Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA
Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . December 24th, 2006
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Breast Implants - U.S. FDA approves silicone gel-filled breast implants after in-depth evaluation
Obstetrics - Teen births drop to lowest level ever
Asthma - Pharmaxis reports Phase III results for Aridol as asthma test
Avian Influenza - Novartis secures contract to supply additional H5N1 bird flu vaccine
Breast Cancer - U.S. FDA approves Herceptin for adjuvant treatment of HER2-positive node-positive breast cancer
Breast Implants - Women's research center president faults U.S. FDA decision to allow silicone breast implants
Business & Finance - Delcath Systems issues third quarter update
Business & Finance - Tm Bioscience reports revenue in Q3 2006 of $2.4 million up 19% from prior year
Business Update - Crucell presents update on products and programs at New York analyst meeting
Business Update - Dartmouth-Hitchcock, BioLucent sign agreement to provide MammoPad breast cushion
Business Update - GlaxoSmithKline awarded U.S. Department of Health and Human Services contract
Business Update - sanofi pasteur contracts with U.S. government for new type of bird flu pre-pandemic vaccine
Business Update - U.S. FDA clearance received for CozMore insulin technology system updates
Business Update - U.S. FDA grants approval to Mercury Computer to market PACS as medical devices in U.S.
Business Update - U.S. FDA grants marketing approval for Mentor's silicone MemoryGel breast implants
Business Update - U.S. FDA grants orphan drug status to Immtech's oral drug candidate for treating pneumonia
Cardiology - Orqis Medical reaches MOMENTUM pivotal trial midpoint with 100th patient enrollment
Clinical Trials - Mesoblast files New Drug Submission to commence trial of adult stem cells for spinal fusion
DNA Testing - U.S. FDA committee supports simple DNA tests when patients are prescribed Coumadin
Drug Development - Cytopia broadens cancer pipeline with new preclinical candidate
Hereditary Angioedema - Dyax announces final patient treated in pivotal Phase III clinical trial for hereditary angioedema
Imaging - EDDA Technology launches IQQA-Chest Enterprise CAD solution for digital X-ray
Imaging - Repligen receives orphan drug designation for RG1068 for MRI imaging of pancreas
Influenza Vaccine - Roche to revise Tamiflu label in U.S. to include reports of neuropsychiatric events
Influenza Vaccine - U.S. Health and Human Services buys additional vaccine for potential use in an influenza pandemic
Information Technology - PHT continues to break industry records with 26 new clinical trials in third quarter
Insomnia - Somaxon reports positive results in third phase 3 trial of doxepin drug in treating insomnia
Lung Cancer - Pharmacyclics presents pooled analysis of Xcytrin for lung cancer brain metastases
Medical Devices - Cardica receives 510(k) clearance for C-Port xA Distal Anastomosis system
Medical Devices - U.S. FDA approves home discharge for patients implanted with VentrAssist
Metabolic Disease - PDE3B regulates energy levels in mice
Metastatic Melanoma - Synta Pharmaceuticals gets U.S. FDA fast track status for STA-4783 in metastatic melanoma
Product Licensing - Pharmion and Nippon Shinyaku announce licensing agreement for Vidaza in Japan
Escherichia Coli - Studies from University of Washington, Department of Microbiology in the area of escherichia coli described
Legionnaire Disease Gene Therapy - New legionnaire disease gene therapy study results reported from University of Michigan, Comprehensive Cancer Center
Mumps Epidemiology - Studies from National Institute for Public Health and the Environment have provided new data on mumps epidemiology
Plague Vaccines - Studies from University of Newcastle, Institute for Cell and Molecular Bioscience describe new findings in plague vaccines
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Epidemiology - Research conducted at University of East Anglia has provided new information about severe acute respiratory syndrome epidemiology
Tuberculosis Vaccines - Hebrew University describes research in tuberculosis vaccines
West Nile Virus Immunology - Research findings from Australian National University update understanding of west nile virus immunology
Hantavirus - New hantavirus study results from , Finland and the People's Republic of China described
Healthcare - New healthcare study findings reported from Yale University, U.S.
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