Initial in Medical News

Emdeon Inc. Commences U.S. Initial Public Offering of Class A Common Stock

NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Emdeon Inc. (the "Company") today announced the launch of its initial public offering in the United States of 21,450,000 shares of its Class A common stock. Of the shares being offered, 10,725,000 are being offered by the Company and 10,725,000 a...

Vitamin Shoppe Files Registration Statement for Initial Public Offering of Common Stock

NORTH BERGEN, N.J., July 23 /PRNewswire/ -- VS Holdings, Inc. (the "Company"), the parent of Vitamin Shoppe Industries Inc., today announced that it has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission relating to a proposed initial public offer...

New York City's World Product Centre Announces Initial Charter Partners

Future Midtown Manhattan healthcare center offers a highly visible, neutral and transparent platform for healthcare industry to conduct commerce, host educational events, clinical training, and leverage unique facilities and resources to collaborate NEW YORK, July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- World Prod...

Amira Pharmaceuticals Announces Initial Positive Phase 1 Clinical Data for AM211, a Novel Product Candidate for the Treatment of Respiratory Diseases

Results Demonstrate Positive Proof of Mechanism SAN DIEGO, June 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Amira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today initial positive data from a Phase 1 clinical study of AM211, the company's oral selective antagonist of the DP2 (also known as CRTH2) receptor. The interim resu...

MIT is pleased to announce that it has signed the Joint Venture agreement with its Chinese partners and has received an initial order of 120 units for Animal vaccination

DENVER, CO, May 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Medical International Technology Inc. (MDLH. PK) ( http://www.mitcanada.ca http://www.mitinvest.ca ), MIT is pleased to announce that it has signed the Joint Venture Agreement with its Chinese partners. MIT president Mr. Karim Menassa has returne...

National Multiple Sclerosis Society Commends President Obama's Initial Steps in Removing the Bans on Embryonic Stem Cell Research

NEW YORK, March 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Multiple Sclerosis Society is a driving force in creating a world free of MS. To advance this goal, the Society continues to seek ways to prevent, slow the progression or repair the effects of MS. One channel is by supporting scientifica...

Hard To Treat Diseases (HTDS) Announces Initial Research Results on Potential MS Therapy

Research results with animal testing encouraging BELGRADE, Serbia, Feb. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Hard to Treat Diseases (HTDS) www.htdsmedical.com announced the results of preliminary testing of a potential treatment for Multiple Sclerosis. Testing involved the use of a combination of d...

Tianyin Pharmaceutical Co., Inc. Begins Initial Share Buyback under its Repurchase Program

CHENGDU, China, Jan. 30 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Tianyin Pharmaceutical, Co., Inc. (NYSE Alternext: TPI), a manufacturer and supplier of modernized traditional Chinese medicine ("TCM") based in Chengdu, China, today announced that the Company has begun the initial purchase of shares unde...

Johnson & Johnson Completes Initial Tender Offer for Mentor Corporation with 92.9% of Shares Tendered

- Johnson & Johnson Will Commence Subsequent Offering Period NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., Jan. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ ) today announced that the initial tender offer, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Maple Merger Sub, Inc., for all outstanding shares ...

Grifols Celebrates Initial Construction of New IVIG Facility with Los Angeles Officials and Dignitaries

Grifols welcomes Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Cal State LA President James Rosser, Councilman Hose Huizar, patient representatives and other dignitaries for the construction dedication ceremony of its new IVIG facility. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Grifols SA (Grifol...

MARC Coalition Holds Initial Meeting With CMS; Announces New Members

Positive agency reception sets stage for productive partnership BALTIMORE, Jan. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- The Medicare Advocacy Recovery Coalition (MARC), a broad-based group to advocate for Medicare Secondary Payor reform, laid the groundwork for improving the Medicare Secondary Payor process follow...

Lilly Announces Major Donation of Insulin to International Diabetes Federation's Life for a Child Program; Initial Focus Will Be on Sub-Saharan Africa

Donation of more than 800,000 insulin vials to provide free life-saving medicine to an estimated 24,000 children over four years INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Eli Lilly and Company today announced it intends to donate more than 800,000 vials of insulin to the Internati...

HMS Holdings Corp. Announces Q3 2008 Results, 2008 Revised Guidance and Initial 2009 Guidance

- Q3 2008 Revenue of $49 million (+30%y/y), EPS $0.23 (+44% y/y) - 2008 EPS Guidance Increased to $0.77 from $0.75 (+35% y/y) - 2009 Initial EPS Guidance of $0.96 NEW YORK, Oct. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- HMS Holdings Corp. (Nasdaq: HMSY) today announced its financi...

Response Biomedical Completes Initial Closing of an expected $5.0 Million Financing

VANCOUVER, Oct. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Response Biomedical Corporation (TSX: RBM, OTCBB: RPBIF) (the "Company") today announced that it has completed an initial closing of the financing announced on October 14, 2008 and amended on October 17, 2008, raising gross proceeds of $4.66 million....

Nanobiotix and BiotechCorp Announce Initial Focus of Their Collaboration: P-O-C Diagnostics and Drug Delivery Systems for Tropical Diseases, Such as Malaria

Nanobiotix, an emerging nanomedicine company focused on cancer therapy, announced today that the Company and its partner, Malaysian Biotechnology Corporation Sdn Bhd (BiotechCorp), will initially focus their collaboration on developing point-of-care (P-O-C) diagnostics and drug delivery systems f...

Rivulet Communications Announces New Technical Advisory Board and Initial Board Appointments

Rivulet's flawless video transmission will enable advances in telemedicine and the digital marketplace, board members say HERNDON, Va., Sept. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Rivulet Communications, whose technology enables medical, government and media customers to flawlessly transport high-band...

AutoGenomics, Inc. Files Registration Statement for Initial Public Offering

CARLSBAD, Calif., July 25 /PRNewswire/ -- AutoGenomics, Inc. today announced that it has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to the proposed initial public offering of shares of its common stock. The number of shares of common stock t...

Economist Finds Highmark/IBC Merger Would Result in 70 Percent Share in Pennsylvania, Far Higher Than Initial Reports

HARRISBURG, Pa., July 8 /PRNewswire/ -- An economist examining the proposed merger of Highmark, Inc. and Independence Blue Cross testified today that the combined companies would have a market share far greater than has been represented so far. According to testimony presented to the Pennsylva...

Genomma Lab Prices Initial Public Offering and Begins Trading on Mexican Stock Exchange

MEXICO CITY, June 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Genomma Lab Internacional, S.A.B. de C.V. (BMV: LAB) ("Genomma" or "the Company") today announced the pricing of its initial public offering. The offering consisted of 130,869,566 series B shares; 73.5% was placed with international investors and ...

New model predicts whether patients will be free of renal cancer 12 years after initial treatment

DALLAS June 2, 2008 A UT Southwestern Medical Center physician and other researchers have developed a unique statistical model that predicts the probability of a patient being cancer free 12 years after initial surgical treatment. The model, known as a nomogram, uses tumor and patient charac...

Medipacs Initial Financing

TUCSON, Ariz., May 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Medipacs, Inc., a Tucson, Arizona based medical device company, announced today that is has secured an initial financial investment of $1.65 million. The financing has been provided by Mesa Verde Venture Partners and other investors in Tucson, San Diego, P...

Innolife Pharma Provides Initial Update on Negotiations for Significant Product Joint Venture

MARKHAM, ON, May 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Innolife Pharma, Inc. (Other OTC:INNP.PK - News) has been in discussion over the previous eight months regarding the formation of a joint venture partnership. INNP has reached a point in these negotiations where final written terms have been submitt...

Thermage, Inc. Announces Initial Shipments of Cellulite Product

HAYWARD, Calif., March 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Thermage, Inc. (Nasdaq: THRM ), a leader in non-invasive tissue tightening in the aesthetic industry, today announced it has begun initial shipments of its ThermaTip(TM) CL treatment tips for use in the Company's cellulite procedure. The pro...

MHA Announces Initial Results of the Specialty Pharmacy Member Profile Initiative

FLORHAM PARK, N.J., March 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Managed Health Care Associates, Inc. (MHA) is pleased to announce the initial results of its Specialty Pharmacy Member Profile initiative. MHA, the largest alternate site GPO in the country, has been building a strong foundation related to contracti...

Perrigo Company Announces Initial Shipments of Store Brand Omeprazole Tablets

ALLEGAN, Mich., March 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Perrigo Company (Nasdaq: PRGO ; TASE) today announced that it has begun shipping 20 mg Omeprazole delayed released tablets to its retail customers. This product delivers the same medicine at the same dose as Prilosec OTC(R). Under terms of an ...

Harman/Becker Automotive Systems Completes Initial Deployments of Visiprise Integrated Manufacturing Execution

Leading high-end 'infotainment' systems manufacturer to manage global manufacturing operations with Visiprise Manufacturing ATLANTA, Feb. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Visiprise, Inc., a leader in integrated manufacturing execution (MES) solutions today announced Harman/Becker Automotive Systems...

IPC The Hospitalist Company, Inc. Prices Initial Public Offering

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Jan. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IPC The Hospitalist Company, Inc. (Nasdaq: IPCM ), a leading provider of hospitalist services, announced yesterday the initial public offering of 5,200,000 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $16.00 per share. The C...

Accuro Healthcare Solutions, Inc. Files Registration Statement for Proposed Initial Public Offering

DALLAS, Jan. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Accuro Healthcare Solutions, Inc. announced today it has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to a proposed initial public offering of its common stock. The number of shares to be offered and the price range for the...

QLT Inc. announces initial steps in strategic restructuring

VANCOUVER, Jan. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - QLT Inc. (NASDAQ: QLTI; TSX: QLT) today announced that following a months-long business and portfolio review, the Board of Directors has decided to implement several new initiatives designed to enhance shareholder value. These initiatives include...

Alma Lasers Announces Proposed Initial Public Offering

BUFFALO GROVE, Ill., Jan. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Alma Lasers Ltd. ("Alma Lasers") announced today that it has filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission relating to its proposed underwritten initial public offering of its ordinary shares. The initial public of...

HearAtLast Announces Completion of Initial Private Placement Financing Totaling US $1,000,000

TORONTO, Nov. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- (OTC Pinksheets: HRAL)- HearAtLast Holdings, Inc. announced today that it has completed a US $1 million private placement of its restricted common stock. On November 2, 2007, the Company closed its initial round of private equity financing since going...

Virtual Radiologic Corporation Announces Closing of Initial Public Offering and Exercise of Option to Purchase Additional Shares

MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Virtual Radiologic Corporation (Nasdaq: VRAD ) today announced the closing of its initial public offering of 4,600,000 shares of common stock at a price to the public of $17.00 per share. The offering consisted of 4,000,000 shares offered by Virt...

Virtual Radiologic Corporation Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering

MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Virtual Radiologic Corporation (Nasdaq: VRAD ) today announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 4,000,000 shares of common stock at a price of $17.00 per share. All shares were offered by Virtual Radiologic. In connection with the of...

NovaBay Pharmaceuticals Closes Initial Public Offering of Common Stock

EMERYVILLE, Calif., Oct. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NovaBay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Amex, TSX: NBY) today announced the closing of its initial public offering of 5,000,000 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of U.S.$4.00 per share. NovaBay has granted to the underwriters a 30-...

Genoptix, Inc. Announces Pricing for Initial Public Offering

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Genoptix, Inc. announced today the pricing of its initial public offering of 5,000,000 shares of common stock at a price of $17.00 per share. 4,285,714 shares are being offered by Genoptix and 714,286 shares are being offered by certain selling stoc...

Adult-Care.Org, After Its Initial Launch on August 28, 2007, in October 2007 Captures Attention of One of the Fastest Growing NASDAQ Companies, McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Restaurants in Marketing Partnership

http://www.Adult-Care.org PARTNERS IN MARKETING WITH http://www.mccormickandschmicks.com http://www.mccormickandschmicks.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=content.display Adult-Care.Org, Inc. Partners with McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Restaurant, Inc. to promote ...

Nine of 10 Women Attempt Exercise Goals After Initial Failure, Survey Shows

Survey shows many women set but don't reach exercise goals; American Heart Association launches Choose To Move Countdown to help DALLAS, Oct. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Sixty-nine percent of women set a goal around exercise during the past 12 months but only 22 percent achieved their...

Highlands Acquisition Corp. Completes Initial Public Offering

NEW YORK, Oct. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Highlands Acquisition Corp. (Amex: HIA.U), (the "Company") announced today that it has completed its initial public offering (the "IPO") of 12,000,000 units. Each unit consists of one share of common stock and one warrant, which entitles the holder to...

Elastrography, may Call the Shots During Initial Stage of Breast Screening

The findings reported from a small-scale study conducted recently, about better screening methods for breast cancer, was presented this week at the Radiological Society of// North America's yearly meeting in Chicago. The breast screening method envisaged, termed as elastrography, would be cap...

Probe into Pascal Norris’s death finds initial samples free of anthrax germ

The initial batch of samples collected from the house of anthrax victim Pascal Norris has not tested positive for the disease, health officials report.// The results of the second batch of tests are yet to arrive, which will rest the queries about the source of infection that lent a fatal blow to P...