percent in Biological Technology

Nearly 70 Percent of Health Professionals Support Biotechnology's Use in Food Products

Biotechnology Recognized as a Tool to Make Soyfoods Even Healthier ST. LOUIS, March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Recent research reveals that 82 percent of healthcare professionals believe soy to be beneficial to the diet. And, the majority recognizes agricultural biotechnology as a method to make food...

R&D Spending by U.S. Biopharmaceutical Companies Increases 3 Percent in 2008

SAN FRANCISCO, March 10 /PRNewswire/ -- New statistics just released reveal that R&D investment in new medicines by the biopharmaceutical industry was $65.2 billion in 2008, an increase of 3 percent from 2007, according to a combined analysis conducted by Burrill & Company, a San Francisco...

Abbott Announces 11 Percent Increase in Quarterly Dividend

Company Declares 341st Consecutive Quarterly Dividend ABBOTT PARK, Ill., Feb. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The board of directors of Abbott ( NYSE: ABT ) today increased the company's quarterly common dividend 11 percent to 40 cents per share. This marks the 37th consecutive year that...

10 Percent of U.S. Installed Base Signs on to Use Accuray Treatment Planning Service

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Feb. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Accuray Incorporated (Nasdaq: ARAY ), a global leader in the field of radiosurgery, announced today that 10 percent of its U.S. installed base has signed on to utilize the company's treatment planning service. Treatment planning by medical...

Amgen's Fourth Quarter 2008 Adjusted Earnings Per Share Increased 6 Percent to $1.06; Full Year 2008 Adjusted Earnings Per Share Increased 6 Percent to $4.55

Full Year 2008 Revenue Increased 2 Percent to $15.0 Billion; Fourth Quarter 2008 Revenue Flat at $3.75 Billion Full Year 2008 GAAP Earnings Per Share Increased 38 Percent to $3.90; Fourth Quarter 2008 GAAP Earnings Per Share Increased 20 Percent to $0.91 2009 Total Revenue Expected to be...

Monsanto Board Approves 10 Percent Dividend Increase

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- As the latest step in its ongoing commitment to return value to shareowners, Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON ) today announced that its Board of Directors declared a 10 percent increase in the quarterly dividend on its common shares from 24 cents per ...

Hill-Rom Reports Fourth Quarter Revenue Growth of 14.1 Percent to $424 Million and Adjusted Earnings Per Fully Diluted Share From Continuing Operations of $0.58, an Increase of 52.6 Percent From the Prior Year

- Fourth quarter constant currency revenue growth of 12.9 percent - Full year revenue growth of 11.1 percent (9.0 percent, constant currency) and improving profitability reflects success of strategic initiatives - Management reaffirms annual financial guidance for fiscal year 2009 BAT...

Genomic Health Announces Publication of a Study Demonstrating the Oncotype DX(R) Breast Cancer Assay Influences Chemotherapy Treatment Recommendation in 44 Percent of Patients Evaluated

- Seventh Study Showing Oncotype DX Frequently Changes Treatment Recommendations in Clinical Practice - REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Nov. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Genomic Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GHDX ) today announced the publication of results from a study indicating that Onco...

Thoratec Reports 44 Percent Increase in Third Quarter Revenues

Company Increases Revenue and Earnings Guidance for 2008 Based on Continuing Adoption of HeartMate II(R) PLEASANTON, Calif., Oct. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Thoratec Corporation (Nasdaq: THOR ), a world leader in device-based mechanical circulatory support therapies to sa...

CryoLife's Fully Diluted Earnings Per Share Increased 71 Percent to $0.12 in Third quarter of 2008 from $0.07 in Third quarter of 2007

Revenues increased 21 percent in third quarter of 2008 versus third quarter of 2007 ATLANTA, Oct. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CryoLife, Inc. (NYSE: CRY ), a biomaterials, medical device and tissue processing company, announced today that revenues for the third qu...

CyberKnife System Achieves 38 Percent Growth in Extracranial Treatments During Fiscal Year 2008

Full Body Radiosurgery Expands Treatment Options for Patients with Lung, Prostate, Liver and Pancreatic Cancer SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Accuray Incorporated (Nasdaq: ARAY ), a global leader in the field of radiosurgery, announced today that treatmen...

Amgen's Third Quarter 2008 Adjusted Earnings Per Share Increased 14 Percent to $1.23

Third Quarter 2008 Revenue Increased 7 Percent to $3.9 Billion Third Quarter 2008 GAAP Earnings Per Share were $1.09, an Increase from Third Quarter 2007 GAAP Earnings Per Share of $0.18 Full Year Revenue Guidance Raised from $14.6 Billion - $14.9 Billion to ...

High-Dose Zevalin(R) With Tandem Stem Cell Infusion Produces 87 Percent Overall Survival in Relapsed/Refractory or High Risk Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

Novel Outpatient Regimen Pioneered by Investigators from Tumor Institute in Milan SEATTLE, Oct. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cell Therapeutics, Inc. (CTI) (Nasdaq and MTA: CTIC) announced today that the Journal of Clinical Oncology has published the results of an ...

Resverlogix Eliminates Sixty Percent of Remaining Debt

Restructure allows new scientific and business development flexibility TSX Exchange Symbol: RVX CALGARY, Oct. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Resverlogix Corp. ("Resverlogix") (TSX:RVX) announced today that it has redeemed USD$10 million or approximately 60% of its remaining USD$17.3 million d...

Genetically Modified Canola Plantings Reach 90 Percent in Canada

Farmer Fred Meister Sees Significant Environmental Benefits on His Farm St. Louis, MO (PRWEB) September 15, 2008 -- Canadian farmers first planted genetically modified (GM) herbicide-tolerant canola crops in the mid-1990s. Today, nearly 90 percent of Canadian canola fa...

Half of Surveyed Physicians Expect to Replace Between 6 Percent and 15 Percent of Their Sustiva Prescriptions with Isentress

Most Surveyed MCO Pharmacy Directors Do Not Place Cost Control Measures on Branded Antiretroviral Drugs, According to a New Report from Decision Resources WALTHAM, Mass., Aug. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisor...

CryoLife's Earnings Per Share Increased 180 Percent to $0.14 in Second Quarter of 2008 from $0.05 in Second Quarter of 2007

Company posts record quarterly revenues of $27.2 million ATLANTA, July 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CryoLife, Inc. (NYSE: CRY ), a biomaterials, medical device and tissue processing company, announced today that revenues for the second quarter of 2008 increased 18 percent to $27.2 mil...

Number of Patients Treated with an Antibiotic for MRSA Within U.S. Acute Care Hospitals Increased 8 Percent from 2006 to 2007

However, the Average Number of Days of Inpatient Therapy per Patient Treated with an Antibiotic for MRSA Decreased by 10 Percent, According to New Data Released by Arlington Medical Resources MALVERN, Penn., June 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Arlington Medical Resources (AMR), a provider of...

Asthma Uncontrolled in More Than 40 Percent of Adults With the Disease, New Landmark Survey Shows

Results from Phase One of Two-Phase Examination of U.S. Asthma Control RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. and TORONTO, May 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nearly half of adult Americans with asthma and more than a quarter of children with asthma who responded to a nationally representative survey do n...

Volcano Reports 24 Percent Increase in First Quarter Revenues; IVUS Disposable Revenues Increase 30 Percent

Company Increases Revenue Guidance for 2008 SAN DIEGO, May 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Volcano Corporation (Nasdaq: VOLC), a leading manufacturer and developer of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS), functional measurement (FM) and Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) products designed...

CyberKnife Radiosurgery Used to Treat Lung Tumors at 90 Percent of Centers Worldwide

More Than 5,000 Lung Cancer Patients Treated With CyberKnife System to Date SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Accuray Incorporated (Nasdaq: ARAY ), a global leader in the field of radiosurgery, announced today that approximately 90 percent of CyberKnife centers worldwide are...

AstraZeneca's Zactima to Earn Almost Five Percent Patient Share in the Treatment of Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer by 2016

Physicians Indicate that Most Promising Emerging Therapies Will Not Match the Current Gold-Standard Avastin/Taxol/Paraplatin Regimen's Efficacy, According to a New Report from Decision Resources WALTHAM, Mass., March 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Decision Resources, one of the world's leading...

ThermoGenesis Corp. Reports 48 Percent Growth in Second Quarter Revenues Year Over Year

RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif., Feb. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ThermoGenesis Corp. (Nasdaq: KOOL ), a leading supplier of innovative products and services that process and store adult stem cells for treatment of disease and injury, today reported results for the second quarter and first six months ...

VAP Cholesterol Test From Atherotech Covers 90 Percent of Arizona Insured

Comprehensive Cholesterol Test Can Help Identify Patients At Risk of Heart Disease and Diabetes BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Feb. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Atherotech, Inc., a cardio-diagnostic company, today announced that the largest private insurers in Arizona as well as Medicare, Medi...

Thoratec Reports 10 Percent Increase in Fiscal 2007 Revenues; Fourth Quarter Revenues Largest in Company History

PLEASANTON, Calif., Feb. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Thoratec Corporation (Nasdaq: THOR ), a world leader in products to treat cardiovascular disease, today reported results for the fourth quarter and twelve months of fiscal 2007. For the fiscal year ended December 29, 2007, Thoratec Corpor...

ThermoGenesis Reports Record Quarterly Revenues of $7.2 Million; Full Year Revenues Increase 31 Percent

RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif., Sept. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ThermoGenesis Corp. (Nasdaq: KOOL ), a leading supplier of innovative products and services that process and store adult stem cells, today said that revenues in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2008 more than doubled over the same period a...

DuPont Reports First Quarter Earnings Growth of Over 20 Percent

Sales Increase 9 Percent with Strong Growth in Agriculture and Emerging Markets WILMINGTON, Del., April 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Highlights -- First quarter 2008 earnings were $1.31 per share compared to $1.01 in the prior year. Excluding a signifi...

Cord Blood America Reports $5.8 Million In Revenues In 2007, Up 74 Percent

LOS ANGELES, April 16 /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 internationa...

The Center for Molecular Medicine Doubles Lab Staff, Expands Lab Space by 100 Percent

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Jan. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- The Center for Molecular Medicine (CMM) today announced the hiring of two medical technologists and a scientist to support the expansion of the laboratory's clinical test menu and genomics services offerings. -- Jin He, who previously served as a ...

It's 99 percent certain: Research cannot rely on adult stem cells alone

Stem Cell MADISONIn the first debate of Wisconsin's U.S. Senate campaign, Republican Tim Michels dismissed scientific research using human embryonic stem cells as little more than an inconsequential sideshow. Michels said he supports the 99 percent of stem cell research that uses adult stem ce...

The 3 percent solution: Unpopular drug companies still push discovery

Madison, Wis. - John McNeish gives it a light-hearted spin when he talks about drug companies being one of the least trusted institutions in America. "The polls say only 3 percent of the people in the country have a favorable view of drug companies," Pfizer executive McNeish told a group of ...

Criticare reports 20.3 percent increase in sales

Waukesha, Wis . -- Criticare Systems, Inc. on Monday announced a 20.3 percent increase in sales during its recent fourth quarter - the first full quarter of production and shipment of its MRI monitor to its original equipment manufacturer partner. In reporting its year-end numbers, the company...

RedPrairie exec calls for 50 percent tax cut

Milwaukee, Wis. - Wisconsin can create a dynamic, creative economy in its largest city by dramatically cutting taxes and shedding its "welfare state" mentality, the leader of RedPrairie Corp. told a gathering of business executives. John Jazwiec, who earlier this year made headlines when he ...

Fiserv posts 30 percent quarterly loss

Brookfield, Wis. - Citing one-time gains due to Hurricane Katrina and other Gulf Coast storms in late 2005, Fiserv has reported a net loss of nearly $45 million, or 20 cents per share, for the fourth quarter of 2006. The information management services firm reported net income of $105.9 mill...

Musicnotes reports 45 percent growth in 2006

Madison, Wis. -The online music market continues to surge as Musicnotes, Inc. , a Madison company that provides downloadable sheet music, has announced that its sales increased 45 percent in 2006 to more than $5.5 million. The company, which posted its first full year operating profit in 2006...

National angel investment grew 11 percent in `06

The angel investor market is considered the spawning ground for the next wave of high-growth investments, and judging by the continued growth in the national angel market, a diversified range of opportunities await later-stage institutional investors. In its 2006 Angel Market Analysis , the Ce...

Rockwell Automation ups quarterly dividend by 36 percent

Milwaukee Rockwell Automation Inc. has increased the quarterly dividend on its common stock to 22.5 cents per share, up from 16.5 cents, effective May 16. Chairman and CEO Keith Nosbusch said the change reflected strong earnings and the board's confidence in the company's future. Rockwell ...

GE Healthcare third-quarter profits up 17 percent

Waukesha, Wis. -- Profits for General Electric Co.'s GE Healthcare division rose 17 percent for the third quarter behind an 8 percent growth in total orders, the company reported Friday. GE Healthcare -- the London-based parent of GE Healthcare Technologies in Waukesha -- reported revenue of...

Renaissance earnings down 46 percent

Wisconsin Rapids Even solid revenue growth could not prevent Renaissance Learning, Inc. from posting disappointing earnings during the first quarter of 2006, and as a result the company will drop some unprofitable education software programs, CEO Terrance D. Paul said Tuesday. Renaissance i...

Schering-Plough Shareholders Approve Merger With Merck

...oday regarding the proposed merger with Merck & Co., Inc. More than 99 percent of votes cast voted to approve the merger agreement, with more than 78 percent of common shares voting. "Today's vote by our shareholders reflects ...