Laser technology creates new forms of metal and enhances aircraft performance

Dr. Chunlei Guo and his team of researchers for the project discovered a way to transform a shiny piece of metal into one that is pitch black, not by paint, but by using incredibly intense bursts of laser light. The black metal created, absorbs all radiation that shines upon it. "With the crea...

Penguin Computing Forms OEM Agreement with Applied Biosystems for Scyld ClusterWare

Applied Biosystems to bundle Linux cluster management solution Scyld ClusterWare with next generation genomic analysis sequencing platform San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) May 27, 2009 -- Penguin Computing, the leading provider of HPC cluster solutions today announced it has f...

DATATRAK International, Inc. Forms Strategic Partnership with Inclinix, Inc.

WILMINGTON, N.C., April 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Inclinix, Inc. has announced today that it has entered into a strategic partnership with DATATRAK International, Inc. (Nasdaq: DATA ) to offer the most comprehensive enrollment services available to pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical de...

Newbridge Securities Corporation Forms BioVentures Division

Newbridge Expands its Presence in the Biotech Industry FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla., Feb. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Newbridge Securities Corporation ("Newbridge"), a full-service securities broker-dealer and investment bank, is proud to announce the formation of the Newbridge BioVentures Division ("NBV"). N...

Cordex Pharma Forms Heart Failure Medical Advisory Board

Dr. Joshua Hare to Chair the Board LA JOLLA, Calif., Feb. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cordex Pharma, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CDXP) announced today the formation of a Medical Advisory Board to provide clinical guidance for the Company's development program of CDP-1050 for the treatment of ...

New England Peptide Forms Scientific Advisory Board

Peptide manufacturer appoints globally renowned scientists Gardner, Mass. (PRWEB) October 28, 2008 -- New England Peptide, LLC (NEP), has named three internationally renowned specialists to its newly formed scientific advisory board. Vincent Bille, Tomi Sawyer and V...

BioXcel Forms a Corporate Advisory Board for Its Next Phase of Growth

NEW HAVEN, Conn., Oct. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- BioXcel Corporation today announced the appointment of three distinguished biopharma executives to its Corporate Advisory Board (CAB). R. Christopher Seaton, SVP of Global Transactions, Bayer Healthcare, Martha Matteo, Ph.D., Past President of SCIP and ...

ThalesNano, Inc. Forms Collaborations with Leading US Universities based on the Award Winning H-Cube(R) and H-Cube Midi(TM)

Expanding chemistry and introducing continuous process chemistry to the next generation of chemists among the goals BUDAPEST, Hungary, LONDON and PRINCETON, N.J., Oct. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- ThalesNano, Inc. today announced that it has signed agreements with a number of academic organi...

Abeome Forms First Class Scientific Advisory Board

ATHENS, Ga., Sept. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Abeome Corporation, a Georgia-based biotech company, today announced the formation of its Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) to collaborate on the development of Abeome's ovarian cancer project and to select and guide future therapeutic and diagnostic project...

Satyam Forms Partnership with Sciformix to Provide Comprehensive Drug Safety Management

Alliance empowers life sciences clients to take a more proactive approach to collection and assessment of drug safety information HYDERABAD, India and WESTBOROUGH, Mass., June 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Satyam Computer Services Ltd. (NYSE: SAY ), a leading global consulting and inform...

Neogen Forms Mexican Subsidiary

LANSING, Mich., June 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Neogen Corporation (Nasdaq: NEOG ) announced today the formation of its new subsidiary in Mexico, Neogen Latino America SPA. The new company, headquartered in Mexico City, will distribute the company's food and animal safety products throughou...

BioStorage Technologies Forms Scientific Advisory Board with Leading Life Science Experts

INDIANAPOLIS, June 3 /PRNewswire/ -- BioStorage Technologies, Inc. (BST), today announced the initial members of its new Scientific Advisory Board. The board consists of four life science industry leaders chosen by the company's management team for their knowledge and expertise in their respec...

American Oriental Bioengineering Forms Science and Technology Advisory Committee

- Committee To Discuss AOBO's Long-Term Growth Strategy - - First Annual Meeting Held in Beijing Today - NEW YORK, May 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Oriental Bioengineering, Inc. (NYSE: AOB ) ("AOB" or "the Company"), a pharmaceutical company dedicated to improving ...

Caliper Life Sciences Forms Alliance With Horizon Discovery to Provide Enhanced Solutions for Cancer Research Based on Isogenic Cell Lines

- CDAS Expands Offering to Include Screening for Targeted Cancer Drugs Using Genetically-Defined In-Vitro Human Disease Models - HOPKINTON, Mass., April 9, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: CALP ) today announced a partnership with Horizon Discovery Lt...

International Federation of Clinical Chemistry Forms Partnership With the Labs Are Vital(TM) Initiative

Promoting the Critical Role of Laboratory Professionals and Addressing the Issues Facing Clinical Labs Worldwide ABBOTT PARK, Ill., April 4, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- Clinical laboratory professionals worldwide are coming together in support of an initiative to raise international aw...

Champions Biotechnology, Inc. Appoints New Board Members and Forms Management Team

ARLINGTON, Va., April 1, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Champions Biotechnology, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CSBR), a company engaged in the development of advanced preclinical platforms and tumor specific data to enhance the value of oncology drugs, announced today the appointment of new Board ...

febit Forms Scientific Advisory Board

Five renowned researchers to guide febit's research and business development activities MEDFORD, Mass. and HEIDELBERG, Germany, March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- febit group, the provider of the unique microfluidic microarray system Geniom, today announced the formation of a...

Anthera Pharmaceuticals Forms Scientific Advisory Board

- Renowned Clinical Authorities to Advise on Development of New Drug Candidate to Treat Autoimmune Disease - SAN MATEO, Calif., Feb. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Anthera Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a privately-held drug development company, announced today that it has appointed the first five...

Transgenomic, Inc. Forms Scientific Advisory Board

Newly formed Advisory Board to advise on cancer screening methods and mitochondrial DNA-based disease detection OMAHA, Neb., Jan. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Transgenomic, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: TBIO) today announced that it has formed a Scientific Advisory Board to advise t...

ADM Forms Industrial Chemicals Group

ADM appoints Janet Mann to lead business DECATUR, Ill., Oct. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM ) has formed an industrial chemicals group with a focus on dramatically increasing ADM's presence in industrial markets. This business will lever...

CellCyte Genetics Corp. Forms Device Division to Develop and Manufacture Stem Cell Cultivation and Replication Products

KIRKLAND, Wash., Sept. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CellCyte Genetics Corporation (the "Company") (OTC Bulletin Board: CCYG) has formed a new Device Division in order to develop, manufacture and market its patented line of stem cell cultivation and replication devices. CellCyte Genetics is de...

NASA technology forms the basis for a new nanotechnology company

GREENBELT, Md. - A NASA-developed innovative process is making waves in the nanotechnology field and spurring the development of new companies in the process. A new company based in Austin, Texas, Nanotailor, has licensed NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's unique single-walled carbon nanotube (SWC...

ScinoPharm Granted US Patent for Novel Crystal Forms

TAINAN, Taiwan, Nov. 25 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- ScinoPharm, an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) specialist, announced it has been granted US Patent No. 7,435,818 entitled "Novel Crystal Forms of Irinotecan Hydrochloride." The new patent provides for novel crystalline forms of irinotecan hyd...

Eau Claire Pulls Together, Forms Million-Dollar Technology Loan Program

Eau Claire, Wis. Technology entrepreneurs often experience a difficult time in securing conventional loans in order to finance their companys growth. But, for high-technology firms in located in the Eau Claire region help is on the way as a result of some creative regional business collaboration. ...

Quintessence Biosciences forms cancer therapeutic advisory board

MADISON Quintessence Biosciences, Inc. has formed a scientific advisory board to guide the company in its development of cancer therapeutics. Announced last week by President and Chief Executive Officer Ralph Kauten , the board will consist of distinguished scientific leaders who will hel...

M&I forms partnership with Illinois software developer

MILWAUKEE -- Marshall & Ilsley Corp . announced Wednesday it has formed a strategic partnership with Plansmith Corp . of Schaumburg, Ill., to expand its services to other financial institutions. With the partnership, M&I will use Plansmith's Compass brand asset liability management (ALM) so...

University Research Park forms ties with German tech center

Frankfurt, Germany - A "sister park" agreement has been announced between the UW-Madison University Research Park and the Frankfurt Biotechnology Innovation Center in Frankfurt, one of Europe's leading business hubs. A memorandum of understanding between the two research parks was signed in ...

Quad Graphics forms business unit for software tools

Sussex, Wis. Quad Graphics, a printer of magazines, catalogs, books, direct mail and other commercial products, has merged several software tools for clients into a new business unit called QuadSystems . QuadSystems is led by Steve Jaeger, who also serves as Quad Graphics' vice president of ...

Metavante forms cash-management division

Milwaukee, Wis. - Metavante Corp. , the banking and payments technology subsidiary of Marshall & Ilsley Corp. , has announced the formation of a new cash-management division and the appointment of its first president, Fiserv, Inc. veteran Gary Kasik. Kasik will run the division, which will...

Early Stage: Step 11 - Other forms of finance

Editor's note: This is the 11th in a series of articles on developing start-up companies in the technology or biotechnology sectors. Madison, Wis. - You've started your new company, named it, and perhaps raised some equity funds, perhaps through investors. If you still need additional fund...

Cell Therapeutics Second Quarter Net Loss Decreases 54%; Pixantrone NDA Submitted to the FDA for Approval

...d or described from time to time in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, without limitation, our most recent filings on forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K. Except as may be required by law, we do not intend to update or alter our forward-looking statements whether as a result of new in...

The Breast Cancer Therapeutics Market in Australia

...on in the number of locally-advanced and metastatic breast cancer patients in the country. The use of molecular targeted therapies as effective forms of cancer therapy is becoming more prevalent. These therapies are specifically designed to target cancer cells, while minimizing the adverse effects o...

DOR BioPharma Receives FDA Orphan Drug Designation for orBec(R) for the Treatment of Chronic Gastrointestinal GVHD

...rs are described from time to time in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, but not limited to, DOR's most recent reports on forms 10-Q and 10-K. Unless required by law, DOR assumes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements as a result of new information or ...

AEterna Zentaris Partner, Keryx, Announces Agreement with FDA on a Special Protocol Assessment for Phase 3 Trial with Perifosine (KRX-0401) for the Treatment of Multiple Myeloma

...s currently being studied as a single agent and in combination with several forms of anti-cancer treatments for various forms of cancer. Most recently, positive results were reported for the single age...

Bacteria pack their own demise

...s of the T-A gene. The VIB researchers clarified in detail both the appearance of the toxin and antitoxin, the mechanism of their interaction and the forms they take while in action a difficult feat to pull off, requiring the simultaneous use of a whole range of different technologies. One of the difficu...

PharmAthene, Inc. Closes on $19.3 Million Private Placement of Convertible Notes and Common Stock Warrants

...s, unexpected financial obligations that could increase the rate of our cash consumption, as well as risks detailed from time to time in PharmAthene's forms 10-K and 10-Q under the caption "Risk Factors" and in its other reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). We have b...

Cell Therapeutics, Inc. Announces Exercise of Overallotment

...er risk factors listed or described from time to time in the Company's filings with the SEC, including, without limitation, its most recent filings on forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K. Except as required by law, the Company does not intend to update any of the statements in this press release upon further develop...

MuGard Data From UK Study Shows Prevention of Oral Mucositis in Head and Neck Cancer Patients

...ed prophylactically for patients undergoing chemotherapy and radiation therapy, is estimated to be in excess of $5 billion world-wide. MuGard forms a protective coating over the oral mucosa when swirled gently around the mouth. In a comparison of cancer patients receiving standard mucositis care w...

Cell Therapeutics, Inc. Announces Pricing of Public Offering of Common Stock and Warrants

...er risk factors listed or described from time to time in the Company's filings with the SEC, including, without limitation, its most recent filings on forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K. Except as required by law, the Company does not intend to update any of the statements in this press release upon further develop...

Symphony Medical Changes Name to CardioPolymers, Inc.

...njecting a proprietary biopolymer directly into strategic locations of the heart's left ventricle wall. As it is injected, the biopolymer thickens and forms firm, gel-like structures that remain in the heart muscle as permanent implants. These implants act to re-shape the heart, reduce the size of the dila...