* Cambridge Neuroscience Inc., of Cambridge, Mass., started aplacebo-controlled study of Cerestat in stroke patients, who will betreated with fixed rather than weight-adjusted doses of the drug.

* Genetronics Biomedical Ltd., of San Diego, signed a contract tosupport gene therapy studies being conducted at The TorontoHospital. One area being studied is the feasibility of electroporationas a means to enhance gene transfer, using nonviral vectors.

* Immunomedics Inc., of Morris Plains, N.J., said a district courtgranted its motion to dismiss a shareholder lawsuit filed June 2, 1994.The complaint alleged the company gave misleading statementsabout its prospects.

* PerSeptive Biosystems Inc. said it completed its relocation to newheadquarters in Framingham, Mass. The company secured a $5million financing from Hambrecht & Quist Guaranty Finance L.P. tohelp offset the move.

* Repligen Corp., of Cambridge, Mass., and researchers from theUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill reported that thecompany's recombinant platelet factor 4 (rPF4) appears to beeffective at restoring coagulation by reversing the effects of heparin,suggesting it may be an alternative to protamine for restoration ofcoagulation in cardiovascular patients.

* Shareholders of Anergen Inc., of Redwood City, Calif., approvedthe previously announced $15 million financing.

* The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Californiagranted a motion from Alza Corp., of Palo Alto, Calif., to dismiss alawsuit brought against Alza by Cygnus Therapeutic Systems, ofRedwood City, Calif. Cygnus was challenging Alza's patent coverageof fentanyl transdermal patches.

* Viral Technologies Inc., of Alexandria, Va., a joint venture ownedby CEL-SCI Corp. and Alpha 1 Biomedicals Inc., started a clinicalstudy of HGP-30, an AIDS vaccine candidate. It will involve HIV-negative people who participated in a previous study.

* Researchers at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, of Baltimore,and Matritech Inc., of Cambridge, Mass., developed a monoclonalantibody that reacts to the nuclear matrix proteins present in cells ofthose with prostate cancer.

* Canji Inc., of San Diego, obtained an exclusive license from theGeraldine Brush Cancer Center Research Institute at CaliforniaPacific Medical Center for the Brush-1 gene, a tumor suppresser genelinked to breast cancer.

* Chemex Pharmaceuticals Inc., of Fort Lee, N.J., and the BlockDrug Co., of Jersey City, N.J., refiled a new drug application forAmlexanox, for aphthous ulcers.

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