Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA

Familial Hypercholesterolemia - U.S. Food and Drug Administration Approves CRESTOR(R) for Use in Pediatric Patients With Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia

Fibrocell Science, Inc. - Fibrocell Science, Inc. Reports Outcome of FDA Advisory Committee Meeting on Azfibrocel-T for Wrinkles

Food Poisoning - Food Safety Training Institute to Receive Federal Funding

Food-Borne Illness - Tests Find Wood Pallets Harbor Deadly Food Poisoning Bacteria

Fox Insurance Company - The State of Pennsylvania Names Fox Insurance Company a Prescription Assistance Program PACE Provider

Freedom Meditech, Inc. - Initial Research Shows Glucose Levels May Be Measured Painlessly with Light in the Eye

Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. - Fulbright & Jaworski 2009 Litigation Trends Survey: U.S. Companies Experiencing New Litigation Wave, Anticipate More To Come

Generics - Shire and Sandoz Settle all Pending Litigation Concerning ADDERALL XR(R)

Genetic Disorders - CSL Behring Announces FDA Approval of Berinert(R), First and Only Therapy Approved for the Treatment of Acute Abdominal and Facial Attacks of Hereditary Angioedema in U.S.

GVK Biosciences - GVK Biosciences is the Winner of the European Outsourcing Award 2009 for Best New Partnership along with Wyeth Research

Halsa Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Halsa Pharmaceuticals Receives $750,000 Payment from Texas ETF to Develop Therapeutic Weight-loss Treatment

HiT Software, Inc. - HiT Software Adds Configuration and Tracking Features to Allora Data Transformation Product

HIV/AIDS - NeuroAIDS is Target of Federal Grant to Children's Hospital

HIV/AIDS - Ortho Clinical Diagnostics Receives FDA Approval for First Anti-HIV 1+2 Test for Use on Random Access, Integrated Laboratory Testing System

Influenza - BIOSAFE Launching In a New Specially-Treated Facemask Effective Against H1N1 Influenza

Influenza - Cantel Medical's Crosstex Subsidiary Launches New Specially Treated Face Mask Effective Against H1N1 Influenza

Influenza - FDA Warns of Unapproved and Illegal H1N1 Drug Products Purchased Over the Internet

ISCTM - ISCTM Meeting Discusses Clinical and Regulatory Aspects of Using Adaptive Designs in Clinical Trials for Central Nervous System Drug Approvals

Journal of Clinical Investigation - Immune cells predict outcome of West Nile virus infection

Laser Systems - Solta Medical Announces FDA 510(k) Clearance of New Fraxel re:store(R) Dual Laser System

Lymphoma - NCCN Updates NHL Guidelines Following FDA Approval of Pralatrexate

Lysosomal Storage Disease - ZyStor Therapeutics, Inc. Cleared to Begin Clinical Trial for Targeted Protein Therapeutic for the Treatment of Pompe Disease

Marketing and Licensing Agreements - Mylan Announces Settlement Agreement Related to Vfend(R) First-to-File Opportunity

Med-Vet-Net - Europe's number 1 scientific network signs off with launch of new report

Medtronic, Inc. - Medtronic Starts Study of Interventional Erectile Dysfunction Therapy

MicroPhage, Inc. - Former Premier CEO Richard Norling to Join MicroPhage Board of Directors

MiddleBrook Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - MOXATAG(R) Supports Health Education on FamilyDoctor.org

MIR3, Inc. - Centers for Disease Control Chooses MIR3 Global Communication Platform

Mucositis - Access Pharmaceuticals Provides Update on MuGard Commercial Launch and First European Clinicians Feedback

NanoBio Corporation - NanoBio and the University of Michigan to Receive $9.3M from the NIH for Nanoemulsion-Based Vaccine Development

NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - NIH prepares to launch 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine trial in people with asthma

Palomar Medical Technologies Inc. - Palomar to Commercialize FDA Cleared Over-The-Counter Home Use Wrinkle Treatment Laser Device Without Johnson & Johnson

Pandemics - DIATHERIX Laboratories Receives FDA Emergency Use Authorization for the Detection of the Influenza a H1N1-09 Pandemic Flu

PanThera Biopharma - Hawaii Company Supports DoD Mission to Protect Forces Against Bioweapons

Pfizer Inc - FDA Advisory Committee Recommends Approval of Pfizer's Selzentry for Use in Patients Starting HIV Therapy for the First Time

Pharmaceuticals - Dendreon Announces Election of Ian Clark and Pedro Granadillo to Board of Directors

Pharmaceuticals - Onyx Pharmaceuticals to Acquire Proteolix, Inc.

Pharmaceuticals - Proteolix, Inc. to be Acquired By Onyx Pharmaceuticals

Pharmaceuticals - Vion Pharmaceuticals Engages Merriman Curhan Ford to Evaluate Strategic Alternatives

Pharmaceuticals - Walmart Pharmacists Prepare and Offer Tamiflu(R) for Oral Suspension for Children and Elderly at More Than 4,000 Locations

Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse - The Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse Invests $725K in Portfolio Companies

Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc. - Protalix BioTherapeutics Announces Positive Top-line Results from its Phase III Clinical Trial of UPLYSO(TM) for the Treatment of Gaucher Disease

Quality of Life - FDA Announces Plans for LASIK Quality of Life Project

Radiation Therapy - Electronic Brachytherapy a Viable Option for Intraoperative Radiation Therapy (IORT)

ReportLinker - Reportlinker Adds United States Patient Monitoring Investment Opportunities, Analysis and Forecasts to 2015 Report

Research and Markets - Molecular Diagnostics - Technologies, Markets and Companies

Revelation Software Concepts - Revelation Software Concepts Announces Rev-Trac 6.0 Change Control Technology for SAP Solution-Based IT Systems

RSB Spine, Llc - RSB Spine, LLC, Announces FDA Clearance for the InterPlate C-Ti as an Anterior Cervical Plate

RSB Spine, Llc - RSB Spine, LLC, Announces FDA Clearance for the InterPlate(R) C-Ti as an Anterior Cervical Plate

Schizophrenia - Novartis Enters Into Agreement for Exclusive US and Canadian Rights to Fanapt(TM), an FDA-Approved Oral Therapy for Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia - Vanda Pharmaceuticals Enters into an Exclusive License Agreement for the Commercialization and Development of Fanapt(TM) in the U.S. and Canada for the Treatment of Schizophrenia

Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - CREON pancrelipase Delayed-Release Capsules Improves Absorption of Fat in Young Children With Cystic Fibrosis

SpectraScience, Inc. - SpectraScience Engages European Contract Research Organization to Manage Clinical Trials

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Receives Complete Response Letter from FDA for FUSILEV(R) in Advanced Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

Spinal Muscular Atrophy - Paratek Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy Announced a Multi-Million Dollar Award from the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke to Advance a Drug Candidate for Spinal Muscular Atrophy

Spinal Stretch - Spinal Stretch - the World's Most Portable, Effective, Low-Cost Personal Back Pain Device - Is Now Available

Stem Cell Research - Stemedica Completes Meeting With the FDA

Surgery - Move Over Botox - Beverly Hills' Simoni Plastic Surgery to Hold the First Ever Dysport Party

The National Federation of Retail Newsagents NFRN - NFRN Implores Labour MPs to Obtain True Facts Surrounding the Proposed Tobacco Display Ban

Titan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Novartis Pharma Acquires Exclusive Rights From Vanda Pharmaceuticals for Commercialization of Fanapt(TM) in the United States and Canada

U.S. Food and Drug Administration - FDA Acts to Halt Marketing of Unapproved Codeine Sulfate Tablets

U.S. Food and Drug Administration - FDA Awards $17.5 Million in Grants to Further Food and Feed Safety

U.S. Food and Drug Administration - New FDA Web Page Lists Disposal Instructions for Select Medicines

U.S. People Foods & Beverages - Natural Anti-Menstrual Pain and Natural Viagra-like Beverages

UBM - Food and Drug Administration Expert to Deliver Keynote Address

Xoft, Inc. - Electronic Brachytherapy a Viable Option for Intraoperative Radiation Therapy IORT

ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc. - ZIOPHARM Announces Positive Palifosfamide Sarcoma Randomized Phase II Interim Data: Trial Enrollment Stopped Early