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+++ PharmCast.com's Executive MBA Program Highlight+++

The University of Colorado Executive MBA Program in Health Administration offers an option in Pharmaceutical Management that provides pharmaceutical industry professionals with a Master of Business Administration degree with an emphasis in health administration and pharmaceutical management in 25 months.  Professionals in the pharmaceutical industry are being faced with management issues that are complex and involve other key players in the health care industry.  Students will learn about global issues in a classroom environment that includes a wide variety of healthcare professionals.

http://www.pharmcast.com/BuyersGuide/UColorado/UColoradoMBAInfo.htm
 

+++ PharmCast.com's Conference Highlight +++
 

1.  Cleanroom Microbiology for the Non-Microbiologist, February 26-27, 2007, Malvern, PA.  Organized by The Center for Professional Innovation & Education.

http://www.cfpie.com/showitem.aspx?productid=016&source=pharmcast
 

2.  Biotech Patenting, April 18-19, 2007, Munich, Germany.  Organized by C5.

http://www.c5-online.com/biotech.htm
 

3.  RNAi World Congress, April 24-25, 2007, Philadelphia, PA.  Organized by Select Biosciences Ltd.

http://www.selectbiosciences.com/conferences/RNAiWorldCongress2007
 

4.  Molecular Diagnostics World Congress, April 26-27, 2007, Philadelphia, PA.  Organized by Select Biosciences Ltd.

http://www.selectbiosciences.com/conferences/MolDiagnostics2007
 

5.  Cancer Proteomics World Congress, April 26-27, 2007, Philadelphia, PA.  Organized by Select Biosciences Ltd.

http://www.selectbiosciences.com/conferences/CancerProteomics2007
 

6.  MedEd Congress 2007, May 2-4, 2007, Philadelphia, PA.  Organized by the Institute for International Research.

http://www.iirusa.com/meded

 

+++ PharmCast.com's Last Week Pharmaceutical Patents +++
 

http://www.pharmcast.com/PatentToSubWeb/Yr2007/Jan2007/Home010907OG.htm


1.  Human hookworm model and method for maintaining human hookworm in a non-human primate

2.  Antibodies to a fibrinogen binding protein of staphylococcus epidermidis

3.  Injectable system for controlled drug delivery

4.  Methods of inducing IL-10 production

5.  Nicotine in therapeutic angiogenesis and vasculogenesis

6.  Antibodies that recognize and bind phosphorylated human androgen receptor and methods of using same

7.  Methods of selecting compounds for modulation of bladder function

8.  Methods and kit for treating Parkinson's disease

9.  Suspension aerosol formulations of pharmaceutical products

10.  Method of diagnosing, monitoring, and staging lung cancer

11.  Least-square deconvolution (LSD): a method to resolve DNA mixtures

12.  Use of anti-CD45 leukocyte antigen antibodies for immunomodulation

13.  Media for clostridium bacterium and processes for obtaining a clostridial toxin

14.  Method of determining sperm capacitation

15.  Methods of inhibiting TNF-.alpha. in patients with Crohn's disease

16.  Biologically active metal-containing nucleic acids

17.  Method of testing for bronchial asthma

18.  Modified polypeptides stabilized in a desired conformation and methods for producing same

19.  Matrix for oxygen delivery to compromised tissues

20.  Transgenic mice comprising a genomic human tau transgene

+++ PharmCast.com's Last Week Federal Register +++
 

http://www.pharmcast.com/FederalRegistrar/FRHome.htm
 

January 26, 2007

1.  Notice: Medical Devices; Availability of Safety and Effectiveness Summaries for Premarket Approval Applications

2.  Notice: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Human Cells, Tissues, and Cellular and Tissue-Based Products: Establishment Registration and Listing; Form Food and Drug Administration 3356; Eligibility Determination for Donors; and Current Good Tissue Practice

January 25, 2007

1.  Notice: Request for Information (RFI): Guidance for Prioritization of Pre-pandemic and Pandemic Influenza Vaccine--Extension of Comment Period

January 24, 2007

1.  Notice: In the Matter of Certain Modified Vaccinia Ankara ("MVA") Viruses and Vaccines and Pharmaceutical Compositions Based Thereon; Notice of Commission Decision To Request Supplemental Briefing and To Extend the Target Date for Completion of the Investigation

2.  Notice: Grant of Interim Extension of the Term of U.S. Patent No. 4,650,787; Sanvar[supreg]

3.  Guidance for Industry: Certain Human Cells, Tissues, and Cellular and Tissue-Based Products Recovered From Donors Who Were Tested for Communicable Diseases Using Pooled Specimens or Diagnostic Tests; Availability

January 23, 2007

1.  Notice: Hydrogen Peroxide Solution for Control of Various Fungal and Bacterial Diseases in Fish; Availability of Data

January 22, 2007

1.  Notice: Prospective Grant of Exclusive License: Devices for Countercurrent Chromatography

2.  Notice: Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for License Amendment to Byproduct Materials License Nos. 29-05218-28 and 29-15188-01, for Amendment of the Licenses and Unrestricted Release of the Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Environmental Services Building Annex in Piscataway, NJ

+++ PharmCast.com's Last Week Recent FDA Links +++

 http://www.pharmcast.com/FDALinks/FDALinksLatest.htm
 

January 26, 2007

1.  Electronic Biological Product Deviation Reporting (eBPDR) - Latest System Changes - Update (Posted: 1/26/2007)

2.  Electronic Biological Product Deviation Reporting (eBPDR) Instructions - Update (Posted: 1/26/2007)

January 24, 2007

1.  Drugs@FDA Downloadable Data Files (updated 1/24/2007)

January 23, 2007

1.  Guidance for Industry: Certain Human Cells, Tissues, and Cellular and Tissue-Based Products (HCT/Ps) Recovered From Donors Who Were Tested For Communicable Diseases Using Pooled Specimens or Diagnostic Tests (Posted: 1/23/2007)

January 22, 2007

1.  Stem Cells and Multiple Sclerosis: Prospects and Strategies (Slide Presentation Posted: 1/22/2007)
     a.  Cell Therapy in Multiple Sclerosis: FDA Regulatory Issues (PDF - 331 KB) - Celia M.Witten, Ph.D., M.D.

+++ PharmCast.com's Recent FDA Warning Letters +++

http://www.pharmcast.com/WarningLetters/LatestWL.htm
 

1.  Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. (Evoxac Capsules (cevimeline hydrochloride))

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