Health & Medicine Week articles from April 2002

Health & Medicine Week archives from April 2002

Prototype detector could identify pathogen quickly.(anthrax diagnosis)
April 1, 2002... 2002 APR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A prototype handheld detector under development at Sandia National Laboratories can identify the fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) of anthrax in fewer than 5 minutes. Identification of the bacillus in...

Volume counts in accuracy of mammogram interpretation.
April 1, 2002... 2002 APR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Accurate diagnoses are directly related to the number of mammograms interpreted by a physician, according to a University of California San Francisco (UCSF) study published in the March 6, 2002, issue...

Scientists reveal fine detail of cell's energy machinery.
April 1, 2002... 2002 APR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A molecular pump that helps to keep cells flush with energy has been visualized by scientists at Imperial College, London. The structure of the pump, a key enzyme in bacterial respiration, reveals...

Link seen with protein associated with lung cancer.
April 1, 2002... 2002 APR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) are the first to find that a protein appearing on lung cancer cells in people with extensive smoking histories also is present in...

Podiatric surgeons cite high patient satisfaction for flatfoot surgery.
April 1, 2002... 2002 APR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Research reported at the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons annual meeting shows high levels of patient satisfaction with surgery to correct adult-acquired flatfoot. Adult-acquired...

New nutrition, physical activity guidelines released.(cancer prevention)
April 1, 2002... 2002 APR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The American Cancer Society, the nation's largest voluntary health organization, released its new Nutrition and Physical Activity Guidelines for Cancer Prevention. The new guidelines place more...

Immune tolerance network presents new, positive data from study of ragweed immunotherapy.
April 1, 2002... 2002 APR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- At the 58th annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI), Dynavax Technologies Corp., Johns Hopkins University, and the National Institutes of Health (NIH)-sponsored...

ECRI names new management team, expands patient safety initiatives.
April 1, 2002... 2002 APR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- For the first time in its 34-year history, ECRI (formerly the Emergency Care Research Institute), a nonprofit international health services research agency, has announced the appointment of a new...

Drug Free Pennsylvania rolls out new anti-ecstasy ads.
April 1, 2002... 2002 APR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Drug Free Pennsylvania has introduced a new series of print advertisements aimed at parents of teenage children to educate them about the dangers of the club drug ecstasy. A 2001 survey by Drug...

CareScience announces 2001 4Q, year-end results.
April 1, 2002... 2002 APR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CareScience, Inc., (CARE), the online care management company, announced financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2001. Revenue for the fourth quarter of 2001 was $3.5...

Implant Sciences Corp. reports 58% increase in second quarter revenue.
April 1, 2002... 2002 APR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Implant Sciences Corp. (IMX), which develops products for the radiation oncology, interventional cardiology, orthopedic, and explosive detection marketplaces announced continued improvements in...

Company files ANDA for potassium chloride product.(Eurand files abbreviated new drug application)
April 1, 2002... 2002 APR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Eurand announced that the company has filed an abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for a generic version of K-Dur 20 mEq (potassium chloride extended...

Panel advises flu shots for babies.
April 1, 2002... 2002 APR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A U.S. government advisory panel decided to encourage flu shots for children ages 6-23 months - a group not previously on the recommended list for the vaccine. The government currently recommends...

Phase II trials to begin on SCIO-469, new oral treatment for rheumatoid arthritis.(Scios Inc.)
April 1, 2002... 2002 APR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scios, Inc., (SCIO) has announced that enrollment has begun in a phase IIa clinical trial evaluating SCIO-469, its oral p38 kinase inhibitor for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). "This...

Applied Biosystems settles sequencing patent litigation.(with Amersham PLC)
April 1, 2002... 2002 APR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Amersham plc (AHM) and Applied Biosystems Group (ABI) have reached a court-mediated settlement which ends all current patent litigation between the two companies. The settlement, reached under the...

Class action denied in Kentucky OxyContin litigation.
April 1, 2002... 2002 APR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In the first court test of whether a class action can be maintained in a lawsuit involving the prescription medication OxyContin (oxycodone HCL controlled-release) Tablets, a federal judge in Kentucky...

Class action lawsuit filed against Medi-Hut on behalf of investors.
April 1, 2002... 2002 APR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Law Firm of Cauley Geller Bowman & Coates, LLP announced that a class action has been filed in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey on behalf of purchasers of Medi-Hut...

FDA approves Zometa for the treatment of cancer-related bone complications.
April 1, 2002... 2002 APR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the Novartis drug Zometa (zoledronic acid for injection) for the treatment of patients with multiple myeloma and patients with documented bone...

Gemin X Biotechnologies enters drug discovery partnership.(with Tranzyme Inc.)
April 1, 2002... 2002 APR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Tranzyme, Inc., and Gemin X Biotechnologies, Inc., announced the formation of a joint collaboration to discover and develop new drugs for the treatment of neurological disorders using Gemin X's...

Companies provide update on status of Alzheimer collaboration.(Elan Corporation PLC and Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories Div.)
April 1, 2002... 2002 APR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Elan Corp., plc, (ELN) and Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories, the pharmaceutical division of American Home Products Corp. (AHP) have decided not to resume further dosing of AN-1792, an experimental...

Study boosts suspected link between mothers' gum disease and premature birth, low birth weight.
April 1, 2002... 2002 APR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Mothers who suffer from periodontal disease are significantly more likely to deliver their babies prematurely than women without that illness, a new University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill...

Arthritis Foundation lauds FDA approval for Remicade in rheumatoid arthritis.
April 1, 2002... 2002 APR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Arthritis Foundation issued the following statement: On February 27, 2002, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted approval for the marketing of Remicade (infliximab) as the first drug,...

Mobile CRM paired with biomedical equipment testing.
April 1, 2002... 2002 APR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Astea International, Inc., (ATEA) and MultiMedical Systems announced a major new product offering for the healthcare industry that integrates the mobile CRM capabilities of Astea's AllianceEnterprise...

Exponent hosts panel of Beryllium experts.
April 1, 2002... 2002 APR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Exponent, Inc., (EXPO) is convening a panel of experts from academia this week to evaluate a relatively new clinical test that may help in identifying those who have the potential to develop an...

Using antibiotics for gum infection helps whole body.
April 8, 2002... 2002 APR 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Treating gum infections with an antibiotic decreases two markers of inflammation throughout the body, further supporting the connection between oral health and general health. This is what...

Calcium critical to healthy bone growth in teenage females.
April 8, 2002... 2002 APR 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Daily calcium supplementation can significantly affect the development of optimum bone mass in teenage girls, according to research presented at the 5th International Symposium: Clinical Advances in...

American Medical Association poll finds parents outraged by spring break promotions.
April 8, 2002... 2002 APR 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- All-you-can-drink specials, booze cruises, "...endless nights of music, partying, sex and anything but textbooks..." may be the perfect lure to college students planning their spring break, but a poll...

Children seen by specialists more likely treated according to NAEPP guidelines.(National Asthma Education and Prevention Program)
April 8, 2002... 2002 APR 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Children treated by an allergist/immunologist are significantly more likely to be using controller medication, suggesting that specialist care is more consistent with National Asthma Education and...

Colored contacts can rectify some vision problems.
April 8, 2002... 2002 APR 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- More than 20 million people suffer from serious untreated vision problems. A company in Golden, Colorado, has developed landmark technology that can help patients suffering from double vision, light...

Group appeals to U.S. Senate to investigate nursing home abuse.(Family Research Council)
April 8, 2002... 2002 APR 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- America's nursing homes came under scrutiny as the U.S. Senate's Special Committee on Aging held a hearing to investigate the alarming growth of physical and sexual abuse of elderly and disabled persons...

First Genetic Trust enters alliance to provide pharmacogenetic services.(Orchid BioSciences Inc.)
April 8, 2002... 2002 APR 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Orchid BioSciences, Inc., (ORCH) and First Genetic Trust, Inc., (FGT) have formed an alliance to develop and market a range of pharmacogenetic services to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies,...

Dormann to become chairman of future Aventis supervisory Board.(Jurgen Dormann)
April 8, 2002... 2002 APR 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Jurgen Dormann, currently chairman of the management board of Aventis, and Jean-Rene Fourtou, currently vice chairman of the management board, will be proposed to be elected by the AGM as additional...

Greer named to board of directors.(R. Scott Greer elected to Affymax Inc. board of directors)
April 8, 2002... 2002 APR 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Affymax, Inc., a privately held biopharmaceutical company, announced the election of R. Scott Greer to its board of directors. Greer currently serves as chief executive officer and chairman of Abgenix,...

Disease management more likely to succeed when patients and caregivers take part.(asthma treatment)
April 8, 2002... 2002 APR 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Asthma education in small interactive groups of patients and their parents/caregivers improves self-management and positive decision-making, according to another study presented at the meeting. ...

Cardiac Science CEO wins excellence in entrepreneurship award.(Raymond W. Cohen)
April 8, 2002... 2002 APR 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cardiac Science, Inc., (DFIB) announced that its president and CEO, Raymond W. Cohen, won an Excellence in Entrepreneurship Award from the Orange County Business Journal. The award "acknowledges...

GlaxoSmithKline announces U.S. winners of International Impact Awards.
April 8, 2002... 2002 APR 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Elder care, substance addiction, veterans counseling, child abuse, sexual and reproductive health were just some of the areas receiving funding in the GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) International Impact Awards...

Harrison honored as Healthcare Bussinesswomen's Association's woman of the year.(AstraZeneca's Sarah S. Harrison)
April 8, 2002... 2002 APR 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Sarah S. Harrison, vice president, Customer Strategy Integration for AstraZeneca, has been named recipient of the Healthcare Businesswomen's Association (HBA) 2002 "Woman of the Year" award. David R....

HopeLink, MEDePass to deliver secure clinical trial information services.
April 8, 2002... 2002 APR 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- HopeLink Corp., a privately held healthcare information technology company, announced that it has teamed with MEDePass, Inc., a California Medical Association (CMA) subsidiary, to develop and deliver a...

Researchers explore ways to better manage asthma.
April 8, 2002... 2002 APR 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Asthma care in emergency departments has improved since 1996 but does not meet national standards, according to a study presented by two Boston-based researchers at the 58th Annual Meeting of the...

Illinois Hospital Association endorses Ryan, Vallas in gubernatorial primaries.
April 8, 2002... 2002 APR 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Citing the urgency of making healthcare a top priority in the next governor's administration, the Illinois Hospital Association (IHA) announced its endorsement of Jim Ryan in the Republican primary and...

Amedisys reports record earnings.
April 8, 2002... 2002 APR 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Amedisys, Inc., (AMED), one of America's leading home health nursing companies, reported record earnings, before special items, for the year ended December 31, 2001. The company reported record net...

Company adopts new 2002 Stockholders Rights Plan to replace existing 1998 plan.(Immunomedics Inc.)
April 8, 2002... 2002 APR 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Immunomedics, Inc., (IMMU) announced that its Board of Directors has approved the redemption of all outstanding Rights under its 1998 Stockholder Rights Plan in connection with the adoption of a new...

New website seeks to find hospital beds for critically ill patients in transit.(ICUnet)(www.icubeds.info)
April 8, 2002... 2002 APR 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In the March issue Critical Care, Philip Hopkins and Anthony Wolff explained how a new website could help prevent critically ill patients from dying while being transported between hospitals. In...

KU nursing education, Cerner launch high-tech initiative.(University of Kansas School of Nursing)
April 8, 2002... 2002 APR 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Future graduates of the University of Kansas School of Nursing will begin their careers with a competitive advantage due to their first-hand experience with technology that enables clinicians to...

Healthcare IT markets attempt to weather the economic downturn.(information technology)
April 8, 2002... 2002 APR 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Though a range of information technology (IT) sectors have been significantly impacted by the sluggish economy, healthcare markets for these technologies are showing signs of resilience. New...

Launching blockbusters: Early investments fuel maximum impact.
April 8, 2002... 2002 APR 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In the race to boost market uptake to a maximum first-year peak, pharmaceutical executives ramp up investments in prelaunch marketing activities, according to a report from pharmaceutical research firm...

Providence Medical Group becomes Swedish Physicians.
April 8, 2002... 2002 APR 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- To formally reflect its ties to Swedish Medical Center, Providence Medical Group has changed its name to Swedish Physicians (effective April 1, 2002). Beyond the new name, no other changes are...

Everyone plays a role in patient care.
April 8, 2002... 2002 APR 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- During National Patient Safety Foundation's (NPSF) Patient Safety Awareness Week (in March 2002), the Texas Hospital Association suggested that consumers and healthcare providers work together to...

Disease Management becomes the official association journal.(Disease Management Association of America)
April 8, 2002... 2002 APR 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Disease Management Association of America (DMAA) announced that it has entered into an agreement with Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers, of Larchmont, New York, to designate Disease Management as...

Cardinal announces the formation of a commission for the protection of children.(Bernard Cardinal Law of the Archdiocese of Boston)
April 8, 2002... 2002 APR 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- His Eminence Bernard Cardinal Law (Archdiocese of Boston) announced the additional names of eight women and two men who have agreed to bring their expertise from various disciplines to serve as...

Growth hormone may boost production of disease-fighting cells in elderly.(insulin-like growth factor-1)
April 15, 2002... 2002 APR 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Growth hormone therapy in elderly patients increases lean body mass and reduces body fat, helping them maintain fitness. Now, scientists say, the therapy also may dramatically boost the production of...

Brief exercise improves mental performance in people with chronic lung disease.
April 15, 2002... 2002 APR 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Immediately after 20 minutes of riding a stationary bicycle, people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) showed improvement in cognitive function, said Charles Emery, a study coauthor and...

Patients talk about their experiences on new website.(Database of Individual Patient Experiences; DIPEx web site)
April 15, 2002... 2002 APR 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Patients who have been newly diagnosed with breast cancer now have access to the experiences of other people living with the disease via the multimedia website DIPEx (Database of Individual Patient...

High-tech movies reveal information transfer within cells.
April 15, 2002... 2002 APR 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Like houses are divided into rooms, cells are divided into compartments, each with their own functions and bounded by their own membrane walls. These cell compartments float about the cell like...

Link seen with stunting in infancy.(malnutrition and giardia infection may lead to stunted growth and cognition disorders in children)
April 15, 2002... 2002 APR 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Malnutrition in infancy and possibly intestinal disease due to giardia infection could be associated with poor cognitive function in children at 9 years of age, suggest results of a study of Peruvian...

Chronically ill kids subdue their emotions.
April 15, 2002... 2002 APR 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Children with cancer and other chronic illnesses often adapt to their conditions by repressing their emotions, covering over feelings of depression and anxiety, a new study finds. The children...

ERs see 30% improvement in overall waiting times when minor injuries 'streamed'.
April 15, 2002... 2002 APR 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at the University of Warwick's Emergency Medicine Research Group have shown that the introduction of a separate stream for minor injuries in a hospital casualty department can reduce the...

Guarding against medical errors: Patients are key.
April 15, 2002... 2002 APR 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In a single week, two reports hit the news about serious surgical mistakes in hospitals. In Connecticut, two women died during surgery when they were accidentally given nitrous oxide instead of...

Advocacy group says growth-suppression therapy using estrogen may be harmful.(Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine)
April 15, 2002... 2002 APR 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A generation ago, many doctors prescribed estrogen to suppress the growth of girls who were destined to be over 6 feet tall. Far fewer doctors do so today, according to a new survey. But an...

Radiopharmaceutical company to obtain F-18 FDG from Mayo Collaborative Services.(P.E.T.Net Pharmaceuticals L.L.C.)
April 15, 2002... 2002 APR 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- P.E.T.Net Pharmaceuticals, Inc., has entered into an agreement with Mayo Collaborative Services, Inc., for the distribution of F-18 FDG, a radiopharmaceutical that is used in positron emission...

Avigen names Daniel Vapnek to board of directors.
April 15, 2002... 2002 APR 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Avigen, Inc., (AVGN), a leader in gene delivery based on its adeno associated virus (AAV) platform technology, announced that it has appointed Daniel Vapnek, PhD to a new position on its board of...

CardioOptics names new director to board.(John H. Parrish)
April 15, 2002... 2002 APR 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CardioOptics, developer of the Trans-Blood Vision system, announced the appointment of John H. Parrish to its board. Parrish has more than 25 years of experience in the medical products field and has...

Frank Katarow of BCI, Inc., joins board of directors.(of Medwave Inc.)
April 15, 2002... 2002 APR 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Medwave, Inc., (MDWV) has announced that Frank Katarow has joined Medwave's board of directors. He is presently president and chief operating officer for BCI, Inc. He has been employed by BCI...

Godfrey elected to scientific advisory board.
April 15, 2002... 2002 APR 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cepheid (CPHD) announced that Tony E. Godfrey, PhD, assistant professor of surgery and human genetics at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, has been appointed to its scientific advisory...

Mary Puncochar named senior VP, sales and marketing.(Prime Therapeutics, Inc.)
April 15, 2002... 2002 APR 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Prime Therapeutics, Inc., has hired Mary Puncochar as senior vice president, sales and marketing. Puncochar will be responsible for all sales initiatives, corporate communications, market...

New science advisor named.(Philip Needleman, Pharmacia Corp)
April 15, 2002... 2002 APR 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pharmacia Corp. announced that Philip Needleman, PhD has been appointed Science Advisor to the company's board of directors, in addition to his continuing roles as Pharmacia's senior executive vice...

New vice president of research and development named.(CryoCor Inc. appoints David J. Lentz vice president, research and development)
April 15, 2002... 2002 APR 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CryoCor, Inc., a development stage medical technology company, announced that David J. Lentz, PhD has joined CryoCor in a newly created position as vice president, research and development. Lentz...

Patrick Barmore, former Med-Tech COO, named president.(of Monogram Pictures Inc.)
April 15, 2002... 2002 APR 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Monogram Pictures, Inc., (MOPP) has appointed Patrick Barmore, currently the chief operating officer of Med-Tech Labs, Inc., as president. This comes on the heels of a Monogram's recent...

Randall L.-W. Caudill, PhD, joins board of directors.(of Helix BioMedix Inc.)
April 15, 2002... 2002 APR 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Helix BioMedix, Inc., (HXBM) an early stage biotechnology company announced that Randall L.-W. Caudill, PhD, a financial consultant and former investment banker has joined the company's board of...

Susan Evans named VP of product development.(for Caliper Technologies Corp.)
April 15, 2002... 2002 APR 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Caliper Technologies Corp. (CALP) announced the appointment of Susan A. Evans, PhD, as vice president of product development. In this newly created position, Evans will report to Dan Kisner, MD,...

Reduced sensitivity to dyspnea may predispose asthmatics to life-threatening attacks.
April 15, 2002... 2002 APR 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In a new study published in Chest, the peer-reviewed journal of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), researchers found that patients with a low perception of dyspnea (POD) had significantly...

James Ahlers named CFO.(of BioMedicines Inc.)
April 15, 2002... 2002 APR 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- BioMedicines, Inc., announced that it has named James Ahlers as vice president of finance and operations and chief financial officer. He will have responsibility for all financial activities,...

BD Biosciences Discovery Labware, Kensey Nash to commercialize 3D cell culture scaffolds.
April 15, 2002... 2002 APR 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- BD Biosciences, a business segment of Becton, Dickinson and Co. (BDX) and Kensey Nash Corp. (KNSY) have entered an agreement to commercialize a product line of proprietary Kensey Nash biomaterials to...

Grant will enable UNC scientists to make research more useful.(University of North Carolina Center for Developmental Science)
April 15, 2002... 2002 APR 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The National Science Foundation has awarded Drs. Martha Cox, J. Steven Reznick and colleagues at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Center for Developmental Science $2.5 million over 5...

Landacorp, Lifeguard sign landmark disease management agreement.
April 15, 2002... 2002 APR 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In what is believed to be a groundbreaking disease management agreement, Landacorp, Inc., (LCOR), a leading provider of technology-driven population health management solutions, announced a reinsured...

Company announces a Series D round of financing led by Oxford BioScience Partners.(Cellomics Inc.)
April 15, 2002... 2002 APR 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cellomics, Inc., announced that Oxford BioScience Partners is leading a Series D financing of up $20 million to continue building Cellomics' leadership role in high content cell analysis in all life...

Company reports fourth quarter, year-end results.(Antigenics Inc.)
April 15, 2002... 2002 APR 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Antigenics, Inc., (AGEN) reported financial results and operating highlights for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2001. For the 3 months ended December 31, 2001, the company incurred a net...

Company reports net loss of $72M.(Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
April 15, 2002... 2002 APR 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (AMLN) reported a net loss of $72.0 million, or $1.09 per share, for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001, compared with a net loss of $44.0 million, or $0.71 per...

Company sees lower revenues and smaller losses in fourth quarter and year 2001.(Triangle Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
April 15, 2002... 2002 APR 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Triangle Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (VIRS) reported improved financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2001. For the year ended December 31, 2001, the company reported a net...

Cyberonics reports record third quarter.
April 15, 2002... 2002 APR 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cyberonics, Inc., (CYBX) reported strong financial results for the third quarter of its fiscal year ending April 26, 2002, including an 80% hike in its gross profit margin. Net sales for the third...

Solid fourth quarter results contribute to strong full-year performance.(Edwards Lifesciences Corp.)
April 15, 2002... 2002 APR 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (EW) reported strong fourth quarter and full-year 2001 numbers, highlighted by a higher gross profit margin and lower interest expense. For the full year, the company...

Company issues update regarding megestrol acetate oral suspension.(Pharmaceutical Resources Inc.)
April 15, 2002... 2002 APR 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pharmaceutical Resources, Inc., (PRX) has learned that another generic competitor has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval to market megestrol oral suspension. Pharmaceutical...

Office of Naval Research awards grant for cell preservation program development.(to LifeCell Corp.)
April 15, 2002... 2002 APR 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- LifeCell Corp. (LIFC), announced that the U.S. Office of Naval Research has awarded the company with an $824,000, 3-year grant to continue funding of LifeCell's cell preservation program. LifeCell...

Ohio Valley General Hospital's School of Nursing tackles death, dying.
April 15, 2002... 2002 APR 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Nurses deal with death and dying everyday at hospitals across the country, but there is very little preparation and training related to dealing with the physical and emotional realities of the subject....