Medical Device Business Week

Antigenics, Inc. - Oncology drug maker records loss of $0.47 per share

Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam - Risk of breast cancer increased after diagnosis of salivary gland tumor

Aphton Corporation - Biotech company announces approval of NASDAQ SmallCap Market transfer

Applied Biosystems Group - Medical device firm reports 4% increase in revenue

Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Milestone achieved in collaboration with Merck & Co.

Arginox Pharmaceuticals - First European patients enrolled in phase III study of cardiogenic shock drug

AstraZeneca - Phase III trials to start for targeted lung cancer treatment

AstraZeneca R&D - Inhaled corticosteroid delivery devices reviewed

Austin Ventures - Outsourced accounts receivable management services provider announces financing

Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City -  Amaranthus leucocarpus lectin studied, T lymphocyte receptor identified

BG Medicine - Deal signed with Boehringer Ingelheim for biomarkers

BSD Medical Corp. - Patent to be issued for new device to optimize radiation treatments

Bausch & Lomb - Ophthalmology firm earns $0.81 per share on 7% sales gain

Bayer AG - Pharma firm repurchases part of Eurobond issue, launches new hybrid bonds

Baylor Heart & Vascular Institute, Dallas - ECG is the most important diagnostic test for aortic regurgitation

Bethesda General Hospital - Metformin does not reduce blood pressure in type 2 diabetes

BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc. - Financing secured for development of BEMA Fentanyl

BioMS Medical Corp. - U.K. patient enrollment commences in multiple sclerosis trial

BioMarin Pharmaceuticals - New anti-blood-thinning drug not as safe as protamine

BioStorage Technologies, Inc. - Programs launched for emergency biorepository storage, transition

Bionutrics, Inc. - Agreement signed to purchase Kirk Pharmaceuticals

Biophan Technologies - Research note issued on medical device firm

Boston University - Heritable deficiency of antioxidant enzymes favors ROS accumulation

Boston University - Researchers describe findings in reconstructive surgery studies

Brabois Hospitals, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy - Graphic scores, analyses enable assessment of pediatric cardiac surgical unit

Brighton & Sussex University of Hospital - Isoniazid + rifampicin resistance strongly predictive of death in TB meningitis

Bristol-Myers Squibb - Stephen C. Harrison wins Bristol-Myers Squibb infectious diseases research award

Burnham Institute - New understanding of cell movement may yield ways to brake cancer's spread

Business Update - Biotech firm retains Financial Dynamics as communications advisor

bioMerieux - Diagnostics systems company announces second quarter 2005 results