Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA

Cordis Corporation - First Patient Enrolled in CYPRESS, a Dual Antiplatelet Therapy Trial with the CYPHER(R) Sirolimus-Eluting Coronary Stent

Cytomegalovirus - FDA Approves Valcyte(R) (valganciclovir hydrochloride) to Prevent Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Disease in Pediatric Patients Who Receive Heart or Kidney Transplants

Diagnostic Hybrids - Diagnostic HYBRIDS Gets FDA Clearance for the Detection of Influenza a H1N1v Virus

Environmental Health - Former AVMA President to Head National Health Commission

Food Poisoning - National Pasteurized Eggs Increases Access to Safe Pasteurized Shell Eggs With New Plant Opening During September's National Food Safety Education Month

Gaucher Disease - Shire Completes Submission of NDA for Velaglucerase Alfa for Type 1 Gaucher Disease and Reports Positive Results for Remaining Two Phase III Trials

Generics - Mylan Launches First Generic Version of Xopenex(R) Inhalation Solution (Concentrate), 0.25%

Genzyme Corporation - FDA Advisory Committee Recommends Randomized Trial to Support Proposed Indication for Clolar in Adult AML

Genzyme Corporation - FDA Advisory Committee to Discuss Genzyme's Clolar for Adult AML on September 1

Hard to Treat Diseases - Hard To Treat Diseases HTDS.PK Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine

Heparin - Hospira Receives FDA Approval for Six New Presentations of Heparin

Hypogonadism - Endo Pharmaceuticals Gives Update on Regulatory Status of Testosterone Undecanoate for Men with Hypogonadism

Immunization - Sinovac Obtains Production License for H1N1 Vaccine

Knopp Neurosciences Inc. - Knopp Neurosciences Receives FDA Fast Track Designation for KNS-760704 in ALS

Lupus Foundation of America LFA - Shortage of Lupus Patients Challenges Growing Number of Clinical Studies

Medicare and Medicaid - Justice Department Announces Largest Health Care Fraud Settlement in Its History

Medtronic, Inc. - FDA Grants LUCAS(TM) 2 Chest Compression System 510k Clearance in the United States

Mentor Capital, Inc. - New Cancer Immunotherapy Index Posts 23% Gains Lead by Mentor Capital, Inc. and Oncothyreon

Monoclonal Antibodies - Peregrine Pharmaceuticals Reports Financial Results for the First Quarter of Fiscal Year 2010

National Pest Management Association NPMA - Mosquitoes Don't "Fall" Away as a Major Pest Problem When Summer Ends

NeuroLogica Corporation - NeuroLogica Corporation Announces FDA 510k Clearance for inSPira HD: portable high resolution SPECT

Pediatrics - Major Milestone Achieved - Berlin Heart EXCOR Pediatric IDE Study

Peplin, Inc. - Peplin Results for the Financial Year Ended 30 June 2009

Pharmaceuticals - Sheller, P.C. Law Firm Instrumental in Pfizer's $2.3 Billion Settlement Today in Largest Pharmaceutical Whistleblower Case in History

Pharmaceuticals - Vion Pharmaceuticals Announces Results of the Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee Meeting for Onrigin(TM)

Phillips & Cohen Llp - Bextra Whistleblower Case Started Investigation of Pfizer

POZEN Inc. - POZEN Announces FDA Acceptance of NDA for VIMOVO(TM)

PPD, Inc. - PPD Confirms Takeda Receives FDA Complete Response for Alogliptin

Presbyopia - Abbott to Acquire Visiogen, Expanding Vision Care Portfolio

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company - R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Other Tobacco Manufacturers, Retailer, File Suit Challenging Provisions of FDA Tobacco Act

RAND COMPARE - Leading Health and Health Care Reform Experts Converge in Nashville for Nonpartisan Public Discussion, 'The Third Rail of Healthcare Reform: Cost' Symposium will be Webcast at ThirdRailCost.com

Receptor Logic, Inc. - Receptor Logic, Inc. Awarded National Cancer Institute Grant

Regulatory Actions - Tests Confirm HandClens(R) Hand Sanitizer Kills H1N1 Flu Virus

Shire Plc - Shire Announces FDA Approval of Once-Daily INTUNIV guanfacine Extended Release Tablets for the Treatment of ADHD in Children and Adolescents Aged 6 to 17

SignatureForum - Vitality Health LLC Joins HealthySkinPortal Network

Skintastic - Painless, Bruise-free Dermal Filler Injections

Surgery - American Institute for Plastic Surgery is Using Artefill to Fight Patient Wrinkles

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. - Teva and Antares Announce FDA Approval of Needle-Free Injector Product for Administration of Tev-Tropin(R) Human Growth Hormone

Thomas Jefferson University - Inhibition of NF-kappa B, a key inflammatory protein, reduced radiation toxicity in zebrafish

ThromboVision, Inc. - ThromboVision to Present at the 11th Annual Rodman & Renshaw Healthcare Conference

Type 2 Diabetes - Takeda Receives FDA Complete Response Letter for the Investigational Fixed-Dose Combination of alogliptin and ACTOS(R) (pioglitazone HCl) for the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes

U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency - EPA Approves Army's Closure of Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal System

U.S. Food and Drug Administration - FDA Study Indicates Most Industry Postmarketing Studies Meet Timelines

Unigene Laboratories, Inc. - U.S. District Court Confirms Validity of Unigene's Fortical(R) Patent

University of California - Los Angeles - Avastin dramatically improves response, survival in deadly recurrrent glioblastomas

University of Rochester Medical Center - Study in NEJM: New therapy prevents heart failure

Vaccines - Sinovac Announces Supply Agreement with Boryung Pharmaceutical Company Limited in South Korea

Vaccines - Which is the Real Terminator of H1N1 Disease, the Antisepsis or the Vaccine?

Varicose Vein - ClariVein(TM) Catheter for Varicose Veins: Clinical Trial Results to be Presented

Wellstone Filter Sciences, Inc. - Wellstone Filter Sciences Applauds FDA Appointment