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Patient Care Law Weekly

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . July 4th, 2004

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American Health Care Association - Resources intended for nursing home care diverted to pay rising lawsuit costs

Biotechnology - BioShield shortcomings subject of industry conference

Bioterrorism - Defense Department starts first responder tech center at Pitt

Business Update - HealthSouth reaches agreement with noteholders

Business Update - New HealthSouth CEO seeks to move firm past scandal

GlaxoSmithKline - Is GSK guilty of fraud?

HIV/AIDS Treatment - Alabama prison system settles suit as judge decries care of AIDS inmates

HIV/AIDS Treatment - Drugs donated by AIDS patients in U.S.helps prolong lives worldwide

Healthcare Coverage - Half of California voters support healthcare initiative

Healthcare Coverage - State eliminates some co-pays in the Oregon Health Plan

Legal Issues - Federal appeals court says Arizona twins should get Social Security benefits

Legal Issues - Lawsuit accuses director of New Orleans health center of postponing abortions

Legal Issues - United States senators target dietary supplement law

Medicare Fraud - Two plead guilty to defrauding Medicare

Medicare Fraud - West Virginia prosecutors say chiropractor case shows fraud won't be tolerated

A.I. duPont Hospital for Children - Cat scratch disease may lead to IgA nephritis

AMDL, Inc. - Gene therapy may be useful in cancer treatments

Abbott Laboratories - Pill may stave off disease and ease pain

Acceleration Therapeutics - AT-101 device shows promising use for treating asthma

Active Pass - David MacDonald promoted to president, CEO at biotech firm

Advanced Magnetics, Inc. - Study initiated for ferumoxytol under company's agreements with NCI

Aerogen, Inc. - Distribution deal signed for Aeroneb Professional Nebulizer System

Ajou University - Priming deficient polymerase in HBV core particle allows for oligomer synthesis

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Pharmaceutical company reports loss of $0.69 per share

Allos Therapeutics, Inc. - Application filed for European marketing approval of RSR13 (efaproxiral)

Amer. Council for Fitness & Nutrition - Group calls on Congress to support collaborative obesity solutions

American Society of Gene Therapy - New research on the progress of gene therapy presented at meeting

American University of Beirut - Clinical trials of invasive coronary interventions have unanswered questions

Babraham Institute - CD45 isoform expression compared in T-cell subsets

Beckman Research Inst. of the City of Hope, Duarte - RNAi is gene-specific therapeutic option to control HIV-1 replication

Benaroya Research Institute - IRS1 variant linked to type 1 diabetes in families from U.S. and U.K.

BioCrossroads - Sports medicine/exercise group joins Indiana's life sciences initiative

BioElectronics Corporation - Middle East distribution deal signed for ActiPatch therapy

BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Nanoparticle-based oral insulin study data published

BioTrove, Inc. - Alan Barber named chief financial officer at biotech firm

Biotechnology - Experts warn that gene research could be used for warfare

Breast Cancer - Increased access to high-quality mammography needed to reduce cancer deaths

Breast Feeding - HealthPartners to study how to help mothers with decreased breast milk supply

Business Update - Legacy trauma center reopens

Business Update - MSSI-TeleScience receives $15M commitment

Business Update - SEC finds Schering-Plough unit made bribes through charity

Cancer Hospital, Sao Paulo - Tumor cells can be removed from blood salvaged during cancer surgery

b360 - Survey reflects positive outlook for healthcare industry for remainder of 2004

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