Still in Biological Technology

Despite Decline in Share of Global Output, U.S. Science Impact Still Strong, Says Thomson Reuters

PHILADELPHIA and LONDON, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- The Scientific business of Thomson Reuters today announced the results of a study showing that the United States' share of scientific research output continues to shrink while Asia-Pacific's share of output rises. Nevertheless, the U.S. retains a h...

Jatropha Sector Reality Check: Still Viable In Volatile Times? Upcoming Webcast Shares Latest Insights

In this time of global economic uncertainty, a top question of Jatropha developers is, "What impact will the current economic crisis have on the Jatropha sector and its prominence as a viable, sustainable biofuel?" To address this critical concern and more, a free 20 January webinar has...

Timothy I. Still Appointed CEO at Accumetrics

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Accumetrics, Inc. has appointed Timothy I. Still to the additional position of Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Still has been serving in the capacity of President and Chief Operating Officer for the company since earlier this year. "Tim has the right combinati...

Excalibur - 'Transforming' Biotech Deals can Still be Achieved

LONDON, October 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Excalibur, the international investment house specialising in medical sciences, said today 'transforming' deals could still be achieved in the UK biotech sector despite the most severe market conditions. Excalibur, founded by Professor Sir Christopher Evans ...

Federal nanotech risk research plan still comes up short

WASHINGTON, DC An improved but still flawed government-wide plan for nanotechnology risk research is the result of a broken system. Federally-funded studies essential to managing possible risks from this cutting-edge technology should be guided by a top-down strategy tied to projected commercial...

Lethal Human H5N1 Influenza Virus Replikin Gene Still Upregulated

BOSTON, Dec. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Replikins Ltd. today announced its latest findings regarding the virus replikin count in human H5N1 influenza virus. The company's software-driven analysis has found that the prevalence of these sequences has remained high in Indonesia; in addition, higher count...

Touching 418 Million Lives, Hepatitis Still Presents Significant Threat to Global Health

NEW YORK, Sept. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Globally, approximately 418 million people are currently infected with hepatitis, and the unrecognized importance, danger, and costs of hepatitis in the 21st century cannot be understated or underestimated, according to Global Hepatitis Strategies, a new repor...

Touching 418 Billion Lives, Hepatitis Still Presents Significant Threat to Global Health

NEW YORK, Sept. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Globally, approximately 418 billion people are currently infected with hepatitis, and the unrecognized importance, danger, and costs of hepatitis in the 21st century cannot be understated or underestimated, according to Global Hepatitis Strategies, a new repor...

Manufacturing still viable career

High-tech advancements can get techies into ballgame, too As the manufacturing sector struggles to recover from its two-year-long nightmare, recent or soon-to-be college grads may view a career in building things a bit gauche. If they could only see what really goes on in todays factories,...

Im Still Waiting for the Information Age in Healthcare

Healthcare must transition itself to the information age similar to what the business world did six to eight years ago to increase the productivity of our staff, reduce costs, and improve our quality of service. This transformation process is a considerable engineering effort that requires hospita...

Renaissance Learning increases net, still plans merger

Wisconsin Rapids Renaissance Learning Inc., a provider of learning information systems and school improvement programs for pre-K-12 schools, announced its net income for the quarter ending March 31 was $6.5 million compared to $5.9 million for first-quarter 2004, an increase of 8.8 percent. T...

Many still distrust Web sites is yours credible enough?

Although the Internet is an integral place of business, the online reality is that many Internet users still distrust even the most credible Web sites. Many Internet surfers often believe they know a good Web site when they see one. Their intuition is based on a number of surface-level factor...

Most of us still struggle with mobility

Early last month, I had the privilege of moderating a thought-provoking roundtable on the social and business challenges of an ever-increasing mobile work force. Hosted by IP-telephony leader Avaya, the roundtable brought together academics, market analysts, communications, IT executives and cust...

Report: Wisconsin still lags in college degrees held by workforce, leads elsewhere

NorthStar Economics and the Wisconsin Technology Council have released a report detailing the strengths of Wisconsin in the new economy and the difficulties that still need to be addressed to ensure the quality of the state's future workforce. Wisconsin Technology Council President Tom Still po...

Despite gains, women still face bias in science careers

Madison, Wis. -- Despite gains in the training of women scientists and the implementation of programs to help women overcome ingrained barriers, the career path of most women scientists at universities remains a difficult trek, fraught with roadblocks of bias, a sometimes chilly campus climate an...

Regulations still stymie business investment in high-growth companies

Madison, Wis. -- Wisconsin has made significant progress in improving business conditions in the state but must do much more to relieve investment restrictions if the state is to better capitalize on high-growth industries, a state Senate committee heard on Tuesday. "Today it is easier to lega...

The 3 percent solution: Unpopular drug companies still push discovery

Madison, Wis. - John McNeish gives it a light-hearted spin when he talks about drug companies being one of the least trusted institutions in America. "The polls say only 3 percent of the people in the country have a favorable view of drug companies," Pfizer executive McNeish told a group of ...

Wisconsin Senate votes to outlaw cloning; measure still faces veto

Madison, Wis. -- The state Senate voted 21-12 on Wednesday, short of a veto-proof majority, to ban all forms of cloning in Wisconsin, though it is likely that Gov. Jim Doyle will veto the bill. The bill was supported by all Republicans and two Democrats: Sen. Jeff Plale, D-South Milwaukee, and...

Though Weakening, Biotech IPO Market Still Viable, Burril & Co. Says

CHICAGO Anyone following this column over the last few years knows about my propensity for lists. These lists allow me to arrange information into tidy boxes in some meaningful order for others (or at least to make better sense out of the information for myself). While my list propensity didn...

Sonic Foundry posts explosive growth, though still operating at a loss

Madison, Wis. Sonic Foundry reported revenue up 86 percent and a narrowed net loss for its fiscal year. The company makes multimedia presentation hardware and software for business, government and education. Revenue for 2005 was $8.3 million, compared to last year's $4.4 million. The company ...

Diversity still an elusive goal in IT, other tech fields

Former Harvard president Lawrence H. Summers created a firestorm last year when he suggested that female under-representation in math and science fields might be the result of intrinsic aptitude differences between men and women. While that comment may be only part of the reason Summers is the form...

Companies are still taking software license

Madison , Wis. - Software piracy remains pervasive in American and foreign businesses, but those who track it are getting better at cracking down, and violators have been paying a stiff price. Research indicates that one in five software programs in use in the United States is unlicensed,...

CEO of healthcare group still hopeful IT will save employers money

Lake Geneva, Wis . - Employers who are looking for health information technology to have a moderating influence on healthcare premiums will have to wait a while longer, according to the head of an influential health information management organization. Stephen Lieber, president and CEO of the ...

Companies still neglect network security

Madison, Wis. - Cyber threats are becoming more sophisticated and are headed in new directions, but too many companies aren't acting on the threats, a panel of experts said this week. In a panel discussion on the state of information security during the annual E-Business Best Practices & Emer...

Two-week notices: People are still concerned

Giving two-weeks' notice when leaving a job is becoming more and more a rare option rather than a must-do. From articles written over a year ago, I'm still getting feedback about people giving two-weeks' notice and then being told to leave that day. Many believe that two-week notices no longer ar...

Economic outlook for 2007, and still clueless on Apple

When the Executive Club of Chicago presented its annual outlook for the year in a renovated Grand Ballroom of the Conrad Hilton, the guest speakers were Robert J. Dr. Bob Froehlich of Deutsche Asset Management , Allan Murray of the Wall Street Journal , and Diane Swonk of Mesirow Financial . ...

Company still behind schedule on Milwaukee wireless project

Milwaukee, Wis . - Midwest Fiber Networks , which has promised Milwaukee that it can provide citywide wireless service by March of 2008, has been granted a reprieve by the Milwaukee Common Council after falling behind on the project. The council has voted to give Midwest Fiber until June 7 t...

Privacy, trust still the biggest barriers to electronic record sharing

Madison, Wis. - Is America rushing into the adoption of electronic medical records and patient data exchange without enough concern for data security? The question has been raised on many fronts, including the Congress, where some bills seek to provide incentives to encourage the adoption of i...

Blurb shows that print still captures imaginations

In the age of digital everything, print still captures the imagination of consumers - even consumers who have become advocates of everything Internet. There's no clearer example than Blurb . I first discussed Blurb with founder Eileen Gittens when the company was no more than a brief PowerPo...

Growth spurts

..."In our study, we found that coalescence events are frequently involved in the early stage of nanocrystal growth and yet monodisperse nanocrystals are still formed." Says Alivisatos, a chemist who holds joint appointments with Berkeley Lab and the University of California at Berkeley where he is the Lar...

Microbix Sales Grow 22% For Nine Months

...ontinue in fiscal 2010. Our new manufacturing facility is fully operational, cash flow is improving and the opportunity to create shareholder value is still available in all three pipeline products albeit delayed," said William J. Gastle, CEO of Microbix. Third Quarter Highlights Core Busine...

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

... C123 Study, which was performed at the request of the FDA. We believe that with this updated review timeline, if we gain approval in November, we may still achieve our overall goal of launching Qutenza in the United States in the first half of 2010." Conference Call Details The Company wil...

GeoVax Labs, Inc. Provides Clinical Studies Update

...a trial were conducted at the HVTN network sites at the University of Alabama, Birmingham, and Vanderbilt University, Nashville. The trial is still expected to include a total of 225 volunteers (150 vaccine recipients and 75 placebo recipients) and take place at 13 HVTN sites: 11 in North America ...

Biotech Hot in July Driven by Positive Drug Data and Acquisitions

...otech is fully back on track as many companies are still struggling to find the necessary funding to mainta...aps below $100 million and we are seeing companies still consistently turning off their lights for the last...similiar legislation (follow-on biologics) is also still unresolved," noted Burrill, "and there are fears t...

Jatropha Couple Oil Crop Cultivation Technology Commercially Released

... oil bearing like Jatropha itself without competing with it for food and water and should be capable of fulfilling Jatropha fertilizer requirement and still maintaining soil fertility. Emergence of the combination crop system may change the entire scenario of the biodiesel industry and shall provide much r...

Global Jatropha Hi-Tech Agricultural Training Programme (JWTP)

..., its research and development is in final stage in respect of some perennial nonfood oil crops that can grow well even with erratic and low rainfall, still giving assured returns is of great significance. And that two new biodiesel trees shall be introduced to the trainees with the agronomy, technology an...

Bacteria pack their own demise

...the toxin is more stable than the antitoxin, it is broken down more slowly by the cell's clean-up mechanisms. Once the antitoxin is all gone, there is still enough toxin left to kill the bacterium. The upshot for the species is that bacteria that loses their T-A gene and probably have sustained damage to...

ERT Reports Second Quarter 2009 Results

...sults of our discussions with key pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies on strategic outsourcing relationships," continued Dr. McKelvey. "We are still facing a difficult economic environment and uncertainty in pharmaceutical sponsors' spending, especially Thorough QT trials. However, despite what is...

Millions Flowing into Medical Real Estate

...Gibson, one of the firm’s principals, told HREI. “Healthcare is still viewed as a counter-cyclical play, and the markets that we’re going after – in the $1 million to $10 million range – are still relatively easy to finance because of the size. Many of the banks and insti...

Medicago's H1N1 pandemic vaccine candidate shows positive response in 100% of vaccinated animals after a single dose

...y demonstrated the speed of our technology by producing an H1N1 vaccine candidate and initiating animal testing while other vaccine manufacturers were still waiting for a seed strain from the WHO. These additional data expand upon the results we announced in June and support our belief that our influenza v...