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April 24, 2002

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High-titered canarypox vaccine in combination with gp120 proved safe and immunogenic

Synthetic tumstatin-derived peptide exerts promising antiangiogenic and antitumor activity

Water-soluble, orally bioavailable prodrug of Ro-31-7453 designed at Roche

JS-K, an arylated diazeniumdiolate, undergoes evaluation at the NCI

Promising in vitro anti-HBV activity described for MCC-478 this week at JSGE meeting

Edaravone has no effect on cerebral blood flow after acute stroke

Potential of MS-818 in stroke suggested by preclinical experiments

KB-R7785 ameliorates cardiac hypertrophy induced by GPCR agonists

Better cardioprotection of allografts reported for a combination of diazoxide and TY-12533

FR-190997, a highly potent, nonpeptide bradykinin receptor agonist with vasorelaxant activity

Ghrelin induces GH release and enhances cardiac performance in healthy humans

Joint French and Japanese R&D program discovers GSK-3beta inhibitors

Integrin inhibitors and their potential uses patented by Ajinomoto

Boehringer Ingelheim claims new tyrosine kinase-inhibitory 4-aminoquinazolines

Carboxamides synthesized at Ono show selectivity as EP3 and/or EP4 receptor antagonists

New PDE5 inhibitors in the Merck pipeline

Preparation and use of PTP1B inhibitors described by Abbott

Hokuriku Seiyaku investigates new treatments for cytokine-mediated disorders

Xalatan approved in E.U. as first-line therapy for lowering IOP in glaucoma patients

Genentech licenses Xenova's OX40/OX40 ligand technology

Phase I/IIa trial initiated for TLK-199 in myelodysplastic syndrome

Lynx and Wilex collaborate to identify genes regulated by WX-G250

Regulatory approval sought in Japan for Visudyne in AMD

Customized vaccine tested in NHL patients at University of Maryland

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