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Table of Contents . . . February 13th, 2005
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Abbott Laboratories - Indiana Circuit Court denies class certification in OxyContin litigation
Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. - Computer company announces North Carolina contract protest is sustained
Assisted Reproduction - Doctors who aided 66-year-old mother may face ethics investigation in Romania
Business Update - Natchez med center wants out of state retirement system
Collaborations - Mental health network partners with crisis intervention team
Disease Threat - Boston University researchers did not report illness
Drug Importation - Canadian drug import law goes into effect
Healthcare Access - Parental rights bill advances in Utah
Healthcare Access - Reno, Nevada, considers triage center for the homeless
Healthcare Coverage - Georgia lawmakers get more details of strategy to manage health programs
Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian - Sue and Bill Gross give $20 million to California hospital's Women's Pavilion
Legal Issues - California vitamin company to pay $3.6 million to settle fraud charges
Legal Issues - Ex-Fletcher Allen hospital chief pleads guilty
Legal Issues - Illinois investigating prescription drug company, report says
Medical Malpractice - Chances slim for legislative action on medical malpractice in Washington State
AMDL, Inc. - Application filed with FDA for colorectal cancer test
ATOS-Klinik Heidelberg - Intra-articular approach developed for supraspinatus tendon repair
Abbott Laboratories - Potent disubstituted pyridazinone cyclooxgenase-2 inhibitor developed
Accenture - Vanderbilt Center appoints Mark Frisse as Accenture Endowed Faculty Chair
Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children - Reports describe recent advances in mutagenesis research
Allos Therapeutics, Inc. - Phase I PDX study initiated in patients with non-small cell lung cancer
Alteon, Inc. - Pharmaceutical firm sells $10M in common stock
American Pharmaceutical Partners, Inc. - U.S. FDA approves Abraxane, first in new class of protein-bound particle drugs
American Society of Hematology - Stem cell transplants viable option for patients suffering from lymphoma and HIV
American University of Beirut - Modifications in cataract surgery for morbidly obese patients outlined
Ankara Numune Educ. and Research Hosp. - Calcitriol therapy boosts calcium absorption, may affect bone metabolism
Ankara University - Latent autoimmune diabetes mellitus with celiac disease reported
Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Pharmaceutical firm announces public offering of common stock
Arrow International, Inc. - Device firm accelerates timing for Neocare integration
Avian Influenza - After bird flu kills six in Vietnam, WHO warns outbreak is possible
Avitar, Inc. - Companies offered risk assessment tool focused on workplace drug abuse
Beckman Research Institute - Diabetes-inhibiting regulatory T cells found in naive diabetic mice
Beijing Institute Radiation Med - EDAG regulates proliferation and differentiation of hematopoietic cells
Beijing Union Medical College Hospital - Mandarin tone recognition characterized in cochlear implant recipients
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. - FDA clearance granted for new BioPlex 2200 system
BioSource International, Inc. - Patent awarded for probe technology
Bionutrics, Inc. - Drug development firm files financial statements
Biopure Corporation - Biotech firm closes $11.3M financing
Boehringer Ingelheim - ChainDrugStore.net expands network
Boston University - Gender-specific factors modulate atherosclerosis phenotype in rat study
Boston University - Telomere homolog oligonucleotides induce senescence in malignant fibroblasts
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston - Obesity and weight gain increase risk for kidney stones
British Columbia Cancer Agency - In situ hybridization rapidly identifies EBV infection in single cells
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