VCs: We are to the FDA what AIDS activists were in the 90s (Morning Read)
Read current medical news from today including a graphic breakdown of healthcare costs, how healthcare venture capitalists are positioning themselves as the AIDS activists of 2011 in their battle with the FDA, the growth of pharma free campuses, a new push for pediatricians for some legislative reform.

WEB ONLY: FDA Approvals Meningococcal Vaccine For Children
A local drug maker has been granted approval for a vaccine to protect infants against a potentially deadly disease.

Boston Scientific gets FDA OK for ION stent system
Continuing a spring fling of stent approvals, Boston Scientific Corp. today announced that it had won approval from the FDA for its ION drug-eluting coronary stent.