The Law Offices of Brian D. Witzer Wins 6+ Million Dollar Verdict

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- A jury in Pasadena, California awarded over $6 million to an 82 year-old Chinese female immigrant who suffered Stevens-Johnson Syndrome/Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis after taking the drug Allopurinol. She alleged that the Defendant, an osteopathic p...

Brown engineering professor wins prestigious White House award

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] Rashid Zia, assistant professor of engineering, has been named one of this year's winners of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers. The White House named the latest group of winners this week. The PECASE award recognizes outstand...

CEM Wins Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award for the Sprint Rapid Protein Analyzer

MATTHEWS, N.C., June 22 /PRNewswire/ -- CEM Corporation has won a 2009 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award in the Greener Reaction Conditions category for its Sprint(TM) Rapid Protein Analyzer . The company will accept the award this evening during a ceremony at the Carnegie ...

Nanobiotech Center Wins $2.5 Million, 4-Year Grant

Triad-Based Center of Innovation To Commercialize NC's Nanobio Ideas RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., June 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The North Carolina Biotechnology Center has approved a four-year, $2.5 million grant for the Center of Innovation in Nanobiotechnology (COIN) to develop the co...

The Foundation for Biomedical Research Wins Telly Award for Majestic

Majestic is a groundbreaking film starring the top equine veterinarians whose research is extending the lives of horses and humans WASHINGTON, May 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today the Foundation for Biomedical Research (FBR) announced its feature film Majestic has won a Telly A...

Paragon Bioservices, Inc. Wins 2009 Lilly Global Supplier Award

BALTIMORE, May 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Paragon Bioservices, Inc., a contract research and manufacturing organization (CRO/CMO), has been awarded the coveted 2009 Lilly Global Supplier Award for exceptional performance in support of Lilly's strategic objectives. "It is a great honor to be recognize...

Syrinx Wins Contract with Leading Pharmaceutical Company for SharePoint 2007 Services

WALTHAM, Mass., May 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Syrinx Consulting Corporation , an IT consulting and software development firm that delivers easy-to-use .Net and SharePoint applications , announced today that it has signed a contract for approximately $100,000 with a leading biopharmaceutical company ...

Axial Biotech Wins 2009 Innovation Award for Biotechnology

Company recognized from more than 100 companies for innovative technology SALT LAKE CITY, May 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Axial Biotech, Inc., a company revolutionizing spine care through the development of molecular diagnostic technologies, was selected as the winner at the 9th Annual Utah Innovation ...

SynCo Bio Partners Wins Best Contract Manufacturing Organization 2009 ViE Award

AMSTERDAM, April 30 /PRNewswire/ -- SynCo Bio Partners B.V. (Amsterdam, The Netherlands), the cGMP manufacturer of clinical and commercial biopharmaceuticals, has won the Vaccine Industry Excellence (ViE) award for Best Contract Manufacturing Organization (CMO) 2009. This award was presented t...

HybridSPE(TM)-Precipitation Technology Wins SelectScience.net 2009 Scientists' Choice Award for Best New Separations Product in 2008

HybridSPE-Precipitation (HybridSPE-PPT) technology combines the simplicity of protein precipitation with the selectivity of SPE for the targeted removal of phospholipids and proteins from biological samples prior to LC-MS/MS analysis ST. LOUIS, April 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Supelco, a div...

Huntsman Innovation Wins Top Award at Paris JEC Show

BASEL, Switzerland, March 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Huntsman Advanced Materials, a division of Huntsman Corporation (NYSE: HUN ), today announced it was awarded the JEC Award for innovative materials at the JEC Show in Paris, France. Huntsman received the award for the innovative use of it...

Satyam Wins Consumer Health World Award for Tele-Ophthalmology Program

- Program provides eye exams and care for rural Indians - Leverages Satyam's earlier success with tele-EKGs HYDERABAD, India, March 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Satyam Computer Services Limited, (NYSE: SAY ) a leading global consulting and information technology services provider, ann...

Pioneer(R) Surgical Technology, Inc. Wins Frost & Sullivan's 2009 North American Orthopaedic Tissue Engineering Technology Innovation Award

MARQUETTE, Mich. and GREENVILLE, N.C., Feb. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Pioneer Surgical Technology, Inc., a leading innovator in the design and manufacture of spinal and orthopaedic implants, instruments and biologic products, today announced that it has won the prestigious Frost & Sullivan 2009 N...

Alkemists Labs Wins Nutrition Business Journal's 2008 Industry Growth Award

Maintaining growth in the face of a recession is no small feat for any company. Last year, Alkemists Labs reaped the benefit of what company Founder Sidney Sudberg called "being in the right place at the right time" and showed year over year sales growth of 105%. ...

DaVita Wins Gold in International Marketing and Communications Competition

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Jan. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- DaVita Inc., a leading provider of kidney care services for those diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and kidney failure, today announced DaVita's bi-annual publication, the DaVita Magazine - Stories of the DaVita Village, was prese...

Nikon Instruments Perfect Focus System Wins Second Place in The Scientist's Top Innovations of 2008 Award

MELVILLE, N.Y., Dec. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- A panel of expert judges selected Nikon Instruments, Inc.'s ( www.nikoninstruments.com ) Ti-E Perfect Focus System (PFS) as second place among the top ten in The Scientist's Top Innovations of 2008 Award, which recognizes winning combinations of invention,...

SMU chemist wins NSF early career award

DALLAS -- Southern Methodist University chemist Brent Sumerlin has earned a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award, given to junior faculty members who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars in American colleges and universities. Sumerlin, assistant professor in the ...

Oberon FMR Wins Top Prize at BioWest 2008 Venture Showcase Competition

Oberon FMR, Inc. was selected as the most promising biotech start-up company at the recent BioWest 2008 Venture Showcase Competition. Oberon, which uses a proprietary process to convert wastewater from food and beverage companies into a protein-rich ingredient for animal feed, was given top hono...

It's a Bug's Life, as Flawless Photo of Wasp Wins Worldwide Olympus BioScapes Competition : Winning Sure Doesn't Sting - Olympus BioScapes 2008 Competition

A luminous golden ‘fairy fly' that seems to defy gravity as it hovers with feathered wings against a dark background took top prize in the 2008 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition, the world's foremost forum for showcasing microscope photos and videos of life science subjects. Mr....

B. Braun Technology Wins Novation Specialty Infusion Pumps Contract Award

B. Braun Expands Contract Agreements to Include Specialty Pumps BETHLEHEM, Pa., Nov. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- B. Braun Medical Inc. (B. Braun) announced today it has signed a three-year agreement with Novation, the healthcare industry's leading contracting services company, to provide specialty inf...

Abbott's XIENCE V(TM) Drug Eluting Stent Wins Prestigious Chicago Innovation Award

Fourth Innovation Award for Abbott in Six Years Recognizes Breakthrough Treatment for the Most Common Form of Heart Disease ABBOTT PARK, Ill., Oct. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Abbott today announced it has received a 2008 Chicago Innovation Award for its XIENCE V(TM) Everolimus Eluting Coronar...

Wyeth Wins Philadelphia Diet Drug Trial Involving Claim of PPH

MADISON, N.J., Oct. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Wyeth (NYSE: WYE ) announced today that the jury in the case of Danny Crowder (Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Edna Faye Crowder) v. Wyeth in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas found in favor of Wyeth. "We believe this ...

Nanoscale carbon materials research wins the 2008 Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics

Dr. Phaedon Avouris of IBM and Professor Tony Heinz of Columbia University were presented with the 2008 Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics on 27 September 2008 during a day-long forum at Harvard University, attended by luminaries of the field. The Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics r...

Small Animal Imaging Market: Biospace Lab Wins Frost & Sullivan Accolade for Its Successful Product Line Strategy

LONDON and PARIS, Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2008 Frost & Sullivan European Preclinical Small Animal Imaging Product Line Strategy of the Year Award is presented to Biospace Lab for keeping abreast of market requirements with its strong product portfolio. The company's outstanding product line...

New, Fast Forensic Technology Wins R&D 100 Award

ALPHARETTA, Ga., Sept. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Identity Sciences, LLC (IDS), with its strategic science partner the Idaho National Laboratory (INL), has been awarded a 2008 R&D 100 Award for AbP ID(TM), a new groundbreaking forensic human identification test. The new product, scheduled to be availa...

Trubion Pharmaceuticals Wins Patent Opposition - Genentech / Biogen Idec European Patent Revoked

SEATTLE, Sept. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Trubion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: TRBN ), today announced that the Opposition Division (OD) of the European Patent Office (EPO) has revoked Genentech and Biogen Idec's European Patent 1176981, in its entirety. This patent was generally directed...

UT Knoxville Wins $16M Mathematics and Biology Center

KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Mathematicians and biologists from around the world will converge on the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, to take part in a new institute dedicated to finding creative solutions to pressing problems from animal disease to wildfire control...

US Oncology Pharmaceutical Distribution Service Wins National Safety Council Award

HOUSTON, Sept. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- US Oncology Specialty, LP, the state-of-the-art pharmaceutical distribution center of US Oncology, has received the Occupational Excellence Achievement Award from the National Safety Council for its outstanding safety achievements. The award is presented to c...

Xceed Ziplex(R) System for Automated Gene-Expression Analysis Wins 2008 R&D 100 Award

WELLESLEY, Mass., Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Xceed Molecular, a pioneer in the development of cost-effective, easy-to-use gene-expression analysis systems, announced that R&D Magazine has selected the company's Ziplex System as a recipient of the magazine's prestigious R&D 100 Award. Called the O...

CSC's DVC Wins $32.3 Million NIAID Contract to Establish Phase 1 Clinical Trial Unit

Quintiles Transnational Teams to Provide Clinical Research and Support FALLS CHURCH, Va., July 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CSC (NYSE: CSC ) announced today that DynPort Vaccine Company LLC (DVC), a CSC company, has received a contract from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Di...

WuXi PharmaTech (NYSE: WX) Wins the 2008 Frost & Sullivan Award for Best in Class Outsourced R&D in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology

SHANGHAI, China, July 11 /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 proudly announced that it has won the 2008 Frost & Sullivan ...

Angiotech wins before the UK House of Lords

VANCOUVER, July 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANPI , TSX: ANP), a global specialty pharmaceutical and medical device company, announced that yesterday, the highest court of the United Kingdom, the House of Lords, confirmed in a precedent-setting decision...

Concentric Wins Full-Service Professional Assignment From Biopharm Innovator Neuromed

NEW YORK, July 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Concentric Pharma Advertising, Inc., a five-year-old independent agency and one of the fastest growing in the field, has been selected by biopharmaceutical company Neuromed for U.S. professional communications supporting a developmental once-daily medication fo...

Oridion Wins 2008 Manufacturers Partnership Award From Independent Medical Distributor's Association

JERUSALEM and NEEDHAM, Massachusetts, June 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Oridion Systems Ltd. - (SWX: ORIDN) Oridion Medical, the leading developer and manufacturer of innovative capnography monitoring solutions, announced that it won the 2008 Manufacturers Partnership Award from IMDA, the asso...

Stem Cell Researcher Wins Award for Excellence for Work With the ImageStream(R) System

SEATTLE, June 11 /PRNewswire/ -- The International Society for Analytical Cytometry has bestowed its President's Award for Excellence on Dr. Ewa Zuba-Surma in recognition of her work on the discovery and characterization of embryonic-like stem cells. Dr. Zuba-Surma works at the Stem Cell Biolo...

Novare Surgical Wins Medical Design Excellence Award

RealHand(R) High Dexterity (HD) instruments recognized in premier program for the medical technology community CUPERTINO, Calif., June 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Novare Surgical Systems announced that the company's RealHand High Dexterity (HD) instruments were recognized with a 2008 Me...

Roskamp Institute Wins Grant for Lung Cancer Research

James & Esther King Biomedical Research Program Awards Peer-Reviewed Grant SARASOTA, Fla., June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- The Roskamp Institute (Roskamp) today announced it was awarded the Florida Department of Health and James & Esther King Biomedical Research Program, Small Business Technology Trans...

Touch Bionics wins the 2008 MacRobert Award - i-LIMB Hand recognised as the leading engineering innovation of the year

LIVINGSTON, Scotland, June 10 /PRNewswire/ - Touch Bionics, developer of the world's first commercially available bionic hand, announced today that the team behind the development of the i-LIMB Hand has won the 2008 Royal Academy of Engineering MacRobert Award, the UK's premier award for innov...

UCSB's Nakamura wins Prince of Asturias Award

Professor Shuji Nakamura, Director UC Santa Barbara's Solid-State Lighting and Energy Center, has been named a recipient of the 2008 Prince of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research. Each recipient of the prestigious award is presented with a medal and a Joan Miro sculpture commissio...

MEDRAD(R) XDS(TM) Extravasation Detector Wins Medical Design Excellence Award

Stellant(R) CT Injection System Technology Detects Extravasations during CT Contrast Injections WARRENDALE, Pa., May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- MEDRAD, INC., announced today that its XDS(TM) Extravasation Detector has received a 2008 Medical Design Excellence Award(R) (MDEA). Th...