Lab Law Weekly

AVAX Technologies, Inc. - AVAX Technologies, Inc. Closes Bridge Financing

BioMimetic Therapeutics, Inc. - Novo A/S Implements 10b5-1 Trading Plan for Purchase of Additional BioMimetic Therapeutics Shares

Blindspot Wireless, Inc. - Blindspot Wireless Announces the Launching of the "National Wireless Highway Safety Network"

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and Pfizer - Bristol-Myers Squibb and Pfizer Announce Plans To Submit Regulatory Filing for Apixaban In Europe

Brown Mackie College - Brown Mackie College to Open New School in St. Louis Area

Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms - Proposed WA Semi-Auto Ban Blames Law-Abiding Gun Owners, Says CCRKBA

Coalition for a Competitive Pharmaceutical Market - Coalition for a Competitive Pharmaceutical Market Runs Ads Stating Congress Is Giving 'Greatest Holiday Gift of All to Brand Pharmaceutical Companies'

Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Trial Date Set for CUBICIN(R) Patent Litigation

Cyanotech Corporation - Cyanotech Announces Discovery of Vitamin K2 in Hawaiian Spirulina Pacifica(R)

Daylight Forensic & Advisory Llc - Daylight Forensic Partners with Lachman Consultants to Offer FCPA Counsel and Regulatory Compliance to Pharma and Medical Device Companies

Ethicon, Inc. - Ethicon Announces Definitive Agreement to Acquire Acclarent

FibroGen, Inc. - FibroGen, Inc., Reports Decision by USPTO Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences in the Company's Favor

Geron Corporation - U.S. Patent Office Grants Geron's Request for an Interference With U.S. Patent No. 7,510,876 to Novocell

HairDX - HairDX Starts Global Intellectual Property Legal Enforcement Effort for Genetic Baldness Test

HealthLeaders-InterStudy - Jacksonville's Shands Hospital Struggles Amid Increased Charity-Care Costs and Funding Cuts

Marler Clark - Marler Clark Files $100 Million Lawsuit Against Meat Giant Cargill on Behalf of Dancer Paralyzed by E. coli Infection

Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. - Mintz Levin Intellectual Property Practice Represents Protalix in $60 Million Licensing Agreement with Pfizer Inc.

PECO - PECO Appoints Comcast Vice President Charisse R. Lillie to Board of Directors

Petkus Communications Consultants, Llc - Former Wyeth VP Launches Petkus Communications Consultants, LLC

RegeneRx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. - RegeneRx Announces Final Clinical Results from Phase I Trial with RGN-352

Slate Pharmaceuticals - Harvard Medical Expert Criticizes PGA Tour, Calls Decision to Suspend Doug Barron for Doping 'Unreasonable, Unfair and Discriminatory'

TNS Media Intelligence - TNS Media Intelligence Reports U.S. Advertising Expenditures Declined 14.7 Percent in First Nine Months of 2009

Unigene Laboratories, Inc. - Unigene Announces Significant Cost Savings and Corporate Restructuring

Universal Detection Technology - Universal Detection Technology Files White Paper for Bioterrorism Detection Research Funding from the Department of Homeland Security

Vermillion, Inc. - Vermillion Announces Appointment of William C. Wallen, Ph.D. to Board of Directors

Vion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Vion Pharmaceuticals Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

Vion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Vion Pharmaceuticals Receives Complete Response Letter for Onrigin From the U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Voice for Corporate Responsibility - New Poll Reveals One in Five Corporate Executives are Concerned Their Companies are Breaking the Law

ZymoGenetics, Inc. - Novo Nordisk Licenses IL-21 mAb and Patent Rights to IL-21 Antibodies from ZymoGenetics

Abaxis, Inc. - ABAXIS Announces Exclusive Worldwide OEM Agreement for a Lateral Flow Avian Influenza Antigen Test Kit

ACR Image Metrix - Novel Imaging Methodologies Discussed in Recent Publication

AcroMetrix - AcroMetrix Announces the Launch of the OptiQual(R) MSSA Positive Control

Alpha II - Alpha II and Healthpac Announce Reseller Contract

AuthorHouse - New Nonfiction Asks People to Unite in Shared Vision

BioImagene, Inc. - University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Rutgers University Partner with BioImagene to Develop Companion Algorithms(TM) for Digital Pathology

BioRN Cluster Management GmbH - Science Minister Frankenberg Inaugurates the BioRN Academy in Mannheim

BioTrends Research Group, Inc. - New Market Research Report from BioTrends Provides Insight on How Rheumatologists are Utilizing Biologic Agents in the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis

Bodhtree Consulting - Bodhtree's MIDAS to Help Solve Mission Critical Application Integration Challenges for Global Pharma Major Dr.Reddy's

Breast Cancer - Genomic Health Announces New Data Reinforcing Clinical Utility of Oncotype DX(R) in Multiple Breast Cancer Populations

Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas - Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas Awards Grant for 1st Scholar in Cancer Research

CDW Healthcare - CDW Healthcare and Cerner Corporation Announce Tech Rx Transformation Contest for Physician Offices Ready to go Digital

Cellular Dynamics International CDI - Cellular Dynamics Announces Commercial Launch of iCell Cardiomyocytes for Drug Candidate Toxicity Screening

Claremont McKenna College - New Report Grades Sustainability Reporting of Top Pharmaceutical Companies

CLC bio - CLC bio Part of EU Project Aiming to Diagnose Genetic Disorders Using High-Throughput Sequencing

Columbia Laboratories, Inc. - Columbia Laboratories Announces Leadership Changes

Columbia Laboratories, Inc. - Columbia Laboratories Receives Nasdaq Notice of Non-Compliance with Minimum Bid Price Rule

Concert Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Concert Pharmaceuticals Broadens Management Team and Expands Product Advisory Board

Corgenix Medical Corporation - Corgenix and BG Medicine Announce Supply Agreement for BGM Galectin-3

Covance Inc. - Covance Opens New Clinical Development Offices in South Korea and India; Expands Offices in Japan and Hong Kong

Deltagen, Inc. - Deltagen Acquires Benten BioServices

Diagnostics - Abbott to Acquire STARLIMS Technologies Ltd., a Leader in Laboratory Information Management Systems

Diagnostics - AdvaMed Launches New Diagnostics Advocacy Organization

Diagnostics - ViraCor-IBT Laboratories Names Dr. Mark Roberts President and Chief Executive Officer

DxNA - FDA Grants Emergency Use Authorization for DxNA's GeneSTAT Integrated PCR-based Influenza Detection System for H1N1 Virus

Eli Lilly and Company - FDA Approves Lilly's ZYPREXA RELPREVV for Treatment of Schizophrenia in Adults

Enzo Biochem, Inc. - Enzo Biochem's Clinical Labs Division Signs Exclusive Marketing Agreement with Ikonisys for Proprietary Molecular-Based Cervical Cancer Test

Enzyme Research - Study results from Procter & Gamble Co. update understanding of enzyme research

Fluidigm Corporation - Fluidigm Releases Access Array(TM) System for 454 FLX Amplicon Tagging

Fluidigm Corporation - Fluidigm Releases Access Array(TM) System for 454 FLX Applicon Tagging

Fondation Ipsen - 9th Colloque Medecine et Recherche of la Fondation Ipsen in the series Endocrinology: "Novel Insights in Adipose Cell Functions"

Forest Laboratories, Inc. - Forest Laboratories Announces Peter J. Zimetbaum, M.D. Named to Board of Directors

Forest Laboratories, Inc. - Forest Laboratories, Inc. to Host Analyst Meeting to Review the Company's Late-Stage Product Development Pipeline

Fresenius Medical Care - Fresenius Medical Care Announces Management Board Changes

Genomic Health, Inc. - Genomic Health Announces New Data Reinforcing Clinical Utility of Oncotype DX in Multiple Breast Cancer Populations

Genzyme Corporation - Genzyme Laboratory Recognized for Quality

GlaxoSmithKline - GlaxoSmithKline and NanoBio Announce OTC Licensing Agreement for Cold Sore Treatment

HDT Engineered Technologies - HDT Develops Robotic Arm Technology for DARPA's Revolutionizing Prosthetics 2009 Program

Hemophilia Federation of America - HFA Voices Blood Safety Concerns