Medical Device Law Weekly

Athersys Inc. - Feeding response to ghrelin agonist and antagonist investigated

Avail Medical Products, Inc. - Device firm building facility in China

Aventis Pasteur - Combination vaccines immunize adults against typhoid and hepatitis A

Aventis Pharmaceutical - Pharmacokinetics of a dual function enzyme analyzed, effect of food revealed

BLDEAs SBMP Med College, Bijapur -  Nocardia nova caused sporotrichoid nocardiosis in HIV-infected patient

BSD Medical Corp. - Application for MRI published in leading cancer journal

Baker Heart Research Institute, Melbourne - LV function was better, heart failure deaths were fewer in transgenic mice

Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Tentative approval granted for Mirtazapine orally disintegrating tablets

Beckman Coulter, Inc. - Exclusive license agreement signed for intellectual property

Beckman Research Institute - Diabetes-inhibiting regulatory T cells found in naive diabetic mice

Beijing Inst. of Biotechnology - COBRA1 inhibits AP-1 transcriptional activity in transfected cells

Beijing Institute Radiation Med - EDAG regulates proliferation and differentiation of hematopoietic cells

Beijing Union Medical College Hospital - Mandarin tone recognition characterized in cochlear implant recipients

Beverly Enterprises, Inc. - Provider of healthcare services to elderly names new chief marketing officer

BioCare Systems, Inc. - Pain relief device gets U.S. FDA clearance

BioVeris Corporation - Agreements completed with Children's Hospital & Research Center at Oakland

Biomira, Inc. - Liposome vaccine to be company's focus in 2005

Biophan Technologies, Inc. - Company's biomedical intellectual property portfolio crosses 100-patent mark

Biorex Research and Development Co. - CytRx reports new data that supports oral drug candidate iroxanadine

Boehringer Ingelheim - ChainDrugStore.net expands network

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy - Japan and U.S. nearing resolution on beef imports, U.S. official

Breast Cancer - Radiation found useful in breast cancer after surgery

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company - Pharmaceutical firm to divest U.S., Canadian consumer medicines business

British Columbia Cancer Agency - In situ hybridization rapidly identifies EBV infection in single cells

British Columbia Cancer Agency - Oblimersen and vinorelbine diminish malignant lung tumors in murine models

Bruckner Group - Biotechnology drug revenues will be hard hit by strict benefit management

Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology - Antibodies produced against envelope glycoprotein GP of Ebola virus

Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology - Methods for serological diagnosis of tularemia compared