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Advanced Life Sciences to Host 2009 Second Quarter Financial Results Conference Call and Webcast

CHICAGO, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Advanced Life Sciences Holdings, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: ADLS), announced today that it will host a conference call and webcast discussing the Company's 2009 second quarter results on Tuesday, August 11, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. (EDT). Michael T. Fla...

SK Life Sciences has Licensed Pristima

Xybion Medical Systems, is pleased to announce that SK Life Science, Inc. (SKLSI), has licensed Pristima for its Research and Development facility in Fair Lawn, New Jersey. Cedar Knolls, NJ (PRWEB) August 3, 2009 -- Xybion Medical Systems, a world leader in toxicology a...

Advanced Life Sciences Receives Complete Response Letter From FDA for Restanza(TM) (Cethromycin) in Community Acquired Pneumonia

CHICAGO, July 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Advanced Life Sciences Holdings, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: ADLS) announced that it received a complete response letter today from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding its New Drug Application (NDA) for Restanza(TM) (cethrom...

Caliper Life Sciences Reports Second Quarter 2009 Results

HOPKINTON, Mass., July 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: CALP ) today reported that for the second quarter of 2009 revenues were $32.1 million compared to $34.0 million for the second quarter of 2008. Divestitures and foreign currency translation negati...

Marinus Pharmaceuticals Adds Two Life Sciences Veterans to its Board of Directors

BRANFORD, Conn., July 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Marinus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. a developer of drugs to treat serious neurological and psychiatric disorders, today announced the appointment of George F. Horner III of Sofinnova Ventures and Harry T. Rein of Foundation Medical Partners to its Board...

BioNeutral's Ygiene(TM) Hospital Grade Achieves a 100% Total Kill (Pass) Against the Life Threatening Clostridium Difficile (C.diff) Spores in Independent EPA Required Protocol Testing.

NEWARK, N.J., July 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BioNeutral Group, Inc. ("BioNeutral") (OTC Bulletin Board: BONU), a specialty chemical technology based Life Science Company announced today that at ATS Labs using the required EPA protocol testing, BioNeutral's Ygiene(TM) Hospital Grade Antimic...

Caliper Life Sciences' Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results Conference Call Notice

HOPKINTON, Mass., July 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: CALP ) will conduct a conference call discussing the company's second quarter 2009 financial results at 9:00 a.m. ET on Thursday, July 30. Kevin Hrusovsky, President and Chief Executive Officer an...

BioNeutral's Ygiene(TM) Hospital Grade Achieves World Class Independent Test Results in Killing Life Threatening Spores/Organisms

NEWARK, N.J., July 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BioNeutral Group, Inc. ("BioNeutral") (OTC Bulletin Board: BONU), a specialty chemical technology-based Life Science company announced today that at ATS Labs using the EPA required AOAC Sporicidal Test, the Hospital Grade of its Ygiene(TM) ...

How much is life worth? The $440 billion question

The decision to use expensive cancer therapies that typically produce only a relatively short extension of survival is a serious ethical dilemma in the U.S. that needs to be addressed by the oncology community, according to a commentary published online June 29 in the Journal of the National Canc...

Caliper Life Sciences Introduces Staccato Protein Workstation for Automated Protein Sample Preparation & Analysis

- Caliper Addresses Key Bottlenecks in Quality by Design Initiative for Protein Therapeutics - HOPKINTON, Mass., June 29 Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: CALP ), a leading provider of tools and services for drug discovery and life sciences research, today launched the Staccato Protein W...

Advanced Life Sciences' Restanza(TM) Shows 100% Survival In Confirmatory Anthrax Study

CHICAGO, June 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Advanced Life Sciences Holdings, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: ADLS), today announced that a second non-human primate study involving its novel, once-a-day, oral antibiotic Restanza(TM) (cethromycin), showed that a 14-day course of Restanza achieved a 100% su...

Virtify, Inc. Delivers Industry's First Enterprise Content Compliance Software Suite for Life Sciences Companies

First and only Web-based solution for managing compliance and regulated content throughout the product lifecycle reduces costs, risk, and time-to-market SAN DIEGO, June 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Drug Information Association 45th Annual Meeting -- Virtify, Inc. , the market leader in enterpr...

OpenQ is Awarded Prestigious Life Sciences Industry Award

OpenQ wins the 2009 Global Pharmaceutical CRM Growth Strategy Leadership of the Year presented by Frost & Sullivan Charlottesville, VA, New York, NY and Paris, France (PRWEB) June 15, 2009 -- OpenQ, one of the industry leaders in KOL management solutions and MSL per...

Elsevier and NextBio Sign Partnership to Enrich ScienceDirect Content, Accelerating Life Sciences, Health Sciences and Chemistry Research

AMSTERDAM, June 12 /PRNewswire/ -- - Improving Research Discoverability and Productivity Elsevier today announced a new partnership agreement with NextBio, provider of an innovative platform that enables life science researchers to search, discover, and share knowledge locked wit...

Sigma-Aldrich Introduces New Services Network Complementing Its Life Sciences Product Portfolio

Customers can now conveniently access a collection of support services that can be used on a short or long term basis to accelerate their research ST. LOUIS, June 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sigma-Aldrich (Nasdaq: SIAL ) today announced the launch of its new Services Network desig...

Caliper Life Sciences to Webcast Investor Session of Open House

HOPKINTON, Mass., June 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: CALP ) today announced that it will hold a Customer and Investor Open House entitled, "Innovation for Experimentation" to be held June 17, 2009 at Caliper's Hopkinton headquarters. The company will webcast t...

Pharmacyclics to Present at the 8th Annual Needham and Company Life Sciences Conference

SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pharmacyclics, Inc. (Nasdaq: PCYC ), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing innovative small molecule drugs for the treatment of immune mediated disease and cancer, today announced that Glenn Rice, President and C...

Poniard Pharmaceuticals to Present at the 8th Annual Needham Life Sciences Conference

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., June 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Poniard Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: PARD ), a biopharmaceutical company focused on innovative oncology therapies, today announced that Jerry McMahon, Ph.D., chairman and chief executive officer, will provide a corporate overview at...

Arena Pharmaceuticals to Present at the 8th Annual Needham Life Sciences Conference

SAN DIEGO, June 5, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARNA ) announced today that the company is scheduled to present at the 8th Annual Needham Life Sciences Conference on June 11, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time (8:00 a.m. Pacific Time) at the New York Palace ...

Neurocrine Biosciences to Present at the 8th Annual Needham Life Sciences Conference

LIVE AUDIO WEBCAST WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 2009 SAN DIEGO, June 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: NBIX ) announced today that Kevin Gorman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Neurocrine Biosciences will be presenting at the 8th Annual Needham Life Sciences...

Sangamo BioSciences Announces Presentation at the Needham Life Sciences Conference

RICHMOND, Calif., June 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sangamo BioSciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: SGMO ) announced today that Edward Lanphier, Sangamo's president and CEO, will provide an update on the progress of Sangamo's ZFP Therapeutic(TM) development programs and an overview of the company's business s...

NeurogesX to Present at Needham Life Sciences Conference

SAN MATEO, Calif., June 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NeurogesX, Inc. (Nasdaq: NGSX ), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing novel pain management therapies, announced today that Anthony DiTonno, President and Chief Executive Officer, is scheduled to present at th...

VIVUS to Present at the Needham and Company Life Sciences Conference

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- VIVUS, Inc. (Nasdaq: VVUS ), a pharmaceutical company dedicated to the development and commercialization of novel therapeutic products, today announced that Dr. Barbara Troupin, senior director clinical development, will present an overview...

Microsoft Signs Agreement With Merck & Co. Inc. to Acquire Assets of Rosetta Biosoftware, Strengthening Position in Life Sciences Industry

Multifaceted agreement enhances Microsoft Amalga Life Sciences to accelerate basic research and drive personalized medicine. REDMOND, Wash., June 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Microsoft Corp. today announced that it has signed an agreement with Merck & Co. Inc. to acquire certain assets of ...

PROSTVAC(TM) Data Presented at the ASCO Meeting Demonstrates the Potential for Significant Increases in Life Expectancy in Late-Stage Prostate Cancer

KVISTGAARD, Denmark, June 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Detailed data from a randomized Phase 2 study with PROSTVAC(TM) were presented Saturday at the ASCO Annual Meeting in Orlando. The presentation was made by Philip Kantoff MD, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School , and the Dana-Far...

The West Michigan Science & Technology Initiative is Named Statewide Reviewer for Life Science Funding Requests Through New Program

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., May 20 /PRNewswire/ -- The West Michigan Science & Technology Initiative today announced that it has been selected to review and approve applications from life science companies for micro-loans through the Michigan Pre-Seed Capital Fund. The Michigan Pre-Seed Capital Fund...

Reprints Desk Medical Reprint Service Now Available to Life Science Professionals on the Force.com AppExchange

Reprints NRx for the Force.com AppExchange saves time for reprint buyers by integrating the quote and order initiation process from within Salesforce CRM Santa Monica, Calif. (PRWEB) May 19, 2009 -- Reprints Desk, Inc., the content workflow company, today announced the ...

Reprints Desk Medical Reprint Service Now Available to Life Science Professionals on the Force.com AppExchange

Reprints NRx for the Force.com AppExchange saves time for reprint buyers by integrating the quote and order initiation process from within Salesforce CRM SANTA MONICA, Calif., May 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Reprints Desk, Inc., the content workflow company, today announced the availability of Repri...

Venture Capitalists to Invest in Promising PA Life Science Companies, Governor Rendell Says

Pittsburgh & Philadelphia Firms to Help Stimulate Biotech Sector HARRISBURG, Pa., May 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Pennsylvania is setting the stage for future opportunity and innovation while expanding its reputation as a leader in the life science industry, Governor Edward G...

Advanced Life Sciences Common Stock Begins Trading on OTC Bulletin Board

- Company to Host 2009 First Quarter Financial Results Conference Call and Webcast - CHICAGO, May 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Advanced Life Sciences Holdings, Inc. announced today that its common stock is eligible for quotation and trading on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board (OTCBB) under ...

Disability and Poor Quality of Life Associated With Treatment Failure Gout Patients

New Study Published in the Journal of Rheumatology Examines Quality of Life and Disability in Treatment Failure Gout Patients EAST BRUNSWICK, N.J., May 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Savient Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: SVNT ) announced today the print publication of the Savient-supported lo...

Fifth Annual SemTech Conference Highlights How Semantics Power Chemistry, Pharmaceutical, Healthcare, and Other Life Science Solutions

Attendees Learn Latest Advancements, from Medical Records Management to Bioterrorism Preparedness. Culver City, CA (PRWEB) May 5, 2009 -- SemTech 2009, the fifth annual Semantic Technology Conference and leading forum on real-world commercial, strategic, and future appl...

Venture Capital Veteran John Brooks Joins Life Science Investment Bank Johnston Blakely & Company

BOSTON, May 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Johnston Blakely & Company, LLC, a Boston-based life science investment bank, is pleased to announce that John L. Brooks, III has joined the firm as senior advisor. In this role, Mr. Brooks will participate with the firm on internal and client-related activities ...

Caliper Life Sciences Reports First Quarter 2009 Results

- 11% Organic Revenue Growth Driven by Microfluidics and Imaging - - Net Loss Narrowed by $0.07 per Share - HOPKINTON, Mass., April 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: CALP ) today reported its first quarter financial results for 2009. First quarter reven...

Bio Career Center Becomes Top in Nation for Life Sciences Careers

More listings for life science postgraduates than any other U.S. jobs board SANTA CRUZ, Calif., April 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Bio Career Center has become the nation's number one jobs board for post-graduate careers in the life sciences. The jobs board, www.biocareercenter.com , is only fo...

LaVoie Group Adds Bio-Surgery Company, Pegasus Biologics, to Its Life Sciences Agency Roster

SALEM, Mass., April 27 /PRNewswire/ -- LaVoie Group, a life science-focused strategic communications agency, announced today that it has been selected as investor relations agency of record for Pegasus Biologics, Inc. Donna L. LaVoie, President & CEO of LaVoie Group, commented, "Pegasus ...

Regional Biotech Association Warns Legislation Would Make VT Least Friendly State in Nation for Biotechnology and Life Sciences

-Testimony To Legislature Calls For Rejection Of Legislation That Will Cost Vermonters Current And Future Jobs- MONTPELIER, Vt., April 24 /PRNewswire/ -- In testimony to the Legislature and a full page ad in today's Rutland Herald, the region's largest biotechnology association warned that a ...

Isilon Hosts Industry Leaders Panel on the Future of Life Sciences and IT at Bio-IT World 2009

Dr. George Church of the Personal Genome Project and Matthew Trunnell of The Broad Institute Among Industry Leaders Discussing Impact of IT on Next Generation of Life Sciences Research SEATTLE, April 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Isilon(R) Systems (Nasdaq: ISLN ), the proven leader in sc...

Failing to Demonstrate Value of Innovation is Top Risk Facing Life Sciences Sector, According to Ernst & Young

NEW YORK, April 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Government and private insurers are placing unprecedented pressures on Life Sciences companies to demonstrate value for the products they develop, according to The 2009 Ernst & Young business risk report, Life sciences. Insurers, governments and individuals a...

OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals Named Life Sciences Company of the Year by LifeSciences British Columbia

BOTHELL, WA, and VANCOUVER, April 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("OncoGenex" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: OGXI ), announced today that it has been named the 2009 Life Sciences Company of the Year by LifeSciences British Columbia. This annual award is presented by LifeS...
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