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CPEX Pharmaceuticals announces third-quarter results; reports net loss of $872,000

CPEX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009. For the quarter CPEX reported revenues of $5.0 million and a net loss of $872,000.

4 Nov 2009

BioClinica releases financial results for the third quarter of 2009

BioClinica™, Inc., a global provider of clinical trial services, today announced its financial results for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2009. The operating results of Phoenix Data Systems (“PDS”) are included in the financial results following the acquisition of PDS that was completed March 24, 2008.

From Clario 4 Nov 2009

FDA approves SPA Protocol Amendment for Lucanix Phase III clinical trial

NovaRx Corporation announced today that the Company has successfully negotiated and received FDA approval for a Special Protocol Assessment (SPA) Protocol Amendment to the pivotal Lucanix® Phase III clinical trial in patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC).

4 Nov 2009

Study results of nucleoside polymerase and protease inhibitor combination therapy for HCV promising

All approved therapy regimens to treat patients with hepatitis C are based on interferon, which must be injected. In this clinical trial to be presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, researchers treated patients - both treatment naive and experienced patients - with a twice daily oral combination therapy of a nucleoside polymerase and protease inhibitor.

4 Nov 2009

Phase Forward and PharmaNet Development Group sign multi-year agreement

Phase Forward, a leading provider of data management solutions for clinical trials and drug safety, today announced a multi-year agreement with PharmaNet Development Group, Inc., a global drug development services company, that enables PharmaNet to offer Phase Forward’s InForm™ electronic data capture (EDC) solution to PharmaNet customers worldwide.

4 Nov 2009

Predictive Biosciences commences clinical trials of its bladder cancer assay

Predictive Biosciences Inc. today announced the publication of pilot study results in the November issue of the Journal of Urology, highlighting the Company’s novel urinary biomarker approach to bladder cancer detection that achieves exceptionally high Negative and Positive Predictive Values (NPV and PPV).

4 Nov 2009

LIFE Biosystems to support UT Southwestern's Clinical Trials Management System deployment

LIFE Biosystems AG announced today that it has entered into a master agreement with The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas to provide clinical research consulting services in the area of Clinical Trials Management System (CTMS) deployment support. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

4 Nov 2009

MagForce Nanotechnologies completes clinical trial of Nano-Cancer therapy in glioblastoma patients

MagForce Nanotechnologies AG has successfully completed its single-arm clinical trial on the efficacy of thermotherapy using superparamagnetic nanoparticles in patients with recurrent glioblastoma.

4 Nov 2009

New strategy to eliminate and eradicate malaria unveiled

Marking its tenth anniversary year, the PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative (MVI) today unveiled a new strategy that sets the stage for an aggressive push targeting the long-term goal of eliminating and eradicating malaria

4 Nov 2009

XanGo Juice lowers levels of C-reactive protein in overweight and obese people

A new study published in Nutrition Journal indicates that XanGo- Juice, a market-leading, premium mangosteen beverage, has lowered levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) in overweight and obese people in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled human trial.

4 Nov 2009

Advanced equipment targets radiation to specific areas in the brain

Radiation oncologists at Rush University Medical Center are intent on finding ways to avoid damage to the critically important hippocampus and limbic circuit of the brain when cranial radiation is required to treat existing or potential metastatic cancers.

4 Nov 2009

Common pain killers may blunt the effect of flu shots

With flu vaccination season in full swing, research from the University of Rochester Medical Center cautions that use of many common pain killers - Advil, Tylenol, aspirin - at the time of injection may blunt the effect of the shot and have a negative effect on the immune system.

4 Nov 2009

Aerovance enrolls 540 patients in Phase 2b Aerovant clinical trial

Aerovance Inc. today announced it has completed patient enrollment in a Phase 2b clinical trial of the inhaled dry powder formulation of Aerovant for the treatment of uncontrolled asthma. Top-line results are expected by the second quarter of 2010.

3 Nov 2009

Health Canada approves the marketing of BioMimetic Therapeutics' Augment Bone Graft

BioMimetic Therapeutics, Inc. announced today that it has received approval from Health Canada to begin the marketing of its lead orthopedic product, Augment™ Bone Graft, as an alternative to the use of autograft in midfoot, hindfoot and ankle fusion indications in Canada.

3 Nov 2009

Exact Sciences announces financial results for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, 2009

Exact Sciences Corp. today announced its financial results for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, 2009.

3 Nov 2009

Arrowhead Research updates its shareholders

Arrowhead Research Corporation’s (NASDAQ: ARWR) President and Chief Executive Officer today issued the following letter to the Company’s shareholders.

3 Nov 2009

Puricore reports increase in sales of 25% in Q3

PuriCore, the life sciences company focused on developing and commercializing proprietary, green solutions that safely, effectively, and naturally kill infectious pathogens without causing harm to human health or the environment, today issues an Interim Management Statement covering the three-month and nine-month periods ending September 30, 2009.

3 Nov 2009

NIH awards $4 million research grant to AllTranz

AllTranz, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on developing drugs to treat a variety of neurologic and inflammatory disorders, today announced that it has been awarded a $4 million research grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to advance the company’s transdermal tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) patch for the treatment of marijuana dependence and withdrawal.

3 Nov 2009

Seaside Therapeutics commences STX107 Phase 1 clinical trial for Fragile X Syndrome

Seaside Therapeutics LLC today announced that the Company has initiated a Phase 1 clinical trial of STX107, a highly potent, selective mGluR5 antagonist, in development for the treatment of Fragile X Syndrome. The single ascending dose study is designed to evaluate the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of STX107 in healthy volunteers. Fragile X Syndrome is the most common inherited form of mental impairment and the most common known cause of autism.

3 Nov 2009

Schering-Plough's Phase III study of Grass Allergy Immunotherapy meets primary endpoint

Schering-Plough Corporation today announced that its investigational sublingual Grass (Phleum Pratense) Allergy Immunotherapy Tablet (AIT) has met the primary endpoint in a Phase III study of adult subjects in the U.S. with a history of grass pollen induced rhinoconjunctivitis with or without asthma. The investigational Grass AIT treatment is designed to work by inducing a protective immune response against grass pollen allergy and providing sustained prevention of allergy symptoms, treating both the symptoms and the underlying cause of the disease.

3 Nov 2009

Clinical Trial News and Research

CPEX Pharmaceuticals announces third-quarter results; reports net loss of $872,000

BioClinica releases financial results for the third quarter of 2009

FDA approves SPA Protocol Amendment for Lucanix Phase III clinical trial

Study results of nucleoside polymerase and protease inhibitor combination therapy for HCV promising

Phase Forward and PharmaNet Development Group sign multi-year agreement

Predictive Biosciences commences clinical trials of its bladder cancer assay

LIFE Biosystems to support UT Southwestern's Clinical Trials Management System deployment

MagForce Nanotechnologies completes clinical trial of Nano-Cancer therapy in glioblastoma patients

New strategy to eliminate and eradicate malaria unveiled

XanGo Juice lowers levels of C-reactive protein in overweight and obese people

Advanced equipment targets radiation to specific areas in the brain

Common pain killers may blunt the effect of flu shots

Aerovance enrolls 540 patients in Phase 2b Aerovant clinical trial

Health Canada approves the marketing of BioMimetic Therapeutics' Augment Bone Graft

Exact Sciences announces financial results for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, 2009

Arrowhead Research updates its shareholders

Puricore reports increase in sales of 25% in Q3

NIH awards $4 million research grant to AllTranz

Seaside Therapeutics commences STX107 Phase 1 clinical trial for Fragile X Syndrome

Schering-Plough's Phase III study of Grass Allergy Immunotherapy meets primary endpoint

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