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AOBO Announces New Product Launch

NEW YORK, Aug. 7 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- - Jingwei Capsules Treat Allergy Symptoms - - Complements Established Boke Nasal Spray Brand - - Diversifies Product Offering with Capsule Formulation - American Oriental Bioengineering, Inc. (N...

One of the Nation's Leading Analytical Testing Laboratories is Now Easier to Access -- Pace Analytical Launches New Web Site to Showcase Its Three Business Divisions

Pace Analytical Services, Inc. Is Pleased To Announce The Launch Of Its New And Improved Website. The New Site Provides Users With A Comprehensive Overview Of Pace Analytical And Incorporates A More User-Friendly Design Layout To Enhance Functionality And Navigation. The Site Also Offers An Expan...

China Sky One Medical, Inc. Appoints New Independent Director

HARBIN, China, Aug. 6 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- China Sky One Medical, Inc. ("China Sky One Medical" or "the Company") (Nasdaq: CSKI ), a leading fully integrated pharmaceutical company producing over-the-counter drugs in the People's Republic of China ("PRC"), today announced the appoi...

UCLA welcomes startup to new incubator space at California NanoSystems Institute

UCLA's newly launched on-campus technology incubator at the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) has opened lab space to MediSens Wireless, a startup company that develops and manufactures personal body-monitoring systems for medical and health applications. The incubator program was establ...

NeurogesX Announces New PDUFA Date for Qutenza(TM) New Drug Application

SAN MATEO, Calif., Aug. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NeurogesX, Inc. (Nasdaq: NGSX ), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing novel pain management therapies, today announced that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has extended the Pr...

AIAG and MichBio Form New Collaborative Partnership

Automotive and Biosciences Associations join forces to Assist Michigan's Traditional Automotive Manufacturing Base Diversify into Medical Device Manufacturing Southfield, Mich. (Vocus) August 5, 2009 -- The Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) and Michigan Bioscience...

Omeros Appoints New Vice President of Clinical Development

SEATTLE, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Omeros Corporation today announced the appointment of Stephen R. Murray, M.D., Ph.D. as Vice President of Clinical Development. Dr. Murray will oversee clinical trial strategies and protocols at Omeros, and currently is leading the ongoing clinical studies...

Shanghai ChemPartner and ELARA Pharmaceuticals Expand Drug Discovery Collaboration to a New Level

SHANGHAI, Aug. 4 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Shanghai ChemPartner Co., Ltd., (ChemPartner) a wholly owned subsidiary of ShangPharma Corporation, announced today that it has moved its drug discovery collaboration with ELARA Pharmaceuticals to a new level. ChemPartner will provide fully integrated ser...

Zeus Expands International Support With New Hires

ORANGEBURG, S.C., Aug. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Zeus, Inc., a global leader in material science and high performance polymer extrusions, has expanded its international personnel with the hiring of David Labelle as its new Business Development Manager and Derek Ramsey in the position of European Sale...

Nektar Therapeutics to Present at the BMO Capital Markets 9th Annual Focus on Healthcare Conference in New York City

SAN CARLOS, Calif., July 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nektar Therapeutics (Nasdaq: NKTR ) is scheduled to present at the upcoming BMO Capital Markets 9th Annual Focus on Healthcare Conference at the Millennium Broadway Hotel in New York City on Wednesday, August 5, 2009 at 1:45 p.m. ...

Cardium Announces New Orthobiologics Product Initiative Extending Gene Activated Matrix Technology to Deliver Bone Growth Factors

SAN DIEGO, July 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cardium Therapeutics (NYSE Amex: CXM ) today announced plans to develop a DNA-based orthobiologics product portfolio based on research and development by Cardium's Tissue Repair Company that will initially focus on non-union bone fractu...

Brookstone Pharmaceuticals Appoints New Corporate Position

ALPHARETTA, Ga., July 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Brookstone Pharmaceuticals, LLC, a specialty pharmaceutical company, recently announced the appointment of Philip Vogt as Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing. Vogt brings more than thirty years of pharmaceutical experience and wi...

Stemline Therapeutics CEO to Present at IBC's New Frontiers in Cancer Drug Development Conference

NEW YORK, July 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Stemline Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company and a leading developer of oncology compounds directed to cancer stem cell targets, today announced that the Company's CEO, Ivan Bergstein M.D. has been invited to present at the New Fron...

Video: New Way RA(TM) Talk Show Premieres Online for People Living With Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)

HORSHAM, Pa., July 29 /PRNewswire/ -- New Way RA (TM), a new online talk show hosted by award-winning journalist and anchor of Inside Edition, Deborah Norville, premieres today at www.NewWayRA.com . To view the Multimedia News Release, go to: http://www.prnewswire.com/...

Patent Awarded for a New X-ray Imaging Technology with Capability Unrealized with Present Day Radiological Modalities

Now, a newly patented x-ray microscope technology makes it possible to see every wire in a stent, magnified 25 times larger than actual size, as clearly as if it were being viewed through a microscope, while exposing the animal and researcher to significantly less radiation than current FDA dosa...

Zimmer Launches New Medical Education and BioSkills Training Program

WARSAW, Ind., July 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ZMH ; SWX: ZMH) today announced the launch of the new Zimmer Institute. Over the past year, Zimmer has collaborated with teaching surgeons and subject matter experts to develop a unique model for su...

Oprah, Luke Skywalker and Maradona -- new study investigates how our brains respond to them

Pictures paint concepts of a thousand words- now, for the first time, scientists studying the brain have worked out how words paint concepts in our minds. The team, including Professor Rodrigo Quian Quiroga at the Department of Engineering of the University of Leicester in the UK, Professor Itz...

Varian Medical Systems to Showcase a Wide Spectrum of New and Updated Products That Improve Radiotherapy Treatment Processes at 2009 AAPM Meeting

ANAHEIM, Calif., July 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR ) will showcase a wide spectrum of new and updated products that improve and simplify the processes of radiotherapy and radiosurgery. Among the products on display will be a new version of the Ec...

ChemOutsourcing Unveils 2009 Attendee List for September Show in New Jersey

LONG BRANCH, N.J., July 23 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2009 Pharma ChemOutsourcing Conference & Exhibition attendee list has been released, and the current 500 attendees and 100 exhibitors have been posted at http://www.chemoutsourcing.com/attendees_2009.php reports Mark Alexay of Apaporis ...

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. Signs Biopharmaceutical Company, Lilly, as Anchor New York City Tenant at the Alexandria Center for Science and Technology

PASADENA, Calif., July 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. (NYSE: ARE ), Landlord of Choice to the Life Science Industry(R), announced today that an affiliate has entered into a long-term lease with Eli Lilly and Company as the anchor tenant at the Alexan...

ERT Appoints New Vice President of Project Management

PHILADELPHIA, July 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ERT (Nasdaq: ERES ), a leading provider of centralized ECG and eClinical technology, ePRO, and other services to the biopharmaceutical, medical device, and related industries, announced the appointment of a new Vice President of Projec...

Human Genome Sciences Announces New Order for Raxibacumab (ABthrax(TM)) from U.S. Government

ROCKVILLE, Md., July 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Human Genome Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: HGSI ) today announced that the U.S. Government has exercised its option to purchase an additional 45,000 doses of raxibacumab (ABthrax(TM)) for the Strategic National Stockpile, to be delivered...

Irvine Scientific Announced Today a New Distribution Partnership With Prodimed

SANTA ANA, Calif. , July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Irvine Scientific announced today a new distribution partnership with Prodimed, a company specializing in women's health, located in Neuilly en Thelle, France. Effective immediately, Irvine Scientific will be distributing Prodimed's extensive l...

Laser technology creates new forms of metal and enhances aircraft performance

Dr. Chunlei Guo and his team of researchers for the project discovered a way to transform a shiny piece of metal into one that is pitch black, not by paint, but by using incredibly intense bursts of laser light. The black metal created, absorbs all radiation that shines upon it. "With the crea...

iSource Networks Partners with inVentiv Health to Develop New Technology Platform for Reaching Healthcare Consumers

NEWPORT, R.I., July 20 /PRNewswire/ -- iSource Networks, a company focused on improving patient-driven self-care, announced today that it will partner with inVentiv Health, the leading provider of commercialization solutions to the healthcare industry, to develop an innovative new techno...

EU Committee Approves New Food Applications for Martek's life'sDHA(TM)

COLUMBIA, Md., July 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- DHA omega-3 innovator and maker of the life'sDHA(TM) brand of DHA, Martek Biosciences (Nasdaq: MATK ), announced today that it has received a unanimous positive vote from the Standing Committee On The Food Chain and Animal Health ...

EU Committee Approves New Food Applications for Martek's life'sDHA™

life'sDHA Now Approved for Use in Bakery Products, All Dairy Products, Cereal Bars, Beverages Columbia, MD (Vocus) July 16, 2009 -- DHA omega-3 innovator and maker of the life'sDHA ™ brand of DHA, Martek Biosciences, announced today that it has received a unanimo...

Dow AgroSciences, NemGenix Establish New Collaboration in Plant Biotechnology

INDIANAPOLIS and PERTH, Australia, July 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Dow AgroSciences LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW ), and NemGenix, a Perth based biotechnology company, announced today a newly established collaboration agreement to pursue novel technologies to...

Supelco(R) and MIP Technologies Launch New SPE Product for the Selective Extraction of NSAIDs From Environmental Water

ST. LOUIS, July 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Supelco, a division of Sigma-Aldrich (Nasdaq: SIAL ), and MIP Technologies AB announced today the launch of a new molecularly imprinted polymer, SPE product, SupelMIP(TM), for the selective extraction of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory ...

Evidence for a New Genetic Link to Therapeutic Efficacy for Alzheimer's Disease

BROOMFIELD, Colo., July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Accera, Inc., a biotechnology company delivering breakthrough therapies in central nervous system diseases, today announced further evidence for genetic interactions impacting the efficacy of the ketogenic compound AC-1202 (Axona(TM)) ...

Novel drug discovery tool could identify promising new therapies for Parkinson's disease

Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have turned simple baker's yeast into a virtual army of medicinal chemists capable of rapidly searching for drugs to treat Parkinson's disease. In a study published online today in Nature Chemical Biology , the researchers showed that the...

Xanodyne Announces New Executive Team Members

NEWPORT, Ky., July 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Xanodyne Pharmaceuticals, Inc., an integrated specialty pharmaceutical company with both development and commercial capabilities focused on women's healthcare and pain management, today announced the appointment of three new members to its executive ...

ParagonRx Creates New Website Featuring REMS Help Center for Pharma

WILMINGTON, Del., July 13 /PRNewswire/ -- ParagonRx, a Delaware-based company which specializes in programs for the appropriate use of medications, has launched a new website - www.paragonrx.com - that includes a "REMS Hub" for pharmaceutical and biotech companies needing information and ...

Material world: Graphene's versatility promises new applications

Since its discovery just a few years ago, graphene has climbed to the top of the heap of new super-materials poised to transform the electronics and nanotechnology landscape. As N.J. Tao, a researcher at the Biodesign Institute of Arizona State University explains, this two dimensional honeycomb s...

Mirixa Corporation Announces Key New Hires

RESTON, Va., July 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Mirixa Corporation, the leader in targeted pharmacy-based patient care services, today announced the hiring of three new members to its growing pharmacy team. Mirixa welcomes Joseph Gruber, RPh, CGP, FASCP, Kim Swiger, RPh, and Paul Miller, MS, RPh. Each n...

Data Published in The New England Journal of Medicine Support Use of Raxibacumab (ABthrax(TM)) for the Treatment of Inhalation Anthrax

ROCKVILLE, Md., July 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Human Genome Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: HGSI ) today announced publication by The New England Journal of Medicine of the results of two pivotal animal efficacy studies, which showed the life-saving potential of the Company's human monoclonal an...

2009: Immunotec announces important clinical research initiative: New study to be launched with the goal of improving the quality of the aging process

Immunotec Receives NHPD/Health Canada Authorization to Begin a Study on the Effect of the Cysteine-Rich Whey Protein Isolate (Immunocal(R)) in Combination with Physical Exercise on Muscle Function, Body Composition and Inflammatory Cytokine Levels in Elderly Persons: A Randomized,...

VisEn Launches New Cat-K FAST(TM) Fluorescence Molecular Imaging Agent

BEDFORD, Mass., July 7 /PRNewswire/ -- VisEn Medical Inc., a leader in fluorescence in vivo imaging from research through medicine, announced today the commercial launch of its new Cat-K FAST (TM) imaging agent for measuring and monitoring Cathepsin K activity associated with disease progr...

AEterna Zentaris: New Data Published on its Ghrelin Antagonist Compound, AEZS-123 (JMV2959), Supports its Use in Alcohol Addiction

Data published in July 7, 2009 Issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences QUEBEC CITY, July 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - AEterna Zentaris Inc. (NASDAQ: AEZS ; TSX: AEZ), a global biopharmaceutical company focused on endocrine therapy and oncology, today announced publi...

Essilor: Essilor Forges New Strategic Partnerships Around the World

PARIS, France, July 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Essilor is pursuing its external growth strategy through a number of recent transactions in Europe, North America and the Middle East. Essilor has acquired all outstanding shares in De Ceunynck, a major player in the Belgian market where t...
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