Medical Verdicts and Law Weekly

BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc. - Biotech company reports loss per share of $0.35

BioMedicines, Inc. - K. Alice Leung named president, CEO at biopharmaceutical firm

Biomed Research, Inc. - Refinement of MedClose device completed

Biosite Incorporated - Sales, earnings forecast raised for diagnostics firm

Blood Contamination - Sorority apologizes after urging members to lie for blood drive

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota - Minnesota insurer flush with cash

Boston Scientific Corporation - Precision Vascular Systems acquired by device maker; Sentinol launched

Brigham & Women's Hospital - Structure-function of extracellular calcium-sensing receptor described

British Heart Foundation - Eyes may open window on stroke prevention

Brown University - Unmarried women say they feel misunderstood in doctors' offices

CNRS, Lyon - B lymphocytes produce normal signals despite hepatitis C virus infection

Calypte Biomedical Corporation - New board member appointed at biomedical device firm

Cancer Treatment - 3M skin cancer treatment final FDA approval delayed

Cancer Treatment - Atlanta hospital opens new outpatient center with $2.5 million from AFLAC

Cardiac Monitoring - Premier announces new cardiac rhythm management agreements

CardioTech International, Inc. - O'Neill Jr. named to board of directors at cardiovascular device firm

Carnegie Mellon University - Spouse social control associated with poor health behavior in prostate cancer

Cell Therapeutics, Inc. - Arsenic trioxide in combination with ATRA yields remission, survival

Cellerant Therapeutics Inc. - Biotechnology company names new head of clinical development, medical affairs

Cengent Therapeutics - Genes To Leads drug discovery contract signed with Novartis

Center Hospital, Princess Grace, Monte Carlo - Semi-automatic defibrillators are simple to operate and effective

Centocor, Inc. - Approval sought for first-line use of Remicade

Centocor, Inc. - Morphotek achieves milestone with successful development of antibody cell line

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - Diacylated sulfoglycolipids are novel mycobacterial antigens

Chang Gung Children's Hospital - Effects of IL-12 and -15 on neonatal NK cell activity characterized

Cheju National University - Eurya emarginata extracts inhibit leukemia cell growth via apoptosis induction

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital - Dose escalation unnecessary in patients switching to nevirapine from efavirenz

Children's Hospital of Los Angeles - Administrative data is acceptable for surveillance of elective Caesereans

Chinese Academy of Sciences - Weight reduction by herbs linked to fatty acid synthase inhibition

Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong - Noninvasive lung cancer staging is currently under development

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center - Lysosomal acid lipase deficiency causes destruction in the lung

CollaGenex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Patient enrollment begins for phase III study of PeriostatMR