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o AlphaMed Inc., of Acton, Mass., received a $500,000 STTR grant from the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Md., to develop a targeted radiotherapy for metastatic melanoma. AlphaMed is collaborating with the University of Missouri in Columbia on work related to the two-year, Phase II award. The therapy is based on a molecule labeled with the therapeutic radionuclide lead-212, which is selective to metastatic melanoma cells. Lead-212 decays to bismuth-212, which in turn emits an alpha particle that is designed to destroy tumor cells on contact.

o AtheroGenics Inc., of Atlanta, is proposing a new issue of $75 million of convertible notes due 2008 to qualified ...

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