Medical Verdicts and Law Weekly

Ardana plc - Ardana appoints Klaus Falk as VP of sales and marketing

Argentina Instituto de Investigaciones Medicas - Research in obesity pathogenesis provides new insights

ArthroCare Corp. - ArthroCare files notification of late filing for Form 10-K

AspenBio Pharma, Inc. - AspenBio Pharma reports loss of $0.16 per share

AstraZeneca - AstraZeneca, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine ink deal for multiple research projects

AtCor Medical Holdings Limited - SphygmoCor developer receives $300,000 in orders from U.S.-based Novartis Pharmaceuticals

Auckland City Hospital - Link between fitness and inflammatory markers related to body fat not regular exercise

Australian Red Cross Blood Service - Lymphocytes and monocyte CD4 differ in structure and protein association

Autism - Northwest Health Foundation announces new fellowship to support autism research

Avigen, Inc. - Recent findings in vector development described

Awards - Consorta named Champion for Change by Hospitals for a Healthy Environment

Awards - David Colby of WellPoint named top CFO in managed care for third consecutive year

Aware, Inc. - Aware commends adoption of interactive protocol by Dicom

Barrx Medical, Inc. - Barrx Medical initiates study comparing two treatment options for Barrett esophagus

Baxter Healthcare Corp. - Baxter launches authorized generic azithromycin for injection

BiOMaDe Technology Foundation - Mucosal delivery of adjuvant-bound antigens is achieved using food-grade bacteria

Bio-Nobile Oy - Bio-Nobile Oy launches solution for mRNA purification

BioElectronics Corp. - BioElectronics signs agreement with the Lahey Clinic for ActiPatch clinical studies

BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc. - BioMarin announces proposed concurrent offerings of stock, notes

BioSyntech, Inc. - BioSyntech names new chairman of its board of directors

Biomet, Inc. - Biomet reports 5% increase in third quarter sales

Biovail Corp. - Biovail records 4% increase in revenue

Blackwell Publishing Ltd. - Anger and sadness frame how we respond to a terrorist attack

Bourne Research - Bourne Research launches report series covering BioMEMS and nanotechnology

Brazil Instituto Nacional de Cancer - Selected older patients with cancer might benefit from intensive care

Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston - Cardiovascular risk may be linked to low androgen/high C-reactive protein serum levels

Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston - Cases of hemosiderotic fibrolipomatous tumor analyzed

Callisto Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Callisto Pharmaceuticals study of anti-leukemia drug L-Annamycin is expanded

Canadian Blood Services, Hamilton - In pediatric cardiac surgery, blood transfusions may be reduced with use of aprotinin

Canadian Food Inspection Agency - Rabies outbreaks in Canada due primarily to persistence of regional variant

Canadian Medical Association Journal - Researchers study whether high-dose vitamin C can be used as a cancer therapy