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Mach One Corporation Begins Trading on the OTC Bulletin Board Under the Symbol 'MNCN'

BELGIUM, Wis., July 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mach One Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: MNCN), an innovative, global wellness solutions company, today announced that, effective immediately, its stock is trading on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol "MNCN." The Company's stock had previously...

KBI Biopharma Starts Cell Line Generation Process under Vendor Network Agreement for PER.C6(R)

DURHAM, N.C., June 24 /PRNewswire/ -- KBI Biopharma, Inc. (KBI) announced today that it has started the process of performing cell line generation with Crucell's PER.C6(R) human cell line platform, pursuant to the Agreement announced by Crucell, The Netherlands, on May 6, 2009. Under that agreemen...

Trubion Pharmaceuticals Announces Extension of Research Period Under Its Wyeth Collaboration

SEATTLE, June 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Trubion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: TRBN ) today announced that Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, a division of Wyeth (NYSE: WYE ), has exercised its option under the terms of its collaboration agreement with Trubion to extend the research period for an addit...

Arno Therapeutics to Deregister its Common Stock under the Exchange Act

PARSIPPANY, N.J., May 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Arno Therapeutics, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: ARNI), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on oncology therapeutics, today announced that it has voluntarily filed a Form 15 with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") in order to...

Health Strategies Group Expands Focus of Pharma Sales Force Effectiveness Service Under New Vision and Name

Strategic Selling Outlook Addresses Rapidly Changing Selling Environment and Future Needs of Physicians and Sales Representatives LAMBERTVILLE, N.J., April 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Health Strategies Group, a leading provider of market intelligence to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industrie...

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...

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

PITTSBURGH, March 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mylan Inc. (Nasdaq: MYL ) today announced that Matrix Laboratories Limited, its India-based subsidiary in which it holds a 71.2% controlling interest, has received the first tentative approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under t...

Michael J. Fox Foundation Commits Up To $5 Million for Pre-Clinical Drug Development Under Industry-Exclusive Therapeutics Development Initiative

NEW YORK, March 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research seeks applications from industry researchers under its $5-million Therapeutics Development Initiative (TDI). The Foundation also announced that, going forward, TDI will be launched bi-annually. A...

Latest issue of Science: Nanosonar uses electrons to measure under the surface

Jlich, 27 February 2009 Just as sonar sends out sound waves to explore the hidden depths of the ocean, electrons can be used by scanning tunnelling microscopes to investigate the well-hidden properties of the atomic lattice of metals. As researchers from Gttingen, Halle and Jlich now report in th...

Gen-Probe Borrows $170 Million Under New Line of Credit

SAN DIEGO, Calif., March 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Gen-Probe Incorporated (Nasdaq: GPRO ) announced today that it is borrowing $170 million under a newly issued line of credit to finance its pending acquisition of Tepnel Life Sciences PLC and other general corporate activities, including its e...

Latest issue of Science: Nano-sonar uses electrons to measure under the surface

Jlich, 27 February 2009 Just as sonar sends out sound waves to explore the hidden depths of the ocean, electrons can be used by scanning tunnelling microscopes to investigate the well-hidden properties of the atomic lattice of metals. As researchers from Gttingen, Halle and Jlich now report in th...

Reaction Monitoring of Processes Under Pressure Using In Situ FTIR

Compliementary webinar explains the value of in situ mid IR reaction monitoring for promoting a detailed understanding of catalytic and other chemical reactions under pressure. Columbia, MD (PRWEB) January 19, 2009 -- METTLER TOLEDO invites you to attend a complimentary...

Niusule Biotech Corp. to Commence Trading on the OTC Bulletin Board Under the Symbol 'NIUS'

CARSON CITY, Nev., Dec. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Niusule Biotech Corp., a Nevada corporation formed on April 8, 2008, announced today that its shares of common stock will begin trading on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol "NIUS" on December 30th, 2008. For a NIUS quote, visit:...

New Report on 633 Biotechnology Medicines Under Development Released in Michigan

DETROIT, Sept. 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As the nation combats an alarming rise in chronic diseases, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) today released a new report on the next generation of medicines in research pipelines that offer hope to millions of patients...

Microchip Biotechnologies, Inc. Awarded Contract Under US Army Commercialization Pilot Program

DUBLIN, Calif., Sept. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Microchip Biotechnologies, Inc. (MBI) has been awarded a $625,000 contract under the inaugural US Army Commercialization Pilot Program for the development of a Universal Sample Preparation Module (USPM). The Commercialization Pilot Program is a new prog...

Neptune Krill Oil, NKO(R), enters WALGREENS, the largest U.S. retail pharmacy chain, under the brand name Schiff(R) MegaRed(TM)

LAVAL, QC, Sept. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Neptune Technologies & Bioressources Inc. ("Neptune") (NASDAQ.NEPT - TSX.V.NTB) reported today that its distributor Schiff Nutrition International Inc. has launched Schiff(R) MegaRed(TM) containing Neptune Krill Oil (NKO(R)) in Walgreens, which repr...

Genesis Pharmaceuticals Completes Reverse Stock Split and Will Trade Under a New Symbol

LAIYANG, China, Sept. 4 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Genesis Pharmaceuticals Enterprises, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: GNPH) ("Genesis" or the "Company"), a leading pharmaceutical company in the People's Republic of China, today announced that it completed a 40-for-1 reverse stock split of it...

CV Therapeutics Reports Option Grants Under Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 4350

PALO ALTO, Calif., Aug. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CV Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: CVTX ) announced today that, in accordance with Nasdaq marketplace rule 4350, the Company issued new inducement stock options to 34 non-executive officers due to additional hiring, primarily in connection with...

StollerUSA Launches Bio-Forge.com to Offer Solutions for Crops Under Stress

StollerUSA hopes to increase awareness of the benefits of its Bio-Forge® product line through the use of its new interactive micro site Bio-Forge.com. The Web site also includes an overview of Stoller's proprietary technology, plant growth cycles and hormone balance--the critical relationship...

Suzanne Somers To Promote Growing Importance of Storing Your Own Adult Stem Cells Under Alliance With NeoStem, Inc.

Successful Actress, Author, Businesswoman and Medical Advocate to Assist NeoStem in Public Awareness Program NEW YORK, July 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NeoStem, Inc. (Amex: NBS ) has announced an alliance with Suzanne Somers to create a multi-year awareness program to help e...

CV Therapeutics Reports Option Grants Under Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 4350

PALO ALTO, Calif., May 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CV Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: CVTX ) announced today that, in accordance with Nasdaq marketplace rule 4350, the Company issued new inducement stock options to 31 non-executive officers due to additional hiring, primarily in connection with ...

WorldHeart Reports an Event of Default Under the Note Issued to Abiomed, Resignation of One of Its Board of Directors, and Results of Shareholder Vote at Its Annual Shareholders' Meeting

OAKLAND, Calif., May 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- (Nasdaq: WHRT, TSX: WHT) Since January 2008, World Heart Corporation (the "Company") has aggressively pursued various financing alternatives to raise additional capital, including through equity financing transactions and corporate collaboration...

CryoLife to Distribute FDA-approved Hemostatic Agent Under Private Label

ATLANTA, April 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CryoLife, Inc. (NYSE: CRY ), a biomaterials, medical device and tissue processing company, announced today that it has signed an exclusive three-year agreement with Minneapolis-based Medafor, Inc. Under terms of the agreement CryoLife will distribut...

Nanomaterials show unexpected strength under stress

In yet another twist on the strangeness of the nanoworld, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland-College Park have discovered that materials such as silica that are quite brittle in bulk form behave as ductile as gold at the nanoscal...

Nova Biosource Fuels Announces First Funding Under $41 Million Senior Secured Credit Facility

$10.6 Million Funding Milestone Continues Progress at Seneca, Illinois Biodiesel Refinery HOUSTON, March 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nova Biosource Fuels, Inc. (Amex: NBF ) announced today that it has satisfied the conditions precedent and completed its first fundin...

CV Therapeutics Reports Option Grants Under Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 4350

PALO ALTO, Calif., Feb. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CV Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: CVTX ) announced today that, in accordance with Nasdaq marketplace rule 4350, the Company issued new inducement stock options to 19 non-executive officer employees due to additional hiring, primarily in connec...

Arena Pharmaceuticals Announces Initiation of Phase 1 Clinical Trial of Second Generation Niacin Receptor Agonist Under Its Collaboration With Merck & Co., Inc.

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARNA ) announced today that Merck & Co., Inc. initiated a Phase 1 clinical trial of a second generation oral niacin receptor agonist under a collaboration between the companies to discover drugs for the treatmen...

Wyeth Consumer Healthcare Supports U.S. Food and Drug Administration Decision for Over-the-Counter Cough and Cold Medications in Children under Two Years of Age

MADISON, N.J., Jan. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Wyeth Consumer Healthcare, a division of Wyeth (NYSE: WYE ), supports today's U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) decision to no longer recommend use of over-the-counter cough and cold products in children under age two. "This decision is consist...

/CORRECTION//- RxElite Temporarily Suspends Sales Under Its Registration Statement

MERIDIAN, Idaho, Jan. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- RxElite, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: RXEI), a developer, manufacturer, and marketer of specialty generic prescription drug products, announced today that as permitted under the registration rights agreement, it has voluntarily instructed all name...

Fourth Genmab Antibody Developed Under Roche Collaboration to Enter Clinic

Summary: An IND has Been Filed With the FDA for the Fourth Genmab Antibody Developed Under the Company's Collaboration with Roche. COPENHAGEN, December 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Genmab A/S (OMX: GEN) announced today that an Investigational New Drug application (IND) for a Genmab antib...

CV Therapeutics Reports Option Grants Under Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 4350

PALO ALTO, Calif., Oct. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CV Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: CVTX ) announced today that, in accordance with Nasdaq marketplace rule 4350, the Company issued new inducement stock options to 14 non-executive officers due to additional hiring, primarily in connection with...

Genstruct's Andrea Matthews Selected for Mass High Tech's 'People to Watch Under 30'

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Genstruct Inc., a biotechnology company translating the complexity of human biology to develop new successful therapeutics, today announced that Andrea Matthews (age 25), manager of its Scientific Programs, was selected by Mass High Tech for its "People...

Lixte Biotechnology Holdings, Inc. Announces the Initial Trading of Its Common Stock Under the Symbol: LIXT

EAST SETAUKET, N.Y., Sept. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lixte Biotechnology Holdings, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: LIXT) today announced the trading of its common shares on the Over-The-Counter Bulletin Board under the Symbol LIXT. Commenting on this important milestone, President and CEO John S...

AMDL's Jade Pharmaceutical Subsidiary Announces New Product Strategy; Six New Products, Including One With Sales Projected at Upwards of $10 Million, Under Development

TUSTIN, Calif., Sept. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AMDL, Inc. (Amex: ADL), headquartered in Tustin, California, with operations in Shenzhen, Jiangxi and Jilin, China, through its wholly owned subsidiary Jade Pharmaceutical Inc. (JPI), is an international biopharma company that engages in the d...

AspenBio Pharma Shares to Trade on the NASDAQ Capital Markets Exchange Under Symbol 'APPY'

CASTLE ROCK, Colo., Aug. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AspenBio Pharma, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: APNB) an emerging bio-pharmaceutical company dedicated to the development of novel drugs and diagnostics for animals and humans, today announced its application to list its common stock on the NASD...

Web-Based Learning Developed under new Chief Education Officer

Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. Renaissance Learning, a provider of school improvement programs and learning information systems for educators, announced Saturday the appointment of Arthur Stellar to the newly created position of chief education officer. Stellar plans to lead the development of Renaiss...

Midwest life-science company Perrigo globalizes under the radar

Now that Thanksgiving is officially over, we are into the home stretch of the year with just December to go. For those of you following the biotech IPO market, there are in reality about two weeks left in the year as everything really closes down in the public equities market (as far as IPOs g...

Bio-Logic Systems, another Midwest life-science firm, flies under the radar

Over the last two years of writing this column, I have become aware of a lot of life science companies headquartered or operating in the Midwest. Part of the challenge of this column has been to bring them to the item of my readers. Though many Midwest life science companies are well known, of...

Healthcare providers to merge under one name

Milwaukee — Healthcare software provider Merge eFilm announced it will change its name to Merge Healthcare, following a merger finalized on June 1 with Cedara Software and eMed Technologies. The new company will be headquartered in Milwaukee and will be divided into two divisions. Merge...

Western way of life is under attack from jihad sub-culture

Madison, Wis. It should have been another normal London day for our familys friends, Matthew and Elizabeth Clark. Instead, it was a day touched by terror. Shortly after seven explosions ripped through four targets in central London, bond trader Matthew rode a borrowed bicycle from the citys...