Medical Device Law Weekly

Acon Laboratories, Inc. - CLIA waiver received for drugs of abuse tests

Acuity Medical - Macular degeneration device improves vision in 26% of treated eyes in trial

Biophan Technologies, Inc. - U.S. patent granted for improved medical device safety under MRI

Cardiovascular Center, Frankfurt - New device uses radiofrequency energy for PFO closure

Detroit Medical Center - Cold treatment may protect against infant disability and death from oxygen loss

Kingston University, Kingston upon Thames - Stem cells produced from umbilical cord blood have embryonic characteristics

Maxxon, Inc. - Safety syringe sample batch to be produced; patent filed for plunger technology

Medwave, Inc. - Blood pressure monitoring developer wins right to protect intellectual property

University of Washington - Bariatric surgery-related deaths among Medicare patients higher than previously thought

AGUNCO Obstetrics & Gynecology Center, Rome - Review targets pharmacologic characteristics of progesterone administration in women with PCOS

AKH-Wien - Computer-assisted 3-D navigation improves extracorporeal shock wave efficacy

ATS Medical, Inc. - Cardiac surgery device maker closes $19M convertible senior note offering

AVI BioPharma, Inc. - Data presented on development of nanoparticle delivery of antirestenotic drugs

AXM Pharma, Inc. - Chinese pharmaceutical firm appoints new CEO and chief financial officer

Aarhus University Hospital - Plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1 increased in HIV-associated lipodystrophy

Academy Sinica, Taipei - Nanoprobe-based affinity mass spectrometry detects human plasma proteins in femtomole range

Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic - Thymol and quinones of Nigella sativa show nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory activity

Accelr8 Technology Corp. - Agreement signed with Promega for microarraying slides

Access Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Drug-delivery firm restructures to focus on oncology therapeutics; oral care business sold

Actavis Group - Generic drug maker to acquire Alpharma's human generics business

Acurian, Inc. - Patient panel expands to 12 million members for clinical trial services firm

Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. - Alternative approach reported for derivation of embryonic stem cell lines

Advanced Medical Optics, Inc. - Ophthalmic medical device maker announces notes due 2023 are convertible

Advanced Medical Solutions Group plc - AMS announces further progress with expansion into the Japanese wound care market

Aegis Therapeutics, LLC - Second drug master file submitted to U.S. FDA for Intravail

Affymetrix, Inc. - Doctors in Pennsylvania Dutch country find new genetic links to half-dozen diseases in past year

Africa Center of Health & Population Studies, Kwa Zulu - HIV epidemic increased infection-related hospital admissions in rural South Africa

Agendia BV - Gene expression-based diagnostics firm closes second financing round

Alcon, Inc. - U.S. Food & Drug Administration approves Opti-Free RepleniSH MPDS