Medical Verdicts and Law Weekly

AusAm Biotechnologies, Inc. - Biotech company appoints James Chambers to board of directors

Avant Immunotherapeutics, Inc. - Phase IIb study of TP10 in women undergoing bypass surgery initiated

Aventis - ORIGIN trial to study reduction in heart disease risk with insulin

Avian Influenza - Texas bird flu cases prompt South Korean ban of U.S. imports

Bar Ilan University - Protein kinase C regulates alpha6beta4 integrin in skin keratinocytes

Bentley Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Pharmaceutical company provides guidance on revenue, earnings

Best Practices, LLC - Merger and acquisition excellence: Hallmarks of superior integration systems

Biogen Idec - Antegren to be submitted for review based on 1-year data

Black Lung - Kentucky panel approves bill to alter black lung reviews

Bretonneau Hospital, Tours - Contrast agent augments uterine artery embolization of leiomyomas

Brigham & Women's Hospital - Postmenopausal HRT associated with increased risk for developing asthma

British Medical Journal - Type 2 diabetes puts older women at high risk of mental decline

Business & Finance - New Mexico managed care organization changes hands

Business Update - Pensacola hospital to take over Mobile's helicopter ambulance

CHU Vaudois - COX-2 preferential inhibitors should be used with caution during pregnancy

CHU, Grenoble - Preimplantation genetic diagnosis identifies a host of familial diseases

CIGNA HealthCare - Company introduces new suite of plans employers can custom design

Cain Foundation Laboratories - Reelin promotes hippocampal dendrite development

Capitol Outcomes Research, Inc. - Vaccination visit satisfaction decreases as number of injections increases

CardioTech International, Inc. - Device company reports 471% increase in revenues

CellaVision AB - FDA clearance granted for the digital cell morphology system

Celsion Corp. - FDA approval granted for Prolieve Thermodilatation system

Center Leon Berard - Docetaxel has less severe toxicity than paclitaxel in ovarian cancer

Center for Preventive & Clinical Invest., Paris - Short telomeres linked to increased carotid atherosclerosis risk in hypertension

Centre Antoine Lacassagne - S-phase fraction has prognostic value in breast cancer patients

Cepheid - Product sales increase 33% for biotech firm

Charite Univ. of Medicine, Berlin - Cilengitide arrests the growth of pretreated head and neck tumors

Chiba University - Cytologic characterization distinguishes between LCNEC and CLCC preoperatively

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh - Study finds high antibiotic resistance in Pittsburgh children

China Medical University - Baicalein induces in vitro apoptosis of HL-60 cells

Chinese Academy of Science - The ubiquitin-proteasome pathway is involved in embryonic implantation

Cholestech Corporation - New guidelines issued for heart disease in women

Chulalongkorn University - Hematocrit, platelet levels do not predict shock in children

bioMerieux - IDI signs partnership agreement with clinical microbiology company