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Table of Contents . . . December 30th, 2004
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Affitech, AS - Companies ink phage display cross-licensing agreement
Biotechnology Industry Organization - Biotech group urges Congress to keep patent fees at PTO
Business Update - Insurer to seek approval of expanded Medicare Advantage Service area
CNS, Inc. - U.S. Patent Office to re-examine two nasal strip patents
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Congress recommends principles for Medicare coverage of power wheelchairs
Chronic Care - Health Dialog to conduct Voluntary Chronic Care Improvement Program in PA
Emisphere Technologies - Eligen technology company, Novartis enter into option and license agreement
Food Safety - Indiana food handlers must be certified by January 1 under new state law
George Washington University - Study establishes a neurochemical mechanism for heart-rate response to hypoxia
Grant Life Sciences - U.S. Patent and Trademark Office finds HPV-related application is 'patentable'
Healthcare Benefits - Hospitals worried no TennCare will mean emergency room overflow
Healthcare Fraud - Woman facing healthcare fraud charges
Infection - Iso-barrier portable decontamination unit available to hospitals
Influenza Vaccine - Michigan lifts order restricting flu vaccines to high-priority
Institute of Immunology, Zagreb - Assay to measure Fc function of immunoglobulin preparations developed
ADM Tronics Unlimited, Inc. - Marketing, distribution agreement signed for electrotherapy device
AXM Pharma, Inc. - Company begins selling Whisper line of feminine hygiene products
Abington Memorial Hospital - Medical facility now offering computer assisted knee replacement surgery
Accelrys, Inc. - Consortium brings together experts to spur nanotechnology innovation
Acrongenomics, Inc. - Genomics company announces $1M private placement
Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge - Increased endothelial cell apoptosis may initiate atherosclerosis
Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge - HIV-2 Gag interacts with PRP4 and inhibits phosphorylation of splicing factor 2
Advanced Biotherapy, Inc. - Notice of allowance received for use of antibodies to treat uveitis
Advanced Viral Research Corp. - IND application submitted for AVR118
Affymetrix, Inc. - Device firm appoints Susan Desmond-Hellmann to board of directors
Aga Khan University - Unwise practices encourage hepatitis C transmission in Pakistan blood donors
AgraQuest, Inc. - U.S. EPA approves Sonata Biopesticide, a 14-day mildew-control biopesticide
Akorn, Inc. - Pharmaceutical firm to be listed on the American Stock Exchange
Alba Therapeutics Corporation - Biopharmaceutical firm names Allen Sedman to scientific advisory board
AlgoRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Pharmaceutical firm files registration statement for initial public offering
Aloka Co., Ltd. - New diagnostic ultrasound system launched
Alteris Therapeutics, Inc. - Anticancer vaccine doubles time-to-disease progression, increases survival
American College of Chest Physicians - Symposium offers guidance on COPD best clinical practices
American TeleCare, Inc. - American TeleCare to provide telehealth technology for diabetes research
Anadys Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Pharma firm appoints chairman of scientific advisory board
Antisoma plc - Lung cancer trial on track; brain and breast cancer studies underway
Ark Therapeutics Group plc - Patient recruitment completed for EG005 phase II lipodystrophy trial
Ascend Therapeutics - 4-OHT gel reduces cyclic breast pain among premenopausal women, study shows
AstraZeneca - NEXIUM now indicated for reduced risk of gastric ulcers
Australian Cancer Technology - Oncology firm hires investor relations, corporate communications counsel
Austrian Breast & Colorectal Cancer Study Group - Zoledronic acid prevents bone loss in patients treated with hormone therapy
Axis-Shield plc - Diagnostics company reports details of first tests to be made
B.J. Wadia Hospital for Children, Parel - Predictive markers identified for dengue shock syndrome
Bacterial Meningitis - Durham student diagnosed with bacterial meningitis
Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan - A3 receptor activation leads to increase in cytosolic calcium
Beaujon Hospital, Clichy - Heart failure can be effectively improved by rehabilitation
Beijing Med-Pharm - Pharma firm selects Martyn D. Greenacre as chairman
Bernhard Nocht Institute of Tropical Medicine - Chitin synthases from Entamoeba characterized
Best Practices, LLC - Study highlights pharmaceutical firms' tactics to increase sales performance
BioProgress plc - Agreement signed for new micro-capillary film technology
Biogen Idec - Relapsing multiple sclorosis treatment approved by U.S. FDA
Biophan Technologies, Inc. - Device firm launches German website
Blood Banking - Daxor gets blood banking contract for Idant Laboratories division
Bluegrass Family Health - Bluegrass teams with LifeMasters disease management
Boston Biomedical Research Institute - Companies agree to license Alzheimer immunotherapy technology
Boston Life Sciences, Inc. - Biotech company reports new option grant under NASDAQ market rule
Boston University - RA signaling contributes HIV latency establishment in monocytes/macrophages
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy - Italy detects latest case of mad cow disease
Breast Implants - Fungi can grow and cause infection inside saline-filled implants
Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston - Study: Large-scale clinical trials of L-arginine as CVD therapy warranted
Bristol-Myers Squibb - Cell marker identifies patients more likely to respond to Taxol
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company - Pharmaceutical firm reviews clinical pipeline
Brown University - Enzyme discovered that generates egg-protecting hydrogen peroxide
aaVaa World Health Care Products Inc. - Skin care products company launches direct-to-consumer web site
airPharma - Respiratory-focused pharmaceutical company adds executives to management team
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