Biotech Week articles from February 2002

Biotech Week archives from February 2002

Microarrays Measuring 2000 Cell Phenotypes Completed.
February 6, 2002... 2002 FEB 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Biolog, Inc., announced the achievement of a major milestone January 14, 2002, at the Cambridge Health Institute's (CHI's) Fourth Annual Conference, "Lab-on-a-Chip and Microarrays for Post-Genome...

Anticoagulant Drugs Can Lower Endothelial Protein C Receptor Levels.
February 6, 2002... 2002 FEB 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Some anticoagulant drugs reduce levels of a protein C receptor in humans, researchers in the United States and Europe say. "The endothelial protein C...

Endostatin Gene Therapy Disrupts Vascular Cells In Tumors.
February 6, 2002... 2002 FEB 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Endostatin gene therapy continues to show promise for eradicating and limiting tumor growth in animals, according to a report issued by Canji, Inc., of San...

Metalloproteinase Inhibitor Not Beneficial For Containing Restenosis.
February 6, 2002... 2002 FEB 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - A new broad-spectrum matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) inhibitor has yielded disappointing results relative to its ability to contain occlusion following...

New Electrosurgical Technology Improves Procedures.
February 6, 2002... 2002 FEB 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Seedling Enterprises has developed a novel technology that has been found to decrease procedural time during tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy (T&A) procedures. The IsoCool ENT electrosurgery...

Scientists' Perceptions Of Protein Research Published.
February 6, 2002... 2002 FEB 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- BioInformatics, LLC, recently published its latest study in a continuing series, The Tools & Techniques of Protein Science: Catalyzing the Future of Proteomics. The series is based on eight online...

Dermabond Approved To Seal Out Bacteria From Wounds.
February 6, 2002... 2002 FEB 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ethicon Products has announced that Dermabond Topical Skin Adhesive (2-octyl cyanoacrylate) can act as a barrier against bacterial microbes. The microbial barrier provided by Dermabond Adhesive...

Multiuse Topical Antifungal Included In Defense Appropriation.
February 6, 2002... 2002 FEB 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ganeden Biotech has announced that its proprietary topical antifungal medication, Fungi-Free, has for the second straight year been included as part of the Congressionally mandated Peer Reviewed Medical...

FDA Approves RODA Patient Monitoring System.
February 6, 2002... 2002 FEB 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Metracor Technologies, Inc., announced the receipt of U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) approval to commence marketing of the RODA Patient Monitoring System, a medical device intended to...

Celera's Genomic Databases Earn New Subscriber.
February 6, 2002... 2002 FEB 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Oxagen, Ltd., Abingdon, U.K., has signed a multiyear subscription agreement to Celera Genomics's proprietary genomic databases. "The Celera Discovery System offers researchers a comprehensive...

Oltipraz An Antiangiogenic Agent That Could Treat Advanced Stage Cancers.
February 13, 2002... 2002 FEB 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Oltipraz, a drug that has been used for treating schistosomiasis, a parasitic disease, has shown effectiveness as an antiangiogenic agent in laboratory and...

Different Ways Of Assessing Early Treatment Response Yield Discordant Results.
February 13, 2002... 2002 FEB 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Different techniques for assessing the early response to chemotherapy in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) can produce results that are at odds...

Abiomed Removes Heart Part.
February 13, 2002... 2002 FEB 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The maker of the world's first self-contained artificial heart said on January 24, 2002, it has removed a piece of the device because of fears it may cause clotting. Deposits that can cause...

Consortium Aims To Improve Protection Of Human Research Subjects.
February 13, 2002... 2002 FEB 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A U.S. national "Consortium to Examine Clinical Research Ethics" (CECRE) has been established at Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, to compile the first comprehensive information...

High Throughput RNAi Tool Developed For Drug Target Validation.
February 13, 2002... 2002 FEB 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Genetica, Inc., reports it has developed a powerful, high throughput tool for target validation in the drug discovery process based on research carried out by scientists at Cold Spring Harbor...

Age, Gender Affect Response To Treatment.
February 13, 2002... 2002 FEB 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Age and gender can affect patient responses to some drugs used to treat high blood pressure, researchers in the United States warn. Dr. William B. White...

New Transgenic Rat Model of ALS Expands Research Possibilities.
February 13, 2002... 2002 FEB 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A team of scientists led by drug maker Wyeth-Ayerst and Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions have engineered and tested a new rat model of Lou Gehrig disease they say is far easier to work with than...

ELISPOT Testing Can Help Determine Cellular Response.
February 13, 2002... 2002 FEB 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Enzyme-linked immunospot (ELISPOT) testing can be used to measure the effectiveness of HIV and other vaccines, researchers in the United States report. ...

Researchers Obtain Variety of Primate Cells Via Parthenogenesis.
February 13, 2002... 2002 FEB 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers from Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Advanced Cell Technology (ACT) of Worcester, Massachusetts, report in the January 31, 2002, issue of Science that they have developed a...

First DNA Array To Use Current Draft Of Human Genome Launched.
February 13, 2002... 2002 FEB 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Affymetrix, Inc., (AFFX) has launched the GeneChip Human Genome U133 Set, which allows researchers to access the most comprehensive and up-to-date version of the human genome sequence currently...

New cGMP Manufacturing Facility Completed, Registered.
February 13, 2002... 2002 FEB 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ambion RNA Diagnostics (ARD), a division of Ambion, Inc., The RNA Company, announced the formal completion and registration of its new cGMP manufacturing facility. Ambion RNA Diagnostics was created...

Founders Receive Georgia Biomedical Community Award For 2001.
February 13, 2002... 2002 FEB 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- AtheroGenics, Inc., (AGIX) a pharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of chronic inflammatory diseases, has been recognized as the Company's founders, Russell M. Medford, MD, PhD, R. Wayne...

Charles Deignan Promoted To Senior Director.
February 13, 2002... 2002 FEB 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- AtheroGenics, Inc., (AGIX) a pharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of chronic inflammatory diseases, announced the promotion of Charles A. Deignan to senior director of Finance and...

J. Richard Crout Named To Board Of Directors.
February 13, 2002... 2002 FEB 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Biopure Corp. (BPUR) has appointed J. Richard Crout, MD, to the company's Board of Directors. Crout brings to Biopure a wealth of professional experience in academic medicine, government, and...

Kenneth Lee Appointed To Board Of Directors.
February 13, 2002... 2002 FEB 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CV Therapeutics, Inc., (CVTX) has appointed Kenneth B. Lee, Jr., president of A. M. Pappas & Associates, to its board of directors. "I am pleased to welcome Ken to our board of directors," said...

Cell-Matrix Acquisition Completed.
February 13, 2002... 2002 FEB 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CancerVax Corp. has completed its acquisition of Cell-Matrix, Inc., a privately held, development stage biotechnology company with intellectual property, technology, and product candidates in the field...

Lexigen Signs On As 19th PER.C6 Licensee.
February 13, 2002... 2002 FEB 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Dutch antibody and vaccine company Crucell (CRXL) has granted Boston-based Lexigen Pharmaceuticals Corp. a nonexclusive license for its proprietary human cell system PER.C6. Under the terms of the...

Ganesh Kishore Elected To Board Of Directors.
February 13, 2002... 2002 FEB 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Embrex, Inc., (EMBX) announced its Board of Directors has elected Ganesh Kishore, PhD, former president of Monsanto Co.'s Nutrition Sector, to its board. Currently, Kishore serves as a principal...

Three New Scientific Advisory Board Members Named.
February 13, 2002... 2002 FEB 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Enchira Biotechnology Corp. (ENBC) has appointed three additional members to its Scientific Advisory Board. They are: John Smyth, MD, professor of medical oncology at the University of Edinburgh,...

Proposed Merger with Pharmacopeia Terminated.
February 13, 2002... 2002 FEB 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Eos Biotechnology, Inc., has announced that it will not proceed with plans to merge with Pharmacopeia (PCOP), as was announced in August 2001. The two companies mutually agreed not to proceed with...

Ernst Schweizer Appointed Head Of Business Development.
February 13, 2002... 2002 FEB 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Genmab A/S (GEN) announced that Ernst Schweizer has been appointed head of business development for the company. Schweizer was most recently president of Medarex Europe and was previously the...

Scott Williams Joins Scientific Advisory Board.
February 13, 2002... 2002 FEB 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- GenoMed, Inc., a St. Louis, Missouri-based medical genomics biotechnology company, has appointed Scott Williams, PhD, to the Company's Scientific Advisory Board. Williams is an associate professor in...

Letter of Intent Finalized With DW To Acquire Caucasian Samples.
February 13, 2002... 2002 FEB 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- GenoMed, Inc., of St. Louis, Missouri, said it has signed a Letter of Intent with DW Coordinating Center to acquire Caucasian samples for 50 common, serious diseases. DWCC is a global contract...

Diseases In African American, Hispanic Populations To Be Studied.
February 13, 2002... 2002 FEB 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- GenoMed, Inc., a St. Louis, Missouri-based medical genomics biotechnology company, has formed a collaboration agreement with BioCollections Worldwide, Inc., to collect samples from African American and...

$1M Available For Alzheimer Disease Research.
February 13, 2002... 2002 FEB 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Institute for the Study of Aging (ISOA) will give $1 million in funding through a request for proposals program to the biotechnology industry for drug discovery and drug development for cognitive...

Companies Enter Agreement For Manufacturing, Development Services.
February 13, 2002... 2002 FEB 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Introgen Therapeutics, Inc., (INGN) has entered into an agreement with Biogen, Inc., (BGEN) to provide process development and manufacturing services for therapeutic gene delivery systems. Under the...

Biomaterials Producer Announces Revenue Growth Of 32% For Its 2Q.
February 13, 2002... 2002 FEB 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Kensey Nash Corp. (KNSY) announced results for its second fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2001. Total revenues for the second quarter, which include both net sales and royalty income, increased 32%...

Worldwide Rights To Small Molecules Technology Granted.
February 13, 2002... 2002 FEB 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc., (KERX; KRX), announced that it has obtained an exclusive worldwide license to a novel technology known as Small Integrated Building-blocks ("SIB"), for the conversion of...

Companies Receive Early Clearance To Merge.
February 13, 2002... 2002 FEB 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (MLNM) and COR Therapeutics, Inc.,(CORR) said the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) granted early termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino...

David R. King Joins Board Of Directors.
February 13, 2002... 2002 FEB 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Morphotek, Inc., announced that David R. King, Esq., has been appointed to its Board of Directors. King has spent most of his career at Morgan Lewis & Bockius (MLB), LLP, one of the country's...

Former EluSys Therapeutics President Joins Board.
February 13, 2002... 2002 FEB 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Nabi (NABI) announced that Stephen G. Sudovar, President and Chief Executive Officer of EluSys Therapeutics, Inc., of Pine Brook, New Jersey, has joined its Board of Directors, bringing Nabi's Board to...

Investor Inquiries Regarding LEP Spurs Meeting.
February 13, 2002... 2002 FEB 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- NeoPharm, Inc., (NEOL) has met with senior officials of Pharmacia (PHA) regarding the LEP (Liposomal Encapsulated Paclitaxel) development program. Following that meeting, Pharmacia officials expressed...

Fred Davenport Promoted To President, Paul Covington Becomes Executive VP.
February 13, 2002... 2002 FEB 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- PPD, Inc., (PPDI) announced that Fred Davenport has been named president of PPD and Paul Covington, MD, has been promoted to executive vice president of development. Davenport joined PPD as...

David Martin Is New VP, Drug Development.
February 13, 2002... 2002 FEB 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Panacos Pharmaceuticals, Inc., announced the appointment of David E. Martin, PharmD, to the position of Vice President, Drug Development. Martin joins Panacos from Bristol-Myers Squibb (formerly...

Preliminary 2001 Results Include 21% Increase In Software Sales.
February 13, 2002... 2002 FEB 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pharmacopeia, Inc., (PCOP) said it expects total Accelrys software revenues for the fourth quarter and full year 2001 to be about $34 million and $95 million, respectively. Drug discovery revenues for...

Collaboration Targets Therapeutic Proteins In Plants.
February 13, 2002... 2002 FEB 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Phytomedics, Inc., a private biotechnology company, has signed a feasibility agreement with DNAX Research, Inc., of Palo Alto, California, Schering-Plough Corp.'s biotechnology center for immunology...

New Chief Executive Officer Named.
February 13, 2002... 2002 FEB 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Restoragen, Inc., a developer of regulatory peptide therapies for age-related diseases, announces the appointment of Ashleigh W. Palmer as chief executive officer. Palmer brings to Restoragen over...

Virtual Reality System Provides Effective Hand-Impairment Therapy.
February 13, 2002... 2002 FEB 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Rutgers University researchers have filed a patent application for a PC-based virtual reality system that works alone to provide stroke patients effective, intensive, nontedious hand-impairment therapy...

'Nanocircles' Act As Trojan Horse To Shut Down Disease-Causing Genes, Study Finds.
February 13, 2002... 2002 FEB 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Stanford University scientists have synthesized a molecule of DNA that is capable of shutting off specific genes in living bacteria. Dubbed the nanocircle, the new nanometer-size molecule might 1 day...

Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman, Herz LLP Commences Class Action Suit.
February 13, 2002... 2002 FEB 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP has filed a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, on behalf of purchasers of Synsorb Biotech Inc.,...

First Integrated Multidimensional Proteomics Workstation Introduced.
February 13, 2002... 2002 FEB 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Thermo Finnigan, a Thermo Electron business, has introduced ProteomeX - a fully integrated, multidimensional capillary LC/MS system based on the company's highly successful LCQ Deca XP ion trap mass...

FDA Clearance Granted For Uni-Gold Strep A Rapid Test.
February 13, 2002... 2002 FEB 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Trinity Biotech plc (TRIB) has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration marketing clearance for its Uni-Gold Strep A One-Step-Test. The company currently sells the Uni-Gold Strep A test outside the...

Key Senior Management Staff Added To Team.
February 13, 2002... 2002 FEB 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ViaCell, Inc., a cellular therapy company, announced the addition of three management team members. Robert J. Silverman has joined the company as senior vice president, commercial operations....

Chip Would Create Hundreds of Embryos at Once.
February 27, 2002... 2002 FEB 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A chip that will automatically create hundreds of cloned embryos at a time is being developed by a Californian biotech company, New Scientist has learned (Feb. 2, 2002; www.newscientist.com). If...

Controversial Oral Vaccine Said To Induce Immune Response.
February 27, 2002... 2002 FEB 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in Thailand say that a controversial vaccine can reduce viral populations and raise immune cell counts in HIV patients. Vichai Jirathitikal...

Intermittent Treatment Can Reduce Cost, Complications.
February 27, 2002... 2002 FEB 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Controlled interruptions in antiretroviral treatment can reduce the morbidity - and high cost - associated with such therapy, researchers in the United States...

Groups To Work On Medicare Coverage For Unique Product.
February 27, 2002... 2002 FEB 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Augustine Medical, Inc., has accepted an offer from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to assist in the design of research relating to Augustine Medical's Warm-Up wound therapy. ...

FDA Issues First-Ever Clearance For Complete Laser Root Canal Therapy.
February 27, 2002... 2002 FEB 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Biolase Technology, Inc., (BLTI) a medical technology company focused on the dental laser market, announced that it has just received the first-ever U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance for...

Prednisolone Doesn't Protect Against Allergic Reactions To Antivirals.
February 27, 2002... 2002 FEB 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - The anti-inflammatory agent prednisolone is ineffective against antiretroviral-induced allergic reactions, researchers warn. Dr. Ferdinand W.N.M. Wit led...

More Than 120 Candidate Disease Genes Identified.
February 27, 2002... 2002 FEB 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Sequenom (SQNM), a discovery genetics company, has now cumulatively identified more than 120 candidate disease genes, most of which indicate an impact on the health of 5-20 million individuals in the...

Collaboration Will Study Human Genetics At More Complex Level.
February 27, 2002... 2002 FEB 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- U.S. Genomics and The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute have entered into a collaboration to examine the use of U.S. Genomics' direct, linear DNA analysis technology in research on the human genome. ...

Momentum Continues With Strong Performance.
February 27, 2002... 2002 FEB 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- For the eighth consecutive year, Baxter International, Inc., (BAX) met its annual earnings and cash flow commitments. The company achieved its 2001 annual financial commitments of sales growth in the...

Earnings For 4Q, Full-Year Announced.
February 27, 2002... 2002 FEB 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMY) announced sales and earnings for the fourth quarter and full-year ended December 31, 2001. On a continuing operations basis, fourth quarter sales increased 10% (11%...

Michael Collins Named New VP Sales, Marketing.
February 27, 2002... 2002 FEB 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Precis, Inc., (PCIS) subsidiary, national health care savings provider Care Entree, has added network marketing industry veteran Michael Collins to its corporate team. Collins, whose background...

Tramadol Hydrochloride Tablets, 50 mg, Gains FDA Approvable Letter.
February 27, 2002... 2002 FEB 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Able Laboratories, Inc., (ABRX) announced it has received notification from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that the company's Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for Tramadol...

Company Raises $41M In A Private Placement.
February 27, 2002... 2002 FEB 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Achillion Pharmaceuticals, a privately held pharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of innovative anti-infective agents, today announced that it has closed a...

Working Kidney Built From Embryo Clone.
February 27, 2002... 2002 FEB 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Using building material from cloned cow embryos, scientists said they have constructed miniature kidneys that appear to function similar to genuine organs. While it is still unclear whether these...

Strategic Alliance To Focus On Eye Diseases.
February 27, 2002... 2002 FEB 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Allergan (AGN), a global leader in ophthalmic research and development and pharmaceutical products, and EntreMed, Inc., (ENMD), a biopharmaceutical leader in angiogenic research and product...

Albert Einstein Healthcare Network To Implement TouchWorks.
February 27, 2002... 2002 FEB 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Allscripts Healthcare Solutions (MDRX), the leading provider of point-of-care decision support tools for physicians, announced today that Albert Einstein Healthcare Network has signed a multiyear...

4Q, Year End 2001 Financial Results Reported.
February 27, 2002... 2002 FEB 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ArQule, Inc., (ARQL) announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended 2001. For the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2001, ArQule reported revenues of $16,449,000, compared...

Nicholas Bacopoulos Named CEO, President.
February 27, 2002... 2002 FEB 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Aton Pharma, Inc., announced that Nicholas G. Bacopoulos, PhD, will join the Company on February 1, 2002 as chief executive officer and president. "Nick has a distinguished track record of building...

Product Launch Must Be a Competitive Advantage.
February 27, 2002... 2002 FEB 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pharmaceutical companies must base rapid sales uptake on good launch planning, according to research from Best Practices, LLC. The Chapel Hill, North Carolina-based benchmarking firm uses primary...

Company Delivers On Operating Earnings Guidance.
February 27, 2002... 2002 FEB 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Biogen, Inc., (BGEN) reported that revenues for the year ended December 31, 2001, increased 13%, to $1,043 million from $926 million in 2000. Net income for 2001 was $273 million, or $1.78 per...

New AMS 90 SE System Increases DNA Fragment Analysis Throughput.
February 27, 2002... 2002 FEB 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Caliper Technologies Corp. (CALP) announced the introduction of the AMS 90 SE, a high-performance version of its Automated Microfluidics System 90 (AMS 90). The AMS 90 SE automates lab-on-a-chip...

Bill Gannon Hired As Clinical Affairs Director.
February 27, 2002... 2002 FEB 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Celsion Corp. (CLN) announced the appointment of William ("Bill") E. Gannon Jr., MD as vice president, clinical affairs, medical director. In addition to medical training and clinical work at Case...

Modafinil Receives Marketing Approval In Mexico.
February 27, 2002... 2002 FEB 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cephalon, Inc., (CEPH) an international biopharmaceutical company, announced that its partner, Armstrong Laboratorios de Mexico S.A.C.V., has received approval to sell and distribute modafinil in...

Robert J. Easton Elected To Board of Directors.
February 27, 2002... 2002 FEB 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cepheid (CPHD) announced that Robert J. Easton has been elected to its board of directors. Easton is the chairman of Easton Associates a consulting organization dedicated to the business of health...

ChromaVision Forms Alliance With Richard-Allan Scientific.
February 27, 2002... 2002 FEB 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ChromaVision Medical Systems, Inc., (CVSN) has formed an alliance with Richard-Allan Scientific Co., a subsidiary of Apogent Technologies, Inc., to develop and market reagent kits and antibodies used...

Daniel Garrett To Lead Health Care Activities.
February 27, 2002... 2002 FEB 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Computer Sciences Corp. (CSC) has named Daniel Garrett to lead health care activities across the company. In this new role, Garrett will be responsible for leveraging resources from throughout CSC to...

Company Sees Earnings Increase 29% For 2001.
February 27, 2002... 2002 FEB 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Covance, Inc., (CVD) reported earnings in line with previous guidance for its fourth quarter, ended December 31, 2001 of $0.16/diluted share, and full year 2001 earnings of $0.58/diluted share,...

$8M Private Placement Announced.
February 27, 2002... 2002 FEB 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cytogen Corp. (CYTO), a biopharmaceutical company with an established and growing product line in prostate cancer and signal transduction pathway solutions, announced that it closed an agreement with...

Second Quarter Results Reported.
February 27, 2002... 2002 FEB 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Datascope Corp. (DSCP) reported that earnings per share for the second quarter of fiscal 2002, excluding a restructuring charge, were $0.30 compared with $0.53 last year. Net earnings were $4.5...

Third Quarter Revenues Up.
February 27, 2002... 2002 FEB 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Encision, Inc., (ECSN) reported financial results for its third quarter ended December 31, 2001. The Company achieved revenues for its third quarter ended December 31, 2001 of $1,121,000, a 32%...

4Q, 2001 Earnings Results Reported.
February 27, 2002... 2002 FEB 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Endocardial Solutions, Inc., (ECSI) reported net sales for the fourth quarter 2001 of $6,896,000, compared with $4,369,000 for the same period of 2000. The loss for the fourth quarter was $1,532,000,...