Vega Picks Tennessee Firm to Assist with Construction of Biomass Plant in Georgia

LONDON, June 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- VEGA PROMOTIONAL SYSTEMS, INC. (Pink Sheets: VGPR) today announced it has chosen Chattanooga, TN based consulting firm, Tennessee Power Company, Inc. to assist the Company in building a biomass production facility in Georgia. Vega recently announced...

Executive Coaching Firm Mariposa Leadership, Inc. Hosts Webinar to Help Business Leaders Navigate Tumultuous Economy

Customers Can Claim A Free Introductory Special Report "Five Keys to Increase Your Organization's Resilience in the Downturn" at www.mariposaleadership.com/resilience/index.html San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) April 14, 2009 - Executive coaching firm Mariposa Lead...

Ansell Healthcare Espresses Firm Commitment to Support Continued Education of Healthcare Professionals Worldwide

BRUSSELS, April 7 /PRNewswire/ -- - European Operating Room Nurses Association (EORNA) to Confirm AnsellCares(R), the Ansell Global Healthcare Educational Program, Accepted for Accreditation Earlier today, Ansell Healthcare, the global leader in healthcare barrier protective solu...

Clinical Research Staffing Firm ASG Acquires CRO Ockham Development Group

Merger provides additional value to clients, shareholders and employees CARY, N.C., March 2 /PRNewswire/ -- ASG, Inc. - a high-quality functional outsourcing and specialty staffing services group based in Cary, North Carolina - has acquired neighboring Ockham Development Group, Inc., a full-s...

Volatile Economy / Fundraising Challenges Encourage Business Combinations Among Biotech Companies According to New Survey from CPA Firm Rothstein Kass

'Plumbing the Depths' White Paper Reports More Than 75% of Biotech Firms Expect to Establish or Enhance a Corporate Partnership in Next Three Years NEW YORK, Feb. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- More biotechnology companies will be compelled to explore business partnerships and strategic alliances in a mor...

Shareholder Class Action Filed Against Elan Corporation, plc by the Law Firm of Barroway Topaz Kessler Meltzer & Check, LLP

RADNOR, Pa., Dec. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- The following statement was issued today by the law firm of Barroway Topaz Kessler Meltzer & Check, LLP: Notice is hereby given that a class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on beha...

Former NASDAQ International President Among Execs Launching Firm to Access Global Markets

World Trade Center Dulles Airport Capital Partners will provide partnership for identifying expansion and investment opportunities. Dubai, United Arab Emirates (PRWEB) November 10, 2008 -- World Trade Center Dulles Airport Capital Partners, an organization that assists ...

International Drug & Explosive Detection Firm Identa Corp Releasing: Jant Pharmacal Corporation Reports Successful Market Penetration of the Accutest(R) IDenta Co-brand in the United States and Oversees

JERUSALEM, October 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IDenta Corp. (Other OTC: IDTA.PK) released today the Jant Pharmacal Corporation report regarding the penetration of the United States and Oversees markets. - The strategic partnership between Jant Pharmacal Corporation (Encino, CA) and IDenta C...

Stoppert Named as President and CEO at Breakthrough Renewable Technology Firm Segetis, Inc

The board of directors of Segetis, Inc has announced the appointment of James Stoppert as President and Chief Executive Officer of the company. MINNEAPOLIS (Business Wire EON) September 3, 2008 -- Segetis is the first and only company to unlock the chemical "bina...

Startup Nanotech Firm Books First Revenue From Large Chip Makers

Carbon Nanoprobes, Inc. receives custom orders from leading semiconductor manufacturers, officially putting revenue on the company's books. Seattle, WA (PRWEB) July 30, 2008 -- Carbon Nanoprobes, Inc ( www.cnprobes.com [CN Probes™]), an emerging nanotech solution...

Leading Lobbying Firm Celebrates Growth and New Name: Troutman Sanders Strategies

WASHINGTON, July 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Troutman Sanders Public Affairs Group (TSPAG), an accomplished, bi-partisan governmental affairs firm on Capitol Hill and across the country, has changed its name to Troutman Sanders Strategies. The D.C. office has a proven track record of success with agrib...

North Carolina Marketing Firm MicroMass Named One of Top 60 Healthcare Agencies in U.S.

Rankings Published by Medical Marketing & Media CARY, N.C., July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- MicroMass Communications, Inc., a leader in behavioral science-based relationship marketing, is ranked one of the nation's top 60 healthcare firms in Medical Marketing & Media's annual "Agency Issue...

Investment Firm Allied Minds to Commercialize New Frozen Aliquotter Technology with Two Local Major Universities.

Harvard University and Northeastern University Technology Receive Funding From Allied Minds to Commercialize Novel Technology for the Extraction of Aliquots BOSTON, July 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Allied Minds, a pre-seed investment corporation specializing in early stage...

Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. Announces Acquisition of Biotech Firm U3 Pharma AG

TOKYO, May 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the privately held firm, U3 Pharma AG, a German biotechnology company focusing on research into antibodies for the treatment of cancer. Daiichi Sankyo will purchase 100 per...

RiverVest Venture Partners(R), a St. Louis-Based Venture Capital Firm Focusing on Life Sciences, Closes on Fund II, Names John P. McKearn, Ph.D., Venture Partner

ST. LOUIS, April 11, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- RiverVest Venture Partners announced today that it has completed fundraising for its second fund, RiverVest Venture Fund II, L.P., with total committed capital of $75 million from private investors. RiverVest's first fund, which was licensed as a Small...

CellCyte Genetics Corp. Continues to Move Its Technology Forward in Light of Plaintiff Law Firm Press Releases

BOTHELL, Wash., Feb. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In response to the recent comments by certain plaintiff law firms regarding their filing of class action lawsuits, CellCyte Genetics Corporation (the "Company") (OTC Bulletin Board: CCYG) asserts that the pending claims are without merit and wi...

'Crisis Management' PR Firm's Advice to Stem Cell Agency Laundered Through Law Firm to Avoid Scrutiny

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Feb. 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Documents detailing the California stem cell institute's involvement with a well-known "crisis management" public relations firm reveal an agency leadership worried about the state agency's image and committed to keeping PR advice secret...

CellCyte Genetics Corp. Responds to Plaintiff Law Firm Press Releases

KIRKLAND, Wash., Jan. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In response to the recent comments by certain plaintiff law firms regarding their filing of class action lawsuits, CellCyte Genetics Corporation (the "Company") (OTC Bulletin Board: CCYG) asserts that the pending claims are without merit and w...

Shareholder Class Action Filed Against Sanofi-Aventis by the Law Firm of Schiffrin Barroway Topaz & Kessler, LLP

RADNOR, Pa., Jan. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The following statement was issued today by the law firm of Schiffrin Barroway Topaz & Kessler, LLP: Notice is hereby given that a class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of all pur...

Masada Teams With Leading Waste Management Firm to Produce Ethanol From Municipal Solid Waste in the Dominican Republic

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Dec. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Masada Resource Group, LLC of Birmingham, Alabama, the world's leading municipal solid waste-to-ethanol technology firm, has teamed with RJ Zapata & Associates S.A., one of the largest privately owned groups of waste management companies in the Dominic...

International Substance Detection Firm IDenta To Release New Lead Test Kit - Rash Of Toy Incidents Leads Company To Enter New Marketplace

JERUSALEM, Israel, December 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IDenta Corp. (OTC: IDTA.PK - News) announced today that it is in the final stages of releasing a new test kit that will detect the presence of lead in a wide variety of products including children's toys. The recent outbreak of lead conta...

DuPont Joint Venture with Chinese Biotech Firm Strengthens Gene Discovery Research Efforts

Partnership Will Focus on Identifying New Biotech Traits to Improve Farmer Productivity BEIJING, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- DuPont and Beijing Weiming Kaituo Agriculture Biotechnology Co., Ltd. (BWK) today announced the formation of a joint venture to accelera...

Shareholder Class Action Filed Against LCA-Vision, Inc. by the Law Firm of Schiffrin Barroway Topaz & Kessler, LLP

RADNOR, Pa., Oct. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The following statement was issued today by the law firm of Schiffrin Barroway Topaz & Kessler, LLP: Notice is hereby given that a class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio on behalf of al...

Shareholder Class Action Filed Against GPC Biotech AG by the Law Firm of Schiffrin Barroway Topaz & Kessler, LLP

RADNOR, Pa., Aug. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- The following statement was issued today by the law firm of Schiffrin Barroway Topaz & Kessler, LLP: Notice is hereby given that a class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of all pur...

Elk Run Developers Announce Partnership with Leading Life Sciences Firm

Tower Investments, LLC, and Burrill & Company Collaborating on Strategic Next Steps for BioBusiness Development PINE ISLAND, Minn., March 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Developer Tower Investments, LLC ("Tower"), and San Francisco-based life sciences firm Burrill & Company ("Burrill") today annou...

Mach One Closes on Acquisition of Biopharmaceutical Design & Engineering Firm

BELGIUM, Wis., Feb. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mach One Corporation (Pink Sheets: MNCN), a global health company that develops biotechnology based solutions for positive, long term benefit to the agricultural and consumer markets, announced today that it has closed on the acquisition of Modular ...

Mach One Executes Definitive Agreement to Acquire Biopharmaceutical Design & Engineering Firm

BELGIUM, WI, Feb. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mach One Corporation (Pink Sheets: MNCN), a global health company that develops biotechnology based solutions that produce positive, long term benefit to the agricultural and consumer markets, announced today that it has executed its definitive agreem...

Immtech Announces Appointment of Virchow Krause as Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

NEW YORK, Jan. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Immtech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE Alternext US: IMM.BC) today announced that the Company has appointed Virchow, Krause & Company, LLP as its independent registered public accounting firm, effective immediately. The decision to change the Company's ...

Deloitte Agrees to Acquire Recombinant Capital, A Leading Life Sciences Subscription Database and Advisory Services Firm

Transaction reinforces Deloitte's leading position in the life sciences industry NEW YORK, June 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Deloitte has announced today an agreement to acquire Recombinant Capital, Inc. (Recap), a leading life sciences subscription database and advisory s...

Launch of Fountain Healthcare Partners, a Life Science Venture Capital Firm

DUBLIN and NEW YORK, April 29 /PRNewswire/ -- - Announces First Close of EUR75 ($117) Million - Largest Life Science Venture Capital ("VC") Fund Launched in Ireland - One of the Largest Emerging Manager VC Funds Raised in the Life Science Sector Globally - Headquartered in Dublin, ...

Dragon retains leading investor relations firm

VANCOUVER, March 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Dragon Pharmaceutical Inc. ("Dragon" or the "Company" TSX: DDD; OTCBB: DRUG; BBSE: DRP), a leading international pharmaceutical company, today announced it has retained cQuest, a capital markets advisory affiliate of Christensen, to facilitate and e...

Merge eFilm to buy Ohio firm in $14M Deal

The acquisition will allow Merge eFilm to offer an integrated PAC (picture achieving and communications) and RIS (radiology information system) solution to its target market of hospitals and imaging centers. "The acquisition of RIS Logic is an important strategic milestone in our evolution as a...

Franklin Firm to Pick Fight with Postini?

FRANKLIN, WI. - A business Internet Service Provider (ISP) in a southern suburb of Milwaukee is marshalling its forces getting ready to launch a virus protection service that could compete with the likes of BrightMail, CipherTrust, FirstBridge, McAfee and Postini. Cyberlynk Network Inc. alrea...

Wisconsin law firm Web sites judged by marketing firm

MADISON, Wis. For the past three years, the Internet Marketing Attorney has ruled on law firm Web sites and now this years verdict is in. The recently posted 2004-05 IMA Awards and Reviews, directed by Micah Buchdahl, razzes and raves over 300 sites in three categories. Several Wisconsin law fir...

Wisconsin VCs draw Missouri biotech firm to state

The Milwaukee County Research Park Center. ZyStor will have labs at the research park. An investment of $8.5 million from a venture-capital syndicate has drawn a St. Louis niche-market biotech company to Wisconsin, where it will inhabit brand-new lab facilities at Milwaukee County Research Park...

Hartford firm brings video to the dashboard

Hartford, Wis. Emergency vehicle drivers have a new way to see vital vehicle and patient information with Hydro Electronic Devices dashboard video screens. Replacing the traditional series of gauges and lights with a display screen no larger than seven inches, HED has attempted to streamline c...

New Madison VC firm Badger Ventures looks for next big IT entrepreneurs

David Redick knows something about venture capital, having received plenty of it in his time as a telecom entrepreneur. Now Redick, a longtime denizen of Silicon Valley and recent emigrant to Madison, has jumped to the other side of the aisle with Badger Ventures of Wisconsin , a nascent ventur...

California investment firm acquires Red Prairie of Milwaukee

Waukesha, Wis. RedPrairie , which makes software for supply chains, said on Tuesday it has been acquired by the California-based investment firm Francisco Partners . While the exact terms of the deal are still unreleased, representatives from both companies said that RedPrairie has signed a...

Massachusetts firm to buy UW spinoff Bone Care for $600 million

Madison, Wis. Massachusetts-based Genzyme Corp. said on Wednesday it has agreed to buy Bone Care International , a University of Wisconsin-Madison biotech spinoff, for $600 million in cash. Bone Care and Genzyme, a 24-year-old company with annual revenues of more than $2 billion and almost...

Milwaukee firm among first to use Act 255 tax credits in investor pitch

Milwaukee Neurognostics , a home-grown Milwaukee medical device company, finished a funding round on Friday that was one of the first to take advantage of Wisconsin's new tax credits for investors, which can give back up to 25 percent of an investment. Neurognostics oversubscribed on its $1 ...