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EANS-News: Alapis Announces its Share Capital Increase to Raise c. EUR 451.1 million

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Boston Scientific to Participate in BMO Capital Markets Health Care Conference

NATICK, Mass., Aug. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX ) is scheduled to participate in the BMO Capital Markets 9(th) Annual Focus on Health Care Conference, August 5. Ray Elliott, President and Chief Executive Officer, will make a 20-minute presenta...

Osteotech to Present at the BMO Capital Markets 9th Annual Focus on Healthcare Conference

EATONTOWN, N.J., July 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Osteotech, Inc. (Nasdaq: OSTE ), a leader in the emerging field of biologic products for regenerative healing, announced today that its management team is scheduled to present at the BMO Capital Markets 9th Annual Focus on Healthcare Confer...

Arena Pharmaceuticals to Present at the BMO Capital Markets 9th Annual Focus on Healthcare Conference

SAN DIEGO, July 30, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARNA ) announced today that the company is scheduled to present at the BMO Capital Markets 9th Annual Focus on Healthcare Conference on August 5, 2009 at 2:15 p.m. Eastern Time (11:15 a.m. Pa...

NuVasive to Present at the BMO Capital Markets 9th Annual Focus on Healthcare Conference

SAN DIEGO, July 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NuVasive, Inc. (Nasdaq: NUVA ), a medical device company focused on developing products for minimally disruptive surgical treatments for the spine, announced today that Patrick Williams, Vice President of Finance and Investor Relations, is s...

Zimmer Holdings to Present at BMO Capital Markets Ninth Annual Focus on Healthcare Conference

WARSAW, Ind., July 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ZMH ; SWX: ZMH) announced today it will be participating in the BMO Capital Markets Ninth Annual Focus on Healthcare Conference in New York, New York, on August 5, 2009, at 10:15 a.m. Eastern Time. A live we...

Bionovo to Present at the BMO Capital Markets Ninth Annual Focus on Healthcare Conference

EMERYVILLE, Calif., July 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Bionovo, Inc. (Nasdaq: BNVI ), a drug discovery and development company focused on the unmet needs in women's health and oncology, today announced that Dr. Mary Tagliaferri, President and Chief Medical Officer, and Tom Chesterman, S...

STAAR Surgical to Present at BMO Capital Markets 9th Annual Focus on Healthcare Conference in New York

MONROVIA, Calif., July 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- STAAR Surgical Company (Nasdaq: STAA ), a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of minimally invasive ophthalmic products, today announced that Barry G. Caldwell, President and Chief Executive Officer will present at the B...

DURECT to Present at the BMO Capital Markets Healthcare Conference

CUPERTINO, Calif., July 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- DURECT Corporation (Nasdaq: DRRX ) announced today that Matthew Hogan, Chief Financial Officer, will be presenting at the BMO Capital Markets 9th Annual Focus on Healthcare Conference on Wednesday, August 5 at 4:00 pm Eastern Time. ...

Genstar Capital Portfolio Company Univita Health Completes Debt Financing

SAN FRANCISCO, July 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Genstar Capital, LLC, a middle market private equity firm that focuses on investments in selected segments of the industrial technology, life sciences, healthcare services, business services and software services industries, today announced that its...

Transcept Pharmaceuticals to Present at BMO Capital Markets Healthcare Conference on August 5, 2009

RICHMOND, Calif., July 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Transcept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: TSPT ), a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of proprietary products that address important therapeutic needs in the field of neuroscience, a...

MVP Health Care Makes List of Capital Region's Fastest-Growing Companies

SCHENECTADY, N.Y., July 16 /PRNewswire/ -- MVP Health Care was recently ranked as the fourth fastest-growing company by The Business Review in the July 3-10, 2009 edition. The ranking is based on Capital Region revenue changes between 2004 and 2008. MVP has seen as increase of 160...

New Fertility Financing for Donated Eggs Fills Void Left by Capital One

PHOENIX, July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Just weeks after the nation's largest financier of fertility treatments closed its health care lending, The World Egg Bank (TWEB) today announced a new loan program for women planning to have a child through donated eggs. Offered th...

Healthy Directions, LLC, Parent Companies American Securities and ACI Capital Acquire Natural Solutions Magazine and Parent Company InnoVision Health Media

Healthy Directions, LLC is happy to announce that its parent companies have recently acquired Boulder, Colo.-based InnoVision Health Media, the parent company of Natural Solutions: Vibrant Health, Balanced Living magazine. Potomac, MD (PRWEB) June 25, 2009-- Healthy Di...

MedAssets Awards MEDmarketplace.com Contract for Idle Capital Equipment, Hospital Equipment and Supplies

FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla., June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- MEDmarketplace.com announced that it has been awarded a purchasing agreement by MedAssets Supply Chain Systems, effective June 1, 2009. MEDmarketplace.com, headquartered in Florida, provides a Web-based exchange for buying and selling of unused and ...

Endologix Announces Live Web Cast of Presentation in SMH Capital Small Cap Spotlight on June 17, 2009 at 4:15 p.m. ET

IRVINE, Calif., June 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Endologix, Inc. (Nasdaq: ELGX ), developer of minimally invasive treatments for aortic disorders, today announced that John McDermott, President and CEO, is scheduled to deliver a presentation to the investment community on Wednesday, June 17, 20...

Pulmo BioTech Inc. Announces Fund Raising Agreement with Moody Capital Solutions, Inc.

NEW YORK, June 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pulmo BioTech Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: PLMO; Frankfort Borse: PBO) has announced that it has entered into an exclusive agreement with Moody Capital Solutions, Inc. to secure up to $7.5 million in funding to enable the company to complete Phase II/III ...

Xanodyne Announces Appointment of Mr. Vaughn M. Kailian of MPM Capital to the Board of Directors

NEWPORT, Ky., June 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Xanodyne Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Vaughn M. Kailian to the Company's Board of Directors. Mr. Kailian is currently Managing Director of MPM Capital and brings extensive commercial and general management experience to X...

Scient'x Groupe, S.A. Announces Completion of Credit Facility and Incremental Capital Infusion

PARIS, June 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Scient'x Groupe, S.A. ("Scient'x" or the "Company") announced today that it has closed a combined growth credit facility with Oxford Credit Corporation and an incremental equity investment by the Company's principal shareholder, HealthpointCapital, LLC. The total cre...

EngagementHealth(R) Launches Comprehensive Wellness Program with RMB Capital Management

CHICAGO and WESTCHESTER, Ill., June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- RMB Capital Management, an independent, registered investment advisor providing asset management and financial advisory services for individual and institutional investors, and EngagementHealth, LLC., an innovator in employer wellness programs,...

The Most Fragile Babies in the Nation's Capital Have a New Home

Children's National Moves Newborn into State-of-the-Art Neonatal Intensive Care Unit WASHINGTON, May 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Twenty-nine fragile newborns have a new home at Children's National Medical Center. The new, state-of-the-art Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) opened Sunday, ...

Paul Capital Healthcare to Participate in Panel on Non-Traditional Forms of Financing

NEW YORK and ATLANTA, May 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Paul Capital Healthcare today announced that New York-based partner, John Leone, will participate in a panel on non-traditional forms of financing at the 2009 BIO International Convention. Designed to familiarize participants with how to evaluate non-d...

Universal Capital Management Reports Vystar(TM) Corporation Receives FDA Clearance for Envy(TM) Natural Rubber Latex Condom Made with Vytex(TM) NRL

WILMINGTON, Del., May 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Universal Capital Management, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: UCMT), a Wilmington, Delaware business development company that provides management and strategic growth resources to emerging growth companies, is pleased to report that Vystar(TM) Corporatio...

Top 10 Hospital Technologies: C-Suite Watch List for 2009 and Beyond; Exclusive Insight on Critical Capital Decisions in ECRI Institute White Paper Available for Free Download

PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., May 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- ECRI Institute ( www.ecri.org ), an independent nonprofit that researches the best approaches to improving patient care, reveals its top 10 list of health technologies that hospital c-suite executives should have on their radar now. The jus...

Georgetown's Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Capital Breast Care Center Pound the Pavement to Save Lives

Team Awarded $750,000 by Avon Foundation for Breast Cancer Awareness WASHINGTON, May 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Team leaders, Jeanne Mandelblatt, MD, MPH, and Harriet Weiner have joined 21 other dedicated women from the metro region to walk to raise funds and awareness of breast cancer. The...

Lombardi Cancer Center and the Capital Breast Care Center awarded $750,000 from the AVON Foundation

What: Georgetown's Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center and Capital Breast Care Center to be awarded $750,000 for its mission of providing breast cancer screening to underserved women at the annual Avon Walk for Breast Cancer in Washington, DC. This is the second year the AVON Foundation has recog...

Community Approach Necessary For Affordable Long-Term Care, Says NCB Capital Impact

WASHINGTON, April 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In light of protests in Washington urging inclusion of the Community Choice Act in health care reform efforts, NCB Capital Impact points to the success of existing community-based, affordable long-term supports models as examples of what is possibl...

Costs for Most Types of Long Term Care in the Nation's Capital Growing Faster than Inflation, According to Annual Genworth Financial Study

Study Gives Capital-Area Residents Access to Nursing Home, Assisted Living, Home Care and Adult Day Health Care Costs in Nearly Every Zip Code Throughout the District of Columbia RICHMOND, Va., April 30 /PRNewswire/ -- The cost of most types of long term care in the District of Columbia is...

NBTY to Webcast Presentation at Barclays Capital 2009 Retail And Restaurants Conference

RONKONKOMA, N.Y., April 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NBTY, Inc. (NYSE: NTY ) ( www.NBTY.com ), a leading global manufacturer and marketer of nutritional supplements, today announced that it will web cast the presentation by Harvey Kamil, President and Chief Financial Officer of NBTY, at the ...

Anchor Capital Calls on BioScrip Board to Pursue Cost Reductions While Exploring Strategic Sale to Unlock Shareholder Value

Argues That Best Opportunity to Maximize Shareholder Value Is Through A Sale to A Strategic Acquirer. RALEIGH, N.C., April 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Anchor Capital, a stockholder of BioScrip, Inc. (Nasdaq: BIOS ), announced today that it has sent a letter to the Board of Directors of BioScrip in...

Versailles Group Announces Accentus, Inc. Acquired by High Road Capital Partners

BOSTON, April 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Versailles Group, Ltd. ( http://www.versaillesgroup.com ) announced today Accentus, Inc. ( http://www.accentus.ca ) has been acquired by High Road Capital Partners ( http://www.highroadcap.com ) of New York. Based in Ottawa, Ontario, Accentus is th...

IPRO Honors Upper Capital Region Health Care Providers

LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., April 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- IPRO is honoring a select group of health care providers in the Upper Capital Region who have signed on to a three-year project aimed at making dramatic improvements in care transitions and reducing avoidable readmissions to hospitals. The pro...

Universal Capital Management Reports Top Delaware Surgeon to Join Advisory Board

WILMINGTON, Del., April 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Universal Capital Management, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: UCMT), a Wilmington, Delaware business development company that provides management and strategic growth resources to emerging growth companies, is pleased to report the addition of Jonathan...

Management Health Solutions, Inc. Procures Key Funding from Eastward Capital Partners

Management Health Solutions, Inc. (MHS), a leading provider of clinical supply chain management solutions to the health care industry, has secured key funding from Eastward Capital Partners, it was announced today by William Zierolf, Chief Executive Officer of MHS. www.MHSINC.com ...

Bionovo to Present at the Cambria Capital Investor Meeting

EMERYVILLE, Calif., April 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Bionovo, Inc. (Nasdaq: BNVI ), a leader in the discovery and development of safe and effective drugs in the areas of women's health and cancer, is scheduled to present at the Cambria Capital Investor Meeting in Salt Lake City on April 9, 200...

Houlihan Smith to Host Illinois Venture Capital Association Luncheon Seminar on Midwest Healthcare Investing

CHICAGO, April 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Houlihan Smith & Company, Inc. will host an upcoming Illinois Venture Capital Association luncheon seminar on "Healthcare Investing: Midwest Home-Grown Successes." The event will be held at the UBS Tower, One North Wacker Drive in Chicago, at 11:30 a...

MGT Capital Investments, Inc. Reports Fiscal 2008 Financial Results and Provides an Update on Recent Developments

NEW YORK, April 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MGT Capital Investments, Inc. (NYSE AMEX: MGT ), a holding company, today reported financial results for the year ended December 31, 2008 and provided an update on strategic milestones. For the year ended December 31, 2008 MGT Capital Inve...

Golub Capital Provides Debt Financing to Support the Acquisition of Network Express, Inc., by Ace Expediters, Inc.

NEW YORK, March 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Golub Capital today announced that it has provided a $27.5 million senior credit facility and equity to support the acquisition of Network Express, Inc., by Ace Expediters, Inc., a portfolio company of Atlantic Street Capital. The combination of Ace Expedit...

ReGear Life Sciences Closes $2.5 Million in Series A Financing Following $1M Investment by Stonewood Capital Management, Inc.

PITTSBURGH, March 24 /PRNewswire/ -- ReGear Life Sciences, makers of the ReBound(TM) Therapeutic Warming System, a revolutionary form of radio-frequency (RF) diathermy, today announced that it has closed a $2.5M Series A financing round following a $1M investment by Stonewood Capital Management, I...

Elekta Finds New Interest in Leasing Solutions as Hospitals Debate Capital Purchases

Leases Offer Access to Leading-Edge Equipment without Affecting Balance Sheet ATLANTA, March 20 /PRNewswire/ -- In a time when the economy seems down for the count, hospitals and healthcare centers are finding themselves in the same position as other businesses and even homeowners - the lack ...