Medical Device Law Weekly

Clarient, Inc. - New patent covers histological reconstruction and automated image analysis

Cleveland Clinic Foundation - 3D CT useful in planning redo surgery after coronary revascularization

EpiCept Corp. - Milestone payment received from Adolor Corp. for LidoPAIN SP

Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp. - Neuroscience therapy developer's intellectual property estate acquired

Kuopio University Hospital - Histodiagnosis requires multiple stereotactic core-needle breast biopsy samples

Quality Assurance - Iowa Foundation for Medical Care chooses care guidelines

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - Approvable letter issued for silicone breast implants

Valley Forge Scientific Corp. - Medical devices companies announce winning lawsuit against Hurst and McGowan

454 Life Sciences - Genome Sequencer 20 System launched for high-throughput DNA sequencing

Abbott Laboratories - Researchers' data advance HIV/AIDS vaccines research

Abiomed, Inc. - Cardiac device maker appoints Louis Lataif to board of directors

Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam - Familial hypobetalipoproteinemia patients have decreased CV risk

Academy of Science of the Czech Republic, Prague - 8-Azapurines can be used as potential inhibitors of cyclin-dependent kinases

Acadia Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Study identifies properties of ACP-104 that predict antipsychotic activity

Aditus Medical - Electroporation, radiotherapy patent acquired by device maker

Affymax, Inc. - Third phase II trial launched for Hematide in cancer patients with anemia

Agencourt Bioscience Corp. - DNA isolation kit launched

Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx - Caveolin-3 can be used as marker for rhabdomyosarcoma

Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx - Recent findings illuminate research in diabetic nephropathy

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Enrollment completed in Eculizumab phase III SHEPHERD trial in patients with blood disorder

Alfacell Corporation - Article reviewing anticancer agent Onconase published in journal

Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh - Bacterial plurality drives persistence in chronic infections

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Qiagen granted license to Kreutzer-Limmer patents

Altana, Inc. - U.S. dermatology business acquired from GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare

Amarillo Biosciences, Inc. - Oral interferon provided for M.D. Anderson clinical trial in patients with bone marrow disorders

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons - Orthopedists offers suggestions for avoiding rotator cuff injuries

American Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons - Lee D. Pollan, DMD, elected VP, oral surgeons professional association

American Physiological Society - U.S. EPA-led group finds protein that attracts nutrient iron also protects lungs

AmerisourceBergen Corp. - Pharma services company to purchase all branded and generic pharmaceuticals only from manufacturers