Medical Verdicts and Law Weekly

Acquired and Inherited Diseases - Targeted Genetics signs exclusive license agreement with NIH

American Health Care Association - Resources intended for nursing home care diverted to pay rising lawsuit costs

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center - Prognosis estimations for advanced dementia patients

Biotechnology - BioShield shortcomings subject of industry conference

Bioterrorism - Defense Department starts first responder tech center at Pitt

Business Update - HealthSouth reaches agreement with noteholders

Business Update - New HealthSouth CEO seeks to move firm past scandal

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services - CMS and NCI collaborate to bring new drugs, better treatment to cancer patients

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services - Initiative helps low-income beneficiaries sign up for drug discount card

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - ACCC calls on CMS to allow for exceptions to ASP reimbursement

Drug Discount Card - Blue Cross Blue Shield of Missouri offers drug card

GlaxoSmithKline - Is GSK guilty of fraud?

Healthcare Coverage - Half of California voters support healthcare initiative

Heart Failure - QMed provides heart failure management to Humana South Florida Medicare members

eResearchTechnology, Inc. - U.S. patent issued for methods and systems for processing ECGs

ADViSYS Inc. - Plasmid-based hormone therapy could improve disease or age-induced wasting

AVI BioPharma, Inc. - Neugene antisense shows inhibition of tropical virus

Able Laboratories, Inc. - David S. Tierney named to board of directors at generic drug firm

Academia Sinica - Hapten receptors bear selective delivery of imaging and therapeutic agents

Accreditation - Bridgeport Hospital Chest Pain Center gets accreditation

Active Biotech AB - Biotech firms conclude agreement regarding manufacturing of cancer drug

Advanced Medical Optics, Inc. - Ophthalmology company increases stockholders' equity through debt reduction

Advanced Neuromodulation Systems - Pain therapy device firm announces stock repurchase plan

Aerogen, Inc. - Distribution deal signed for Aeroneb Professional Nebulizer System

Aesgen, Inc. - L-glutamine formulation helps prevent, treat common chemotherapy side effect

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality - Children in hospitals frequently experience medical injuries

Ajou University - Priming deficient polymerase in HBV core particle allows for oligomer synthesis

Albany College of Pharmacy - Low-molecular-weight heparins may interfere with tumor growth and metastasis

Albert Einstein College of Medicine - Glucose-cholesterol may increase heart disease risk in hypertensive patients

Albert Einstein College of Medicine - Vaccines for the prevention of diseases caused by potential bioweapons

Alfacell Corporation - Andrew P. Aromando named senior VP at biopharmaceutical firm

Alliant Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Pharmaceuticals firm acquires two new drugs for ADHD, completes financing

Allos Therapeutics, Inc. - Application filed for European marketing approval of RSR13 (efaproxiral)

Alltracel Pharmaceuticals - SEAL-ON launched; designed to stop bleeding fast