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Echo Therapeutics and Cato BioVentures Sign Right of First Offer Agreement for Dermatology Products and Transdermal Drug Delivery Technologies

FRANKLIN, Mass., April 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Echo Therapeutics (OTC Bulletin Board: ECTE) today announced that it has signed a dermatology product and transdermal drug delivery technology right of first offer agreement with Cato BioVentures, the venture capital affiliate of Cato Researc...

Kaiser Family Foundation Launches New Non-Profit Health Policy News Service

... correspondent at Business Week , will be writing bi-weekly columns. Among others who will contribute occasional columns are: Michael Cannon of the cato Institute, Jim Capretta of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, Judy Feder of the Center for American Progress, and Mark Pauly of the Wharton School a...

The Danger of President Obama's Insurance for Children (SCHIP)

...., March 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Democrats are moving quickly to socialize American health care with the SCHIP expansion. Michael Tanner of the cato Institute whined, "Shouldn't we at least talk about it?" The cost to the federal taxpayers is enormous and President Obama has promised to reduce fun...

Alseres Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Announces $200,000 Financing

...curities purchase agreement (the "Agreement") with cato Holding Company (d/b/a cato BioVentures) for the private placement of 200,000 ...ivate placement to satisfy certain amounts owed to cato Research Ltd., a contract research organization an...

PJTV Holds Hearing on Stimulus Bill and Health Care Impacts

...ernment Affairs, Club for Growth Brian Riedl, Senior Policy Analyst, Heritage Foundation Dan Mitchell, Senior Fellow, cato Institute Health Care Panel Jim Capretta , fellow with the Ethics and Public Policy Center (EPPC) And...

American Heart Association Calls on Presidential Candidates to Adopt the Organization's New Principles on Healthcare Reform

...cal Officer, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas; Gerald Shea, assistant to the President of External Affairs, AFL-CIO; Michael Tanner, senior fellow, cato Institute; Reed Tuckson, EVP, Chief of Medical Affairs, UnitedHealth Group and moderator Arthur Miller, University Professor NYU School of Law. An e...

Medicare Fraud: How Many Dead Doctors Does it Take to Prescribe $90 Million in Medical Equipment for Medicare Patients?

...The Health Insurance Advocate Cary Hall interviews cato Institute's Michael Cannon to specify why Med...l Cannon, director of health policy studies at the cato Institute, wholeheartedly disagrees. Cann... of the Medicare debate, opinions expressed by the cato Institute do not necessarily reflect the opinions ...

Duska Therapeutics Plans 505(b)(2) NDA Filing Route for ATPace(TM)

...Kuo, Duska's Chairman and CEO, said, "I am pleased to report that this meeting with the FDA was both positive and constructive. Together with our CRO, cato Research, Inc., we have already commenced activities aimed at the generation of the supplemental data requested by the FDA. The 505(b)(2) NDA filing p...

Cato Research Ltd. and Advanced Targeting Systems, Inc. Partner to Develop SP-SAP for Chronic Pain

...PT), a new strategic development company formed by cato Research, ATS, and cato BioVentures, the venture capital affiliate of cato Research, obtained exclusive, worldwide rights to ...

Cato Study Finds Iran a Surprising Model for Kidney Markets

...ts waiting lists, would help solve this problem, reports a new study by the cato Institute. In "Organ Sales and Moral Travails," Benjamin E. Hippen, MD,... Link to study: http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=9273 The cato Institute is a nonpartisan public policy research foundation dedicated to b...

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Cato in Biological News

Yu receives research funding from the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation

...and eventually be applied universally in the treatment of bone injuries. Yu, principal investigator for the research, is working in conjunction with cato T. Laurencin, M.D., Ph.D., University Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Virginia, and Michelle Kofron, Ph.D., recent doctoral grad...

Cato in Biological Technology

Cato Research and Neuland Laboratories Form Cato Research Neuland India, Ltd.

DURHAM, N.C. and HYDERABAD, India, May 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Cato Research Ltd. ("Cato Research"), a global contract research and development organization ("CRO"), and Neuland Laboratories Ltd. (Neuland), a high-quality contract manufacturer of bulk active pharmaceutical ingredients, announced to...

Midwest Venture Summit disappoints; Cato grades Midwest governors

Herewith the latest of irregular alarums and excursions relevant to the world of Midwest technology entrepreneurs: How Do You Spell Success? Last week, the Midwest Venture Summit was held in Chicago and featured about 30 early stage companies. About 10 were sponsored by the Chicago chapter of t...

Senesco Technologies Enters Into Agreements For Additional $700,000 In Financing

...ectors and certain accredited investors, including cato Holding Company, which is the venture capital affiliate of cato Research Ltd., a global contract research and deve...expenses, in the amount of $530,000. In addition, cato Holding Company has agreed to cancel $175,000 of t...

Cordex Completes Production of ATPace(TM) Clinical Trial Material

... sterile injectable products under the regulatory supervision of Cordex and cato Research, Inc. The CTM will be used in the planned clinical trials for the ...e(TM)," said Amir Pelleg, Ph.D., Cordex's President and CSO. "Together with cato Research, we are looking forward to commencing the pivotal studies with the...

Cancer Advances Acquires the Intellectual Property for a Suite of Products that Enhance the Immune System in Treatment of Gastric, Pancreatic, and Colorectal Cancers

...ire/ -- Cancer Advances, Inc. (Cancer Advances), a cato BioVentures portfolio company, announced today tha...vances was created as a wholly owned subsidiary of cato BioVentures to acquire products developed to inhib...ed in gastric, pancreatic, and colorectal cancers. cato Research Ltd. (Cato Research) will be responsible ...

JMAR Technologies Raises Awareness of BioSentry -- A High Tech Counter to Bioterrorism

...;Shaping the Obama Administration's Counterterrorism Strategy," at the cato Institute on January 12-13, 2009. Later this week, on January 15, 2009, CN...chnologies, please visit JMAR Technologies Website . About CATO: The cato Institute was founded in 1977 by Edward H. Crane. It is a non-profit publi...

Cato T. Laurencin, M.D., Ph.D. to Join Osteotech Board of Directors

...- Osteotech, Inc. (Nasdaq: OSTE ), a leader in the emerging field of biologic solutions for regenerative medicine, announced today the appointment of cato T. Laurencin, M.D., Ph.D. to its Board of Directors. Dr. Laurencin joined the Board of Directors effective September 24, 2008 and will serve on both t...

Medivation Announces Senior Management Promotions

...onsible for the development and accelerated approval of DOXIL for the treatment of ovarian cancer. Dr. Bronson began her career in drug development at cato Research, a contract research organization. She earned a Ph.D. in molecular immunology from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School and co...

Cato Research Names John Cline as President

... DURHAM, N.C., March 12 /PRNewswire/ -- cato Research Ltd., a global contract research and deve...n Cline as its new President. Mr. Cline comes to cato Research from etrials Worldwide (Nasdaq: ETWC ), ...hn Cline brings extensive leadership experience to cato Research," said Allen Cato, M.D., Ph.D., CEO of...

Senesco Technologies Reports Second Quarter Fiscal 2008 Financial Results

...er to fix the conversion price of the convertible notes issued to YA Global and Stanford at $0.90 per share of common stock. -- Senesco selected cato Research, a leading contract research organization ("CRO"), to assist the Company with its goal of initiating a clinical trial. -- Senesco i...

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Cato in Biological Dictionary

Columella

...His De Re Rustica in twelve volumes has been completely preserved and forms our most important source on Roman agriculture, together with the works of cato the Elder... The columella , is an anatomical feature of a coiled snail shell or gastropod shell. It is often only clearly visible as a structur...