Finesse Solutions Launches Improved E-Store for Sensors and Transmitters
10th October 2008 SANTA CLARA, California, October 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Finesse Solutions, LLC, a manufacturer of measurement and control
solutions for life science process applications, is pleased to...
West Suffolk Hospital NHS Trust Selects Manpower Software's MAPS Healthroster Electronic Rostering Solution
10th October 2008 LONDON, October 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Manpower Software plc, the leading provider of workforce optimisation and
rostering solutions in the UK healthcare market, is pleased to announce that
West Suffolk...
Merck Serono Named as a Top Employer by Science Magazine
10th October 2008 GENEVA, Switzerland, October 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Merck Serono, a division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, announced
today that it has been named by Science magazine as a top employer in the...
Mortara Receives Frost & Sullivan Award for DICOM ECG
9th October 2008 MILWAUKEE, October 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Mortara Instrument announced receipt of a Frost & Sullivan Award
for its incorporation of DICOM ECG into the company's diagnostic ECG
modalities. In...
Media Statement From Servier: High Court of Justice Judgment
9th October 2008 SLOUGH, England, October 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Servier is disappointed by the decision of the English High
Court (Mr Justice Norris) to award damages to Apotex of GBP17.5 million in
the case of Les...
Abbott Opens New Research Facility and Pilot Plant in Ludwigshafen
9th October 2008 LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany, October 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Abbott (NYSE: ABT) today announced the opening of new development
laboratories and a pilot plant facility that will research...
Evalve Expands Executive Leadership Team
9th October 2008 MENLO PARK, California, October 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Evalve, Inc., the leader in the development of devices for the
percutaneous repair of cardiac valves, has expanded its sales and marketing
executive...
BioWa Licenses POTELLIGENT(R) Technology to CSL Limited
9th October 2008 PRINCETON, New Jersey, October 9 /PRNewswire/ -- BioWa, Inc. announced today that it has entered into a license agreement
with CSL Limited, providing CSL with access to BioWa's...
First European Survey to Study the Fit and Feel of Condoms
9th October 2008 AMSTERDAM, October 9 /PRNewswire/ -- For the first time in Europe a study is being conducted among men
to gain information about the fit and feel of condoms. The American Center
for Sexual Health...
Diamyd(R) Study Published in Prestigious New England Journal of Medicine
9th October 2008 STOCKHOLM, October 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Diamyd Medical reports that the world's most influential medical journal,
the New England Journal of Medicine, has published an article with results
from the...
Nventa Provides Corporate Update and Advancement Plans for HspE7, Hsp 6/11 and Poly-ICR
8th October 2008 SAN DIEGO, October 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Nventa Biopharmaceuticals Corporation (TSX: NVN), a company developing
innovative therapeutics for the treatment of viral infections and cancer,
today provided an...
MatTek's EpiDerm In Vitro Tissues Headed for Validation in Europe
8th October 2008 ASHLAND, Massachusetts, October 8 /PRNewswire/ -- MatTek Corp. today announced that results of a recently completed US and
European multi-laboratory "catch-up" validation study on MatTek's EpiDerm...
Genmab A/S - Company Announcement: Genmab Reports Results of Portfolio
8th October 2008 COPENHAGEN, October 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Genmab A/S (OMX: GEN) announced today that it is discontinuing
development of zanolimumab (HuMax-CD4(R)). In addition, as a result of a
portfolio review and...
Essex Vet Reprimanded Following Two-Year Postponement
8th October 2008 LONDON, October 8 /PRNewswire/ -- At a recently-resumed hearing, the Disciplinary Committee of the Royal
College of Veterinary Surgeons has commended an Essex-based veterinary
surgeon for his...
CPA Acquires Renowned German Patent Research Specialist, SVPG
8th October 2008 LONDON, October 8 /PRNewswire/ -- CPA, the world's top intellectual-property management specialist and a
leading provider of outsourced legal support services, announced today that
it has acquired...
First CyberKnife in Saudi Arabia to be Installed at Prestigious King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center
8th October 2008 SUNNYVALE, California, October 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Accuray Incorporated (Nasdaq: ARAY), a global leader in the field of
radiosurgery, announced today that the first CyberKnife(R) Robotic
Radiosurgery...
Archus Orthopedics Performs First Facet Replacement Procedure With an Artificial Disc
8th October 2008 REDMOND, Washington, October 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Archus Orthopedics, Inc. today announced the first human use of its facet
replacement technology to complement an artificial disc. The landmark case
was...
Nventa Presents Findings on Proprietary Toll-like Receptor 3 (TLR3) Agonist, Poly-ICR, at World Vaccine Congress
8th October 2008 SAN DIEGO, October 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Nventa Biopharmaceuticals Corporation (TSX: NVN) today presented positive
data from preclinical studies using its proprietary Toll-like Receptor 3
agonist, Poly...
World Sight Day - Britons at Risk of Losing Their Sight by Not Having Regular Eye Tests
8th October 2008 WALTON OAKS, England, October 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Today on World Sight Day leading experts aim to raise
awareness of the eye disease glaucoma. It is estimated that there are
currently up to 500,000...
Intellect Neurosciences, Inc. Grants to Top Tier Global Pharmaceutical Company an Option to License Certain Alzheimer's Patents and Patent Applications
8th October 2008 NEW YORK, October 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Intellect Neurosciences, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: ILNS), a
biopharmaceutical company focused on development of disease-modifying
therapeutic agents for the...
Stallergenes Partners With Catalent and the Medical House for Commercialization of Adrenaline Autoinjector in Europe
7th October 2008 ANTONY, France, October 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Stallergenes S.A. today announced that they have entered into
an exclusive agreement with Catalent for the promotion and distribution in
Europe of adrenaline...
Informex to Hold Global Sourcing Strategies Conference for the Pharmaceutical Industry
7th October 2008 PRINCETON, New Jersey, October 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Informex today announced that it will hold a Global Sourcing Summit for
the Pharmaceutical Industry, November 10-11, at Princeton, New Jersey,...
CryoLife Hosts Worldwide Surgical Congress for the Ross Procedure
7th October 2008 ATLANTA, October 7 /PRNewswire/ -- CryoLife, Inc. (NYSE: CRY), a biomaterials, medical device and tissue
processing company, announced today that cardiovascular surgeons from around
the globe will...
Bounty Launches TV Channel for Mums
7th October 2008 LONDON, October 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Online chat forums are fast becoming the coffee morning equivalent for UK
mums, and the Bounty parenting club is predicting that its new online TV
channel,...
Cepheid Announces CE IVD Release of First On-Demand Test for van A/van B Genes Most Associated With Hospital-Acquired VRE Infection
7th October 2008 SUNNYVALE, California, October 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Cepheid (Nasdaq: CPHD) today announced the release of Xpert(TM) vanA/vanB
as a European CE IVD Mark product under the European Directive on In...
Cognizant Formally Inaugurates Delivery Center in Hungary to Meet Global 2000 Clients' European Near-shore IT, BPO Needs
7th October 2008 TEANECK, New Jersey and BUDAPEST, Hungary, October 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH), a leading provider of global consulting,
technology and business process services, announced today the...
ProGenTech Targets Clinical Diagnostics and Applied Sciences Markets with Human Genetic Signatures Deal
7th October 2008 EMERYVILLE, California, October 7 /PRNewswire/ -- ProGenTech Limited, a life sciences & diagnostics company based in
Shanghai, China and Emeryville, CA has signed a licensing agreement with
Human...
LENTE Clinic Announces First Patients Treated With the Advance(TM) System for Obstructive Sleep Apnea
7th October 2008 PLZEN, Czech Republic, October 7 /PRNewswire/ -- LENTE Clinic announced today that it had successfully treated its first
patients with the third-generation Advance System implant for...
Bavarian Nordic Announces Positive Mature Phase II Results From Newly Acquired Prostate Cancer Vaccine
7th October 2008 KVISTG
Hospital Stays Super Bug Free for Two Years Thanks to Revolutionary British Technology
7th October 2008 MANCHESTER, England, October 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Hospital super bugs may be the biggest challenge facing the NHS but a
revolutionary technology - Byotrol - developed by a pioneering British
company has...
CeloNova BioSciences to Showcase the CE-Marked CATANIA(TM) Coronary Stent System Featuring NanoThin Polyzene(R)-F at TCT Debut
7th October 2008 WASHINGTON, October 7 /PRNewswire/ -- CeloNova BioSciences, Inc. today announced that it will showcase the
technology behind the CATANIA(TM) Coronary Stent System featuring a NanoThin
Polyzene(R)-F...
Nobel Prize to HPV Researcher Highlights Importance of Cervical Cancer Screening and Prevention
6th October 2008 VENLO, Netherlands, October 6 /PRNewswire/ -- The Nobel Prize-winning discovery of the causal link between human
papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical cancer has spurred lifesaving...
Seahorse Bioscience Announces the XF96 Extracellular Flux Analyzer for Cellular Bioenergetics
6th October 2008 BILLERICA, Massachusetts, October 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Seahorse Bioscience today announced the release of the first ever
analytical instrument for the kinetic measurement of mitochondrial...
Caprion Awarded US $12.9M Infectious Disease Biomarker Research Contract
6th October 2008 MONTREAL, October 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Caprion Proteomics Inc. announced today that it has been awarded a
US$12.9 million contract by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious
Diseases (NIAID), a...
Grifols Breaks Ground on New IVIG Facility
6th October 2008 LOS ANGELES, October 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Grifols SA (Grifols), a global healthcare company based in
Barcelona, Spain, broke ground on a new 92,000 square foot, intravenous
immune globulin (IVIG)...
Oncalis AG Licenses PI3K Inhibitors From ChemDiv Inc.
6th October 2008 SCHLIEREN, Switzerland, LAUSANNE, Switzerland and SAN DIEGO, October 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Oncalis AG (Oncalis), a privately-owned Swiss biotechnology company, and
ChemDiv Inc. (ChemDiv), a...
Global Sourcing Strategies for the Pharmaceutical Industry 10th - 11th November, Marriott Princeton, New Jersey USA
6th October 2008 LONDON, October 6 /PRNewswire/ -- The organizers of Informex are delighted to announce their inaugural
conference on Global Sourcing for the Pharmaceutical Industry, taking place
November 10th-11th...
Botaneco Receives Natural Ingredient Approval From ECOCERT(R) for Hydresia(TM) G2
6th October 2008 CALGARY, Canada, October 6 /PRNewswire/ -- TSX symbol: SBS
Botaneco Specialty Ingredients Inc. (Botaneco), a subsidiary of
SemBioSys Genetics Inc. (SemBioSys), today announced that its second...
Alcan Packaging Acquires Pharmaceutical Flexible Packaging Facility in India
6th October 2008 PARIS, October 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Alcan Global Pharmaceutical Packaging - a division of Alcan Packaging, a
business unit of Rio Tinto Alcan - has acquired the Chakan flexible packaging
plant from...
Data From Multiple Clinical Trials of OrbusNeich's Genous(TM) Bio-engineered R stent(TM) to be Presented at TCT 2008
6th October 2008 HONG KONG, October 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Data from multiple clinical trials of the world's first pro-healing
stent, OrbusNeich's Genous Bio-engineered R stent, will be presented next
week at the...
Laborie Medical Technologies Announces Exclusive Distribution Agreement with T-DOC(R), LLC
6th October 2008 BRISTOL, England, October 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Laborie Medical Technologies is pleased to announce that an exclusive
strategic agreement has been signed to carry the T-DOC(R) line of...
Credit Crunch Stopping Workers Acting on Health Issues
6th October 2008 ANDOVER, England, October 6 /PRNewswire/ -- A major new health report unveiled today reveals that the
credit crunch is leading to people being less likely to take time off sick.
83% of workers...
Ageing Populations Face Crisis of Rising Blindness
4th October 2008 LONDON, October 4 /PRNewswire/ -- The world's populations are ageing rapidly, bringing greater risk of
blindness and vision impairment to millions. Around the world, organisations
of many kinds are...