Medical Verdicts and Law Weekly

Axya Medical, Inc. - Device firm names Ronald L. Greene as VP, sales and marketing

Bausch & Lomb - FDA approval granted to make, sell generic anti-infective drug

Baylor University Medical Center - Trial data of hepatitis C patients after liver transplantation presented

Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine - Proteomics can be useful in researching hepatic diseases

Benitec, Ltd. - Hepatitis drug maker acquired

Best Practices, L.L.C. - Attracting top clinical investigators requires careful planning

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Pharmaceutical company elects John L. Higgins to board of directors

BioSante Pharmaceuticals - Hormone therapy developer reports loss of $0.17 per share

Biological Institute of Lille - Novel microarrays detect multple pathogens in serum

Bioniche Life Sciences, Inc. - Bladder cancer trial data presented to American Urological Association

Bioterrorism - Iowa receives $5.4 million for hospitals

Biotherapy - New clinics open to help patients suffering from cancer, inflammation

Borderline Personality Disorder - Resource center provides information on illness affecting 10M Americans

Boston Life Sciences, Inc. - Phase III study of Altropane to differentiate tremors

Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Center, London - Clinical implications of breast cancer profiling reported

Bristol Myers Squibb Co. - A new class of drugs are selective progesterone receptor modulators

British Society for Pediatric Endocrinology - Type 2 diabetes among U.K. Asian children higher than among white children

Business Update - Los Angeles County backs off plans to downgrade King/Drew's neonatal unit

Business Update - UnitedHealth Group establishes new European health care company

CAS Medical Systems, Inc. - NIH grant to be used for development of adult brain oxygenation monitor

CHF Solutions - Service provider relationship deal signed with Fresenius Medical Care

CalbaTech, Inc. - Life sciences company announces reduction in liabilities

Cardinal Health, Inc. - Medical device firm acquired for $2 billion

Catholic University, Seoul - Ovarian cystadenofibromas can have malignant features on CT and MRI

Cedars Sinai Research Institute - Mutations in gene encoding filamin B disrupt vertebral segmentation

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center - Antioxidant component of green tea blocks new arterial plaque in mice

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles - Study suggests more women have PCOS than previously estimated

Celera Genomics - New proteomics strategies for biology and medicine may discover new biomarkers

CellTran, Ltd. - Innovative "self healing" bandage to help diabetics

Chang Gung University - p42/p44 MAPK activation occurs via Toll-like receptor 2 in muscle cells

Charite University of Medicine, Berlin - Technique helps determine axillary lymph node tumor status in some patients

Children's Hospital, Columbus - Tumor banks provide tissue specimens for research

Chinese Academy of Medical Science - Combinatorial gene therapy offers antitumor protection to leukemia models

Chinese Academy of Sciences - Electron holography facilitates study of MTJ microstructure

Chinese Academy of Sciences - Portable system enables field recordings of primate single neuron activity