Sigma-Aldrich Acquires ChemNavigator, Inc., to Provide Researchers With Industry-Leading Chemical Compound Selection and Procurement Services

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sigma-Aldrich(R) (Nasdaq: SIAL ) today announced the acquisition of cheminformatics company, ChemNavigator(R).com, Incorporated, a provider of leading discovery research informatics software tools used for design, selection and procureme...

Growing Midwestern Clinical Research Organization Selects OmniComm Systems to Provide eClinical Solutions for Phase IV Studies

FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla., July 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- OmniComm Systems, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: OMCM), a leader in integrated electronic data capture (EDC) solutions for clinical trials announced today that a growing US Clinical Research Organization (CRO) has selected OmniComm to pr...

Lexicon to Provide Clinical Pipeline Update and Report Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results on July 28, 2009

THE WOODLANDS, Texas, July 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: LXRX ) will release its second quarter 2009 financial results on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 before the financial markets open. Lexicon management will hold a conference call to dis...

Visage Imaging to Provide Visage(R) CS Enterprise Wide Advanced Visualization Solutions to Advanced Radiology Consultants

ANDOVER, Mass., June 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Visage Imaging(R), Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Pro Medicus Ltd. (ASX: PME), announced today it was selected by Advanced Radiology Consultants to provide its enterprise-wide Visage(R) CS. Based in southern Fairfield County, Connecticut, Advanced Ra...

New Study Funded By the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Finds Masimo SpCO(R) May Provide a Noninvasive Measure of Acute Asthma Severity in Children

Study Presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting by Vanderbilt University Researchers Shows a Statistically-Significant Association between SpCO and Measures of Lung Function IRVINE, Calif., May 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Masimo (Nasdaq: MASI ), the inventor of P...

Dalton Pharma Services and ProCitius Announce a Strategic Alliance to Provide Contract Chemistry Services

TORONTO, and CHENNAI, India, May 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Dalton Pharma Services and ProCitius Research jointly announce a strategic alliance created to provide clients with contract chemistry services of exceptional value. Global pharmaceutical companies, in order to maintain their discovery...

Ochsner and LSUHSC Partner to Provide Better Local Access to Comprehensive Cancer Care

Shared Physicians, Diagnosis, Locations, and Research Benefit Regional Cancer Patients NEW ORLEANS, April 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Ochsner Health System ( www.ochsner.org ) and LSU Health Sciences Center , New Orleans ( www.lsuhsc.edu ) have announced a partnership to better serve the r...

SeqWright Expands into the Genetically-Targeted Therapy Field by Partnering with PharmaGenoma to Provide Next-Generation Hair Loss Treatment Genetic Testing

HOUSTON, April 28 /PRNewswire/ -- SeqWright Inc., a CLIA certified and GLP compliant provider of custom genomic and molecular biology services, announced today its entry into the genetically-targeted therapy field through its partnership with PharmaGenoma. SeqWright will be the exclusive genetic ...

Onyx Pharmaceuticals Announces a Teleconference and Webcast to Provide an Update on Nexavar

EMERYVILLE, Calif., April 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ONXX ) today announced that it will host a teleconference and webcast on Monday, April 27, 2009, at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time (5:00 a.m. Pacific Time) to provide an update on Nexavar(R) (sorafenib) tablets. ...

Lexicon to Provide Clinical Pipeline Update and Report First Quarter 2009 Financial Results on April 28, 2009

Conference Call and Webcast to Follow THE WOODLANDS, Texas, April 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: LXRX ) will release its first quarter 2009 financial results on Tuesday, April 28, 2009 before the financial markets open. Lexicon management will hold a co...

Healthplace America Engages Robert A. Yungk to Provide Services as Chief Strategy Officer

Mr. Yungk to Direct Strategic Development of the Company's National Network of Medical Provider Best Practice Leaders LISLE, Ill., April 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Healthplace America, the country's first and only Surgery Benefit Management(TM) solution company, is engaging the services of Robert A. Y...

BioDuro and Roche Expand Strategic Collaboration to Provide Drug Discovery Services

BEIJING, April 6 /PRNewswire/ -- BioDuro announced today that they have entered into a strategic partnership with Roche to support discovery phase research efforts at Roche's global research sites. BioDuro will provide research services in the areas of discovery chemistry and biology, which can he...

MedTrust Online and Scottsdale Clinical Research Institute at Scottsdale Healthcare Announce Collaboration to Provide Cutting Edge Technology to Improve Patient Care

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., April 6 /PRNewswire/ -- MedTrust Online, announced today a strategic partnership with Scottsdale Clinical Research Institute (SCRI) at Scottsdale Healthcare to provide Arizona oncologists with cutting edge knowledge discovery and collaboration tools at www.oncocentric.com . ...

Company to Provide Technology Platform for Digital Data Collection of Computerized Patient Records

Company Digital Data Collection sensor, software, and process platform intended to meet the needs of the Obama administration's Health Technology Plan. Aliso Viejo, California (PRWEB) March 29, 2009 -- Applied Technology Holdings, Inc. (ATH) revealed it's plans today to...

Amniotic Fluid May Provide New Source of Stem Cells for Future Therapies

WASHINGTON, March 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- For the first time, scientists have shown that amniotic fluid (the protective liquid surrounding an embryo) may be a potential new source of stem cells for therapeutic applications. The study was prepublished online on February 12, 2009, in Blood , ...

MMR and Dancing Paws to Participate in Joint Sales Effort to Provide Personal Health Records for Pets

Companies Will Offer a Personal Health Record and A Year's Supply of Breathalicious to Keep 'First Puppy' Healthy and Kissably Sweet at the White House LOS ANGELES, March 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MMR Information Systems, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: FVRL), which through its wholly-owned oper...

NanoLogix Adds Noted Journalist Bill Scanlon to Provide Media Relations

HUBBARD, Ohio, March 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NanoLogix announces that veteran journalist Bill Scanlon has joined the company to coordinate publicity in advance of major news. Scanlon's addition to the staff marks a significant evolution in the company's information flow to investors and medi...

Osteotech Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2008 Financial Results; Company Plans Three Product Launches and Unveilings in 2009; Will Provide 2009 Guidance During Conference Call on March 5, 2009 at 9:00 a.m. EST

EATONTOWN, N.J., March 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Osteotech, Inc. (Nasdaq: OSTE ), a leader in the emerging field of biologic products for regenerative healing, today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2008. "The last twelve months were an im...

OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals to Webcast Financial Results for Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2008 and Provide Outlook for 2009

BOTHELL, WA and VANCOUVER, March 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: OGXI ) announced today that the Company's fourth quarter and fiscal year 2008 financial results will be released on Wednesday, March 11, 2009, and that the Company will host a conference call and...

Schering-Plough Announces Collaboration With World Health Organization to Provide Access to Pandemic Influenza Vaccine Technology to Developing Countries

KENILWORTH, N.J. and BOXMEER, Netherlands, Feb. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Schering-Plough Corporation (NYSE: SGP ) today announced a license agreement between Nobilon, Schering-Plough's human vaccine business unit, and the World Health Organization (WHO) to provide access to pandemic influenz...

Adolor Corporation to Host Investor Conference Call to Report 2008 Financials and Provide an Update on the Launch of ENTEREG(R) (alvimopan)

- Conference Call Scheduled for February 25, 2009, 5:00 p.m. U.S. ET - EXTON, Pa., Feb. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Adolor Corporation (Nasdaq: ADLR ) today announced that it will hold a conference call at 5:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday, February 25, 2009 to discuss fourth quarter and year...

Yongye Biotechnology to Host 'Virtual Retail Road Show' to Provide Overview of the Company in English and Mandarin

BEIJING, Feb. 14 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Yongye Biotechnology International, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: YGYB; "Yongye" or the "Company"), a leading developer, producer and distributor of nutrients for plants and animals, located in the People's Republic of China, today announced that the Com...

Biotechnology Value Fund, L.P. Requests Avigen Board to Provide Critical Information to Stockholders

Raises Questions to be Addressed by Board and Management on Avigen's February 11, 2009 Conference Call SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Biotechnology Value Fund, L.P. ("BVF"), today called for the management of Avigen, Inc. (Nasdaq: AVGN ) to address certain fundamental questions BV...

Perceptive Informatics Enters License Agreement With EuroQoL Group to Provide Enhanced Standardization for ePRO Solution

BOSTON, Jan. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Perceptive Informatics, the industry's leading eClinical solutions provider and a subsidiary of PAREXEL International Corporation (Nasdaq: PRXL ), today announced that it has entered into a license agreement with the EuroQoL Group. The license allows ...

HUYA Bioscience Announces Agreement to Provide Schering-Plough With Drug Development Candidates From China

Collaboration will leverage HUYA's growing Chinese bioscience network SAN DIEGO, Dec. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- HUYA Bioscience International, a leader in US/China pharmaceutical co-development, today announced an agreement with Schering-Plough Corporation's subsidiary, N.V. Organon. Schering-Pl...

Stem Cell Sciences Signs Service Agreement With Pfizer to Provide Access to Proprietary Technologies and Methods

CAMBRIDGE, England, November 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Stem Cell Sciences plc (AIM:STEM, ASX:STC), a company focused on the commercialisation of stem cells and stem cell technologies, has signed a Master Service Agreement of up to five years with Pfizer Limited, the UK operating unit of the glo...

Fingerprints provide clues to more than just identity

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Fingerprints can reveal critical evidence, as well as an identity, with the use of a new technology developed at Purdue University that detects trace amounts of explosives, drugs or other materials left behind in the prints. The new technology also can distinguish between...

Cadence Pharmaceuticals to Host Conference Call and Webcast to Discuss Third Quarter 2008 Financial Results and Provide a Clinical Program Update on November 6, 2008

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cadence Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: CADX ), a biopharmaceutical company focused on in-licensing, developing and commercializing proprietary product candidates principally for use in the hospital setting, today announced that it will release its ...

Teva and Barr Provide Update on Acquisition

- Barr Announces Debt Amendment - Teva Announces Sufficient Funds to Complete Acquisition JERUSALEM, Israel and MONTVALE, N.J., Oct. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Nasdaq: TEVA ) and Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: BRL ) announced today that Barr and ...

New Clinical Studies Presented at the American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA) Annual Meeting Show Masimo Technologies Provide Advanced Clinical Intelligence

Masimo's Commercial Exhibit Draws More Than 2,500 Conference Attendees IRVINE, Calif., Oct. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Masimo, the inventor of Pulse CO-Oximetry(TM) and Measure-Through Motion and Low Perfusion pulse oximetry, announced today that 13 new independent and objective clinical st...

LI-COR Biosciences and Euthanex Corporation Provide Anesthesia System for Small Animal Imaging

LINCOLN, Neb., Oct. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- LI-COR(R) Biosciences in partnership with Euthanex Corporation announces the addition of an anesthesia system to LI-COR's small animal imaging platforms. The standard anesthesia system includes all the hardware components required to connect to the Pearl ...

Netsmart Technologies Selected by City and County of San Francisco to Provide Integrated Behavioral Healthcare Software System

Netsmart Software Will Provide Common Platform for Consistent Electronic Health Record for All Citizens Using City and County Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services GREAT RIVER, N.Y., Oct. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Netsmart Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of enterprise-wide software and ...

Millstone Medical Outsourcing Acquires New Facility to Accommodate Growing Business, Provide Additional Clean Room Capacity

FALL RIVER, Mass., Oct. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Millstone Medical Outsourcing announced today that the company acquired a new facility in Fall River, MA, to accommodate growing business with new and existing customers and to allow for additional clean room operations. The new facility, located at 58...

Upcoming 'Energy Psychology' Event in Chapel Hill Will Provide Training in New Breakthrough 'Do It Yourself' Healing

Patients Describe Their Life-Changing Results CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Oct. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Seasoned psychologists are moving beyond classic "talk therapy" with a dynamic new set of natural treatment techniques that are providing stunning results -- especially with chronic health cond...

WuXi PharmaTech (NYSE:WX) Maintains Original Strategy to Provide Toxicology Services in China

SHANGHAI, China, Sept. 29 /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, announced today that it will no longer pursue a 50-50 joint ventu...

Pigs bred with cystic fibrosis provide model to mimic human disease

COLUMBIA, Mo. Cystic Fibrosis (CF) continues to be a lethal disease for humans despite the identification of the problematic gene two decades ago. Many humans born with CF the most common genetic disease in Caucasians - often die because of a lung disease developed later. Scientists have been un...

Napo Pharmaceuticals Will Provide Pediatric Formulation of Crofelemer at Cost to Developing Nations to Help Treat Life-Threatening Diarrhoel Diseases (Subject to FDA Approval)

Total Value of the Commitment to the CGI is an Estimated $210 Million Crofelemer, Once Approved for Children, Could Aid in Treating Diarrhoel Diseases That Kill An Estimated 2.5 million Children Each Year NEW YORK, Sept. 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Napo Pharmaceuticals, Inc., ("Napo") of...

Fingerprints provide clues to more than just identity

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Fingerprints can reveal critical evidence, as well as an identity, with the use of a new technology developed at Purdue University that detects trace amounts of explosives, drugs or other materials left behind in the prints. The new technology also can distinguish between...

Satyam Partners with Oracle to Provide Clinical Development Applications

-- Global Certified Advantage Partnership streamlines management of patient data collected during clinical trials HYDERABAD, India, Sept. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Satyam Computer Services Ltd. (NYSE: SAY ), a leading global consulting and information technology services prov...

Amylin Pharmaceuticals and Eli Lilly Provide Context for FDA Alert for BYETTA

SAN DIEGO and INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMLN ) and Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY ) in a conference call today provided context and additional information regarding the August 18, 2008 U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updat...