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Guy J. Quigley Resigns as Chairman and CEO of The Quigley Corporation: Quigley Leaves Company He Founded 20 Years Ago

DOYLESTOWN, Pa., June 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Quigley Corporation, (Nasdaq: QGLY ) , www.quigleyco.com , today announced the resignation of Guy J. Quigley as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. The resignation is effective immediately, followin...

[video] Wall St. Network's 3-Minute Press Show Features Executive Interviews and Highlights Recent Press for the Following: GTHR, BHRT, AGO

NEW YORK, Nov. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Wall St. Network's 3-Minute Press Show is a daily program hosted by WSN reporter Tracee Tolentino that features in-depth interviews with public company executives on their company and most recent press releases. The show is designed to provide viewe...

Growth spurts

... The veil is being lifted from the once unseen world of molecular activity. Not so long ago only the final products were visible and scientists were forced to gauge the processes behind those products by ensemble averages of many molecules. T...

PharmatrophiX, Initially Funded by the Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation, Announces Exclusive Global Collaboration with Elan

... drugs to combat Alzheimer's began journey 8 years ago "Finding a needle in a haystack - 4 molec....D., began receiving funding from ADDF eight years ago while at UCSF (and then later at University of Nor...d investment vehicle begun by ADDF eighteen months ago - the Fund for Alzheimer's Drug Discovery. This no...

PDI Reports 2009 Second Quarter Financial Results

....3 million from $5.2 million last year, while gross profit in the Marketing Services segment totaled $1.8 million compared to $3.4 million in the year ago period. These declines are primarily due to lower revenue. The overall increase in second quarter 2009 gross profit margin was attributable to increas...

ERT Reports Second Quarter 2009 Results

...d quarter of 2009 compared to $35.5 million a year ago and $23.8 million for the first quarter of 2009. ...he second quarter of 2009 compared to 57.0% a year ago and 50.4% for the first quarter of 2009. Ope...he second quarter of 2009 compared to 30.3% a year ago and 14.0% for the first quarter of 2009. Ne...

First genetically engineered malaria vaccine to enter human trials

...tle Biomedical Research Institute, the Walter Reed Army Institute for Research and the University of Maryland, had used knowledge from several decades ago when scientists proved that irradiated malaria parasites provide protection against subsequent malaria infection in animal models and humans in deve...

Sundia Shortens CRO Shipment Delivery Time with Express Customs Clearance in Shanghai

... SHANGHAI, July 22 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Since the implementation of Express Customs Clearance on a trial basis a month ago for Sundia MediTech Company and 2 other CRO companies in Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park in Shanghai, the customs clearance time for Sundia's CRO shipments ha...

Looking Older Than You Are May Have Little to Do With Wrinkles

... is poised to be the first approved collagen-stimulating injectable in the US. Dr. Fitzgerald began her experience with Sculptra a number of years ago while working in the Dermatology Department at Kaiser Permanente in Los Angeles. She developed and oversaw the clinic for HIV lipoatrophy, the conditi...

New Scientific Worldview 'Biocentrism' Featured in The Huffington Post - #1 Weblog in the World

...tributors from politics to business and entertainment, including President Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Bill Maher. "Five hundred years ago people used to think the earth was flat. Evidence to the contrary was dismissed as absurd: 'If the world was really a ball of rock,' some claimed 'peo...

Scientists create first electronic quantum processor

...ossible using solid-state qubits until now in part because scientists could not get the qubits to last long enough. While the first qubits of a decade ago were able to maintain specific quantum states for about a nanosecond, Schoelkopf and his team are now able to maintain theirs for a microseconda thous...

Nobel Laureate Lee Hartwell to Retire as President and Director of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in 2010

... for 12 years. It's time for new leadership." Hartwell, who will turn 70 in October, says he informed the board's executive committee more than a year ago of his desire to retire and to begin the transition to new leadership. The exact timing of his departure was worked out over the last few months. The ...

First-Ever Egg Donor Web Portal Becomes One of The Largest Resources for Aspiring Parents in the U.S.

...g donation resources in the country with more than one thousand diverse and multi-cultural egg donor candidates. Launched just over three months ago and already generating widespread industry recognition, the DNA website is a robust portal of potential egg donors listed with agencies throughout the...

AFFiRiS AG: 1st Place in Venture Capital & Private Equity Awards for MIG Fonds and AFFiRiS

...ize, and that the businesses we finance have the potential to become international market leaders. We recognised this potential in AFFiRiS three years ago - the first big pharma deal and the current award confirm our initial analysis." About AFFiRiS AG (as at June 2009) AFFiRiS AG develops ...

Life Science Leaders Discuss Strategies for Surviving the Financial Crisis at Yankee Public Relations Symposium

...ice President and Chief Business Officer noted how the changing climate has impacted the Basking Ridge-based company. "I firmly believe two years ago the firm I'm with would already have been bought by a pharmaceutical company," said McDonald. "Essentially the lesson we have learned is never give up...

NeoStem Signs Agreement with Shanghai Corporation to Develop A Stem Cell Collection and Treatment Network in Shanghai, Taiwan and Other Targeted China Provinces

...centers focused on anti-aging and prevention. We passed the anti-aging program using stem cell treatment information on to our club members one month ago and already have 1,000 people on a wait list for such services. We are pleased to begin what we expect to be a long-term collaboration." Abou...

A-WIT Technologies Releases World's First Low Cost C Stamp(TM) Based Biotechnology Laboratory in a Box

...acclaim for the company's commitment to low pricing, high quality and superior technical support. The C Stamp product line was introduced over 2 years ago with the mission to deliver innovative engineering education solutions that add value to students learning experiences and teachers. To date, A-WIT of...

Lethality of H1N1 Influenza Virus Increasing According to Latest Analysis of Virus Peptide Genomic Data

... These analyses were conducted by the Boston-based biotech firm Replikins, Ltd. ( http://www.replikins.com ) using its FluForecast(R) software. A year ago (4/7/08), using the same software, the firm predicted the current H1N1 virus outbreak, and last month (5/23/09) an increase in the Replikin Count of t...

Pasteuria Bioscience Receives EPA Registration for Nematode Control

...sgae as a safe, effective and an environmentally-friendly agent for sting nematode control." Pasteuria spp. was first discovered over 50 years ago and identified as an effective agent for nematode control. Scientists have considered Pasteuria to be among the most promising biological agents fo...

Honeywell to Help B. Braun Healthcare Company Double Manufacturing Capacity of Life-Critical Products

...mize production output and maintain quality control standards. This is the second significant project undertaken by Honeywell for B. Braun; four years ago Honeywell was involved in the development of B. Braun's LIFE1 factory. "Honeywell's proven technology and experience with LIFE1 made it the obvio...

Swine Flu (H1N1) Infectivity to Increase Markedly and Lethality to Remain Low According to Latest Replikin* Peptide Genomic Data

...pears to have changed in a way that makes them more closely resemble their counterparts in earlier pandemics. The firm, which had predicted a year ago the likelihood of the current H1N1 outbreak, used its proprietary FluForecast™ software program to make these determinations. "The dual dif...

Now Available: State-of-the-Art Gait Training Device to Help Millions Walk More Normally Again

...Winnipeg Chair in Biomedical Engineering at the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology. The idea for the GaitAid Virtual Walker was sparked 12 years ago while Professor Baram was designing a mechanism for NASA to navigate low-flying helicopters around obstacles. The concept of the design, which Profess...

Inexpensive plastic used in CDs could improve aircraft, computer electronics

...ication of the American Institute of Physics for significant new results in the field. Curran, who initially began this form of research a decade ago at Trinity College Dublin, started to look at high-conductive plastics in a slightly different manner. Curran's team has come up with a strategy to a...

YM BIOSCIENCES REPORTS THIRD QUARTER 2009 OPERATIONAL AND FINANCIAL RESULTS

... the third quarter of fiscal 2009, ended March 31, 2009. "Just a few days ago we reported critically important data at the 100th AACR conference in Denve... for nimotuzumab remained at $1.5 million in the quarter compared to a year ago and increased by $1.1 million to $4.7 million for the nine months ended Mar...

American Oriental Bioengineering Reports First Quarter 2009 Financial Results

...ted, and enlarging our distribution reach, particularly for our prescription pharmaceutical products. We are more flexible today than we were one year ago and, because of this, we can quickly adapt to change and capitalize on new opportunities despite the uncertain regulatory environment. Our marketing ...

First H1N1 Swine Flu Vaccine, Replikins-Based, Is Ready Now for Testing Worldwide

...plikins Ltd. The company has developed the vaccine based on the same Replikins peptide technology which provided the surprise advance warning one year ago that the current H1N1 outbreak/pandemic was on its way ( http://www.replikins.com ). A unique advantage of the Replikins vaccine is its rapid avai...

H1N1 Influenza "Swine Flu" Peptide Vaccine Now Available For Testing Worldwide

...ins peptide technology which provided the surprise advance warning one year ago that the current H1N1 outbreak/pandemic was on its way. ...ins peptide technology which provided the surprise advance warning one year ago that the current H1N1 outbreak/pandemic was on its way. In April 2008,...

Midwest Research Institute Expands in Kansas to Support Regional Economic Development in Animal Health, Biosecurity, and Bioenergy Sectors

...n October 1, 2009, following Spigarelli's retirement which was announced earlier this year. MRI has a strong heritage that began 65-years ago when civic leaders established MRI in Kansas City, Mo., as a scientific research institute to support industry and create jobs for the region. From i...

AstraZeneca Calls on All Americans to Join US AGAINST ATHERO to Fight the Nation's Number One Killer

...de tour on March 27 in Washington, D.C. and will travel to a total of 16 cities across the country. US AGAINST ATHERO was conceived three years ago by AstraZeneca after a nationwide Harris Interactive survey confirmed the general public's low level of awareness about athero and its risks. "Working...

DNA duplication: A mechanism for 'survival of the fittest'

... of standard evolution trees. This indicated that, in all of the plants under study, the most recent genome duplication occurred some 65 million years ago - thus, at the time of the last mass extinction. A universal mechanism From these results, the VIB researchers concluded that plants with a dup...

New study indicates smallpox vaccination effective for decades

... late 18th century, routine vaccination was discontinued more than 30 years ago in many countries. Most Americans under 35 have never been vaccinated and m...estion posed today is whether those individuals vaccinated 40 or more years ago would be protected in the event of smallpox exposure. This may be a critica...

Lumenis(R) Introduces Cost-Saving Innovations at the 2009 American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) Annual Meeting

...an fatigue and revolutionizes treatment economics. About UltraPulse 4X Lumenis C02 Laser Systems pioneered resurfacing more than 18 years ago and the UltraPulse laser system is FDA-cleared for more than 34 indications and has been referenced in more than 90 peer-reviewed publications. Ultra...

Waters Corporation Continues to Meet Today's Challenges for Improved Laboratory Operations with New Products at Pittcon 2009

...tivity and decision-making if our customers are to be successful." UPLC Technology - Changing the Analytical Laboratory Since 2004 Five years ago at Pittcon 2004, Waters sparked a wave of innovation in analytical chemistry when it introduced its ACQUITY UPLC System, an entirely new category of l...

Assembling cells into artificial 3-D microtissues, including a tiny gland

...k desired chemicals onto the cell surface. The technique for adding unusual but benign chemicals to cells was developed by Bertozzi more than a decade ago based on a chemical reaction called the Staudinger ligation. After proving that they could assemble cells into microtissues, Gartner and Bertozzi c...

Osteotech Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2008 Financial Results; Company Plans Three Product Launches and Unveilings in 2009; Will Provide 2009 Guidance During Conference Call on March 5, 2009 at 9:00 a.m. EST

...e expect our access-based agency sales teams to continue to develop and to successfully bring our new procedure-driven products to market. Three years ago we began developing our proprietary, high-technology product roadmap and by the fourth quarter of 2009, we expect to see tangible results stemming fro...

Zymetis Inc. Named Top 50 'Cleantech/Greentech' Company

...eness and the tremendous commercial opportunity of our solution for clean and affordable transportation fuel." Zymetis was formed just two years ago to capitalize on the novel digestive capabilities of a rare marine bacterium. "The GoingGreen East 50 companies have demonstrated their tenacity ...

SPO Medical Appoints New US Sales Rep Groups

...nformation, visit http://www.spomedical.com and http://www.spobaby.com About MedTech Associates MTA/MCA was formed twenty-five years ago to address the growing need to offer professional sales representation for both established and emerging health products companies. Forward Loo...

Uroplasty Reports Third Quarter Fiscal 2009 Results

...atments. Sales to customers outside of the U.S. for the three months ended December 31, 2008 were $1.4 million, down 18% from $1.8 million in the year ago period. Excluding the translation impact of fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, sales to customers outside of the U.S. declined approxima...

Obama Advisor Joins Connecticut and International Scientists at New Haven Stem Cell Symposium

... Registration is required via the event website at http://stemconn.org/ . StemCONN 09 follows a similar symposium that took place two years ago in Hartford. The State of Connecticut and Connecticut organizations have taken a special interest in stem cell research since passage by the State in ...

New Health Retreat Gives a Fresh Attitude Towards Disease Prevention

...ding' - participants will be bouncing gently on a mini-trampoline several times a day. N.A.S.A. published a scientific paper more than 20 years ago which concluded that: "rebound exercise is the most efficient, effective form of exercise yet devised by man" - but it is only now that people are beg...