| Cethromycin Achieves All Endpoints in Second Pivotal Phase III Trial ...
CHICAGO, Nov. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Advanced Life Sciences Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADLS) , today announced positive results from Trial CL-05, the second of two pivotal phase III clinical trials designed to assess the safety and effectiveness of cethromycin, a novel once-a-day oral antibiotic for the treatment of mild-to-moderate community acquired pneumonia (CAP), the sixth leading cause of death in the United States. The primary efficacy endpoint of statistical non-inferiority in the clinical cure rate at the test-of-cure visit was achieved. The study results showed that cethromycin cured 94.0% of patients with CAP, compared to Biaxin(R) (clarithromycin), a current standard of care treatment for CAP, which cured 93.8% of studied patients in the per protocol population. In the modified intent to treat population, cethromycin cured 83.1% of patients and Biaxin cured 81.1%.
Iowa farmers hope to sow seeds of agritourism
Dianna and Loren Engelbrecht never thought visitors would travel six or seven hours from Chicago and pay to spend a weekend on their Fredericksburg farm.
They were wrong. Not only do urbanites want to visit their Farmhouse Bed & Breakfast, they wake up at 5 a.m. to perform chores.
Illinois resident Debbie Dewane booked a stay on the farm for herself and her two sons. .
Inqlings | CBS3 eye on the sky New Year's
Working. Lane, Larry Mendte and Kathy Orr will host live coverage of the Penn's Landing fireworks, as the city is expected to announce today. It will be a first for CBS3, which will follow its 11 p.m. news with the hour special. The fireworks will be simulcast with KYW (1060). Briefly noted Wild wrap party for The Lovely Bones? Not at all, I hear. The drama's cast and crew rented out the General Warren Inne in Malvern on Sunday. Highlight: Director Peter Jackson played Ping-Pong with his kids. This is the final week of the film's Philly work; they'll be inside a soundstage and at McDade Mall. Havertown's Denny Somach got a call Wednesday: Be in New York Friday to interview Bill Clinton for a one-hour radio special to support the ex-president's book Giving.
Sex, lies & surveillance
Some of the clients listed have never actually used Morgan Turner Freeman for a specific job. "They just like people to know they've got us on their side," says Michaels. "Sometimes people just flash around one of our business cards. 'We're going to get these guys looking at you.' That happens a lot." Where a Damien Delzoppo will sort out a crisis in the tour bus circuit (one operator serially slashing the tyres of his Asian-tourist toting competitors) for $2500, Michaels' firm will shut down a multimillionaire theft of construction business for a multinational for about $250,000. "The trick to dealing with a big company is shrinking down the number of people who you're talking to. The less people who know that we're taking a particular route to get the job done the better. We prefer to deal with only the person who is writing the cheque." He points to a recent construction job in Singapore, where an inside mole was diverting business to another operation run by a former employee.
Is Tory plan to vet films censorship?
If tax credits are up for review at a time after the film has been produced (which is when you apply for them--it's impossible to beforehand) the banks will hire risk-assessment consultants to review the film for potential 'policy' deviations before they lend the money to the production to finance those same tax credits. Otherwise the banks will sometimes lose their money. No matter how fair and impartial the committee is or will be does not change the fact that the mechanism of the money for film and television production only works through bank lending, which this Bill will make equally more difficult to attain for all, under all circumstances. Please remove the provisions of a review process for tax credits, it is not only unwise but also stupid. Sincerely, Carl Laudan Director of "Sheltered Life" .
Culture Calendar
Visit www.elmhurst.edu/calendar. "pHrenzy": Improvisational show runs at 7:30 p.m. March 12 in the Philip Lynch Theater on Lewis University's main campus on Route 53 in Romeoville. Tickets are $10. Call 815-836-5500. "Pilobolus": Part acrobatics, part modern dance, the dance troupe will perform at the Paramount Theatre, 23 E. Galena Blvd., Aurora, at 8 p.m. March 14. Tickets $47 to $57. Call 630-896-6666 or visit theparamounttheatre.com. "Flanagan's Wake": Performances start at 8:30 p.m. Fridays; 6 and 9 p.m. Saturdays; and 2:30 p.m. Sundays, through March 29 at Pheasant Run Resort, 4051 E. Main St., St. Charles. Tickets are $27. Call 630-584-6342 or visit www.ticketmaster.com. Visit www.noblefool.org. "An Inspector Calls": Performances start at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m.
2 Sun reporters, WBAL-TV win Headliner awards
Tucker, 27, a features reporter at The Sun since November 2004, won in the category of feature writing. Her articles included one on Dr. Heather Cereste, a Texas physician treating the wounded in Iraq, who honed her skills during an intensive three-week training session at Maryland Shock Trauma Center. Other articles included visits with Ocean City lifeguards reuniting misplaced children with their parents, and with George, a Cockeysville mastiff competing in New York's Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.
"To win not one but two awards in one of America's most prestigious journalism contests makes this a truly special honor," Franklin said.
Baltimore's WBAL-TV, Channel 11, won the competition's grand award for television broadcasting, for Africa's Maryland. The 30-minute documentary, which aired in February last year, documented reporter Tim Tooten and a WBAL crew's visit to Maryland County, Liberia, an area colonized in the 19th century by freed slaves from Maryland.
Travel-Spring break: Beaches, parties, slopes, and more
NEW YORK (AP) Spring break can mean partying in Cancun or volunteering in New Orleans. But it can also mean late-season skiing or even birdwatching. Here are some spring break ideas. BOOKING: You get the best value and choice booking three to four months ahead. But you can still plan plenty of last-minute trips. Flying on weekdays and staying four rather than seven days increases your last-minute options for flights and lodging, according to Amanda Webb of STA Travel. Most college spring breaks fall between March 8 and 22. Not surprisingly, that's when airfare peaks, according to Farecast.com, a travel search site. The Web site's research found fares average $294 to Las Vegas, $270 to Orlando, $314 to Miami, and $350-$500 for Mexico and the Caribbean. Farecast.com says if you're not bound to the college calendar, you'll save money vacationing at the end of February or in April.
Community briefs
This year's recipient is Darcy Terry, owner of Nationwide Insurance on Denbigh Boulevard. Established on that road in 1976, the office recently moved to a new location on the street. There, Terry installed a digital sign reminiscent of the bank sign that graced the intersection of Denbigh and Warwick boulevards for decades.
Carol Lannie, RN, BSN, will give a presentation on "The Birds and Bees for Individuals with Special Needs." Specifically, this is for middle and high school students with disabilities and their parents at the Midtown Community Center, 570 McLawhorne Drive.
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