Medical Device Law Weekly

Aastrom Biosciences - Aastrom Biosciences provides clinical, financial update

CardioVascular Technologies - CardioVascular Technologies announces Patent Notice of Allowance for catheter platform

EiRx Therapeutics - A 50% reduction in breast tumor volume size seen with Eirx lead molecule

Foch Hospital, Foch, France - Cardioprotective effects of sevoflurane were not supported

Medistem Laboratories - Medistem files U.S. patent application on stem cell therapy for cardiac valvular dysfunction

NMT Medical - NMT Medical appeals court's ruling in patent infringement lawsuit against Cardia

Oregon Health & Science University, U.S. - New data from the United States and United Kingdom lluminates research in imaging

Power3 Medical Products - Power3 files patent application on discovery that distinguishes between Parkinson, ALS

University of Giessen, Germany - Studies from Germany, Switzerland and the South Korea add new findings to stroke body of knowledge

AIDS Healthcare Foundation, U.S. - Seventeenth annual NO/AIDS Walk held in New Orleans' Audubon Park

AMD Alliance International - Eye disease can lead to depression and suicide

AZ Waasland Hospital, St. Niklaas, Belgium - Mobile-bearing knee replacement kinematics are compared to fixed-bearing

Aastrom Biosciences - Aastrom Biosciences reports interim data from phase I/II trial of tissue repair cells

Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands - Optimal management of Marfan syndrome requires careful monitoring of entire aorta

Access Pharmaceuticals - Access files U.S. FDA 510(K) application for MuGard

Accreditation - Healthwise Knowledgebase achieves 2006 URAC Accreditation

Actavis - Actavis gets U.S. FDA warning letter following inspection

Addex Pharmaceuticals - Addex raises CHF 40 million in series C private financing

Adherex Technologies - Corporate growth expert Michael Martin joins Adherex board of directors

AdnaGen - New biomarker technique detects early metastasis of breast cancer

AdvanDx - Published study finds Candida albicans rapid diagnostic text saves on antifungal therapy costs

Advanced Clinical Research Services - ACRS and WebbWrites announce strategic alliance

Adventrx Pharmaceuticals - Adventrx presents positive data on CoFactor combination in colorectal tumor model

Agion Technologies - Agion Technologies appoints David May VP of worldwide sales

Alba Therapeutics - Alba initiates phase II trial for Zonulin antagonist AT-1001 for autoimmune disorder

Albany Medical College, U.S. - Melanoma cells protected from anoikis via multiple signaling pathways

Albany Medical College, U.S. - Polyvinyl alcohol microspheres in patients undergoing uterine artery embolization were evaluated

Albert Einstein College of Medicine, U.S. - Resistance to leptin-related inhibition on insulin secretion protects against diabetes onset

Alexion Pharmaceuticals - Alexion submits biologics license application for Soliris to treat blood disorder