Relief in Biological Technology

avVaa World Health Care Products Inc. Announces Web Site Design for Neuroskin(R) Psoriasis Relief DRTV Campaign

LUMBY, BC, July 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - avVaa World Health Care Products Inc. (Pink Sheets: AVVH), a global biotechnology company, manufacturer and distributor of nationally branded therapeutic, natural skin and health care products announced that the Company has hired a web design firm to des...

New 'near-field' radiation therapy promises relief for overheating laptops

Our modern age has become accustomed to regular improvements in information technology, says Slava Rotkin, but these advances do not come without a cost. Take the laptop, for example. Its components, especially its billions of semiconductor electronic circuits, are growing ever tinier while the...

Vermillion, Inc. Files a Voluntary Petition for Reorganization Relief Under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code

FREMONT, Calif. , April 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Vermillion, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: VRML) today announced that it has filed a voluntary petition for reorganization relief under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware...

Independent Study Reveals SYNVISC(R) Offers Longer Knee Pain Relief and Greater Patient Satisfaction for Those Suffering from Osteoarthritis of the Knee

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Genzyme Corporation (Nasdaq: GENZ ) has announced findings from an independent study which investigated effectiveness and patient satisfaction following viscosupplementation treatments with Synvisc and Hyalgan in patients with osteoarthritis...

New TUMS(R) QuikPak(TM) Campaign Offers Innovative Heartburn Relief with a Little Help from the Jetsons

First of Its Kind Instant Dissolve Powder Antacid Delivers Faster Relief, Increased Convenience and Great Taste PITTSBURGH, April 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Consumer Healthcare launches a $20 million integrated marketing campaign for the new TUMS(R) QuikPak(...

ALCiS(R) Daily Relief Now Available at Walgreens

Fast-acting topical pain reliever lands its first national retail drug chain SAN JOSE, Calif., April 8, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- ALCiS Health, Inc., a provider of patented pain relief products, today announced that Walgreens, the nation's largest drugstore chain, i...

BD and Direct Relief International Launch Second Volunteer Service Trip to Improve Healthcare in Ghana

FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., March 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX ), a leading global medical technology company, and Direct Relief International, a humanitarian medical aid nonprofit organization, today announced the second joint volunteer initiative to s...

China Sky One Medical, Inc. Obtains SFDA Approvals for Geranium Ointment and Musk Liniment for Pain Relief

HARBIN, China, April 23 /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 that it...

China Pharma Holdings, Inc. Donates Medicine for Sichuan Earthquake Relief

NEW YORK and HAIKOU, China, May 16 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- China Pharma Holdings, Inc. ("China Pharma") (OTC Bulletin Board: CPHI) which develops, manufactures, and markets generic and brand bio-pharmaceutical products in China, announced today that it donated 2 million RMB (approxima...

Natural Nutrition Launches International Marketing Campaign for New All Natural Analgesic: BLUE LIGHTNING(TM) Fast Pain Relief

HOUSTON and OTTAWA, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sports and nutritional product manufacturer, Natural Nutrition Inc., (OTC Bulletin Board: NNTN) http://www.naturalnutritioninc.com announced today that it has launched an international marketing campaign for the company's newest product B...

LEDS Bring Relief to Young Cancer Patients

First-round tests successful for Barneveld-made device BARNEVELD, WI. - A device using specialized light emitting diodes (LED), based on NASA technology for plant growth in space, is continuing to show promise as a treatment to aid healing of bone marrow transplant patients. Use of the LED app...

Wisconsin startup delivers project management relief to creative firms and ad agencies

Green Bay, Wis. - Epicsoft , based in Green Bay, has announced a new Web-based collaboration package using a Flash interface to reach out to creative agencies and their clients. The system will allow logins with adjustable permissions from designers, project managers and clients. It is intende...

Outpouring of tsunami relief displays power of the Internet

The television ad in which George Bush and Bill Clinton urge Americans to come to aid of tsunami victims is unique, not only because the appeal comes from two former presidents, but because of how they ask people to give. The era of e-relief has dawned. Bush and Clinton point viewers to the ...

Wisconsins insurance companies use advanced IT to speed relief

Buildings such as this marina suffered heavy damage from Hurricane Charley, which threatened Tampa, Fla., and sent winds and rain as far as North Carolina. Source: Beau McCune. MADISON Insurance companies headquartered in Wisconsin are using the latest information technology to speed claims pro...

Arizona Pain Specialists Contend Recent Vertebroplasty Studies are Misleading

...f vertebroplasty for painful vertebral compression fractures. In 2006, Spine Journal released a systematic review of all available data showing 87% relief of pain with vertebroplasty. A 2007 study in the American Journal of Neuroradiology concluded that "Percutaneous Vertebroplasty is a safe and effe...

Prix Galien USA Announces 2009 Final Candidates

...edical technologies that have made a deep impact on the quality of human life at a gala event on September 30. Candidates for the 2009 program provide relief to millions of people living with chronic diseases including cardiovascular disease and diabetes and treatments for people living with cancer and HIV/...

Jatropha Couple Oil Crop Cultivation Technology Commercially Released

...l maintaining soil fertility. Emergence of the combination crop system may change the entire scenario of the biodiesel industry and shall provide much relief to the industry which desperately in a need of a viable sustainable non-food feed stocks." Mr. Sharma further added that, "Now we can en...

Endo Pharmaceuticals Reports Strong Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results

...algia; Percocet(R) and Percodan(R) tablets for the relief of moderate-to-moderately severe pain; FROVA(R) ta...r without aura in adults; OPANA(R) tablets for the relief of moderate-to-severe acute pain where the use of ...opioid is appropriate; OPANA(R) ER tablets for the relief of moderate-to-severe pain in patients requiring c...

Anesiva Receives NASDAQ Delisting Staff Determination Letter

...ently in development for the management of acute pain following orthopedic surgeries. Adlea has been shown in clinical trials to provide extended pain relief after only a single administration in multiple indications for site-specific, acute and chronic, moderate-to-severe pain. In December 2008, ...

QRxPharma Initiates Comparative Phase 2 Proof-of-Concept Study for MoxDuo(TM) IV Pain Therapy

...have shown Dual-Opioids(TM) to provide better pain relief with significantly fewer side effects. Th...(TM) IV will enable doctors to provide better pain relief with fewer side effects, getting patients on their...in. In Part 2, patients will manage their own pain relief on an "as needed" basis using self-administered PC...

Sumavel(TM) DosePro(TM) (sumatriptan injection) Approved by FDA for Acute Migraine and Cluster Headache: First Product Featuring Novel DosePro Needle-Free Delivery System

...ery system for subcutaneous sumatriptan, a treatment that provides migraine relief within 10 minutes for some patients. "In my 28 years treating migraine patients, a consistent challenge has been delivering fast relief in a patient acceptable form," said Roger K. Cady, M.D., director of the He...

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

...ally produce a chemical called dopamine. A synthetic precursor of dopamine called L-DOPA or drugs that mimic dopamine's action can provide symptomatic relief from Parkinson's disease. Unfortunately, these drugs lose much of their effectiveness in later stages of the disease, and there is currently no means ...

AEterna Zentaris to Report Data from Safety Study of Phase 3 Program in Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia with Cetrorelix Ahead of Schedule

... 5 years. About Cetrorelix Cetrorelix pamoate is an investigational agent that has shown in Phase 2 studies to provide fast and long lasting relief of BPH symptoms and was well tolerated, with a low incidence of sexual side effects. Cetrorelix is part of AEterna Zentaris' luteinizing hormone-relea...

Cumberland Pharmaceuticals Announces FDA Approval of Caldolor(TM)

...the treatment of both pain and fever. Caldolor will be used primarily in hospitalized patients who are unable to receive oral therapies for pain relief and fever reduction. The only injectable drugs currently available to reduce pain are opioids, such as morphine and meperdine, and ketorolac, a non-st...

Allied Minds Establishes New Company to Commercialize Novel UC Irvine Tinnitus Therapy

...Zeng and Dr. Qing Tang as a treatment to quiet the ringing in their patient's ears. Of the many available treatments for tinnitus few can provide any relief beyond simple masking (providing a sound louder than the tinnitus) while others require the use of long retraining regimes or the use of powerful drug...

AEterna Zentaris Opens Extended Study for Cetrorelix in Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

... in 2010. About Cetrorelix Cetrorelix pamoate is an investigational agent that has shown in Phase 2 studies to provide fast and long lasting relief of BPH symptoms and was well tolerated, with a low incidence of sexual side effects. Cetrorelix is part of AEterna Zentaris' luteinizing hormone-relea...

NeurogesX Receives European Commission Approval for Qutenza(TM)

...centration (8%) of the active substance capsaicin and to provide sustained relief from peripheral neuropathic pain. Following application to the painful are...ed directly to the site of pain that can produce up to three months of pain relief following a single 30- or 60-minute application." In October 2008, the...

Ausio Pharmaceuticals to Present at Bio(R) 2009

... adverse events at doses several-fold higher than the expected therapeutic range. Phase 2 clinical trials to assess the efficacy of AUS-131 for relief of menopausal symptoms and BPH are on schedule to begin September 2009. The expected completion date for the Phase 2 clinical trials is Q2 2010. ...

10,000 New Jobs, Investments Increased

...t investments in order to emerge stronger from the global economic crisis. In this context, Juszak welcomes the federal minister's introduction of tax relief for companies' research and development initiatives. "It is important that both the small businesses and large companies benefit from this support," s...

Sanofi-aventis U.S. to Acquire Oral Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Treatment

... treatment with at least one standard alkylating-agent containing regimen. Studies demonstrating clinical benefit such as prolongation of survival or relief of symptoms have not been performed. Studies providing a direct comparison of the clinical efficacy and safety of orally administered fludarabine pho...

Novagali Pharma Announces FDA Clearance of IND for Phase III of Catioprost(R), its Cationic Emulsion of Latanoprost in Patients With Glaucoma

...n cationic emulsion. Novasorb(R) properties have already been clinically validated through Cationorm(R) a marketed product for dry eye symptoms relief and Cyclokat(R), a pharmaceutical product in phase III for the treatment of moderate to severe dry eye. Glaucoma is a group of diseases that ca...

Independent Data Monitoring Committee Supports Continuation of Picoplatin Phase 3 SPEAR Registration Trial in Small Cell Lung Cancer

...ith the National Comprehensive Cancer Network's guidelines and includes analgesics, radiation therapy for painful bone metastases, brain metastases or relief of obstructive symptoms from lesions in the chest, nutritional support and treatment of anemia, dyspnea, infections, paraneoplastic syndromes, anxiety...

Pharmalink AB Completes Phase II Clinical Study With Renal Disease Drug Nefecon(R)

...al benefits. The Group's lead development product is NasalFent(R), an innovative and highly differentiated fentanyl citrate nasal spray, for the rapid relief of breakthrough cancer pain. Archimedes technologies - ChiSys(R), PecSys(TM) and TARGIT(R) - are used in a number of partnered products in late...

UH initiative will use 'Harry Potter' to conjure love for science in Houston-area schools

... consulting firm to get an advanced degree in environmental engineering at UH. "I wanted to make myself more accessible and useful in the world of relief and development. I'm blessed with a capacity to work in a highly technical fashion, and I wanted to use that capacity to be an agent of mercy by way o...

Amylin Pharmaceuticals Provides Shareholders with Update Regarding Recent Developments

...nnual meeting. On Monday, March 30, 2009, we learned that the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") granted Icahn and Eastbourne "no action" relief that would allow them to include each other's nominees on their proxy cards - thus, up to a total of ten nominees between them out of the twelve seats...

Endo Pharmaceuticals Appoints Dr. Nancy Hutson to Board of Directors

...algia; PERCOCET(R) and PERCODAN(R) tablets for the relief of moderate-to-moderately severe pain; FROVA(R) ta...r without aura in adults; OPANA(R) tablets for the relief of moderate-to-severe acute pain where the use of ...opioid is appropriate; OPANA(R) ER tablets for the relief of moderate-to-severe pain in patients requiring c...

Mylan's Matrix Receives First Tentative FDA Approval Under PEPFAR for Generic Truvada(R)

...ing interest, has received the first tentative approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS relief (PEPFAR) for its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for Emtricitabine and Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate Tablets, 200 mg/300 mg. Mylan Vice C...

Isolagen, Inc. Receives Notification Letter from Amex

... and to seek a hearing before an Exchange Panel. The time and place of such a hearing will be determined by the Panel. If the Panel does not grant the relief sought by the Company, its securities could be delisted from the Exchange. There is no assurance that the Exchange staff will accept the Company's pl...

NeurogesX' Qutenza(TM) (NGX-4010) Receives Positive Committee Recommendation in European Union

...n capsaicin dermal patch designed to provide rapid, localized and sustained relief from peripheral neuropathic pain. The CHMP's positive recommendation will b...irectly to the site of pain, Qutenza can produce up to three months of pain relief following a single 30- or 60-minute application. Clinical studies have dem...

VeraSun Energy Selects Valero as Successful Bidder for Seven Facilities

...tcy Court on Wednesday, March 18, 2009 at noon. The sales are expected to close in April. VeraSun and 24 of its subsidiaries filed petitions for relief under chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Delaware on October 31, 2008. The chapter 11 cases are being...