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Oramed Pharmaceuticals was Awarded a NIS 3.1 Million Grant From the Israeli Office of the Chief Scientist

JERUSALEM, Israel, August 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Oramed Pharmaceuticals Inc. (OTCBB: ORMP.OB) ( http://www.oramed.com ), a developer of oral delivery systems, today reported that its wholly owned Israeli subsidiary, Oramed Ltd., was awarded a government grant amounting to a total net amo...

US Patent Office Rejects 95% of Verathon Claims in Patent Case With Aircraft Medical

EDINBURGH, Scotland, March 26 /PRNewswire/ -- On March 23, 2009 the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") issued a Non-Final Action Closing Prosecution in the ongoing re-examination of Verathon, Inc.'s United States Patent Number 6,543,447. Aircraft Medical, Ltd. filed the reques...

Investor Group Files Complaint With Irish Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Against Named Directors of Trinity Biotech

KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- An investor group in Trinity Biotech plc (Nasdaq: TRIB ), an Irish based developer and manufacturer of diagnostic products, has petitioned the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement to facilitate compliance with key company law provisions de...

Shire Announces Opening of Office in Japan

TOKYO, Japan and CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, February 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Shire plc (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPGY ), the global specialty biopharmaceutical company, announced today that it has officially opened a new representative office in Japan and has appointed Soh Fujiwara as Managing...

Advanced Analytical Technologies, Inc. Expands Into New Office and Production Space

AMES, Iowa, Oct. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Advanced Analytical Technologies, Inc. (AATI), based in Ames, IA will expand its office and production space, adding an additional 1200 ft2 of space to current operations. The expansion adjoins the current office space the company occupies in Building 4 on t...

IDIS Opens New American Office in Response to Industry's Growing Need for Pre-Launch Named Patient Programs

LONDON, Aug. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- IDIS, the world leader in the development and implementation of pre-launch Named Patient Programs (NPPs), announces the opening of a new regional office in Iselin, New Jersey, USA. This office places IDIS in a stronger position to support US based pharmaceutical...

Silence Therapeutics Receives Allowance from United States Patent and Trademark Office for its Core RNAi Patent

U.S. AtuRNAi Patent Allowance Builds on European Equivalent Granted in 2007, Expanding Commercial Protection LONDON, July 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Silence Therapeutics plc (AIM: SLN), a leading European RNAi focused biotechnology company, today announced that the United States Paten...

Abingdon Life Sciences, Inc. Announces Opening of Office in Carlsbad, Ca.

CARLSBAD, Calif., July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Abingdon Life Sciences announces the formal opening of its offices in Carlsbad, California. The offices, located at 5963 La Place Court, Suite 107, are in the Carlsbad Airport Business Park adjacent to Palomar Airport. Abingdon Life Sciences, Inc. is a...

Japan Patent Office Licenses GeneCards(R) from Xennex, Inc.

Xennex, Inc. Partners with Bioscene in Japan - Expands Presence in Japan CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Xennex, Inc. (Xennex) announced today that the Japan Patent Office (JPO) has licensed GeneCards(R). Xennex also announced that it has selected Bioscene Informatics Inc. (Bioscene) a...

HemoGenix(R), Inc. Receives Issued Patent for its HALO(R) Technology Platform From the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., April 8, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- HemoGenix(R), Inc., a privately-held contract research and assay development company, reported that the USPTO has issued the first two of several patent applications for the company's HALO(R) technology. HALO(R) is the 21st century answer ...

EnzySurge, Maker of DermaStream(TM), Establishes a US Office in the Virginia Biotech Commercialization Center

RICHMOND, Virginia and ROSH HAAYIN, Israel, April 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The Virginia Biosciences Commercialization Center (VBCC) recently announced the newest company to establish their U.S. office at the Virginia BioTechnology Research Park as a member of the VBCC program, EnzySurge, an Israeli b...

U.S. Patent Office Confirms Validity of Osteotech's U.S. Patent No. 5,676,146

EATONTOWN, N.J., March 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Osteotech, Inc. (Nasdaq: OSTE ), a leader in the emerging field of biologic solutions for regenerative medicine, announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has confirmed the validity of its U.S. Patent No. 5,676,146. ...

IBF/LifeScience Alley MedTech Investing Conference Adds Ashley Boam, Acting Deputy Director for Science and Review Policy, Office of Device Evaluation, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, FDA

Boam to address venture capitalists and venture-backed companies on the present and future FDA regulation of medical devices ST. LOUIS PARK, Minn., and Massapequa, N.Y., March 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Conference organizer International Business Forum (IBF) and LifeScience Alley, a Minneapol...

United States Patent Office Grants CryoCor's Request for Patent Interference

CryoCor Named Senior Party in Interference SAN DIEGO, Feb. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CryoCor, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRYO), a medical device company focused on the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias, announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has declared...

Intrasphere Technologies Releases PharmaCM Submissions Management and Authoring Module Powered by Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

Solution created specifically for life sciences organizations simplifies the creation, review and preparation of regulatory content for submissions NEW YORK, Feb. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Intrasphere Technologies, a leading consulting firm that provides business-focused services and solutions to lif...

Quintiles to Open Clinical Research Office in Wilmington, NC

Growth driving second new office opening in North Carolina in last 12 months RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Jan. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Quintiles Transnational Corp. today announced that the global leader in pharmaceutical services will open an office in Wilmington,...

Former Patent Office Solicitor and Judge Joins Rothwell Figg

Nancy Linck Extends Firm's Life Sciences Capabilities WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C. announced today that Dr. Nancy J. Linck will join the firm in an Of Counsel position, effective Feb. 4, 2008. Dr. Linck has served as the former Solicitor an...

The Tauri Group LLC Awarded U.S. Department of Homeland Security Chemical and Biological Early Detection Systems Program Office Support Contract

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- The Tauri Group LLC is pleased to announce that it has been selected to provide Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) support for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Health Affairs Early Detection Division Chemical and...

US Patent and Trademark Office Allows CRi's Patent Application for Spectral Imaging of Deep Tissue

WOBURN, Mass., Nov. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Cambridge Research & Instrumentation (CRi) announced today that the United States Patent Office has issued a notice of allowance for their patent application number 10/669,101, for Spectral Imaging of Deep Tissue. This method patent covers the use of mu...

European Patent Office Upholds Martek European DHA Food Patent; Scope of Original Claims Narrowed

COLUMBIA, Md., Nov. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Martek Biosciences Corporation (Nasdaq: MATK ) announced today that the Opposition Division of the European Patent Office (EPO) has ruled in favor of Martek and upheld one of the Company's European docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) patents. The modifi...

Elbit Medical Imaging Ltd. Announces that Plaza Centers Has Entered into a Joint Venture Partnership to Develop Residential and Office Projects in Romania

TEL-AVIV, Oct. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Elbit Medical Imaging Ltd. (TASE, Nasdaq: EMITF) ("EMI" or the "Company") announced today that its subsidiary, Plaza Centers N.V. (LSE: PLAZ) ("Plaza"), a leading Central and Eastern European ("CEE") and in India emerging markets property developer, ...

Patent Office Rules in Neuralstem's Favor in Dispute with StemCells, Inc.

ROCKVILLE, Md., Sept. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Stem cell company, Neuralstem, Inc. (AMEX: CUR ), announced today that it has received notice that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued its first ruling in the reexamination of the four StemCells, Inc. (Nasdaq: STE...

Sanford Rose Associates Opens Minneapolis Office

MINNETONKA, Minn., July 17 /PRNewswire/ -- John H. Wang has been named Managing Director of Sanford Rose Associates - Minneapolis, one of several new Sanford Rose Associates executive search offices opening in recent months. Most recently, John served as Chief Technology Officer at CircuLite,...

Covance Opens New Clinical Development Offices in Chile, Peru and Expands Argentina Office

- New offices in Chile and Peru , expansion of Argentina office increase access to patients to reduce drug development timelines for biopharmaceutical companies - PRINCETON, N.J., April 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Covance Inc. (NYSE: CVD ) today announced the recent opening of new...

PharmaNet Development Group, Inc. Expands Latin America Operations with Opening of Brazil Office

PRINCETON, N.J., Feb. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PharmaNet Development Group, Inc. (the "Company") (Nasdaq: PDGI ), a leading provider of clinical development services to innovative pharmaceutical, biotechnology, generic drug and medical device companies, today announced the opening of a new o...

Glen C. Williams Joins eLearning Sales Team for Simbionix, Heading up Chicago Office

DENVER, January 21 /PRNewswire/ -- eTrinsic, a division of Simbionix USA Corporation (Simbionix), a developer of online medical education products and technology for training medical salespeople and professionals, today announced that Glen C. Williams joined the company as Sales Executive for ...

Enigma Diagnostics Announces the Opening of a United States Office

PORTON DOWN, England and SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Enigma Diagnostics, the decentralized and point-of-care molecular diagnostics company, announced today the opening of a new U.S. office in San Francisco and the appointment of Chris Melancon as Vice President, Business Development. ...

Imaging Diagnostic Systems is Recognized for Its Advanced Engineering in Time-Resolved Techniques by the US Patent Office

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Nov. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Imaging Diagnostic Systems, Inc., (OTC Bulletin Board: IMDS) a pioneer in laser optical breast imaging systems, is pleased to announce the issuance of its 21st US Patent entitled "Apparatus and Method for Acquiring Time-Resolved Measurements...

Kornberg Associates Architects Opens Tokyo Office

SAN DIEGO, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Kornberg Associates Architects ( http://www.kornberg.com ) has opened a Tokyo office. The company has also been retained by the Okinawa Institute for Science and Technology (OIST) to help design a new government funded scientific research campus and graduate univ...

Shire Ltd.: Robin Buchanan to Step Down as Non-Executive Director on Completion of Term of Office

BASINGSTOKE, England and PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, July 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Shire Limited (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPGY), the global specialty biopharmaceutical company announces that non-executive director Robin Buchanan, due to his other commitments, will step down from the Board of Di...

TechCFO Adds Two New Partners to Atlanta Office

TechCFO, a leading provider of outsourced CFO-level financial and management services for technology and biotechnology companies, today announced the addition of Eric J. Froistad and Mark Rapoport as the latest partners to join the Atlanta headquarters office. (PRWEB) J...

Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione Expands to High-Tech Raleigh/Durham Area; Adds Accomplished Patent Attorneys to Its New Office

CHICAGO, July 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione, one of the largest intellectual property law firms in the U.S., announces the opening of a new office in the Raleigh/Durham, North Carolina area and welcomes two local patent attorneys, Allen R. Baum and Joshua T. Elliott, who will b...

TechCFO Adds Gary Strickland as Partner in Boston Office

TechCFO, a leading provider of outsourced CFO-level financial and management services for technology and biotechnology companies, today announced the addition of Gary Strickland as Partner to its Boston office. Strickland is the latest partner to join the company's Boston location, which ope...

SleepQuest to Open San Francisco Office

SAN FRANCISCO, July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Finding relief from Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) just got easier with the opening of SleepQuest's newest location in San Francisco. "We are excited to be opening a new office," said Robert Koenigsberg, President/CEO of SleepQuest, Inc. "We are well known ...

D-Pharm Secures Funding From Israel's Chief Scientist's Office

REHOVOT, Israel, April 7 /PRNewswire/ -- D-Pharm announced today that it received notice from Israel's Chief Scientist's Office (CSO) of its commitment to match expenditures on four of D-Pharm's R&D programs with a total grant of up to NIS 11 million (over $3 million). Alex Kozak, PhD, CEO a...

SemBioSys awarded key patent for the production of oleosome emulsions by the European Patent Office

TSX symbol: SBS CALGARY, March 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - SemBioSys Genetics Inc. (TSX: SBS), a biotechnology company developing a portfolio of therapeutic proteins for metabolic and cardiovascular diseases, today announced that it has been granted European patent ...

ISTO Technologies Granted Key Patent for Cartilage Cell Expansion by the United States Patent Office

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- ISTO Technologies, Inc., a privately held orthobiologics company, today announced that the United States Patent Office granted a key patent protecting the Company's core technology for cell-based cartilage repair: "Method for Chondrocyte Expansion with Phenoty...

Angiotech receives favourable patent decision from New Zealand's Intellectual Property Office

VANCOUVER, Sept. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANPI , TSX: ANP), announced today that it received a favourable decision from the Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand regarding an attempt by Johnson & Johnson's subsidiary, Conor Medsystems Inc. ("C...

UW Office of Corporate Relations Celebrates Early Accomplishments

Madison, Wis.-- In its first six months of operation, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Office of Corporate Relations has experienced business and community-related success. The office was established mid-2003 by Chancellor John Wiley , who charged it with serving the needs of the business com...

UW Office of Corporate Relations nears one-year mile-mark

First-year focus on business community, UW campuses MADISON, Wis. The University of Wisconsin-Madison Office of Corporate Relations is approaching its first full year of service. July 1 will mark the offices one-year anniversary of receiving its charge from UW-Madison Chancellor John Wiley ...