Hepatitis C - SciClone Announces Settlement of Schering Plough KK (SPKK) Dispute

SciClone Announces Settlement of Schering Plough KK (SPKK) Dispute
Market Wire - SAN MATEO, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 04/03/2006 -- SciClone Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCLN ) today announced that it has reached a settlement in its dispute with SPKK concerning clinical trials conducted in Japan with ZADAXIN , SciClone's lead

Relative risks of cirrhosis from non-alcoholic steatohepatitis
EurekAlert - Morbidity and mortality lower than for Hepatitis C, but still notable Cirrhosis related to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is associated with fewer complications and a lower mortality compared to cirrhosis from hepatitis C, despite NASH patients

Infectious diseases rise
Canton Repository - CANTON - A childhood disease and a sexually transmitted disease accounted for the biggest share of the increase in infectious diseases in Stark County last year. Cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, more than tripled, from 17 in 2004 to

Oklahoma State House Panel Passes Tattoo Regulation Measure
Hometown Channel - OKLAHOMA CITY -- A state House panel passed legislation Monday that would license and regulate tattoo artists and parlors in Oklahoma, the only state in the nation that bans the body art. In a 15-7 vote, the House Health and Human Services Committee

Biotechs in region lead US in red ink
Boston Globe - New England's vaunted biotechnology industry leads the nation in just one thing: losing money. The region's publicly traded biotechnology companies lost nearly $1.2 billion in 2005, more than those in any other part of the country, according to a

By ROBIN ERB
Toledo Blade - DETROIT - The voice of an Adrian teenager - who four years ago was raped, held captive, and forced to prostitute herself - filled a still federal courtroom in Detroit yesterday shortly before the man convicted as her captor and pimp was sentenced to

Knockin' Down Threes
Motley Fool - The three-point shot can be a game-changer. If a team gets hot behind the arc, watch out. The points will start adding up fast. The power of the three-pointer This year's finalists, UCLA and Florida, are evenly matched teams. That's why their