Medical Device Law Weekly

Cardium Therapeutics, Inc. - Cardium announces patent wins over Boston Scientific and Arch Development Corporation

Medical Devices - Report reveals disturbing gaps in nation's AED Good Samaritan Laws

PricewaterhouseCoopers - Survey shows medical device companies quick to adopt ethics standards to combat fraud and abuse

University of Alabama - The ethical dilemma of xenotransplantation is considered

Yale University - Heart attack statin therapy does not lower death risk in octogenarians

21st Century Formulations - Shielding lotions may help minimize exposure to toxins while gardening

Abacus International - Detrusor overactivity Botox treatment cost-effective in the United Kingdom

Abgenix, Inc. - Abgenix announces stockholder approval of acquisition by Amgen

Accentia Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. - Accentia's partner receives U.S. FDA approval for new pain medication dosage

ActivBiotics, Inc. - ActivBiotics announces change in board of directors

Adherex Technologies, Inc. - Adherex receives regulatory clearance for phase II weekly dosing schedule

Advanced BioScience Laboratories - Polyvalent DNA prime/protein boost HIV-1 vaccine is immunogenic and safe

Aethlon Medical, Inc. - Aethlon Medical, Commonwealth Biotechnologies sign research agreement

Aichi Human Service Center - Chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans are involved in neural stem cell proliferation

Ajou University, Suwon - Ulcerative colitis-induced colon cancer marked by transgelin loss

Akorn, Inc. - Akorn signs purchase and supply agreement with Natco Pharma for anti-emetic drug

Akzo Nobel - Ferrazone iron compound receives FDA acceptance

Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx - AIDS and non-AIDS diffuse large B-cell lymphomas express different antigen profiles

Algeta ASA - Algeta publishes results of new thorium-227 mAb conjugate

Aligarh Muslim University - Escheriosome-entrapped antigens protect against Plasmodium yoelii nigeriensis

Allergy & Immunology - Wet, mild winter may cause problems for allergy sufferers

Alliance for Aging Research - Survey shows public doesn't realize how vulnerable older Americans are to chronic diseases

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Alnylam inks deals for access to RNAi technologies

Altus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Altus Pharmaceuticals appoints Harry H. Penner, Jr. to board of directors

American Academy of Neurology - Insomnia drug ROZEREM showed significant reduction in time to fall asleep

American Association for Cancer Research - Panitumumab showing great promise against colorectal cancer

American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases - Study predicts successful outcomes in living-donor liver transplants

American Physiological Society - Racial differences in rates of pulmonary fibrosis/scleroderma identified