Pharma Law Weekly

Medtech Insight - Circulatory system early-stage investment conference announced

Meir Hospital, Kefar Sava - Blood-sparing efficacy of oral and intravenous tranexamic acid compared

Michigan State University -  Sarcocystis neurona surface antigen gene evolved under selection pressure

Micron Technology, Inc. - New CMOS sensor to enhance Given's PillCam

Minority Health Institute - Problems in the bedroom can indicate heart problems

Molecular Cardiol. & Neuromusc. Inst., New Jersey - SERCA1 overexpression triggers apoptosis in neonatal rat cardiomyocytes

Molina Healthcare, Inc. - Managed care organization announces new hires

Montreal General Hospital - Amiodarone dose-dependently heightens risk of pacemaker insertion

Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York - Inhibition of hemagglutinin-neuraminidase-mediated receptor binding studied

NDO Surgical, Inc. - Surgical technology company raises capital

NOVASCREEN Biosciences Corporation - Research company awarded biodefense contract

Nagoya University - Intensive chemotherapy and imatinib rapidly induces CR in BCR-ABL+ AML patients

National Cancer Center, Tokyo - Estrogen receptor alpha signaling at plasma membrane analyzed

National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health - Reproductive health institute reports Latinas denied access to needed services

National Research Center, Cairo - Naringin improves hypoglycemia and reduces antioxidant activity

National Taiwan University and Hospital - GH can't enhance recovery of DEX-induced osteopenia after withdrawal in rats

Natl. Alliance for Health Information Technology - Groups collaborate to facilitate health information exchange

Natl. Jewish Medical & Research Ctr., Denver - Transcriptional effects of LPS-induced ALI characterized

Neptune Technologies & Bioressources Inc. - Company focusing on marine biomasses signs distribution agreement

Nexia Biotechnologies, Inc. - Biotechnology company announces first quarter results and update

Non-Invasive Monitoring Systems - Device provides beneficial effect of vasodilatation

Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo - DNA ploidy analysis sheds light on genetic changes involved rare tumors

Novartis AG - Axentis Enterprise helps pharmaceutical firm gain regulatory compliance

Omedix - Internet-based solutions provider to add patient education content to site

Ophthonix Inc. - Vision care company awarded sixth patent

Oregon Health & Science University - Protein stops growth of brain tumor

Osteotech, Inc. - Human tissue provider enters termination agreement with American Red Cross

PAREXEL International Corporation - Biopharmaceutical outsourcing organization reports financial results

Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc. - Newborn and maternal fetal physician services company expands reach

Pfizer, Inc. - Study yields positive results for Geodon

Pharmaceuticals - Medical journal publishes controversial study of Vioxx

Pharsight Corporation - Clinical drug development service provider announces personnel updates

Pro-Pharmaceuticals - Pharma company completes enrollment in DAVANAT clinical trial

Providence Hospital-St. John Health - Study finds implantable defibrillators save lives of heart failure patients

RIKEN, Kobe -  Caenorhabditis elegans migration studied, role of fibulin homolog revealed

Regency Hospital company - Hospital appoints VP of physician and executive recruitment

RegeneRx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. - Biopharma company announces second phase trial of Thymosin beta 4

Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan - Michigan rehabilitation center opens neuroscience unit

Research Center Borstel - Putative Theileria annulata membrane protein characterized

Rigel Pharmaceuticals - Pharma companies enter research, license agreement for respiratory diseases

Rockefeller University - Critical "checkpoint" suggests new therapy for complex autoimmune disease

Royal Free Hospital, London - Balloon catheter used to clear lower esophageal meat bolus in elderly patient

SPX Corporation - Laboratory and life sciences business to be sold to Thermo Electron

San Raffaele Science Institute, Milan - Disruption of a phosphatase produces Charcot-Marie-Tooth-like neuropathy

Sanarus Inc. - Study on cryoablation eradicating benign breast tumors released

Scarguard - Scar treatment frequently recommended by plastic surgeons

Schering AG - Approvable letter issued for new contrast agent MS-325

Seattle Genetics - Genetics company issued two U.S. patents for cancer treatment

Siegfried Group - Swiss financial group focused on pharmaceutical markets reports drop in revenue

Simulations Plus, Inc. - Drug discovery software developer reports 1Q 2005 financial results

Sophien & Hufeland Klinikum Weimar - P1 antigen-positive persons have more symptoms and destructive renal changes

Southwest Normal University, Chongqing - Modified immunosensors enhance the detection of hepatitis B surface antigen

Spire Corporation - Three-year Premier Purchasing contract for chronic dialysis catheters awarded

St. George Hospital, Kogarah - Technique uses drug-eluting stents and procedure for optimal position

St. Joseph's Health Care, Ontario - Rehabilitation of elbow trauma reviewed

St. Jude Children's Hospital, Memphis - AML1 insufficiency decreases LTR-HSCs/induces increase in mature progenitors

St. Louis University - Replication-competent adenoviruses are safe gene and vaccine vectors

State Medicare - Minnesota Senator aims to overturn Medicare ban on drug price negotiations

State University of Londrina - Segmental waveform analysis facilitates diagnosis

State University of New York - Reports advance knowledge in oncology research

Stockholm University - Bovine prion protein analyzed, structure and function of N-terminus clarified

Suez Canal University, Ismailia - Zinc arrests oxidative stress in the eyes of diabetic rats

Suleyman Demirel University, Isparta - Melatonin reduced heart and lung damage from mycotoxin

Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation - Breast cancer organization named outstanding foundation by fundraising group

Synovis Life Technologies, Inc. - Report: Biomaterial buttress in gastric bypass staple line lessens failure risk

Takara Bio Inc - Companies announce plans to enter phase 3 trials on HSV-TK gene therapy project

Tel Aviv Med Center & School of Medicine - New lymphocyte population is overexpressed in HIV-infection

Temple University - Role of matrix gene in attenuation of ca A/AA/6/60 influenza virus studied

The CyberKnife Center of Miami - Florida surgeon predicts change in lung cancer treatment with radiosurgery

The Uniform Code Council - Six software products certified for ebSML interoperability testing

Threshold Pharmaceuticals - Molecule-focused pharmaceutical names Alan Colowick, MD, chief medical officer

Tokyo Medical & Dental University - Down-regulated STAT6 curtails acute and chronic contact hypersensitivity

Tokyo Women's Medical University - CT scan for coronary artery calcification may help to detect disease

Topigen - Canadian biotech company appoints Louise Proulx, PhD, VP of product development

Tulane Ctr. for Cardiovascular Health - Recent findings in hypertension described

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention -  Mycobacterium cosmeticum isolated from cosmetic infections

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - Mechanisms for macrophage-mediated HIV-1 induction investigated

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - Optical method to measure temporal changes in brown tides developed

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - Phthalate degradation operon of Mycobacterium vanbaalenii reported

U.S. Health and Human Services - U.S. HHS secretary Thompson comments on baseball's steroid testing decision

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Telomere shortening at chromosomal ends could contribute to HSC senescence

U.S. Navy - Antiplatelet therapy has an essential role in treating acute coronary syndromes

U.S. Navy - CNS SCs differentiate into functional neuronal circuits in 3-D collagen gels

Uniformed Service University, Bethesda - Hsc70 and Hsp70 studied, surface interaction and role in viability revealed

Univ. of California, Irvine - Hearing aid signal not clear? Then switch frequency to FM

Univ. of California, Los Angeles - Severity of liver disease not a reliable indicator of quality of life

Univ. of California, San Francisco - Treatment for brain tumor does not always follow recommendations

Univ. of Texas School of Medicine - Angiogenesis helps injured spinal cords recover

Univ. of Zurich Hospital - Findings in obstetrics provide new insights

Universidade Estadual de Campinas - Recent findings illuminate research in diabetes pathogenesis

Universite Francois Rabelais - Data advance knowledge in HIV/AIDS vaccines research

University College Medical School, London - The FSAP511E allele exacerbates atherosclerosis or its clinical sequelae

University Hospital Geneva - New findings in gastroenterology described

University at Buffalo - Metaphase positioning of bivalents during meiosis elucidated

University of Aberdeen - Researchers' work adds to osteoporosis body of knowledge

University of Adelaide - Importance of sharing doctor-patient values differs with sexual orientation

University of Arizona - Studies advance knowledge in endocrinology research

University of Bordeaux - Recent studies add new data to HIV/AIDS therapy research

University of Calgary - Chondrocyte studied, comminication in articular cartilage clarified

University of California Irvine - Agrin in cortical neurons studied, role of Ca²⁺-mediated signaling clarified

University of California Irvine - Fragile X syndrome studied, altered stress-induced c-fos expression revealed

University of California San Diego - Dictyostelium analyzed, essential role of PAKc in chemotaxis revealed

University of California San Diego - PPAR alpha, beta/delta, and beta studied, inhibition features identified

University of California San Diego - Surface growth factor receptors studied, nature of stabilization clarified

University of California, San Francisco - Mortality increase in Russia attributed to preventable noncommunicable diseases

University of California, San Francisco - Plasmacytoid dendritic cells reservoirs for HIV dissemination

University of Cambridge - Findings describe new data in obstetrics research

University of Colorado - Perinatal infections due to group B streptococci reviewed

University of East Anglia, U.K. - Better social research needed but it doesn't come cheap

University of Florida - Research must consider separate pathways of mitochondrial populations

University of Glasgow - Reports add new data to vaccines adjuvant research

University of Guelph - Embryos derived from PSOS SCs exhibit enhanced preimplantation development

University of Hacettepe, Anakra - Possible association between fertility drugs and cancer needs more study

University of Ioannina - Primary malignant scrotal melanoma diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration

University of Klinikum Hamburg Eppendorf - Stem-like cells present in hepatoblastoma

University of Maryland - Predictive assays expose susceptibility to allergic reactions

University of Medicine, Berlin - Changes in expression of RNA-binding proteins may control collagen synthesis

University of Miami - Rare Kaposiform hemangioendothelioma found in a dog

University of Michigan - Acoustic overstimulation in the rat cochlea induces immediate early genes

University of Michigan - Activity not out of the question for people with chronic pain

University of Michigan - Ex vivo models define enzymes essential to neovascularization

University of Montreal - Social control - a brake on the spread of HIV in Senegal?

University of Newcastle - CaMKII studied, activity after long-term hippocampal potentiation clarified

University of Newcastle, U.K. - Early surgical treatment not always necessary for brain hemorrhage

University of North Carolina - Dynamic contrast enhanced MRI volumes used to detect lesions

University of Pennsylvania - Researchers publish new studies and findings in the area of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

University of Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris - Adjuvant interleukin-12 immunogene therapy manages metastatic lesions

University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute - Exosomes internalized/processed by immature DCs for presentation to CD4+ cells

University of Sao Paulo - Bcl-2 protects acute oxidative stress

University of Sydney - Benefits associated with higher Hb targets are outweighed by the harms

University of Tennessee - De novo Ang II induces oxidative stress while suppressing antioxidant defenses

University of Texas Southwestern - Auditory screening for newborns can be successful,

University of Tokyo - Hematopoietic potential of AML1 closely related to its transcriptional activity

University of Toronto - Gene profiling useful for detecting endocrine-disrupting compounds

University of Toronto - Patients with mental illness receive fewer pharmacy services

University of Tubingen - New data illuminates research in cancer vaccines

University of Washington - Dendritic cells regulate inflammatory cytokines upon Chlamydia infection

University of Washington, Seattle - HIV genome degradation after minus-strand synthesis occurs via Rnase H cleavage

University of Western Australia - Retinal ganglion cell studied, survival and axon regrowth mechanisms revealed

University of Wisconsin - Green tea polyphenol diminishes the production of cancer-related growth factors

University of the West Indies - Energetic determinants of glucose tolerance in Jamaican adults reported

VioQust Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Pharmaceutical company adds senior management personnel to Chiral Quest

VisualMED Clinical Solutions Corp. - Healthcare software company installs first charting application for physicians

WL Laboratories - Developing laboratory launches herbal acne gel

Walter Reed Army Medical Center - Diabetes reduces the survival of patients who receive HCV-positive kidneys

Warner Chilcott - U.S. FDA approves low-dose drug for menopausal vasomotor symptoms, osteoporosis

Washington University, St. Louis - Notch1 required for establishment of long-term/definitive HSCs

Wolters Kluwer Health - Medical research, publications company names 3 to executive appointments

Wonkwang University, Jeonbuk - Osteopontin expressed in activated rat hepatic stellate cells

Wood Mackenzie - Study asserts total 10-year cost of Medicare Modernization Act overestimated

Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical Co. - Prescription medication for symptoms of overactive bladder launched in U.S.

Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd - Researchers detail new studies and findings in the area of Alzheimer disease

Yokohama City University - Long-term induction of beta-CGRP in NEBs may play critical role in pulmonary AI

Zassi Medical Evolutions, Inc. - Sole-source agreement awarded by Premier, Inc. for bowel management system

eCardio Diagnostics, LLC - Web-based cardiac arrhythmia monitoring system launched

sanofi-aventis Group - FDA licenses Menactra for protection against meningococcal disease