Medical Verdicts and Law Weekly

Alfred Hospital, Melbourne - Reports from Australia, the United States and Austria add new data to hepatitis C virus research

Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, U.S. - New findings from the United States and Switzerland in the area of cardiology detailed

Alliance Pharma - Alliance Pharma acquires three dermatology products from Pfizer

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Recent studies from the United Kingdom, Germany and Sweden add new data to genetics research

Alpha Innotech - Alpha Innotech expects to report fourth consecutive quarter of strong revenue growth

Altana Pharma - Altana opens pharmaceutical production facility in Ireland

Ambrx - Ambrx secures $52 million in series C financing

American Embassy Kampala - Researchers from Uganda and the United States report recent findings in HIV/AIDS

American Geophysical Union - European Alps could lose 80% of their glacier cover by the end of this century

American Oriental Bioengineering - American Oriental Bioengineering added to Russell 3000 Index

American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine - High school football players sustain nearly same head impact force as collegiate players

American Physiological Society - One therapeutic dose of radiation causes 30% inner bone loss in mice

Ankara University, Turkey - Immunosuppressive therapy failed to help patient with five immune diseases

Arca Discovery - Arca Discovery names Ann Lenich Hards executive VP regulatory affairs

Association of Clinical Research Organizations - U.S. FDA, ACRO, and CDISC announce new standards project to streamline clinical trial process

AstraZeneca - Asthma patients chase symptoms rather than preventing the underlying disease

Avanir - Avanir awarded $2 million U.S. NIH grant

Awards - David Blauer, founder and CEO of Click4Care, named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of The Year 2006

Awards - Spero M. Manson, PhD, recognized for his work for American Indian and Alaska Native communities

Axis-Shield - Axis-Shield reports 8% increase in revenues are expected

Bayer - Bayer acquires Metrika medical device maker

Baylor College of Medicine, U.S. - Angelman syndrome is more severe in children with larger, class I deletions

Belarussian Center for Pediatric Oncology & Hematology, Minsk, Belarus - HIV-associated Burkitt lymphoma successfully treated with chemotherapy plus HAART

Best Practices - Study suggests primary healthcare professionals losing clout regarding formulary decisions

Beth Israel Medical Center, New York City, U.S. - Cardiac risk factors, medicine usage, and hospital course differ in immigrants

BioMarin - BioMarin initiates phase II study of 6R-BH4 in poorly controlled high blood pressure

Bioenvision - New survival data on Evoltra (clofarabine) in elderly leukemia patients reported

Biophan Technologies - Biophan receives $1 million allocation in new government grants to support Myo-Vad

Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham, U.K. - Premeal inhaled human insulin improves glycemic control in poorly controlled type 2 diabetes

Bispebjerg University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark - Researchers' findings from Denmark, Japan and the United States advance heart attack research

Blackwell Publishing - Two-thirds of patients stopped using Uprima because they felt it was not effective

Boston University, U.S. - New model of brain sheds light on triggers of autism