Pharma Investments, Ventures and Law Weekly

Manhattan Research - Number of "electronically integrated" physicians rising, survey shows

McMaster University - Herpesvirus ICP0 RING finger domain inhibits interferon-stimulated genes

Medeikon Corp. - Imaging company enters cardiac diagnostics industry

Medex, Inc. - Critical care systems company reports growth in fourth quarter and 2003

Medication Compliance - New approach needed for proper medication use by transplant patients

Medifast, Inc. - Medifast forms strategic alliance With XLHealth, Inc.

Medtronic, Inc. - Company announces dual-rod, minimally invasive treatment

Merit Medical Systems, Inc. - Disposable-products maker added to S&P SmallCap 600 Index

Miravant Medical Technologies - PhotoPoint PDT may stabilize atherosclerotic vulnerable plaque

Moredun Research Institute, Penicuik - Bacteriophage-mediated nucleic acid immunization offers benefits

Mylan Laboratories, Inc. - Collette Taylor named VP, human resources

NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Sensipar wins FDA approval

Nagasaki University - Brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity predicts CAD in men

Nanjing University - Angiogenic cytokine and endostatin levels are linked in breast cancer patients

Nastech Pharmaceutical Co., Inc. - Patent granted for mammary aspirate specimen cytology test

National Cancer Inst., Naples - Ovarian cancer treatment in elderly patients is often suboptimal

National Nishi Sapporo Hospital - Percutaneous coronary intervention can improve sleep apnea

Neoprobe Corp. - Lymphoseek maker reports annual revenue increase of 32%

New Brunswick Scientific Co., Inc. - Company expands board and appoints Joel Jaffe as a director

Niigata University - SCA17 homozygote showing Huntington disease-like phenotype identified

North Shore University Hospital - Retrograde intussusception after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass reported

NuGEN Technologies, Inc. - Company launches Ovation Biotin System for Affymetrix GeneChip arrays

Nutrition - Healthier milk straight from the cow

Organ Recovery Systems - LifePort Kidney Transporter to be marketed to European community

Osaka University - AT1 receptor blocker increases efficacy of ACE inhibitors in murine DHF model

Pain Therapeutics, Inc. - Enrollment status announced for Oxytrex phase III study

Personnel - Diagnostics company announces new vice president of sales

Point Therapeutics, Inc. - PT-100 phase II trial initiated for advanced non-small cell lung cancer

Protein Polymer Technologies, Inc. - Bioactive product developer reports 2003 financial results

Quintiles Transnational Corp. - Genetronics engages CRO for U.S. and European clinical trials

Quintiles Transnational Corp. - Innovex to deploy sales force for a major pharmaceutical

Ranawat Orthopedic Center, New York - Fixed and mobile-bearing posterior stabilized implants have normal motion

Robert Wood Johnson Medical School - Bone marrow cells guide brain-derived neurotrophic factor genes into the brain

S. Croce General Hosp., Cuneo - Epirubicin, vinorelbine, and cisplatin are effective in advanced breast cancer

Salmedix, Inc. - Pharmaceutical company announces new vice president, clinical development

Sapporo Medical University - BDNF gene-modified mesenchymal stem cells foster recovery after ischemic stroke

Schering-Plough Europe - Caelyx demonstrates efficacy, reduced cardiac toxicity

Slovak Academy of Sciences - The 4H84 mAb can bind to non-HLA-G molecules

SonoSite, Inc. - Cardiology capabilities added to hand-carried ultrasound system

Stanford University - Microenvironmental VEGF concentrations dictate normal or aberrant vessel growth

SuperGen Inc. - Dacogen clinical study interim data clarification released

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology - GM-CSF immobilized onto particulate vaccine carrier systems

ThermoGenesis Corp. - $10.4 million raised in private placement of common stock

Titan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Biopharmaceutical company reports 2003 financial results

Torii Pharmaceutical Company, Ltd. - Diabetes development in spontaneously diabetic Torii rats described

TriPath Imaging, Inc. - Study exhibits prognostic value of imaging assay in primary, metastatic melanoma

Tulane Center for Cardiovascular Health - Childhood blood pressure predicts arterial stiffness in young adults

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Method to detect diacetyl and acetoin at a microwave popcorn plant developed

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Public health monitoring of autism spectrum disorders is ongoing

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Recent advances in Cryptosporidium taxonomy reviewed

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Replication kinetics of Chimerivax-DEN in Aedes aegypti determined

U.S. Food and Drug Administration - FDA and EPA announce the revised consumer advisory on methylmercury in fish

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Opportunities for reducing racial disparities in kidney disease outlined

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Postnatal steroids may harm long-term cognitive development

UCLA School of Medicine - Hispanics face significant disparities in pharmaceutical treatment

Univ. of California, Berkeley - Drinking well water is associated with bladder cancer in Argentina

Univ. of California, Los Angeles - Sex chromosomes are influential even before gonadal hormones kick in

Univ. of California, San Francisco - Artificial prions created

Univ. of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics - Researchers propagate infectious HPV16

Univ. of Texas, Dallas - Researchers discover link that could aid in treatment of kidney cyst diseases

Universitario Juan Canalejo - Mutation disrupts interaction of von Willebrand factor with platelets

University of Amsterdam - Scientists discover new human coronavirus

University of Buffalo - MR imaging of toxoplasmosis encephalitis in BMT recipients characterized

University of California, Los Angeles - Vestigial theta-defensin pseudogenes identified in humans

University of Chicago - IFN-producing cytotoxic T cells may mediate stem-cell graft-vs-tumor effect

University of Idaho - Preimplantation exposure to estradiol or methoxychlor alters sexual development

University of Kentucky - Vaccine may cause harmless skin rashes

University of Kerala - Matrix metalloproteinase upregulation is fibronectin-dependent

University of Kuopio - Avidin-displaying baculovirus enhances gene delivery

University of Laval - Fanconi anemia group C protein regulated through proteolytic modification

University of Michigan - Antioxidant gene therapy protects hearing against antibiotic-mediated injury

University of Modena-Reggio Emilia, Italy - AARC comments on new study on respiratory therapy protocols

University of North Carolina - Cavernous hemangiomas are smaller in patients with chronic liver disease

University of Pennsylvania - In utero gene delivery prevents congenital blindness in murine pups

University of Sao Paulo - Structure of Leishmania adenine phosphoribosyltransferase solved

University of Witwatersrand - South African duck hepatitis B virus isolates share Western signatures

VA Medical Center, Durham - Juvenile and adult rabbits respond differently to homocysteine treatment

VNUS Medical Technologies - VarEx instruments launched for ambulatory phlebectomy

Vasomedical, Inc. - EECP therapy systems receive FDA 510K clearance for revised labeling

VaxInnate Corporation - Biotechnology company completes $23.1M series B financing

VeriCenter Inc. - Managed services provider chosen to handle online teledermatology platform

Volcano Therapeutics, Inc. - Medical device company announces launch of Eagle Eye IVUS imaging catheter

Vrije University Medical Center - Coronary sinus dissection during pacemaker implantation has little effect

Wayne State University - Deficits associated with prenatal alcohol exposure can be seen as early as infancy

Wright Medical Group, Inc. - Allomatrix Injectable Putty receives FDA clearance

Yale University - Cancer patients benefit from a comprehensive geriatric assessment

Yamagata University - Successful unrelated BMT reported in SDS patient with leukemia