> The FDA has started to investigate whether Roche's CellCept and Novartis' Myfortic, similar drugs used in transplants to prevent organ rejection, cause an often-fatal neurological disease. FiercePharma [1]
> A Maryland hospital has been fined by the state after two separate incidents in which cancer patients got the wrong doses of radiation. Article [2]
> A Wisconsin village is asking a local hospital to pay more than $1.6 million in sewer connection fees, continuing to fight a legal battle that has raged for years. Article [3]
> With mumps becoming an issue despite existing vaccinations, some physicians are calling for the industry to create a new vaccine--and calling for people to get a third dose of the current vaccine in the meantime. FierceBioresearcher [4]
And Finally... Yes, you're reading this right; it breathes, but it has no lungs. Article [5]
Links:
[1] http://www.fiercepharma.com/story/fda-probes-roche-novartis-meds/2008-04-11
[2] http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/health/bal-md.ar.radiation11apr11,0,7018331.story
[3] http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=737713
[4] http://www.fiercebioresearcher.com/vaccines/story/mumps-outbreak-spurs-calls-for-a-new-vaccine/2008-04-10
[5] http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080410/ap_on_fe_st/indonesia_lungless_frog;_ylt=Al62sUOAxSHvId0rwDRSZAMsQE4F