Ins and Outs

For your consideration, here are the latest hand-picked links that didn’t make to our posts:

Pfizer to Buy King Pharmaceuticals … [WSJ]

Insurers Denied Coverage to 1 in 7 … [WSJ]

Drug Firms Face Bribery Probe … [WSJ]

Congress to FDA: Make 510(k) program transparent … [MassDevice]

POM Wonderful Creator: FTC Official is ‘Zealot’ … [WSJ]

Orthopedic companies get behind implant registry … [MassDevice]

Boston Scientific’s TAXUS® Element™ Stent Demonstrates Strong Outcomes in Diabetic Patients … [Boston Scientific]

MetMAb, a new compound under investigation, extends the time people with lung cancer live without their disease getting worse … [Roche]

FDA: Possible increased risk of thigh bone fracture with bisphosphonates … [FDA]

Philips acquires Discus Holdings, a leading professional tooth whitening and oral care products company … [Philips]

German military to finance Lifewave clinical trials … [Globes]

FDA approves injectable Vivitrol (naltrexone) to treat opioid-dependent patients … [FDA]

Health 2.0 Reveals the Winners of the 2010 Developer Challenge … [Health 2.0]

Three ways Doximity might make money with a smartphone medical app for physicians … [mobihealthnews]

Scientists uncover mechanism for the major genetic risk factor of Alzheimer’s disease … [Gladstone Institutes]

Safe, efficient method reported for creating and differentiating human pluripotent stem cells … [Children’s Hospital Boston]

Ten years of Nature Reviews Neuroscience: insights from the highly cited … [Nature Reviews Neuroscience]

On the trail of the epigenetic code … [Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science]

How stem cells help the brain to regain its functions after a stroke … [Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science]

Researchers Turn Off Severe Food Allergies in Mice… [Johns Hopkins]

Computer Predicts Pancreatic Cancer… [Johns Hopkins]

Worms May Hold Clues to Neurological Disorders … [NSF]

Antibodies with More “Hang Time” May Give Researchers a Jump on New HIV Vaccine Strategy … [HHMI]

Scientists watch the birth of nanoparticles for the first time … [Argonne NL]

New Chip Captures Hard-to-Find Tumor Cells … [MIT Tech Review]

Study analyzes video game-related injuries … [SCOPE@Stanford]

Bilingualism May Build Stronger Brains … [WSJ]

Is sponsorship of health content on the web unethical? Journalism professionals weigh in … [SCOPE@Stanford]