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American Oriental Bioengineering Honorably Elected a Top 20 Most Competitive Public Pharmaceutical Company in China

NEW YORK, July 21 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- American Oriental Bioengineering, Inc. (NYSE: AOB ), ("the Company" or "AOBO"), a pharmaceutical company dedicated to improving health through the development, manufacture and commercialization of a broad range of prescription and over the cou...

New Survey Reveals Gap in Understanding of Alzheimer's Disease Risk and Prevention Among Most Vulnerable Populations

Research presented to the 2009 Congressional Black Caucus Spring Health Braintrust finds African American and Hispanic adults are misinformed about Alzheimer's but support a screening test WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., May 4 /PRNewswire/ -- African American and Hispanic adults are more concerned abou...

Fate Therapeutics and Stemgent Launch Catalyst: A Unique Industry Program for First Access to the Most Advanced Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Technology

Catalyst to Provide Proprietary Protein and Small Molecule Products for the Generation and Differentiation of Genomically-Unaltered Induced Pluripotent Stem (iPS) Cells LA JOLLA, Calif. and BOSTON, April 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Fate Therapeutics, Inc. and Stemgent, Inc. announced today the...

US Oncology Named to FORTUNE Magazine's Most Admired Companies List for Third Time

HOUSTON, March 12 /PRNewswire/ -- US Oncology, Inc ., one of the nation's largest cancer care services companies, has been named to FORTUNE magazine's Most Admired Companies list for 2009. The company ranks third in the Health Care: Pharmacy and Other category. This is the third time US On...

While Most Companies and Industries Struggled in 2008, LifeModeler, Inc. Used Unique Products to Post Aggressive Business Gains in All Areas

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif., Feb. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- To say that LifeModeler, Inc. (LMI) bucked the prevailing trend and posted a series of successes in 2008 that are providing a platform for even greater accomplishments this year, wouldn't quite be telling the whole story. This past year will actually b...

FDA Approves Most Comprehensive System to Test Donated Blood for HIV, Hepatitis B & Hepatitis C

PLEASANTON, Calif., Dec. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- The United States Food & Drug Administration (FDA) today approved a new nucleic acid test from Roche to screen donated blood for HIV-1 Group M RNA, hepatitis C RNA and hepatitis B DNA in a single, automated assay. The test, called the cobas TaqSc...

WWMR Announces Pain Clinic Physicians' Most Appreciated Companies: Pfizer, Eli Lilly and Endo Pharmaceuticals

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- WWMR, Inc., the marketing research leader in pain, announces results of the first annual "Most Appreciated Pain Drug Company Survey". The top three most appreciated companies are Pfizer, Eli Lilly and Endo Pharmaceuticals, according to the 100 pain clinic ph...

Michigan Company Founded upon What Could Be History's Most Important Breakthrough in AI and Robotics

A Michigan-based platform company has been built upon the foundation of a revolutionary new artificial intelligence patent that enables contemplative, synthetic brains to dynamically build themselves on a wide variety of computational platforms. The emphasis of this new business enterprise will b...

Study From the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Demonstrates That AHCC(R) is Safe in Combination With Most Chemotherapeutic Agents

Supports safety of AHCC for cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy PURCHASE, N.Y., Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- A recently published study in the Journal of the Society for Integrative Oncology (Vol. 6, No. 3 (Summer), 2008: pp 105-109) by researchers at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Ca...

PAREXEL Partners with Glenmark to Win the Good Clinical Practice Journal Award for Most Innovative Patient Recruitment Strategy

BOSTON, Oct. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PAREXEL International Corporation (Nasdaq: PRXL ), a leading global biopharmaceutical services provider, in partnership with Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd, today announced that it has been recognized by the Good Clinical Practice Journal (GCPj) as the ...

McMaster University unveils world's most advanced microscope

Hamilton, ON. Oct. 20, 2008 The most advanced and powerful electron microscope on the planetcapable of unprecedented resolutionhas been installed in the new Canadian Centre for Electron Microscopy at McMaster University. "We are the first university in the world with a microscope of such a hig...

deCODE Discovery Sheds Light on Risk of the Most Common Form of Skin Cancer

Latest discoveries add to understanding of individual risk of basal cell carcinoma, and are integrated into the deCODEme(TM) personal genome analysis scan REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Oct. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Scientists at deCODE genetics (Nasdaq: DCGN ) today report the discovery of common...

2008 National Ergonomics Conference Schedule Announced, Features Four New Tracks of Programming and Focus on Corporate Sustainability and Productivity; Most Product Debuts in Expo's 14-Year History

NEW YORK, Sept. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- The 14th Annual National Ergonomics Conference and Exposition (NECE) at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Dec. 2-5, will feature a record number of conference sessions, and mark the debut of four new tracks of conference programming geared toward workplace design an...

Free White Paper Now Available: How to get the most from your visit to electronica 2008 in Munich

A free paper helps visitors to electronica 2008 in Munich and covers topics such as finding multilingual help, electronica information available on the visitor hotline, sources of pre-show information useful in planning a trip, online registration benefits, a summary of focus areas, conferences a...

Expression Genetics' EGEN-001 Named One of 10 Most Promising Oncology Products by Windhover

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Sept. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Expression Genetics, Inc. (EGEN) announced today that the company's novel TheraPlas(R) cancer drug has been selected as one of the Top 10 most promising oncology products in development available for strategic partnering. The selection was made by an i...

Bill Pollock, President and CEO of Pharmagistics Group, Named to PharmaVOICE List of 100 Most Inspiring and Influential Leaders in the Life Sciences

SOMERSET, N.J., Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Bill Pollock, president and CEO of the Pharmagistics Group, the premier provider of technology-based and non-personal-delivered messages and solutions for the biopharmaceutical industry, has been selected by PharmaVOICE magazine as one of the 100 most in...

MicroMass President Jay Bigelow Named to PharmaVOICE List of 100 Most Inspiring and Influential Leaders in the Life Sciences

CARY, N.C., July 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Jay Bigelow, President of MicroMass Communications, Inc., a leader in behavioral science-based relationship marketing, has been selected by PharmaVOICE magazine as one of the 100 most inspiring and influential people in the life sciences industry. The hono...

WuXi PharmaTech (NYSE: WX) Named the Most Innovative Company in China and CEO Dr. Li the Most Innovative Leader of Chinese Enterprises

SHANGHAI, China, July 10 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- WuXi PharmaTech (NYSE: WX), a leading pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device research and development outsourcing company with operations in China and the United States, today announced that it was awarded one of the top 20 "China Most ...

In a Year of Unprecedented Growth for Biotechnology Innovation, Targeted Therapies Gain Most Significant Traction, According to New Deloitte Study

SAN DIEGO, June 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading a trend of unprecedented growth in biotechnology innovation, targeted therapies with companion molecular diagnostics have built significant traction in the past year in terms of development and usage, according to a new Deloitte study released today a...

Sigma-Aldrich Recognized by BioInformatics, LLC as Having the Most Useful and Easiest to Use Online and Print Catalogs

Catalog serves as definitive source for life science researchers ST. LOUIS, May 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sigma-Aldrich (Nasdaq: SIAL) is pleased to announce that BioInformatics, LLC, a leading market research company for the life science industry, reports that the Company's online prod...

The most natural drug

In the fight against infection, the human immune system isnt ready for a war. Vaccines push the immune system to create defenses against illness, but they take time to work. A new process developed by scientists at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) and Emory University stands to r...

CSC's Dr. Robert M. Wah Makes Top 10 in 50 Most Powerful Physician Executives List

FALLS CHURCH, Va., April 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Computer Sciences Corporation (NYSE: CSC ) today announced that Dr. Robert M. Wah, chief medical officer and vice president of its North American Public Sector business unit, has been ranked number 10 in Modern Physician and Modern Healthcare magazi...

Genetic Testing for All: QTrait Offers Industry's Least Expensive, Most Secure DNA Tests With TRUSTe Certification

SEATTLE, April 24 /PRNewswire/ -- iGenix, Inc, today launched QTrait, a personal online genetics testing service with prices beginning as low as $99 per DNA test. iGenix co-founder and chief scientist Tera Eerkes, Ph.D. developed QTrait to create affordable DNA testing for the general public, ...

White Paper Advises Pharma Manufacturers on How to Select an Aseptic Fill/Finish Contractor, Avoid the Most Common Mistakes

AGAWAM, Mass., March 19 /PRNewswire/ -- For pharmaceutical manufacturers, the process of choosing a Contract Manufacturing Organization (CMO) can be a challenging task. The ramifications of making a poor decision can result in schedule delays, regulatory approval issues, and lost revenue. Th...

Quest Diagnostics Named to FORTUNE Magazine's America's Most Admired Companies List

Only diagnostic testing company in ranking MADISON, N.J., March 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (NYSE: DGX ) today announced that it has been selected by FORTUNE magazine to the 2008 list of America's Most Admired Companies. Quest Diagnostics was rank...

Survey Shows Most Women Can't Separate Fact From Fiction When It Comes to Cervical Cancer Prevention

National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health (NPWH) Encourages Women to Get Informed and Ask for Comprehensive Screening WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite growing awareness of HPV (human papillomavirus), the primary cause of cervical cancer, a new survey released ...

Drugs from Johnson & Johnson/Basilea and Forest Are the Most Promising Antibiotics in the Community-Acquired Pneumonia Pipeline

Vaccines from Wyeth and GlaxoSmithKline Will Also Be Vying to Capture Shares of the Escalating Pneumococcal Vaccine Market, According to a New Report from Decision Resources WALTHAM, Mass., Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research a...

National Survey Shows Most Women Are Not Satisfied With Their Progesterone Treatment

First New Progesterone Supplement in a Decade Debuts As a More Convenient Treatment PARSIPPANY, N.J., Nov. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a nationwide survey of 350 women conducted on the American Fertility Association (AFA) Web site, few women undergoing an Assis...

World's most complex silicon phased-array chip developed at UC-San Diego

UC San Diego electrical engineers have developed the worlds most complex phased array or radio frequency integrated circuit. This DARPA-funded advance is expected to find its way into U.S. defense satellite communication and radar systems. In addition, the innovations in this chip design will lik...

VIA Pharmaceuticals' Lead Compound, VIA-2291, Chosen as a Top Ten Most Licensable Cardiovascular Program for Windhover Information's Therapeutic Area Partnerships Conference

- Company to be Featured on Oct 25, 2007 - SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- VIA Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: VIAP ) a biotechnology company focused on the development of compounds for the treatment of cardiovascular disease, announced today that Windhover Informatio...

Boehringer Ingelheim Receives Top Honor as World's Most Respected Biopharmaceutical Employer in Science 2007 Top Employers Survey

RIDGEFIELD, Conn., Oct. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Boehringer Ingelheim today announced that the company has been awarded top honors by Science as the world's most respected biopharmaceutical employer. Science's annual survey of more than 470 Top Employers polls employees in the biotechnology, biophar...

New Licence for Cubicin(R) (daptomycin), the First in a Novel Class of Antibiotic, is Announced Today for the Treatment of Serious Bloodstream and Heart Infections Caused by the Most Problematic UK Organisms, Including MRSA

FRIMLEY, England, September 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- - Physicians Welcome New Option for Potentially Life Threatening Disease - Daptomycin has a Rapidly Bactericidal Mode of Action The launch of daptomycin for the treatment of both methicillin-sensitive and resistant Staphylococcus aure...

Advanced Cell Technology's Dr. Robert Lanza Makes List of '100 Most Inspiring People in the Life-Sciences Industry'

PharmaVOICE magazine cites Dr. Lanza for 'Courage Under Fire' WORCESTER, Mass., Aug. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: ACTC) is proud to announced that Dr. Robert Lanza, the company's Vice President of Research and Scientific Development, has...

OpGen Creates Map of Worlds Most Lethal Fungus

Madison, Wis.-- The worlds most common lethal fungal infection is caused by a mold called Aspergillus fumigatus . Strains put transplant, leukemia and HIV/AIDS patients at serious risk. OpGen , a University of Wisconsin-Madison spinout, has created a whole genome map of this fungal pathogen that ...

Making the most of stem cells

New storage method amplifies cells available for science ANAHEIM - Like many other kinds of cells used in biomedical research, human embryonic stem cells are stored and transported in a cryopreserved state, frozen to -320 degrees Fahrenheit, the temperature of their liquid nitrogen storage bat...

How to duck the 3 most common entrepreneurial hiring traps

Heres a great thing about the tech arena: even when the economy is down, people keep having ideas. Some number of them turn into start-up ventures (whether self-funded, friends-and-family backed or fueled some other creative way). After some period of time, they tend to create jobs. They creat...

Screen-door security: most wireless networks left wide open

I'm not normally one to participate in scare tactics. However, there is one area where I finally decided it's appropriate to do this, and that is wireless security. Oh sure, there are various articles and such that describe the "improved security" of built-in encryption technologies (WPA versus ...

Wisconsin fares well in the economic rankings game – most of the time

Virtually all rankings are subjective. If you don't believe that, just ask Division 1 college football coaches whose teams don't get invited to a national championship bowl game. When it comes to ranking which cities, states and regions are among the nation's leaders in technology development...

Wisconsin neighbor grabs most Midwest health-care capital

Wisconsin has some catching up to do even among Midwestern states when it comes to health-care venture capital investment, according to the latest Midwest Health Care Venture Investment Report. Released by BioEnterprise, it looked at publicly disclosed investments in 12 states or regions in the ...

Cisco names Inacom most innovative partner

Madison, Wis. — Inacom Information Systems was awarded Cisco Systems' Most Innovative Partner award at the networking company's annual partner summit in San Diego, California. Inacom won based on its Extreme Wireless Makeover marketing campaign, which the company said drew 47 intereste...