Former EPA official calls for new environmental and consumer protection agency
Existing health and safety agencies are unable to cope with the risk assessment, standard setting and oversight challenges of advancing nanotechnology. The nation needs a new agency to address current forms of pollution and to deal with the health and environmental impacts of the technically compl...Satyam Wins Consumer Health World Award for Tele-Ophthalmology Program
- Program provides eye exams and care for rural Indians - Leverages Satyam's earlier success with tele-EKGs HYDERABAD, India, March 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Satyam Computer Services Limited, (NYSE: SAY ) a leading global consulting and information technology services provider, ann...Vineland Welcomes Dr. Isabelle Lesschaeve as Research Chair, Sensory and Consumer Sciences
VINELAND, ON, Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ - Vineland Research and Innovation Centre, an independent, not-for-profit corporation established to create a world-class centre for horticultural science and innovation, today announced the appointment of Dr. Isabelle Lesschaeve to the new role of Research Ch...Healthcare Scoop Expands Consumer Conversation to Dialogue with Premier Healthcare Organizations
MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- The Healthcare Scoop ( http://www.healthcarescoop.com ), an online consumer forum, based on real-life patient stories about healthcare, will now extend the conversation to include a dialogue with healthcare organizations, according to MaryAnn Stump, preside...Former Cables to Go/Lastar Inc. Employee's Move to Form American Consumer Cables Pays Off
In March 2007, Joe Weitz left his position of 15 years as International Purchasing Manager for Cables to Go/Lastar Inc. to form American Consumer Cables.com. Today Weitz and the four fellow United States Air Force veterans he partners with at American Consumer Cables oversee one of the largest on...SENOMYX TO WEBCAST CORPORATE PRESENTATION AT THE WACHOVIA CONSUMER GROWTH CONFERENCE
SAN DIEGO, CA, Oct. 7, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Senomyx, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNMX ), a leading company focused on using proprietary taste receptor technologies to discover and develop novel flavor ingredients for the food, beverage, and ingredient supply industries, announced today that Kent ...AMDL Announces New GOODNAK Consumer Anti-Aging Products for Use in Skin Renewal Treatments
TUSTIN, Calif., May 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AMDL, Inc. (Amex: ADL), http://www.amdl.com ,a world leader in specialty pharmaceuticals with operations in Shenzhen, Jiangxi and Jilin, China, announced today the launch of new products for its GOODNAK anti-aging line. The company is releas...GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Recommends Maintaining FDA'S Current Two-Class Drug System
Consumers Benefit from Convenient and Cost-effective Access to Over-the-Counter Self-Treatment Options PITTSBURGH, Nov. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- American consumers are well-served by the Food and Drug Administration's current two-class system of prescription (Rx) and over-the-cou...Red Prairie launches direct to consumer software
Waukesha, Wis. - Supply-chain technology firm RedPrairie has launched a new software package aimed at retailers who ship directly to consumers or use drop shipping. The package includes an Internet module for rules-based order sourcing called Dlx SourceRight, which the company announced March 5, as...Cell-phone satisfaction stays low, says Consumer Reports
Less than half of cell-phone users really like the service they are getting, a Consumer Reports survey shows. The survey asked 50,000 people to recount experiences with static, "dead" zones, dropped calls and more, and ended up finding that cell-phone service is one of the lowest-ranked services na...KV Pharmaceutical Announces Stockholder Action to Amend By-Laws is Invalid
...: (1) the ability to continue as a going concern; (2) changes in the current and future business environment, including interest rates and capital and consumer spending; (3) the difficulty of predicting FDA approvals, including timing, and that any period of exclusivity may not be realized; (4) the possibilit...Schering-Plough Shareholders Approve Merger With Merck
...that help save and improve lives around the world. The company applies its research-and-development platform to human prescription, animal health and consumer health care products. Schering-Plough's vision is to "Earn Trust, Every Day" with the doctors, patients, customers and other stakeholders served by i...SCOLR Pharma, Inc. Reports Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results
...re faced with a difficult marketplace and many specialty pharmaceutical companies competing for alliances with the more established pharmaceutical and consumer product companies. Our operating strategy is to preserve our capital by limiting clinical and development expenses to our ibuprofen and pseudoephedrin...Exciton Technologies receives FDA approval to market exSALT(TM)
...rger market by: - Utilizing a more active form of silver; - Reducing costs; and - Being amendable to more applications such as consumer products, catheters and orthopedic devices. About exSALT(TM) ---------------- Silver has powerful antimicrobial properties. In the...SENOMYX ANNOUNCES CORPORATE UPDATE AND SECOND QUARTER 2009 FINANCIAL RESULTS
...hat contain Senomyx's savory flavor ingredients in the Pacific Rim and Latin America. In addition, Nestle has been conducting product development and consumer testing with both new and reformulated established products in larger countries that are high-volume users of MSG. Senomyx anticipates that Nestle wi...IIVS Announces Initiation by EPA of a Pilot Program to Evaluate Non-Animal Eye-Irritation Methods
...al methods when valid alternatives are available. IIVS was an integral part of the collaboration that led up to this initiative. Seven leading consumer product companies - The Procter & Gamble Company, Clorox, Colgate Palmolive, The Dial Corporation, Ecolab, JohnsonDiversey, Inc. and S.C. Johnson ...Cynosure Reports Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results
...operating losses, its reliance on sole source suppliers, the inability to accurately predict the timing or outcome of regulatory decisions, changes in consumer preferences, competition in the aesthetic laser industry, economic, market, technological and other factors discussed in Cynosure's most recent Annual...Digitas Health Expands Adding Two Key Locations
...ful marketing campaigns for clients across leading consumer industries such as automotive, hospitality and fin...keting efforts, Kirk Williamson brings 18 years of consumer and healthcare marketing and general management ex...He also served as an independent consultant in the consumer health and device markets. As creative lead...Schering-Plough Reports Financial Results for 2009 Second Quarter
...the impact of 2008 product divestitures. consumer Health Care sales were $381 million in the 2009 se... investigated whether the companies violated state consumer protection laws in connection with the ENHANCE cli... platform to human prescription, animal health and consumer health care products. Schering-Plough's vision is...Wyeth Announces Stockholder Approval of Pfizer Merger at 2009 Annual Meeting
... world's premier biopharmaceutical company and an industry leader in human, consumer and animal healthcare, in both disease prevention and treatment. The combi...ldwide. The Company's major divisions include Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Wyeth consumer Healthcare and Fort Dodge Animal Health. The statements in this p...Derma Sciences, Inc. Hires the Investor Relations Group
...IRG's public relations department will commence an outreach campaign targeting editors, writers, and segment producers of local and national trade and consumer online, print, radio, and broadcast media outlets. IRG's mandate is to produce gripping news content that describes the company's advanced wound care ...LS9's UltraClean Diesel Exceeds United States & Brazilian Fuels Specifications
...ion process is capable of producing chemicals used in making industrial and consumer products. For more information about LS9 products and capabilities, please...roprietary biofuels that are compatible with existing fuel distribution and consumer infrastructure, as well as high-value industrial chemicals. LS9 is the pio...Karl Strauss and GreenHouse Partner to Create Alternative Fuel from Beer Waste
... conference, where he unveiled the final production model of the revolutionary E-Fuel MicroFuelerTM, a portable ethanol micro-refinery fuel system for consumer use. Together, the two companies are part of the GreenHouse Developmental Pilot Program, a distribution model being introduced first in Southern ...Xanodyne Announces New Executive Team Members
...c. Mr. Wentworth has extensive experience within the field of human resources, including more than 25 years working in global healthcare and consumer products industries. Most recently he was Executive Vice President, Human Resources at Adams Respiratory Therapeutics. Wentworth is a seasoned busine...REMERON(R) Now Approved in Japan for the Treatment of Depression in Adult Patients
...ates therapies that help save and improve lives around the world. The company applies its research-and-development platform to human prescription and consumer products as well as to animal health products. Schering-Plough's vision is to "Earn Trust, Every Day" with the doctors, patients, customers and other...GPhA Says BIO Cries Wolf on Senate Biogenerics Proposal
...ecedented 12 to 14 years of market exclusivity would NOT achieve what should be our shared goal of balancing pharmaceutical innovation and much needed consumer access. "While the generic industry still supports the proven successful Hatch-Waxman model as contained in the bipartisan 'Promoting Innovation...