Medical Device Law Weekly

Ankara Education & Research Hospital - High-resolution computed tomography findings don't correlate with Stoke index

Antares Pharma, Inc. - Pharmaceutical firm receives GMP approval of Swiss facility

Applied Biosystems - Alliance to investigate diabetes drug toxicity

Aspirin Foundation of America - Findings indicate that aspirin reduces risk of stroke among women

Aspreva Pharmaceuticals Corporation - Pharmaceutical company announces IPO pricing

Asterand - Tissue service company appoints new president, chief operating officer

Australian National University - Routine clinical measurements to diagnose insulin resistance presented

Awards - IO Informatics/CINF Award for Scientific Excellence to foster graduate students

Axis-Shield plc - Diagnostics firm makes new board appointment

B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences - Fluoroscopy-aided guide wire retrieval effective when mouth opening is limited

BG Medicine - Drug development firm participates in FDA task force

Baxa Corporation - New oral dispenser packaging launched for ward, bedside applications

Baxter Healthcare Corporation - Long-term contract signed for plasma products

Beckman Coulter, Inc. - Biomedical testing company ships new high-content image cytometer

Beijing University of Technology - C-terminal domain of HIV-1 integrase is a DNA-binding domain

Biomet, Inc. - FDA clears polyethylene for hip replacement implants

Boston Life Sciences, Inc. - Update provided on capital restructuring activities at medical device firm

Boston Scientific Corp. - Clinical trials of paclitaxel-eluting coronary stent confirm safety, efficacy

Boston University - ApoB lipovitellin homology region partially digested and characterized

Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston - Reactions to sodium identify HT patients predisposed to LV hypertrophy

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company - Abilify (aripiprazole) granted approval for new indication

Brown University - Inflammatory and antiviral responses in liver studied, requirements clarified

Bulgarian Academy of Science - TYR-MIF-1 peptides studied, antiopioid properties observed

Business Update - Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas issues revised policy covering ON-Q

Cabinet d'Anatomie et de Cytologie Pathologiques - Endometrial vascularization characterized in levonorgestrel IUD users

Cancer Research & Prevention Foundation - Group recognizes national colorectal cancer awareness month

Cancer Research U.K., London - Decompression chamber may help relieve radiotherapy side effects

Canterbury Health Laboratories - Methods of molecular diagnosis reviewed