Hyde Park - C-reactive protein modulates nitric oxide and superoxide in rat mesangial cells

Alberta Children's Hospital - Dilated cardiomyopathy with ataxia syndrome is caused by mutation of DNAJC19

Alfred Hospital, Melbourne - Emphysema radiological heterogeneity may predict reduced risk of interlobar collateral ventilation

Alfred Hospital, Melbourne - Recurrent bacterial vaginosis may be associated with sexual behaviors

All India Institute of Medical Sciencess, India - Studies from India, the South Korea and the United Kingdom advance knowledge in cell biology research

American Chemical Society - Researchers study new strategy to improve cancer chemotherapy

American Red Cross - A human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV) antibody-testing program is evaluated

Angiomyxofibromatous Tumors - Case of angiomyxofibromatous tumor of falx cerebri described

Animal Behavior - Fly's courtship sheds light on the formation of innate behaviors

Antares Pharma, Inc. - Antares Pharma, Eli Lilly file joint patent application for needle-free injection device

Applera Corp. - Applied Biosystems, MDS Sciex accelerate drug discovery with new application

Archemix Corp. - Archemix strengthens its board of directors by adding John Maraganore

Arrow International, Inc. - Arrow International creates new organization for sales, marketing

Assiut University - L-NAME-induced chronotropic response may involve humoral mechanisms

Astellas Pharma, Inc. - Astellas terminates agreement on anti-osteoporosis agent FK481

AtheroGenics, Inc. - AtheroGenics names Brian Blakey as VP of marketing

Atherotech, Inc. - VAP cholesterol test uncovers polycystic ovarian syndrome

Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand - Findings from New Zealand and United States in diabetes provide new insights

Avid Radiopharmaceuticals, Inc. - Avid Radiopharmaceuticals adds three industry veterans

Awards - Hazelden President and CEO Ellen Breyer named Administrator of the Year by ACTA

Bayer HealthCare - Dual glucagon antagonist and GLP-1 agonist receptors may be diabetes therapeutic agent

Baylor College of Medicine, Houston -  Staphylococcus aureus clone may cause venous thrombosis in osteomyelitis

Baylor College of Medicine, Houston - Exogenous CypA promotes pancreatic cancer cell growth

Baylor College of Medicine, Houston - Glucose-dependent transcription regulated by evolutionarily conserved mechanism

Baylor University, U.S. - New findings in HIV/AIDS described from the United States

Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center - Resistant starch and beta-glucan intake improves postprandial plasma glucose and insulin

Ben-Gurion University, Israel - Researchers from Israel and the United States detail new studies and findings in the area of Alzheimer disease

Best Practices, LLC - In drug discovery and commercialization, focusing on people optimizes science

Best Practices, LLC - Life cycle management of pharmaceutical drugs is key to sustaining profitability

Best Practices, LLC - Report suggests using marketing expertise to propel timely, successful clinical trials

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston - Safety for heart patients taking lovastatin and warfarin was unaffected by moderate alcohol use

Bio-Bridge Science, Inc. - Bio-Bridge Science completes construction of facility to produce vaccines

BioInformatics, LLC - BioInformatics, LLC study shows market for catalog antibodies continues strong growth

BioMag Corp. - BioMag engages Manuel Lopez-Portillo to coordinate clinical trials, sales in Mexico

BioScrip, Inc. - BioScrip announces departure of CFO

Bioenvision, Inc. - Bioenvision receives European approval for Evoltra

Biovitrum - Biovitrum forms contract research organization

Blood Systems Research Institute, San Francisco - Nucleic acid amplification test results are integrated into hepatitis C testing algorithms

Boston Scientific Corporation - U.S. Food and Drug Administration clears Boston Scientific system for removing clots from arteries

Boston University - Connective tissue growth factor stimulates fibroblast collagen deposition

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