Medical Verdicts and Law Weekly

AusBiotech - Australia boasts one of the largest biotech IP pools

Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Pharma firm lauds state law making emergency contraception more accessible

Beckman Coulter, Inc. - Licensing deal signed with Nephromics for preeclampsia lab tests

Business Update - Caremark Rx opening customer care center in Nashville

CancerVax Corp. - Cancer-focused company announces three senior management promotions

Chembio Diagnostics, Inc. - Rapid test patent application filed in U.S.

Collaborations - Aetna and Rite Aid to form alliance for Medicare prescription drug plan

Comprehensive Care Corp. - Comprehensive Behavioral Care gets 3-year, full accreditation from NCQA

Concord Repatriat General Hospital, NSW - Studies advance knowledge in angiology research

Finnegan Henderson - Company releases 2005 report on biotech and pharmaceutical patent trends

Fischer Imaging Corp. - Company to sell digital mammography intellectual property to Hologic for $32M

GenoMed, Inc. - Company gets patent for treating acute kidney failure without dialysis

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust, Nuneaton - Recent findings illuminate research in diabetes therapy

Harris Interactive - Poll shows opinions on 2003 Medicare reform bill

Hazelden Foundation - Hazelden Report: Methamphetamine maintains hold in Minneapolis/St. Paul

3M - Security implemented to combat counterfeit drugs

A. Cardarelli Hospital, Florence - COPD azithromycin therapy after Streptococcus vaccine reported

ANEXA Corp. - Florida orthopedic services choose digital radiography systems

Aastrom Biosciences, Inc. - Biotech company appoints new chief financial officer

Academia Sinica, Taipei - Transcription factor Spz1 sends tumor cell proliferation into overdrive

Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam - C1q and activated C4 or C3 form complexes during pathway activation

Acadia Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Positive interim results reported from phase II trial of Parkinson disease drug

Acrux, Ltd. - Positive results reported in clinical trial of contraceptive spray

Adherex Technologies, Inc. - Biopharmaceutical company announces $9M private placement

Adventrx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Response data presented for CoFactor phase II metastatic colorectal cancer trial

AgResearch Wallaceville Animal Center, Upper Hutt - Vaccination with lipid-formulated BCG protects against bovine TB

Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry - Human health research and policy development near Great Lakes described

Agilent Technologies Inc. - Mass spectrometry products for proteomics research demonstrated at conference

Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia - Urgent liver retransplantation extended survival

Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington - Survival motor neuron gene deficits leave cells prone to death-causing agents