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AVEO Pharmaceuticals reports net loss of $14.4 million for first-quarter 2010

AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing cancer therapeutics, today announced financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2010, provided an update on progress towards achievement of 2010 goals as well as 2010 financial guidance.

29 Apr 2010

OMT beneficial as adjunctive treatment in elderly people with pneumonia

A clinical trial of 406 subjects 50 years of age and older who were hospitalized with pneumonia showed a one-day reduction in the length of hospital stay in those patients who received osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) in addition to conventional medical care when compared to patients who received only conventional medical care. A per protocol analysis also showed a significant reduction in the duration of intravenous antibiotics and in respiratory failure or death in the group that received OMT when compare to the conventional care only group.

29 Apr 2010

Removing unruptured AVM decreases risk of hemorrhaging, provides better outcomes to patients

Individuals diagnosed with a brain arteriovenous malformation, an abnormal tangle of arteries and veins, are at an increased risk of vessel rupture and bleeding that can cause stroke and permanent brain damage.

29 Apr 2010

CINJ trial targets new combination therapy for advanced solid tumors

Building off recent laboratory discoveries relating to how cancer cells become resistant to therapies that attempt to starve cancer, scientists at The Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ) are now applying that knowledge to a process in which cancer cells eat themselves to downsize and resist therapy. The ultimate goal of this effort is to improve upon current anticancer treatments.

29 Apr 2010

Geron reports net loss of $16.6M for first-quarter 2010

Geron Corporation today reported financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2010.

29 Apr 2010

Multicenter NIH trial finds combination antibiotics effective against Chlamydia-induced reactive arthritis

Combination antibiotics effectively treat Chlamydia-induced reactive arthritis - a major step toward management, and possibly cure, of this disease, a federal multicenter clinical trial led by the University of South Florida College of Medicine found.

29 Apr 2010

Talecris Biotherapeutics first-quarter net income increases 35.6% to $45.3 million

Talecris Biotherapeutics Holdings Corp. today announced its financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2010, and filed its first quarter 2010 Form 10-Q with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

29 Apr 2010

Celladon's first Phase II trial of MYDICAR for advanced heart failure meets primary endpoint

Targeted Genetics Corporation announced today that its licensing partner, Celladon Corporation, has reported today that Celladon's first Phase II trial with MYDICAR® for the treatment of advanced heart failure has met its primary safety and efficacy endpoints, as prospectively defined in the Phase II trial protocol.

29 Apr 2010

Ceregene continues enrollment in new Phase 1/2 clinical study of CERE-120 for Parkinson's disease

Ceregene, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, announced today that enrollment is proceeding in a new Phase 1/2 clinical study evaluating CERE-120, a gene therapy product which delivers the neurotrophic factor neurturin, to dying neurons in Parkinson's disease patients. This new clinical study follows a completed Phase 2 trial and builds on experience gained in that trial, by enhancing the dosing regimen and optimizing the duration of patient follow up.

29 Apr 2010

Neurocrine Biosciences reports net loss of $8.6M in first quarter 2010

Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. today announced its financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2010. For the first quarter of 2010, the Company reported a net loss of $8.6 million, or $0.19 per share compared with a net loss of $19.7 million, or $0.51 per share, for the same period in 2009.

29 Apr 2010

Investigators study Pioglitazone and Vitamin E for treatment of NASH

A daily dose of a specific form of vitamin E significantly improved the liver disease, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, according to a study funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases of the National Institutes of Health. Results were published April 28 online in the New England Journal of Medicine.

29 Apr 2010

Neoprobe reports revenues of $2.7M for first-quarter 2010

Neoprobe Corporation, a diversified developer of innovative biomedical surgical oncology products, today announced consolidated results for the first quarter of 2010. First quarter 2010 revenues were $2.7 million, consistent with the record revenue reported for the first quarter of 2009.

29 Apr 2010

Goodwin Biotechnology, Hyprocell sign collaborative agreement to strengthen clinical development services

Goodwin Biotechnology Inc., a full service contract biomanufacturing company, and Hyprocell LLC, a clinical cell line development services company, jointly announced today their collaborative agreement to create a business model enabling customers to access their one stop shop services.

28 Apr 2010

CTI receives positive reception from EMEA clinical experts for pixantrone MAA

Cell Therapeutics, Inc. today reported recent accomplishments and financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2010.

28 Apr 2010

BiondVax announces successful conclusion of second Phase I/II trial of Multimeric-001 Universal Flu Vaccine

BiondVax Pharmaceuticals Ltd., an Israeli biopharmaceutical company at the forefront of global efforts towards the development of a Universal Influenza Vaccine, announced the successful conclusion of the Company's second Phase I/II clinical trial of the Multimeric-001 Universal Influenza Vaccine.

28 Apr 2010

Seattle Genetics reports revenues of $46.5M for first-quarter 2010

Seattle Genetics, Inc. today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2010. The company also highlighted recent product development activities and planned milestones.

28 Apr 2010

DARA Therapeutics collaborates to advance clinical study of KRN5500 for CIPN in cancer patients

DARA BioSciences, Inc. announced today that on April 26, 2010, DARA Therapeutics, a subsidiary of DARA BioSciences, and the Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), entered into a Clinical Trials Agreement to advance the clinical study of KRN5500 for the treatment of Chemotherapy Induced Peripheral Neuropathy (CIPN) in patients with cancer. Under the terms of the collaboration, NCI will fund the studies and DARA will supply KRN5500 and placebo.

28 Apr 2010

Study results from US Military Malaria Vaccine Program announced

Bioject Medical Technologies Inc., a leading developer of needle-free injection therapy systems, today announced that the US Military Malaria Vaccine Program presented results of its study using the Biojector2000 with a recombinant DNA vaccine at two recent conferences. A Cooperative Research and Development Agreement was signed with the Navy in April 2009 to work together on the study.

28 Apr 2010

Discovery Labs reports first-quarter results, updates on Surfaxin and key pipeline programs

Discovery Laboratories, Inc., a biotechnology company developing its novel synthetic surfactant and aerosol technologies for respiratory diseases, today provides an update on Surfaxin® and key pipeline and business initiatives and reports financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2010.

28 Apr 2010

Nile Therapeutics closes underwritten public offering of common stock

Nile Therapeutics, Inc., a company focused on the development of novel therapeutics for heart failure patients, announced the closing of its previously announced underwritten public offering of 6,500,000 units of its securities consisting of an aggregate of 6,500,000 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase an aggregate of 1,950,000 shares of common stock.

28 Apr 2010

Clinical Trial News and Research

AVEO Pharmaceuticals reports net loss of $14.4 million for first-quarter 2010

OMT beneficial as adjunctive treatment in elderly people with pneumonia

Removing unruptured AVM decreases risk of hemorrhaging, provides better outcomes to patients

CINJ trial targets new combination therapy for advanced solid tumors

Geron reports net loss of $16.6M for first-quarter 2010

Multicenter NIH trial finds combination antibiotics effective against Chlamydia-induced reactive arthritis

Talecris Biotherapeutics first-quarter net income increases 35.6% to $45.3 million

Celladon's first Phase II trial of MYDICAR for advanced heart failure meets primary endpoint

Ceregene continues enrollment in new Phase 1/2 clinical study of CERE-120 for Parkinson's disease

Neurocrine Biosciences reports net loss of $8.6M in first quarter 2010

Investigators study Pioglitazone and Vitamin E for treatment of NASH

Neoprobe reports revenues of $2.7M for first-quarter 2010

Goodwin Biotechnology, Hyprocell sign collaborative agreement to strengthen clinical development services

CTI receives positive reception from EMEA clinical experts for pixantrone MAA

BiondVax announces successful conclusion of second Phase I/II trial of Multimeric-001 Universal Flu Vaccine

Seattle Genetics reports revenues of $46.5M for first-quarter 2010

DARA Therapeutics collaborates to advance clinical study of KRN5500 for CIPN in cancer patients

Study results from US Military Malaria Vaccine Program announced

Discovery Labs reports first-quarter results, updates on Surfaxin and key pipeline programs

Nile Therapeutics closes underwritten public offering of common stock

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