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Angiotech Pharmaceuticals announces FDA approval of TAXUS(R) Liberte(R) Long Stent

VANCOUVER, July 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANPI , TSX: ANP) today announced that its corporate partner, Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX ) has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its TAXUS(R) Liberte(R) ...

Neurim Pharmaceuticals Reports Long Term Efficacy and Safety for Circadin(R) for Insomnia in Elderly Patients

SEATTLE, June 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Neurim Pharmaceuticals ( http://www.neurim.com ) presented today the preliminary results of a large-scale Phase III study of Circadin(R) 2mg, prolonged release melatonin in insomnia, demonstrating long term efficacy and safety in elderly patients. The results w...

Three Attorneys Rejoin McKenna Long & Aldridge

ATLANTA, April 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Three attorneys who previously worked at McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP (MLA) have rejoined the firm's Atlanta office. The attorneys include Mark S. Lange, partner, and Emily C. Crosby, associate, in the Corporate department and Larry A. Slovensky, a par...

How Long Will the Economic Downturn Affect the Dental Biomaterials Market?

Despite minimal growth in 2009, the US dental biomaterials market will rebound to reach upwards of $230 million by 2013, according to Millennium Research Group WALTHAM, Mass., March 24 /PRNewswire/ -- According to Millennium Research Group's (MRG's) US Markets for Dental Biomaterials 2009 r...

Pharma ChemOutsourcing Unveils 100 Pharma & Biotech Speaker Faculty for 2009 Conference September 14-16 in Long Branch, NJ

LONG BRANCH, N.J., March 10 /PRNewswire/ -- The long-awaited speaking faculty for the September Pharma ChemOutsourcing Conference & Exhibition has been posted on the conference website reports Mark Alexay, President of Apaporis LLC, the organizer. The chemistry faculty is comprised of 100 spe...

ThromboGenics and BioInvent Start Phase II Trial of TB-402, a Novel, Long Acting Anticoagulant for Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) Prophylaxis

LEUVEN, Belgium and LUND, Sweden, February 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- - Trial to Assess the Benefits of Partial Factor VIII Inhibition in Patients Undergoing Knee Replacement Surgery ThromboGenics NV (Euronext Brussels: THR) and co-development partner BioInvent International (O...

Cord Blood Announces $1 Million Reduction in Long Term Debt

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Feb. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cord Blood America, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CBAI), the umbilical cord blood stem cell preservation company ( http://www.cordblood-america.com ) focused on bringing the life saving potential of stem cells to families nationwide and internati...

Insmed to Present at Sanford C. Bernstein Biosimilars Long View Conference

RICHMOND, Va., Nov. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Insmed Inc. (Nasdaq: INSM ), a developer of follow-on biologics and biopharmaceuticals, announced today that Dr. Geoffrey Allan, President and CEO of Insmed, will be presenting at the Sanford C. Bernstein Biosimilars Long View Conference on Decemb...

Ambrx to Present Phase I/II Clinical Data for Optimized, Long Acting Human Growth Hormone Analogue

SAN DIEGO, Nov. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Ambrx Inc. today announced the scheduled presentation of data from a Phase I/II clinical trial of ARX201, the company's long-acting human growth hormone (hGH) analogue developed in collaboration with Merck Serono, at the International Congress of Endocrinology...

Stunning Attendance for ChemOutsourcing Show on September 8-9 in Long Branch, NJ

LONG BRANCH, N.J., Aug. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Over 500 attendees are already slated to attend Pharma ChemOutsourcing Show on September 8-9 in New Jersey. The conference & exhibition continues to attract large numbers of sourcing managers from all the "Big Pharma" companies plus increasingly, do...

Kiwa Bio-Tech Passes Test & Taking Orders From Beijing Lv Fu Long Vegetable Company

BEIJING and CLAREMONT, Calif., May 14 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Kiwa Bio-Tech Products Group Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: KWBT) announced that based on results of testing of Kiwa's bio-fertilizer product, Beijing Lv Fu Long Vegetable Company will start placing orders for Kiwa Shando...

Shire plc: Long Term Incentive Plan

BASINGSTOKE, England and PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, March 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Shire plc (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPGY, TSX: SHQ), the global specialty biopharmaceutical company, announces the release on March 25, 2008, of ordinary shares of 5 pence in the capital of Shire plc ("Shares") i...

SBCs MidWest Long Distance Play

Insiders say effects are minimal Milwaukee, WI- A week and a day after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved an application by SBC Communications Inc. to offer long distance telephone service in four remaining Midwestern states, the San Antonio-based telecom giant held press ...

How MG&E bets on small companies for the long term

When it comes to economic development in Dane County, Madison Gas & Electric has followed a small-market blueprint over the last 20 years as it works to nurture entrepreneurial activity in the hope that today's prospects turn into tomorrow's major league employers. For MG&E, it's part of an ov...

WARF stem cell patent faces long and winding road

Madison, Wis. - Does the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation's European stem cell patent application have a realistic chance for approval? The foundation's stem cell patent is controversial enough in the United States, where critics charge it is overly broad and is suppressing scientific re...

IT workforce development: A little workforce planning goes a long way

Editor's note: This is Part II of a three-part series on the information technology worker shortage. Part I outlined the challenge facing businesses, and this segment will offer a look at what Wisconsin companies can do - and are doing - to address the IT worker shortage. Milwaukee, Wis . - I...

A Robust LC/MS/MS Method for the Quantitation of Very Long Chain Fatty Acids for Research into the Characterization of Peroxisomal Disorders

Purpose The peroxisome is a cellular organelle that plays an important role in a number of functions, including the beta-oxidation of very long chain fatty acids (VLCFA). Peroxisomal disorders are characterized by impaired, reduced or total absence of peroxisomes in cells, wh...

Fluorescently Labeling Long dsRNA with the Silencer siRNA Labeling Kit

Although the Silencer siRNA Labeling Kits were developed for labeling siRNA, they can be readily adapted for labeling long dsRNA. The following protocol can be used for t...

Expand Long Template PCR System

for amplification of 520 kb targets from eukaryotic genomes Cat. No. 1 681 834 100 units Cat. No. 1 681 842 2 x 250 units Cat. No. 1 759 060 10 x 250 units Description Unique enzym...

TripleMaster and Perfect gDNA Blood Mini Kit Team Up to Amplify Long gDNA Templates

TripleMaster and Perfect gDNA Blood Mini Kit Team Up to Amplify Long gDNA Templates Jennifer Halcome Eppendorf 5 Prime, Boulder, CO, USA Introduction Eppendorf provides a complete sy...

Enhanced Amplification of Long Targets with PfuTurbo DNA Polymerase

High-fidelity PCR of genomic targets up to 19 kb Enhanced Amplification of Long Targets with PfuTurbo DNA Polymerase Michael Borns Holly Hogrefe Stratagene Improve amplification of long targets with PfuTurbo DNA polymerase* by making simple modifications to PCR reacti...

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 molecule...

Novavax Reports Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results

... under our ATM program. Today, Novavax has a healthy balance sheet with no long term debt and cash and short-term investments of $37.6 million as of July 3... 7,379 Total assets 73,221 76,625 long term debt 450 480 Stockholders' e...

OncoGenex Reports Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results

...ounts payable and accrued expenses $ 1,473 $ 2,252 Other current liabilities 717 632 long term liabilities 1,255 1,199 Stockholders' equity 3,938 10,707 ...

Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announces financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2009

...ficient treatment option for the estimated 8 to 10 percent of patients with long lesions. BSC plans to launch the product in the United States in August 200...a broad spectrum of patients, includes patients with complex lesions (e.g., long lesions, total occlusions, in-stent restenosis). The corresponding event-fr...

iCardiac Expands Sales and Marketing Team

...e are excited to welcome Susan to the iCardiac team," said Sasha Latypova, Executive Vice President. "Susan's deep client relationships and long history of successfully partnering with clinical pharmacology units will allow iCardiac to better serve its rapidly broadening set of customers and ch...

TSH Testing Raises Awareness of Importance of Thyroid Health

...robable cause of thyroid damage produced by a nuclear malfunction," said Mangano. "The study is taking place right now in Belarus. We have known for a long time that gamma rays and X-rays affect the thyroid but no one has really studied the effects of Iodine 131." "No single blood test can determ...

Saint-Gobain Introduces Next Generation Silicone Tubing

...-- Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics continues its long tradition of innovation in ultra-pure tubing techn...titors, Ultra lasted from 20% longer to twice as long as other tubing products. Other features th...Ultra builds on Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics' long history in extrusion, custom molding and materials...

New angle on gecko research

...ces professor at the U of C. "We are trying to understand this process, which will help in mimicking it for application to robotics." Geckos have long been known for their remarkable abilities to move on smooth surfaces such as glass. This study adds a new angle to previous research: geckos must be o...

Plastics that convert light to electricity could have a big impact

...s could offset the need for more coal-generated electricity in years to come. "The solution to the energy problem is going to be a mix, but in the long term solar power is going to be the biggest part of that mix," he said. ...

Poniard Pharmaceuticals Reports Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results and Provides a Corporate Update

... ======= ======= LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY: Current liabilities $18,456 $19,178 long term liabilities 13,496 17,407 Shareholders' equity 27,871 47,647 ...

ETC Biomedical Announces Chamber Sale in India

... Ltd. has over 20 years experience in the field of medical equipment. Hospimedica is one of India's top suppliers of medical equipment, representing a long list of world-class medical equipment manufacturers. The order is for one (1) BARA-MED((R)) hyperbaric oxygen therapy chamber. The BARA-MED f...

Rapid heating prepares energy-saving zeolite for greater role in industrial separations

...rganic, break up and are removed during heating. This heat processing must be carried out after the formation of zeolite membranes. Scientists have long believed that this must be done slowly to prevent cracks and other grain boundary defects from forming in the thin film. But the gradual heating promo...

Five Questions About Protopic (tacrolimus) Ointment

... w About Protopic Ointment The safety of using Protopic Ointment for a long period of time is not known. A very small number of people who have used P... patients should: Not use Protopic Ointment continuously for a long time Use Protopic Ointment only on areas of skin that have eczema ...

Bacteria pack their own demise

...oxin (T-A) system. These T-A genes are tucked in near the genes to be protected. T-A genes contain instructions for both a toxin and its antitoxin. As long as the cell is producing both, all is well. However, if for some reason the piece of DNA where the T-A gene is located gets damaged or lost, the produ...

Cardium Announces New Orthobiologics Product Initiative Extending Gene Activated Matrix Technology to Deliver Bone Growth Factors

...-1) received FDA approval for use in the U.S. (by Stryker) for hard-to-heal long bone fractures. In 2002, Medtronic's INFUSE((R)) (BMP-2) received FDA appr... certain spinal fusion procedures and was later expanded to include certain long bone fractures, and dental bone graft applications. Both products use a co...

Endo Pharmaceuticals Reports Strong Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results

...nd we are very excited about the potential for our long acting testosterone injectable product. We believ...,450), separation costs of $825, and impairment of long lived assets of $3,115 To exclude impairment...2,000, separation costs of $825, and impairment of long lived assets of $3,115 To exclude impairment...

BioNeutral Group's CEO, Stephen Browand and Chief Scientist, Dr. Andrew Kielbania to Appear on WVOX 1460 AM 'In Focus' Radio Show Hosted by Dr. Dan Miller

...Westchester County the Bronx, Queens and the North Shore or long Island . Emphasis on the heavily-populated cities of Westchester's Southern tier and affluent villages of long Island About BioNeutral Group, Inc. Headquartered at the N...

Seasoned Dermatologist Nissan Pilest of Irvine, CA, Joins SDS Clinical Trials as Clinical Investigator for Dermatology Division

...al trial outreach. His reputation in Southern California, combined with his long term expertise in all dermatological processes were part of our selection c...ederm and Botox, is on the Medical Education Faculty for Bioform's Radiesse long term dermal filler and also is a physician trainer for Restylane and Perlan...

Cardium Provides Update on Phase 2b Excellarate Clinical Study and Plans for Additional Tissue Repair Applications

...wo physician-administered treatments, in contrast to most diabetic wound healing agents or devices in use that require repeated administrations over a long term (weeks to months). Based on recently announced advancements, Excellarate is also expected to be re-formulated as an easy-to-use single syringe, ...