Physician Law Weekly

MediciNova, Inc. - Pharmaceutical company raises $44M in Series C financing

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center - A new protein is discovered to play a key role in cancer progression

Meningitis - Growing numbers of colleges vaccinating against deadly brain disease

Meningitis - Viral meningitis cases double normal number in Rhode Island

Mentor Corporation - Silicone gel breast implant PMA application submitted to FDA

Mergers & Acquisitions - First MainStreet acquires Value Quote Insurance

Mergers and Acquisitions - Invacare receives regulatory approval on acquisition of WP Domus GmbH

Mergers and Acquisitions - NationsHealth completes merger with Millstream Acquisition Corporation

Mid America Heart Institute - Positron emission tomography may become standard

Millenia Hope Inc. - Biotech corporation creates private foundation to help fight infectious diseases

Mississippi State University - Signal molecule holds possible key to tumor growth

Misssouri Bone and Joint Center - Hip mechanics after posterior structure repair in THA characterized

Miyazaki Medical College - Study revealed an association between the AM signaling system and angiotensin II

Monash University, Melbourne - Genetically modified bone marrow cells produce tolerance to self antigens

Mount Sinai School of Medicine - Enzyme replacement therapy for Fabry disease reviewed

National Defense Medical College, Saitama - J-tipped guidewire suitable for RPCS placement through subclavian artery

National Institute of Health, Seoul - Virus vector-mediated gene transfer corrects phenylketonuria in murine models

National University of Singapore - Novel system characterizes the expression of totipotency-specific genes

National University of Singapore - Sphingosine kinase 1 knockdown vanquishes proinflammatory mediators

Natus Medical Incorporated - neoBLUE mini LED Phototherapy Device introduced for jaundice management

North American Scientific, Inc. - Radiation therapy provider announces cessation of Theseus operations

Northwestern University - Cells with pleiotropic drug resistance can be targeted with anticancer therapy

Novartis Pharma - FDA approves Zelnorm as therapy for chronic constipation

Novartis Pharma, AG - FDA issues approvable letter for Certican

Obstetrics - Best time for genetic counseling is before pregnancy

OccuLogix, Inc. - Opthalmic company files with all Canadian provinces for IPO of common stock

Ohio State University - Gene expression profiling classifies parathyroid growths

Ohio State University - Men from early Middle Ages were nearly as tall as modern people

Oita University -  C. pneumoniae DNA in coronary patients comparable with control group

Omnicare, Inc. - Tender offer for NeighborCare extended

Omnicell, Inc. - Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point adds medication use technology

Ondine Biopharma Corporation - Biopharma company appoints new president and CEO

Opus Healthcare Solutions, Inc. - Web-based clinical data management software launched at UHS' Methodist Hospital

Oregon Health & Science University - Oregon program to improve care for seriously ill is widely used, successful

Oregon Health and Science University - Estrogen-regulated hypothalamic genes identified

Oregon Health and Sciences University - Internet simplifies family communications in the ICU

Oregon State University - Phosphoinositides differentially regulate alpha-actinin flexibility and function

Oscient Pharmaceuticals Corporation - Pharma company completes hiring of sales team for FACTIVE

Oxford BioMedica - Phase II trials of TroVax and chemotherapy endpoints reached

Oxford University - General practice research is not a lost cause

PAMM Institute - Quick, specific, nested VD2 PCR-RLB assay identifies C. trachomatis serovars

PDI, Inc. - Healthcare sales and marketing company acquires assets of Pharmakon

PHC, Inc. - Behavioral health services provider announces financial results

POB 218 - Effects of cannabis on information-processing speed explored

Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation - Sex and drug use increase teen suicide risk

Pain, Therapeutics, Inc. - Biopharmaceutical company receives clearance for Remoxy clinical trials

Patient Care Technology Systems - New trauma charting capabilities for emergency departments released

Peking University - Overexpression of hLCAT in hamsters facilitated reverse cholesterol transport

Pennsylvania Department of Health - Health department announces revised growth-screening program for schools

Peregrine Pharmaceuticals - New patent for compounds delivering drugs directly to tumor granted

Personnel - Foot, ankle orthopedist Murali Moorthy, MD, joins Muir Orthopaedic Specialists

Personnel - Health Net names executive vice president, chief financial officer

Personnel - HealthSouth names John Workman CFO

Personnel - LivHOME names vice president of human resources

Personnel - Medical Board of California appoints new executive director

Personnel - Mediware names three new senior executives, extends CEO's contract

Pertussis - North Dakota health lab seeing fewer specimens for whooping cough tests

Pharmessen Scientific, Inc. - Nutraceutical research company expands U.S. distribution channel

Phoenix House - Study documents benefits of adolescent substance abuse treatment

Polish Academy of Sciences -  Wif-1 overexpression linked to pathogenesis

Polyclinique de Courlancy - Breast-conserving surgery plus radiation good for older women, too

Pompholyx - Pharmacotherapy of pompholyx include topical and systemic treatments

Power3 Medical Products, Inc. - Proteomics company announces research agreement with Baylor College of Medicine

Preferred Medical Claim Solutions - Claims solution provider and EBRx announced pharmacy benefit administrator

Prescription Drugs - Minnesota gets approval for Medicaid drug pooling program

Preventsys Inc. - Healthcare system picks management software to ensure HIPAA security compliance

Progen Industries - Cancer drug development company reports solid financial performance

Provena Health - Report shows 91% of Illinois residents concerned about rising malpractice rates

ProxyMed, Inc. - Transaction processing and e-commerce company adds pharmacy chains to network

Public University of Navarre - Tool predicts influence of forest clearings on soil fertility

QUMAS - Enterprise compliance software solution provider announces sales team additions

QuadraMed Corporation - Technology company releases acuity, productivity and benchmarking system

Quality Assurance - New report will see how healthcare providers stack up in Minnesota

Quality Assurance - Record number of complaints filed against Oklahoma hospitals

Quality Assurance - Washington state hospitals volunteer for CMS quality improvement initiative

Queensland Center for Mental Health Research - Effects of schizophrenia loci are too weak to detect with linkage analysis

Rabin Medical Center - DCC protein expression has prognostic value

Radiation Effects Research Foundation - Fruit, vegetable intake reduces cancer death risk after radiation exposure

Ranbaxy Inc. - Pharma company receives tentative approval for Gabapentin capsules

Rand Corp. - More PE time may fight obesity in girls

Regina Elena Institute Cancer Research - Pet models are a valuable part of cancer research

Reproductive Biology - Serine protease HtrA1 is upregulated in human placenta during pregnancy

Richardson Electronics, Ltd. - Electronics company sells imaging displays to Mayo Foundation

Roche - Application filed to market Pegasys for hepatitis and AIDS coinfection

Rockefeller University - Single isolated mouse skin cell can generate into variety of epidermal tissues

Roswell Pk Cancer Institute - Calcitriol shows potential as anti-cancer agent

Rural/Metro Corporation - Medical transportation and fire protection company announces financial results

Rx Detections, Inc. - Educational tools provider launches new prescription drug quick reference guide

Sankyo Co., Ltd. - Companies agree to discontinue business arrangements on antifungal drug

Saratov State University - Multiple dose laser phototherapy improves acne vulgaris

Schering-Plough Corp. - FDA approves Clarinex syrup for allergies and hives in children

SciGen Limited - Biotech company partners with Shreya pharmaceuticals through capital raising

Scientific Software, Inc. - Software maker for sciences releases update to fix Windows compatibility issues

Scripps Research Institute - Centrifugation concentrates retroviruses used for transfection

Seattle Systems, Inc. - Orthopedic devices maker release postoperative knee brace

Seniors' Housing - NIC launches seniors housing data and analysis service

Seoul National University - Rbm protein involved in early phases of spermatogenesis

Sheffield Children's Hospital - Utility of asthma drug delivery devices compared in young children

Shiga University of Medical Science - Pancreatic islets abnormal in pancreatic polypeptide-overexpressing mice

Shinshu University, Nagano - Natural antibiotics in human gastric mucin protect against H. pylori

Sigma-Aldrich Corporation - Biotech company donates lab equipment to St. Louis-area schools and universities

Signet Laboratories, Inc. - Diagnostics-focused EviMed company names two to key executive positions

Sirtris Pharmaceuticals - Biotechnology company secures seed financing to develop metabolic disease drugs

Smoking Ban - New York theater faces fines for allowing smoking on stage

Solexa - John West appointed CEO of molecular nanotechnology company

Solvay Pharmaceuticals - Study shows established anithypertensive drug also reduces future stroke risk

Sonomax Hearing Healthcare Inc. - Hearing device company reports second quarter financial results

St. George's Hospital Medical School, London - Rosiglitazone did not affect flow-mediated dilation of brachial artery

St. Johannes Hospital, Dortmund - Mitral valve repair has promising midterm survival for endocarditis

Stanford University - Data are collected for upright exercise measurements of blood flow

Stanford University - RNA translational efficiency determined in mitotic cells

Strategic Healthcare Programs, LLC - Stanley Chamallas named pharmacy product manager by healthcare services company

Swedish Inst Infectious Disease Control, Solna - Antibiotic resistance comes with a fitness cost to the pathogen

SynCardia Systems, Inc. - Carole Marcot named VP of quality, regulatory affairs by cardiac device company

Synegene International - Research group, biomedical company sign research agreement for drug development

Tampere Univ. Hospital, Pitkaniemi - Electroconvulsive therapy does not improve physical symptoms of fibromyalgia

Teaching Hospital, Maribor - Permanence of 6 myocardial zones determined by arterial and venous vessels

TechniScan Medical Systems Inc. - Breast imaging system company selects agent to complete $10 million financing

Technical University of Braunschweig - Actin binding site needed for profilin tumor suppressor activity

Teikyo University - Captopril works without affecting cardiac sympathetic neurotransmission

Tel Aviv University - Screenings for redundancies could cure many genetically-related disorders

Tenet Pennsylvania - Tenet Pennsylvania transfers hospital to nonprofit state-created corporation

Tenon Hospital, Paris - Surgical research in France is encouraged via a 1-year course in a laboratory

Texas A&M University - Nicotine therapy more effective for men than women, study finds

The Cooper Companies - Ocular-focused medical device company reports third quarter 2004 results

The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation - Myeloma research group announces 2004 senior Research and Fellows Awards winners

Tohoku Pharmaceutical University - Flexor reflex useful for assessing vascular pain in anesthetized rats

Tokyo Women's Medical University - Diabetic children learn to estimate blood glucose by careful self-monitoring

Toronto General Hospital - Antenatal risk factors for postpartum depression identified

Tuberculosis - Michigan state employees to be screened after worker is diagnosed with TB

U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services - Guidant applauds proposed coverage of carotid artery stenting

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - Ohio veterans to have new clinic in 2007 under new contract

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - Leucomalachite green is mutagenic in female Big Blue B6C3F₁ mice

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - Tuberculosis associated with etanercept, a tumor necrosis factor inhibitor

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - U.S. FDA approves ciprofloxacin to manage postexposure inhalational anthrax

U.S. National Cancer Institute - Gas-phase fractionation by mass spectrometry can improve protein identification

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Nucleotide exchange factor ECT2 regulates PKC xi activity

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Rare deficit maps thinking circuitry

US BioTec, Inc. - Bio-chemical agri-focused company makes shareholder package available online

Uniphyd Corporation - Albert Holloway, president, physicians group CEO, named to managed care board

United BioSource Corporation - Research services organization has acquired clinical development company BBCI

Univ. of California, Los Angeles - BMI determines evoked growth hormone responsiveness in healthy male subjects

Univ. of California, Santa Barbara - Oral delivery of insulin accomplished using intestinal patches

Univ. of Littoral Cote d'Opale - Rat soleus muscle reinnervates after nerve crush

Univ. of Med. & Dentistry, NJ - IL-2 production may be downregulated in pregnancy regardless of HIV status

Univ. of Occupational & Environ. Health, Fukuoka - Effect of local anesthetics on monocyte receptor expression determined

Univ. of Texas, Galveston - Supplements save muscles during bed rest

University College London - "No-touch" saphenous vein harvesting improves graft outcome

University Hospital of Erlangen - Response to melanoma dendritic cell vaccine provides therapy insights

University Hospital, Essen - In vivo elasticity measurements vary in extremity skeletal muscle

University of Adelaide - New family of potent AB₅ cytotoxins produced by Shiga toxigenic E. coli

University of Alabama - Impact of genetic variations on treatment of early rheumatoid arthritis studied

University of Antwerp Hospital - Microvessel status is divergent in blood cancers and bone marrow metastases

University of Bath - Government web site too complicated for U.K. diabetes sufferers

University of British Columbia, Vancouver - Baseline CD4 cell counts can guide initiation of HAART regardless of viral load

University of California, Davis - Clinical benefits of tenofovir larger than predicted by plasma viral RNA levels

University of California, Irvine - Ketogenic diet heightens mitochondrial uncoupling protein activity

University of California, Los Angeles - Interventions encourage formal custody planning among HIV-infected parents

University of California, Los Angeles - Many factors influence quality of life for patients with IBS

University of California, San Francisco - Glutamatergic ACC activation triggers aversive teaching signal

University of Cambridge - Novel model used to identify genes involved in spermatogenesis

University of Chicago - Some transplant candidates may wait longer for available kidneys

University of Chile - Synthetic peptide may play key role in cancer immune therapies

University of Connecticut - Pineapple plant extract found to reduce asthma in mice

University of Edinburgh - Angiogenesis prevails in the upper zone of the endometrium in early pregnancy

University of Florida - Microgravity in space may change drug properties

University of Florida - The major zinc transporter families harbor contrasting characteristics

University of Georgia - Dopamine overflow is increased in olfactory bulbectornized rats

University of Giessen - Renal phosphate wasting plagues patients with X-linked lissencephaly

University of Glasgow - 24-hour BP control should be part of antihypertensive drug treatment strategies

University of Guanajuato - Cognitive function affected by menstrual phase

University of Heidelberg - Second harmonic imaging of cornea delineates deep cornea ultrastructures

University of Iowa - Researchers report new gene test for isolated cleft lip and palate

University of Kentucky - Genetic changes in the olfactory mucosae are intrinsic during aging

University of London - Study clarifies the anatomy of the posteromedial knee structures

University of Louvain Medical School - Caveolin-1 is critical for vascular remodeling following limb ischemia

University of Mainz - Treatment with NE or CT-1 enhanced ³H-myristic acid in a PC compartment

University of Michigan - Expression of LAT-1 characterized

University of Michigan - FIZZ1 involved in myofibroblast differentiation

University of Milan - Idiopathic premature ovarian failure is not linked to FOXL2 gene mutations

University of Munich - Delavirdine boosts amprenavir trough levels more than 10-fold in children

University of Munich - Novel inhalation device enables efficient glutathione treatment

University of Newcastle upon Tyne - Discriminatory power of quality-of-life measures determined

University of North Carolina - Excessive TV, lack of safe play space, raise obesity risk for young black girls

University of Orange Free State - Abdominal hysterectomy with Burch colposuspension treats genital prolapse

University of Oslo - Some changes in markers of oxidative damage correlate with seasonal diet changes

University of Otago - Pregnant rats become resistant to leptin's satiation effect

University of Padua - Serum leptin levels decrease during prolonged high altitude exposure

University of Pavia - Most people with CVD or risk factors have diabetes or glycemic abnormalities

University of Pennsylvania - Glycosaminoglycan content predicts mechanical properties of tendons

University of Pennsylvania - K8 gene is expressed in both immediate-early and delayed-early phases of KSHV

University of Pennsylvania - Long-term effects of carbon monoxide poisoning are an autoimmune reaction

University of Pennsylvania - Pushing neurons' physiological limits provides new ways to repair nerve damage

University of Queensland - Group A streptococcal vaccine with broad coverage being developed

University of Rochester - The doctors' view of flu vaccines for infants and toddlers

University of Sao Paulo - Physical exercise does not affect insulin-like growth factor-1 levels

University of Sassari - SPECT and pinhole SPECT are advances in axillary lymph node status evaluation

University of Schleswig-Holstein - Portal venous drainage feasible

University of South Florida - Injury-induced hippocampal NF-kappa B activation characterized

University of Sussex - Genes involved in early otic vesicle development identified

University of Tennessee - Lung carcinogenesis in hamsters is inhibited by green tea

University of Texas SW Medical Center - A new inducible knock-out system expands genetic exploration of the brain

University of Tokushima - Mutant p27 gene elicits anticancer effects in oral cancer cell lines

University of Tokyo - Insulin/Foxo1 pathway regulates expression levels of adiponectin receptors

University of Toronto - Hyperoxia alters myocardial function and hemodynamics in the newborn

University of Tours - Fatty acid deficiency impairs serotoninergic neurotransmission

University of Victoria - Efficient method devised for functional immunoadsorbent characterization

University of Virginia - Method to assess pancreatic islets after transportation reported

University of Washington - Adaptive changes in the genome may provide insight into complex disease

University of Washington - Biosurgery and robotics require surgeons to understand systems integration

University of Washington - Bone marrow cells routinely help with wound healing

Van Andel Research Institute, Grand Rapids - Genomic effects of histone deacetylase inhibitors determined in tumor cells

Vanderbilt University - Pneumococcal vaccine reduces ear infections, pneumonia

Varian Medical Systems - Hospital, company provide training for radiation therapy professionals

Varian Medical Systems - Linear accelerators for radiotherapy to be installed at five sites in the U.K.

Vasamed - Developer of CapnoProbe Sublingual (SL) System reports recall by Nellcor

Ventiv Health, Inc. - Services provider to pharmaceuticals industry increases 2004 guidance, sets 2005 guidance

VioQuest Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Pharmaceuticals company now trading under new ticker symbol VQPH

Vrije University of Amsterdam - Endocrinologists determine appropriate serum level of 25-hydroxyvitamin D

Vrije University, Amsterdam - Study identifies ways to improve antenatal care use in Ghana

Walgreen Co. - Drug company announces August 2004 sales increase of 14.6% over August 2003

Washington University, St. Louis - Ritonavir blocks osteoclastogenesis by impairing RANKL-induced signaling

Waste Processing - Metso to supply waste processing plant in China

Weight Loss - Fort Wayne, Indiana, hospital to offer city's first bariatric surgery

Weizmann Institute of Science - Tal regulates receptor endocytosis and retrovirus budding

West Nile Virus - Another Churchill County, Nevada, West Nile case confirmed

West Nile Virus - Fifteenth cases of West Nile virus reported in North Dakota

West Nile Virus - Five more West Nile cases, one more death in Louisiana

West Nile Virus - Honolulu, Hawaii, health officials open Oahu sites for West Nile testing

West Virginia University - Reciprocal active site mutations alter alkoxyresorufin metabolism

Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Res., Cambridge - Family of Acrp30/adiponectin structural and functional paralogs reviewed

Wonkwang University - Nuclear images monitor the efforts of PEGylated polyethylenimine vectors

World Health Organization - Suicide huge but preventable public health problem, says WHO

Wyeth - Thomas Hofstaetter named senior VP of business development by drug company

Xceleron - U.K.-based CRO to help with U.S. in-house accelerator mass spectrometer facility

Xian Jiaotong University - Sanguis draxonis dramatically reduces glucose levels in diabetic rats

Yonsei University - Insulin resistance correlated with visceral fat to skeletal muscle ratio

Yonsei University - Neural stem cells have the potential for reconstructing damaged nervous systems

ZixCorp - E-drug company names Kirk Kirkman, Brent Sanders to vice presidential posts

Zonagen, Inc. - Nola Masterson, David Poorvin nominated for pharmaceutical company board seats

co.don AG - German company gets U.S. patent for artificial heart insert method, device

diaDexus, Inc. - Study shows Lp-PLA2 is independent risk marker for coronary artery disease