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EpiCept announces third quarter 2009 financial results

EpiCept Corporation today announced operating and financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, and provided an update on Ceplene® and several of the Company’s key product candidates.

10 Nov 2009

Harvest Technologies completes patient enrollment in its non-reconstructable Critical Limb Ischemia trial

Harvest Technologies Corp. announced today that the company sponsored 48-patient IDE clinical trial conducted at seven sites in the U.S. and one site in India using the company's Bone Marrow Aspiration Concentrate (BMAC) System to treat patients with non-reconstructable Critical Limb Ischemia (CLI) has completed enrollment. Mark D. Iafrati, M.D. Chief of Vascular Surgery at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, directed the study.

10 Nov 2009

FDA grants marketing approval for Wright Medical Group's CONSERVE Plus Total Hip Resurfacing System

Wright Medical Group, Inc., a global orthopaedic medical device company, announced today that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given approval to the Company to market its original CONSERVE® Plus Total Hip Resurfacing System. Now available in the United States, this innovative total surface arthroplasty system provides surgeons and their patients a bone-conserving alternative to traditional total hip replacement.

9 Nov 2009

Clinipace acquires Worldwide Clinical Research, changes its name to Clinipace Worldwide

Clinipace, a global technology-driven clinical research organization (CRO), announced today that on October 26th, 2009 the company closed its acquisition of Worldwide Clinical Research, Inc. (WWCR), a Midwest-based CRO specializing in the management of clinical studies for biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. With the acquisition, Clinipace has changed its name to Clinipace Worldwide.

9 Nov 2009

Emisphere Technologies' key product developments and financial results for the third quarter of 2009

Emisphere Technologies, Inc. today announced financial and operational results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2009.

9 Nov 2009

CytRx reports financial results for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2009

CytRx Corporation, a biopharmaceutical company, today reported financial results for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2009.

9 Nov 2009

Cardiome Pharma announces financial results for the three months ended September 30, 2009

Cardiome Pharma Corp. today reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009. Amounts, unless specified otherwise, are expressed in Canadian dollars and in accordance with Canadian Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (Canadian GAAP).

9 Nov 2009

GTx reports financial results for the third quarter of 2009

GTx, Inc. today reported financial results for the third quarter of 2009. The net loss for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2009 was $12.8 million and $35.4 million, respectively, compared with a net loss of $11.9 million and $37.9 million for the same periods in 2008. At September 30, 2009 GTx had cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments of $55.5 million.

9 Nov 2009

Chinese SFDA approves China Medical Technologies' Leukemia BCR/ABL fusion gene detection FISH Probe

China Medical Technologies, Inc., a leading China-based medical device company that develops, manufactures and markets advanced in-vitro diagnostic products, today announced that the Company has received approval for its Leukemia BCR/ABL fusion gene detection FISH Probe (the "Leukemia BCR/ABL FISH Probe") from the State Food and Drug Administration of China (the "SFDA").

9 Nov 2009

Concert Pharmaceuticals commences Phase 1b clinical study of its CTP-518 HIV protease inhibitor

Concert Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that it has initiated a Phase 1b clinical study with CTP-518, its investigational oral HIV protease inhibitor for the treatment of HIV infection. In connection with the start of this multiple ascending dose arm of the Phase 1 study, Concert will receive a $12 million milestone payment under the company’s strategic alliance with GlaxoSmithKline.

9 Nov 2009

PAREXEL International forms an alliance with Mortara Instrument, enhances cardiac safety capabilities

PAREXEL International Corporation, a leading global biopharmaceutical services provider, today announced that it has enhanced its cardiac safety capabilities for early phase clinical development through an alliance with Mortara Instrument, Inc., which manufactures and distributes electrocardiogram (ECG) devices and related technology worldwide.

From Parexel 9 Nov 2009

Financial results for the third-quarter announced by Repros Therapeutics

Repros Therapeutics today announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009.

9 Nov 2009

Daval International receives award for its anti-inflammatory agent AIMSPRO

Following the provision of clinical and scientific data to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), privately owned UK company Daval International Limited (http://www.davalinternational.com) has been informed that its innovative anti-inflammatory agent AIMSPRO(R) has been awarded an Orphan-Drug designation for the treatment of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).

9 Nov 2009

NHLBI stops enrollment in study comparing resuscitation strategies

Enrollment has ended early in a large, multicenter clinical trial comparing two distinct resuscitation strategies delivered by emergency medical service (EMS) providers to increase blood flow during cardiac arrest. The study's independent monitoring board and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), the lead sponsor of the study, stopped enrollment based on preliminary data suggesting that neither strategy significantly improved survival.

7 Nov 2009

Rituximab drug potentially effective for treating Graves' eye disease, shows study

A small group of patients with severe Graves' eye disease experienced rapid improvement of their symptoms - and improved vision - following treatment with the drug rituximab. Inflammation around their eyes and damage to the optic nerve were significantly reduced. The same patients had not previously responded to steroids, a common treatment for Graves' eye disease.

7 Nov 2009

Increased use of CAS procedures to treat carotid stenosis associated with adverse clinical outcomes

Among eligible Medicare beneficiaries, increased use of carotid arterial stenting (CAS) procedures to treat carotid stenosis-the narrowing of the carotid artery-is associated with higher rates of mortality and adverse clinical outcomes, including heart attack and stroke, according to researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.

7 Nov 2009

Genetix Pharmaceuticals develops a gene therapy product to treat ALD

Genetix Pharmaceuticals, a leader in gene therapy of somatic stem cells, announced today the company’s clinical program to treat Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD). The company is developing a gene therapy product in collaboration with Professor Patrick Aubourg and Doctor Nathalie Cartier of the National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM).

7 Nov 2009

GeoVax Labs announces financial results and operational update for the third quarter of 2009

GeoVax Labs, Inc., an Atlanta-based, biopharmaceutical company developing human vaccines for diseases caused by HIV-1 (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) and other infectious agents, today announced its third quarter 2009 financial results and provided an operational update.

6 Nov 2009

BioSpecifics Technologies revenues increases by 100% for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009

BioSpecifics Technologies Corp. (Nasdaq: BSTC), a biopharmaceutical company developing first-in-class collagenase-based products, today announced its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009.

6 Nov 2009

Third-quarter 2009 financial results announced by Halozyme Therapeutics

Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company developing and commercializing products targeting the extracellular matrix for the endocrinology, oncology, dermatology and drug delivery markets, today reported financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009.

6 Nov 2009

Clinical Trial News and Research

EpiCept announces third quarter 2009 financial results

Harvest Technologies completes patient enrollment in its non-reconstructable Critical Limb Ischemia trial

FDA grants marketing approval for Wright Medical Group's CONSERVE Plus Total Hip Resurfacing System

Clinipace acquires Worldwide Clinical Research, changes its name to Clinipace Worldwide

Emisphere Technologies' key product developments and financial results for the third quarter of 2009

CytRx reports financial results for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2009

Cardiome Pharma announces financial results for the three months ended September 30, 2009

GTx reports financial results for the third quarter of 2009

Chinese SFDA approves China Medical Technologies' Leukemia BCR/ABL fusion gene detection FISH Probe

Concert Pharmaceuticals commences Phase 1b clinical study of its CTP-518 HIV protease inhibitor

PAREXEL International forms an alliance with Mortara Instrument, enhances cardiac safety capabilities

Financial results for the third-quarter announced by Repros Therapeutics

Daval International receives award for its anti-inflammatory agent AIMSPRO

NHLBI stops enrollment in study comparing resuscitation strategies

Rituximab drug potentially effective for treating Graves' eye disease, shows study

Increased use of CAS procedures to treat carotid stenosis associated with adverse clinical outcomes

Genetix Pharmaceuticals develops a gene therapy product to treat ALD

GeoVax Labs announces financial results and operational update for the third quarter of 2009

BioSpecifics Technologies revenues increases by 100% for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009

Third-quarter 2009 financial results announced by Halozyme Therapeutics

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