Pharma Law Weekly

Peninsula Medical School - Distinct idiotypes of insulin autoantibody in type 1 diabetes identified

Penn Treaty American Corporation - Insurance company issues $10 million in convertible notes

Pennsylvania Department of Health - Health department awards $500,000 for medical and dental clinic services

Pervasive Software Inc. - Software company receives award at Gartner Healthcare IT Summit

Pfizer Inc. - Data show epirubicin hydrochloride injection improves survival

PharmaGap Inc. - Pharma company releases financial results

Pharsight Corporation - Clinical drug development software company selected by ALTANA Pharma

Phibro Animal Health Corp. - U.S. FDA: Use of virginiamycin in animals no significant threat to human health

Policy Studies Inc. - Technology outsoursing company announces personnel changes

Population Action International - Study gives U.S. a "C" for support of international reproductive health efforts

Prescription Drug Coverage - ISG's funds provide prescription coverage for retired steelworkers

Procter & Gamble - Cost-effectiveness of risedronate assessed

Procyon Biopharma Inc. - Metastatic hormone-refractory prostate cancer treatment trial results reported

Proxima Therapeutics - MammoSite Radiation Therapy System distributor announced

Purdue University - Purdue research offers hope for canine, human spinal injuries

Quark Biotech, Inc. - Biotech company announces discovery of treatment of ischemia-induced retinopathy

R2 Technology, Inc. - Frost & Sullivan recognizes ImageCheckerCT CAD System as Product of the Year

Radianse, Inc. - Healthcare indoor positioning systems closes financing

RehabCare Group, Inc. - Rehab management company to purchase Cornerstone Rehabilitation

Rice University, Houston - Computational fluid dynamics is being used to design ventricular assist devices

Rikshospitalet University Hospital - Resuscitation with 100% O₂ heightens cerebral injury in hypoxemic piglets

Rita Medical Systems, Inc. - Lung cancer survival statistics reported in trial using radiofrequency ablation

Roche - Pharma company celebrates anniversary of Phelophepa Train

Roche - Program offers HIV patients faster access to FUZEON

Rockefeller University - Par6alpha signaling regulates glial-guided neuronal migration

Royal College of Veterinary Surgery, London - Granulosa cells analyzed, changes in kinase and progesterone secretion revealed

Royal London Hospital - Hepatitis C may block apoptosis by modulating pro-apoptosis signals

Saarland University - Cytotoxic T cell responses toward NY-ESO-1 protein examined

Saha Institute for Nuclear Physics - Genetics of biosynthesis of Vibrio cholerae lipopolysaccharides reviewed

Savient Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - U.S. FDA approves Nuflexxa PMA for pain in osteoarthritis of the knee

Schering-Plough Corporation - Company introduces antihistamine tablet in Japan, announces new VP appointment

Scripps Research Institute - Export of cystic fibrosis conductance regulator uses a di-acidic exit code

SearCare Life Sciences, Inc. - Life science company receives additional U.S. FDA clearance for quality controls

Second University of Naples - proopiomelanocortin gene polymorphism linked to insulin in obesity

Seoul National University - Glucose metabolism in cerebral cortex characterized in deaf rats

Soroka University - Enzymes associated with Streptococcus pneumoniae are antigenic in humans

Southwest Normal University - A new potentiometric sensor enhances hepatitis B surface antigen detection

Speedel - Swiss biopharmaceutical company research unit awarded entrepreneurial prize

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital - TV ads during sports depict unsafe behavior and violence

St. Mary's Hospital, London - Emergency departments failing to meet essential standards for children

Stanford University - Two-step transcriptional amplification-based vectors ease transgene scrutiny

State Univ. of New York, Downstate Medical Center - Magnesium works as a calcium channel blocker and as a statin

State University of New York - Mechanisms of tumor suppressor RASSF1A elucidated

Strategic Equity Group - Equity group provides valuation services in LivHOME's acquisition of AdvoLife

Stroke - Providence St. Vincent first Oregon hospital certified as stroke center

Students Against Destructive Decisions - Study shows positive risk-taking cuts teen alcohol and drug use

Sun Yat-sen University - Ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme cloned and characterized

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology - Organic molecule release from sol-gel-made silica particles characterized

Synovis Life Technologies - Mark F. Palma, Sven A. Wehrwein join medical device company's board of directors

Tasker Capital Corp. - Bacteria-inhibiting focused cosmetics developer hires marketing professional

Technical University of Munich - PET provides advantages for mapping of presynaptic sympathetic innervation

Technion Israel Institute Technology - Rasagiline, in doses equivalent to selegiline, is less likely to be hypotensive

Teikyo University - Reduced expression of renal Cl^- channel in microalbuminuria

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries - Generic drug company gets approval of leg cramp drug, announces new appointments

The Medicines Company - John Kelley appointed president, COO by acute care products company

The Pharmaceutical Press - New edition of "Martindale: The Complete Drug Reference" published

The Straus Group - Controlling interest in Puerto Rico-based MMM Healthcare acquired by investors

The Technology Partnership - Aerosol technology set for wider use in medication delivery

Thomas Jefferson University - Scientists find way to see breast cancer activity from outside the body

Toho University, Kanagawa - Amnion mesenchyme cells express phenotypes of neuroglial progenitor cells

Tokyo Women's Medical University - MKK4 and MKK7 required for full activation of JNK by toxic metal exposure

Torrent Pharmaceuticals - Indian Pharmaceutical company launches attention deficit hyperactivity drug

Tottori University - In rats arthritis suppresses bone formation induced by mechanical loading

U.K. Department for International Development - Direct payments to households could improve maternal, child health

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention -  Francisella tularensis genes encoding membrane-associated proteins identified

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Participation in mass treatment against filariasis in Haiti examined

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Almost half of Americans use at least one prescription drug

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - Apoptosis induced by hepatitis A virus dependent on caspase activation

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - Influence of geometry on fluorescence spectroscopy in tissue examined

U.S. National Cancer Institute - Study looks at risk factors for invasive disease among HPV-exposed women

U.S. National Cancer Institute - Synthetic Grb2-SH2 domain binding antagonists staunch tumor and vessel growth

U.S. National Cancer Institute, Frederick -  Yersinia pestis virulence factors YopN, SycN and YSc crystallized

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Little evidence to link mercury fillings to human health problems

U.S. National Institutes of Health - NIDCR launches unique initiative on oral biofilm

UND Life Science - Prostaglandin prevents alloxan cytotoxicity to insulinoma cells in vitro

Univ. of California, Merced - Big spatial patterns seen for small-scale life

Univ. of Missouri, Columbia - College athletes suffer from low nutrient intake

Univ. of Missouri, Rolla - Researcher studying lead levels in St. Louis kids

Univ. of Rochester - Gene defect may be a cause of miscarriage

Univ. of Texas SW Medical Center - Criteria for breast implant removal without replacement outlined

University College London - Guidance on chaperones hard to implement in general practice

University College London - Model of sensitization and oral tolerance to peanut protein developed

University College London - Surgeons pinch more than an inch from the arm to rebuild a micropenis

University Hospital Schleswig Holstein, Germany - Three types of vital reactions in wound healing can be distinguished

University Hospital of Berne - Study evaluated whether impaired pulsatility was normal after coarctation repair

University Medical Center Utrecht - Stutter correction improves genotypic analyses of pooled DNA samples

University of Aalborg - Alzheimer peptide aggregates and dimerizes when part of a water-soluble protein

University of Aberdeen - Association examined between TNFRSF1B polymorphisms and BMD

University of Alabama - Status of therapy for juvenile-onset respiratory papillomatosis outlined

University of Birmingham - Activated hypoxia-inducible factor boosts angiogenesis in ischemic muscles

University of Bologna - Method resulted in fast and reliable estimations of LV dimensions

University of Calgary - Hypoglycemic brain damage reviewed

University of Calgary - Tethered ligand-derived peptides, receptor and inflammation roles revealed

University of California Los Angeles - Prevention intervention increases safe sex practices in HIV+ substance users

University of Cambridge - Deleterious effects of fast-acting dynamic range compression clarified

University of Colorado - Cluster analysis identifies diverse HIV risk groups among young American Indians

University of Colorado - Transitional care poses challenges that distinguish it from other types of care

University of Edinburgh - DNA damage-induced centrosome amplification characterized

University of Florida - Neutralization of TNF-alpha reverses insulin resistance in skeletal muscle

University of Florida - Protein levels associated with remission, survival

University of Glasgow - Serotypes of pneumococci before pneumococcal vaccine introduction outlined

University of Halle Wittenberg - Interferon alpha treatment of bone marrow stroma inhibits hematopoiesis

University of Heidelberg - Nitrous oxide is still an option in general anesthesia

University of Hong Kong - Occurrence of super spreading events of SARS predicted by statistical analysis

University of Illinois - Robotically assisted bariatric surgery reviewed

University of Jena - More gender and age studies needed on niacin as schizophrenia biomarker

University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria - Cysteine protease-enriched proteins protect goats against Haemonchus

University of Marburg - Goal of proposed system is to minimize perioperative complications

University of Medicine & Dentistry New Jersey - Single-stranded oligonucleotides targeting STAT3 destroy prostate cancer

University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey - IL-12 up-regulates lymphokine-activated killer activity

University of Melbourne - Chromosomal clustering defines the genetic character of forebrain structures

University of Miami - L-arginine's role in pathogenesis and treatment of kidney disease still unclear

University of Michigan - SH2-B activates phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase in response to leptin

University of Minnesota - Genes with altered expression in thymocyte positive selection identified

University of Munich - Novel method eliminates platelet error source in PBL mDNA quantification by rPCR

University of New England, Australia - Trends in body weight affected by excluding under-reporters

University of New South Wales - New weapon in germ warfare: "Jamming" bacteria signals stops cholera

University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis - Self-peptides readily induce T cell tolerance in non-obese diabetic mice

University of North Carolina - Rolling circle whole-genome amplification furnishes accurate genotypes

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill - Study examined the mechanisms regulating calcineurin activity in cardiac muscle

University of Oklahoma - HPV genotyping of high-grade SIL may have prognostic value

University of Oxford - Borders of ventricular blood pools estimate orientation of cardiac axes

University of Palermo - Nicotine-induced fibroblast growth factor 2 mRNA is preserved during aging

University of Paris VII - VEGF-A expression is a prognostic marker for angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma

University of Pennsylvania - Novel amyloid plaque imaging agents developed

University of Sheffield - New approach tries to differentiate true fracture from non-fracture deformity

University of Siena - Rabbit tonsil M-cells express cytokeratin 20 and take up particulate antigen

University of Southern California - Efficacy of alloplastic bone grafts in rat calvarial defects determined

University of Tennessee - Arthritogenic T-cell epitope location modulates collagen-induced arthritis

University of Tokushima -  Bacteroides fragilis DNA inversions regulate cell surface adaptation

University of Tubingen - Molecular genetic detection methods diagnose pathogens in brain abscesses

University of Wisconsin - Work provides foundation for identifying genes in developmental alcohol toxicity

University of Wollongong - Exercise alters phospholipid molecular species in rat skeletal muscle

University of York - Acetylcholinesterase expression and secretion in osteoblasts determined

VA Puget Sound Health Care Systems, Seattle - Galanin receptor occupancy and Alzheimer disease analyzed

Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona - Gastrocnemius changes and skeletal glycoproteins studied, correlation revealed

Vanderbilt University, Nashville - Cells derived from epicardium are important in formation of coronary vessels

Wake Forest University - Stimulation of aging skeletal muscles analyzed, effect of Ca²⁺ reported

Washington University - Role of Rab5 in growth factor receptor-mediated signal transduction revealed

Wayne State University - Management of infant infiltration injury using hydroactive gel outlined

Winthrop-University Hospital - Diabetic mice resistant to prostaglandin D2 synthase effects

Xign Corporation - Enterprise order to pay software provider selected by Purdue Pharma

Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd - Formation of AT8-positive DNs may be related to progression of AD

Zelos Therapeutics - C. Lynn Barclay, MD, appointed VP by biopharmaceutical development company

Zeynep Kamil Hospital, Istanbul - Postponing 1-hour glucose screening test may be best after betamethasone use