Virus Weekly articles from January 2002

Virus Weekly archives from January 2002

Protein Study Suggests Ways To Help Humans Thwart Viruses.(Brief Article)
January 8, 2002... 2002 JAN 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists have unraveled a genetic anomaly that protects some mice from a common cancer-causing virus. The findings may help develop gene therapies that can be used to help humans defeat similar...

Epstein-Barr Virus Associated With Increased Risk Of Multiple Sclerosis.(Brief Article)
January 8, 2002... 2002 JAN 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The virus that causes infectious mononucleosis and is associated with other diseases may increase the risk of multiple sclerosis (MS), according to new research. Alberto Ascherio, MD, DrPH, of the...

Persistent HPV Infections Linked To Greater Risk Of Cancerous Lesions.(Brief Article)
January 8, 2002... 2002 JAN 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Persistent human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is associated with a much greater risk of developing squamous intraepithelial lesions (SILs, cancerous lesions between layers of tissues) in the cervix,...

New Theory On Origin Of AIDS Proposed.(Brief Article)
January 8, 2002... 2002 JAN 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Could a relatively harmless monkey virus called simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) have mutated into the deadly AIDS virus as a result of the repeated use of unsterilized hypodermic needles among 23...

Study Made On How Smallpox Spreads.(Brief Article)
January 8, 2002... 2002 JAN 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Amid heightened concern about bioterrorism, a new study offers a rough answer to one question: how many people would a smallpox victim likely infect during an outbreak of the deadly disease? The...

Lentivirus Vectors Improve Prospects For Gene Therapy In Respiratory Cells.(Brief Article)
January 8, 2002... 2002 JAN 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Lentivirus vectors could improve on attempts to use gene transfer for treating pulmonary diseases. Medical researchers in the Division of Pulmonary and...

Agreement Will Share Profit From AIDS Drug With Samoan Healers.(Brief Article)
January 8, 2002... 2002 JAN 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The families of two Samoan women who passed on knowledge of a tree's healing powers will share in profits from any AIDS drug developed from the rainforest plant. In an agreement announced December...

Court Orders Government To Provide AIDS Drug To Pregnant Women.(Brief Article)
January 8, 2002... 2002 JAN 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The South African government's AIDS policy suffered its most serious blow to date December 14, 2001, when a court ruled it must make a key AIDS drug available to HIV positive pregnant women to reduce...

Interleukin-2 Does Not Increase Virus-Specific T-Cell Activity.(Brief Article)
January 8, 2002... 2002 JAN 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - The use of the immunostimulatory cytokine interleukin (IL)-2 during HIV treatment has little effect on HIV specific immune activity, researchers in the United...

Modified Rhabdovirus Makes Effective Vector.(Brief Article)
January 8, 2002... 2002 JAN 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - A modified form of the rabies virus may be the foundation for an effective HIV vaccine, researchers in the United States say. Heather D. Foley and...

Studying Measles Epidemics Prepares For Bioterrorism.(Brief Article)
January 8, 2002... 2002 JAN 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Infectious diseases and epidemics are the nightmares of bioterrorism, but a team of researchers is investigating historic measles epidemics to better understand the dynamics of disease spread. ...

Red Cross, FDA Face January Hearing.(Brief Article)
January 8, 2002... 2002 JAN 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A federal judge set a January hearing on the government's effort to impose severe fines on the Red Cross over violations of blood safety rules. At the same time, Judge John Garrett Penn directed the...

International Study Validates Effectiveness Of Imiquimod Cream.(Brief Article)
January 8, 2002... 2002 JAN 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New findings from a recent, international, open-label study reaffirm that the patient-applied treatment, Aldara (imiquimod) Cream, 5%, is safe and effective for eradicating external genital warts, the...

HIV Infection May Increase Risk.(Brief Article)
January 8, 2002... 2002 JAN 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - HIV patients may have a heightened risk of some forms of heart disease, researchers in the United States warn. Max H. David and colleagues at the University...

New Anti-Hepatitis B Product Seeks Approval In Canada.(Brief Article)
January 8, 2002... 2002 JAN 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cangene Corp. (CNJ) has filed a New Drug Submission for its anti-hepatitis B hyperimmune in Canada. The submission follows a U.S. licensing application filed earlier this year, and seeks Health...

ICN Pharmaceuticals Pleads Guilty To Securities Fraud For Virazole.(Brief Article)
January 8, 2002... 2002 JAN 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ICN Pharmaceuticals, Inc., has agreed to plead guilty to one count of federal securities fraud and pay a $5.6 million fine for failing to disclose that its drug ribavirin would not be approved as a sole...

Routine Hepatitis A Childhood Vaccination Highly Effective.(Brief Article)
January 8, 2002... 2002 JAN 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A project that offered free hepatitis A vaccination to children was highly effective in preventing the disease among recipients, and appears to have decreased the incidence of hepatitis A among both...

Study Review Cites Low Risk For Hepatitis A In Workers With Sewage Exposure.(Brief Article)
January 8, 2002... 2002 JAN 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Citing information gathered from a systematic review of 17 studies, researchers in Switzerland have concluded workers exposed to sewage stand very little risk...

Record-Low Measles Transmissions In Pan American.(Brief Article)
January 8, 2002... 2002 JAN 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A plan developed by the Pan American Health Organization and implemented by all member countries in the region has resulted in record low risk of measles transmission. Member countries of PAHO...

Study Examines Hepatitis B and C Virus Prevalence In Thailand Minorities.(Brief Article)
January 15, 2002... 2002 JAN 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Epidemiologists have produced one of the first studies to examine the prevalence of hepatitis B and C virus (HBV, HCV) infections among ethnic minorities...

TT Virus Infections High Among Hemodialysis Patients In Argentinean Study.(Brief Article)
January 15, 2002... 2002 JAN 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Transfusion-transmitted virus, also known as TTV, has been detected in high rates among patients undergoing hemodialysis in Argentina. Transfusion-related...

Doubly Infected Patients In High-Risk Environments Have Higher TB Recurrence Risk.(Brief Article)
January 15, 2002... 2002 JAN 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Patients infected with both tuberculosis and HIV have a heightened risk of tuberculosis recurrence when working in high-risk environments, researchers say. ...

CDC Wants Specific Definition Of Smallpox To Avoid Confusion.(Brief Article)
January 15, 2002... 2002 JAN 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has urged state health officials to carefully study how to diagnose smallpox so doctors don't start a panic by misidentifying a less dangerous...

Entecavir Effective For Virus Reduction In Duck Model Of Hepatitis.(Brief Article)
January 15, 2002... 2002 JAN 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - A potentially potent antiviral agent has demonstrated effectiveness against a duck model of human hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. The agent, entecavir,...

Cross-Reactive Memory Cells Recognize HCV Peptides After Influenza Exposure.(Brief Article)
January 15, 2002... 2002 JAN 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Vaccine developers need to keep in mind that cross-reactive memory cells can form in human hosts, producing an immune response to antigens the host has not...

Atazanavir/Saquinavir Once-Daily Is Effective And Safe.(Brief Article)
January 15, 2002... 2002 JAN 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New data show that the investigational protease inhibitor atazanavir can be used safely and effectively with saquinavir as part of a combination regimen in protease inhibitor-experienced HIV infected...

Structured Treatment Interruptions Evaluated In HIV Patients.(Brief Article)
January 15, 2002... 2002 JAN 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michelle Marble, senior medical writer - Structured treatment interruptions (STIs) of antiretroviral therapy in HIV infected patients were the source of several discussions at the 41st Annual...

Epoetin Alfa Evaluated In HIV Patients On Antiretroviral Therapy.(Brief Article)
January 15, 2002... 2002 JAN 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The results of an interim analysis of an open-label study to assess the effect of once-weekly (QW) dosing of Procrit (Epoetin alfa) versus three-times-weekly (TIW) dosing in HIV positive patients...

Phase I Data Of ACH-126,443 For Hepatitis B And HIV Presented.(Brief Article)
January 15, 2002... 2002 JAN 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Achillion Pharmaceuticals presented the results of its Phase I study of ACH-126,443 (beta-L-Fd4C), an L-nucleoside analog with potent in vitro activity against both chronic hepatitis B (HBV) and human...

New Antivirals And Anti-Infective Agents Presented At ICAAC.(Brief Article)
January 15, 2002... 2002 JAN 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Bristol-Myers Squibb Company recently presented clinical data on atazanavir, a novel protease inhibitor, and des-F(6)quinolone (BMS 284756) - investigational compounds to treat HIV/AIDS and community...

Hepatitis C Virus And Rift Valley Fever Epidemics.(Brief Article)
January 15, 2002... 2002 JAN 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michelle Marble, senior medical writer - "Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is an extremely prevalent infection in the United States population," stated Beth P. Bell, MD, MPH, National Center for Infectious...

Viral Hemorrhagic Fever, Smallpox, Anthrax Discussed As Bioterror Weapons.(Brief Article)
January 15, 2002... 2002 JAN 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michelle Marble, senior medical writer - C.J. Peters, director for the Center of Biodefense, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, and Steven Opal, Brown University School of...

General Accounting Office Probes Tainted Medical Research.(Brief Article)
January 15, 2002... 2002 JAN 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Universities and federal health officials must do more to prevent financial conflicts that could taint biomedical research and harm human subjects, a congressional review says. The study by the...

Test Developed That Detects HIV As It Infects Normal Cells.(Brief Article)
January 15, 2002... 2002 JAN 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A fast, sensitive laboratory test that measures the molecular components involved during the critical moment when HIV infects a normal cell has been developed. The advance was made by researchers...

Positive Prophylaxis Data Announced At Conference.(Brief Article)
January 15, 2002... 2002 JAN 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Dynavax Technologies and its partner, Triangle Pharmaceuticals, Inc., announced positive results for a Phase I/II trial for hepatitis B prophylaxis at the 41st annual meeting of the Interscience...

Suppressive Therapy Significantly Reduces Genital Outbreaks.(Brief Article)
January 15, 2002... 2002 JAN 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New research suggests that managing recurrent genital herpes with Valtrex caplets for suppressive therapy - treating daily before symptoms ever appear - is significantly more effective at reducing the...

Second Phase II Clinical Trial Of MVA-HPV-IL2 Vaccine Initiated.(Brief Article)
January 15, 2002... 2002 JAN 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Transgene announced the initiation of a Phase II clinical trial of its immunotherapeutic MVA-HPV-IL2 vaccine candidate for the treatment of vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia (VIN3). The trial will...

Antiviral Reduces Spread Of Disease Within Families.(Brief Article)
January 15, 2002... 2002 JAN 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Roche announced new data on its influenza medication Tamiflu (oseltamivir phosphate) that shows the drug's benefits in reducing the further spread of influenza among household members. Data from...

Glutathione Analogue Limits Tumor Vascularization In Murine Model.(Brief Article)
January 15, 2002... 2002 JAN 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - A recent report issued by investigators in Italy indicates the glutathione analogue N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC) can inhibit vascularization in Kaposi sarcoma....

Researchers Report Success Against Brain Disease In HIV Patient.(Brief Article)
January 15, 2002... 2002 JAN 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Mayo Clinic researchers report the successful use of an antiviral drug to combat a brain disease that is responsible for death in as many as 5% of patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome...

Repeated Human Papillomavirus Infection Predicts Precursor Lesions.(Brief Article)
January 22, 2002... 2002 JAN 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- It is common knowledge that women who suffer from cervical cancer have also shown thin, flat shaped papillomas in the vagina and outer cervix. Contrary to any of the many varieties of genital warts...

HIV Aggravates Chronic Hepatitis C In Injection Drug Users.(Brief Article)
January 22, 2002... 2002 JAN 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Being coinfected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) can worsen the symptoms of chronic hepatitis C in injection drug users, medical researchers have...

BioCryst Using National Flu Surveillance Network and ZstatFlu.(Brief Article)
January 22, 2002... 2002 JAN 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (BCRX) has announced it will be working with the National Flu Surveillance Network (NFSN), a real-time influenza surveillance network, during the 2001-2002 winter flu...

Study Finds Widespread Drug-Resistant HIV.(Brief Article)
January 22, 2002... 2002 JAN 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new study reports that about half the people infected with HIV and under care in the U.S. harbor a strain of HIV that is resistant to at least one drug used to treat the disease. While previous...

Commercial Immunoglobulin Preparations Don't Transmit TTV Infection.(Brief Article)
January 22, 2002... 2002 JAN 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Individuals who must take immunoglobulin therapy because of immunodeficiency are at little risk for acquiring transfusion-transmitted virus (TTV) infection,...

Strategic Planning Helps Outwit HIV Resistance.(Brief Article)
January 22, 2002... 2002 JAN 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A top HIV clinician is stating that strategic antiretroviral planning is more critical than ever in light of the rapidly increasing emergence of HIV superbugs. The doctor is a lead investigator in...

Clinical Trial Enrollment For Synagis And Siplizumab Completed.(Brief Article)
January 22, 2002... 2002 JAN 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- MedImmune, Inc., announced the completion of enrollment in two previously announced clinical trials for Synagis (palivizumab), a product that prevents serious respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) disease...

Los Alamos Lab Considers New Policy On Virulent Anthrax.(Brief Article)
January 22, 2002... 2002 JAN 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Los Alamos National Laboratory is rethinking a policy that forbids work on anthrax labeled "virulent'' to help ease a backlog at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta,...

Number Of Cases Rises Sharply In Vietnam.(Brief Article)
January 22, 2002... 2002 JAN 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Dengue fever cases are rising sharply in Vietnam, with a 62% increase in 2001 over the previous year, local media reports. The newspaper Tuoi Tre, or Youth, said 39,563 people have contracted the...

Number Of Confirmed Cases Rises In Gabon, Republic Of Congo.(Brief Article)
January 22, 2002... 2002 JAN 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Confirmed cases of the Ebola hemorrhagic fever in Gabon and Republic of Congo have risen to 32, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Jan. 2. Twenty two cases were in Gabon and 12 in Congo. ...

Trugene Genotyping Technology Effective For Hepatitis B And C.(Brief Article)
January 22, 2002... 2002 JAN 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Visible Genetics, Inc., presented results of comparative studies using its Trugene hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotyping tests December 2001 at the Frontiers in Drug...

Phase I/II Data Of LdT Presented At Conference.(Brief Article)
January 22, 2002... 2002 JAN 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Novirio Pharmaceuticals announced the results from the first human study of LdT, a new treatment for chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, at the 41st annual meeting of the Interscience Conference...

BioCryst Resumes Phase III Clinical Trial of Peramivir, RWJ-270201, in Influenza.(Brief Article)
January 22, 2002... 2002 JAN 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (BCRX) has begun patient enrollment in a Phase III trial with once-a-day orally administered peramivir (RWJ-270201), BioCryst's influenza neuraminidase inhibitor. ...

Zadaxin Enters European Phase II-III Cancer Program.(Brief Article)
January 22, 2002... 2002 JAN 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- SciClone Pharmaceuticals has initiated a late-stage oncology clinical development program in Europe for Zadaxin, SciClone's lead immune system enhancer drug. The clinical program is being...

Scientists Use Viruses To Fight Bacteria.(Brief Article)
January 29, 2002... 2002 JAN 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at the National Institutes of Health are using viruses to attack antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Working with scientists from Exponential Biotherapies in Point Washington, New York,...

Modified Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Suitable For Cancer Therapy.(Brief Article)
January 29, 2002... 2002 JAN 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Genetically modified vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) may be useful in recombinant therapies directed towards treating cancer, researchers at the University of...

Critical, Long-Term Study Begins For Best Treatment Approach.(Brief Article)
January 29, 2002... 2002 JAN 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A critical, long-term study to determine which of two common HIV treatment strategies ultimately is better has begun at 21 national locations and several sites in Australia. SMART, or Strategies...

Virus' Return Leaves Villagers, Researchers Struggling For Answers.(Brief Article)
January 29, 2002... 2002 JAN 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In a shaded jungle clearing, John Otolany watched grimly as ghostlike men in white protective clothing lowered a small body bag into the ground and sprayed the grave with disinfectant. He then reached...

Hepatitis C Genotypes Among The French Changes Because Of Drug Use.(Brief Article)
January 29, 2002... 2002 JAN 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - A French study suggests hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes in that country have changed over the past several years because of a rise in intravenous drug...

Mutant Vaccinia Virus Attacks Tumor Targets, Ignores Resting Cells.(Brief Article)
January 29, 2002... 2002 JAN 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - U.S. government investigators at the National Institutes of Health say they have enhanced the tumor specificity of vaccinia virus in order to increase its...

Pre-IND Tests Reveal No Systemic Adverse Effects From MDI-P.(Brief Article)
January 29, 2002... 2002 JAN 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Medical Discoveries, Inc., (MDI) announced that test results from WIL Research Laboratories have indicated that MDI-P, Medical Discoveries' proprietary AIDS drug, produced no systemic toxicity in...

Data Suggest AIDSVAX B/B Induces Broad Immune Response To Common Subtypes.(Brief Article)
January 29, 2002... 2002 JAN 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- VaxGen, Inc., announced that published findings suggest it's HIV/AIDS vaccine, AIDSVAX B/B, induces antibodies to the five most common HIV subtypes. The article, by Sandra A. Lee and coauthors of...

GenVec, Inc., U.S. NIAID Partner To Develop AIDS Prevention Vaccines.(Brief Article)
January 29, 2002... 2002 JAN 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- GenVec, Inc., announced January 10, 2002, that it has signed a letter contract authorizing it to commence work for the Vaccine Research Center at the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious...

Multikine Drug Safely Used In HIV/Human Papillomavirus Infected Woman.(Brief Article)
January 29, 2002... 2002 JAN 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CEL-SCI Corporation announced that a presentation on CEL-SCI's immunotherapy drug, Multikine, by scientists from the Institute of Human Virology (IHV) at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, was...

Polyglutamate Technology Extended To Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor.(Brief Article)
January 29, 2002... 2002 JAN 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In a plenary presentation at the 5th International Symposium on Polymer Therapeutics, scientists from Cell Therapeutics, Inc., (CTI) described a new technology that holds the potential to make...

Merck & Co. Cited By FDA For Problems At Vaccine Plant.(Brief Article)
January 29, 2002... 2002 JAN 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Merck & Co. has been cited twice by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for quality-control problems at a Pennsylvania plant where a number of vaccines are produced. The Star-Ledger of Newark,...

Cause Of Diarrheal Illness In Nursing Homes Identified.(Brief Article)
January 29, 2002... 2002 JAN 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Gastroenteritis plagues nursing home residents every year, but until recently, scientists have been unable to identify the predominant cause of these outbreaks. Because both bacteria and viruses...

ICN Pharmaceuticals Files Revised Ribapharm Registration.(Brief Article)
January 29, 2002... 2002 JAN 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ICN Pharmaceuticals, Inc., has filed an amended S-1 registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to proceed with an initial public offering (IPO) of a minority interest in...

California State Budget Takes Care Of HIV/AIDS Programs.(Brief Article)
January 29, 2002... 2002 JAN 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA) applauds Governor Gray Davis' commitment to HIV/AIDS programs reflected in his budget proposal for fiscal year (FY) 2002-2003. "Considering the tough economic...

Tips For The Prevention, Diagnosis, And Treatment Of Flu/Colds.(Brief Article)
January 29, 2002... 2002 JAN 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- For the first time in four years, the American Lung Association has released new guidelines for the prevention and treatment of influenza and the common cold. Developed by medical experts at the...

Antiviral Therapies Promise Significant Treatment Rewards.(Brief Article)
January 29, 2002... 2002 JAN 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Decision Resources, Inc., announced the publication of "Hepatitis B Virus," a new study that explains why, despite considerable progress in the prevention and treatment of this disease, the hepatitis B...

Epimmune and Genencor Announce HBV Vaccine Candidate.(Brief Article)
January 29, 2002... 2002 JAN 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Genencor International, Inc. (GCOR) and Epimmune, Inc. (EPMN) have identified an EpiGene clinical product candidate for the lead program in their collaboration, a therapeutic hepatitis B vaccine. ...

Phase III Clinical Trial Of Peramivir, RWJ-270201, Resumes.(Brief Article)
January 29, 2002... 2002 JAN 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (BCRX) announced that patient enrollment has begun in a Phase III trial with once-a-day orally administered peramivir (RWJ-270201), BioCryst's influenza neuraminidase...

Phase II Trial Of Actimmune As Antifibrotic Therapy Initiated.(Brief Article)
January 29, 2002... 2002 JAN 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- InterMune, Inc., announced that it has begun enrolling patients in its Phase II clinical trial of Actimmune (interferon (gamma)-1b) injection for the treatment of severe liver fibrosis, or cirrhosis,...

Flu Is Not To Blame For Excess Winter Deaths.(Brief Article)
January 29, 2002... 2002 JAN 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cold weather rather than influenza is to blame for excess deaths and demands on health services in winter, according to a a new study. Researchers in London analyzed deaths in south east England...

United Kingdom Launches Infectious Diseases Strategy.(Brief Article)
January 29, 2002... 2002 JAN 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The United Kingdom Chief Medical Officer Sir Liam Donaldson has announced plans for a new National Infection Control and Health Protection Agency to streamline the services involved in the prevention...