FDA approves anti-smoking pill (Chicago Sun-Times)
WASHINGTON-- A Pfizer Inc. drug shown to help more than one in five smokers quit the habit received federal approval on Thursday, adding another option to the limited pool of effective stop-smoking prescription medicines.

Johnson & Johnson Now A 'Top Pick' (Forbes)
Banc of America Securities upgraded the medical device company to "buy" from "neutral."

Smith & Nephew Receives FDA Approval For BIRMINGHAM HIP(TM) Resurfacing System (Medical News Today)
Smith & Nephew'sOrthopaedic Reconstruction division (LSE: SN)(NYSE: SNN) announced todaythat the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved theBIRMINGHAM HIP(TM) Resurfacing system for use in the United States. TheBIRMINGHAM HIP Resurfacing system is the only FDA-approved hip resurfacingsystem available for use in the U.S. [click link for full article]