Novo Nordisk Appoints Per Falk, M.D., Ph.D., as Vice President for Clinical, Medical and Regulatory Affairs for North America

PRINCETON, N.J., Aug. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Novo Nordisk, a global healthcare company focusing on diabetes care, today announced the appointment of Per Falk, M.D., Ph.D., as vice president for Clinical, Medical and Regulatory Affairs for North America. Dr. Falk joins the U.S. Executive ...

IDEAL LIFE's Remote Monitoring System Benefits Rural North Carolina Communities

TORONTO, August 3 /PRNewswire/ -- IDEAL LIFE, INC. announced today that their wireless remote monitoring devices have been selected for use in a state-funded healthcare project in six rural North Carolina communities. The $870,000 grant is the largest Phase II Health Disparities Gra...

State Report Ranks LIJ as New York's Best for Heart Bypass Surgery, North Shore University Hospital Tops for Emergency Angioplasty Survival

New state reports also recognize performance of North Shore-LIJ surgeons Alan Hartman and Robert Palazzo, cardiologist Lawrence Ong NEW HYDE PARK, N.Y., July 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- LIJ Medical Center ranks as the best hospital in New York for heart bypass surgery, ac...

Access Pharmaceuticals Announces New MuGard Commercial Strategy in North America

DALLAS, July 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ACCESS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. (OTC Bulletin Board: ACCP) , announced today that it is evaluating strategic options for the commercialization of MuGard in North America. MuGard is an FDA approved treatment for oral mucositis, a debilitat...

Charlotte Attorney Calls on North Carolina Senate to Pass "Comparative Negligence" Bill in Order to Better Protect Injury Victims in State

Herbert Auger, veteran personal injury attorney, notes that North Carolina is one of just four states to deny any monetary award if injured party is even slightly to blame for accident Charlotte, N.C. (Lexis Nexis) July 23, 2009 -- The North Carolina State Senate needs ...

GVI Security Solutions Samsung Video Surveillance Solution Selected by North East Pharmacy Chain

CARROLLTON, Texas, July 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- GVI Security Solutions, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: GVSS), a leading provider of video security surveillance solutions featuring the complete Samsung Electronics line of products, announced that they had been selected to provide a Samsung Ele...

Dyadem CEO Kevin North Named a Finalist in Ernst & Young's 2009 Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards

TORONTO, July 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Dyadem today announced that its President and CEO, Kevin North, was named an Ontario finalist in the Information Technology category for Ernst & Young's 2009 Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards. These prestigious awards recognize individuals who demonstrate the entr...

Partnership for Prescription Assistance Prepared to Help North Dakota Workers Hurt by Recession

BISMARCK, N.D., July 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The 'Help is Here Express' bus tour will be stopping in North Dakota throughout the week of July 6 - 10 at various cities in order to help uninsured and financially-struggling North Dakotans access information on programs that provide prescription...

Exiqon Announces 2009 North American Grant Award Winners

Exiqon A/S (NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen: "EXQ") today announced the two winners of their 2009 North American Grant Program. Exiqon had recently announced the development of a new research grant program, open to researchers from academic and non-profit institutions across North America, engag...

Beryl Receives Entrepreneurs Foundation of North Texas North Star Recognition

DALLAS, June 30 /PRNewswire/ -- At the 8th Annual Spirit of Entrepreneurship celebration on June 11, The Entrepreneurs Foundation of North Texas (EFNT) recognized The Beryl Companies, the nation's leading provider of outsourced call center services to healthcare organizations, as the North Star 20...

Covance Expands Analytical and Stability Service Capacity in North America

- Covance doubles service capacity to provide integrated discovery, preclinical, and clinical development support for large-scale stability and release programs - PRINCETON, N.J., June 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Covance Inc. today announced the expansion of the company's analytical and stabil...

Midbrook Partners with Supply Core Middle East to Provide Water Bottling and Medical Decontamination Equipment to the Middle East and North Africa

Midbrook, Inc. and its Medical and CapSnap Equipment divisions have signed an authorized representative agreement with SupplyCore Middle East (SCME). The agreement allows SCME to be the exclusive sales and service representative for CapSnap Water Bottling Equipment and Midbrook Medical decontamin...

Stephen D. Faro Joins North American Spine as Chief Operating Officer

- Industry Veteran Brings 15 Years of Healthcare Experience to Growing North Texas Company - DALLAS, June 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Stephen D. Faro joins Dallas-based North American Spine as the company's new Chief Operating Officer. Faro has 15 years of healthcare experience, specializing in th...

VA Transferring 85.4 Acres from North Chicago VA Medical Center

WASHINGTON, June 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has announced plans to transfer 85.4 acres of land from the North Chicago VA Medical Center to the Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science . "Savings resulting from the transfer of land will e...

Latest trinational report presents most complete picture of North American industrial pollution

Ninety percent of the 5.5 billion kilograms of toxic pollutant releases and transfers reported in North America in 2005 can be traced to just 30 substances from 15 industrial sectors across the United States, Canada and Mexico, according to the latest tri-national pollution report from the Commiss...

"Alliance between Europe Cosmetiques and Probiox brings new oxydative stress profiling technologies to North America"

MONTREAL, June 9 /PRNewswire/ - Europe Cosmetiques and Probiox announced today that both companies entered into a licensing and collaboration agreement with respect to oxidative stress profiling. Under this agreement, Europe Cosmetiques acquires an exclusive license for Canada, United States and M...

Revitalized Village Sparkles in the North Country

Who says business and pleasure don't mix? ROUSES POINT, N.Y., June 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Settled in 1783 by Canadian refugees, Rouses Point is not only on the northernmost border of New York State, it's also where Lake Champlain meets the rest of the world. Named after Jacques Rouse, an earl...

The SCOOTER Store Donates Scooter to North Carolina Student With Brain Cancer

CASHIERS, N.C., June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Typical ninth graders are worried about fitting in at their new high schools, staying in touch with friends from middle school, or keeping up with the latest popular trends--they should not be concerned about getting from one class to the next or other mobili...

Acclarent, Inc. Awarded 'Red Herring 100 North America'

MENLO PARK, Calif., May 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Acclarent, Inc., a leading medical technology company dedicated to designing, developing and commercializing devices that address conditions affecting the ear, nose and throat today announced that it won the "Red Herring 100 North America" award. The Re...

Recondo Technology Wins Red Herring 100 North America Award

GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo., May 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Recondo Technology, a leading provider of revenue cycle solutions for the health care industry, today announced the firm's selection as one of the Red Herring 100 North America, designating Recondo as one of the top 100 companies playing a leading...

Orasi Medical Wins Red Herring 100 North America Award

EDINA, Minn., May 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Orasi Medical, Inc., the provider of novel software technology to diagnose and track the progression of neurological disorders, announced today that the Company was named a winner of the "Red Herring 100 North America" award, a prestigious list honoring the yea...

New Report Released in North Carolina Shows Record Number of Medicines in Development to Treat Diabetes

RALEIGH, N.C., May 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) unveiled a new report today on medicines in the research pipeline for diabetes. The report shows that America's pharmaceutical research and biotechnology companies are testing a record...

Glymetrix of Salem Wins 2009 North of Boston Business Plan Competition

Wins $10,000 first prize, Ashton Industries of Boxford second; Halcyon Diagnostics, Inc. of Beverly, third. SALEM, Mass., May 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Enterprise Center at Salem State College and the Merrimack Valley Economic Development Council are proud to announce the winners of...

MessageSolution Releases Email & File Archive Enterprise Suite with SharePoint Archiving at Microsoft TechEd North America 2009

MessageSolution, Inc., the global technology leader in email and file archiving solutions for electronic discovery, litigation support, compliance, and storage management, today announces the release of MessageSolution Email & File Archive Enterprise Suite with SharePoint Archiving at Microso...

Syntex Management Systems, Inc. to Discuss Enterprise Risk Management at the North American Petroleum Accounting Conference

HOUSTON, May 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Syntex Management Systems, Inc ., world's leading provider of enterprise risk management solutions, is pleased to announce that Trent Derr, President and CEO for Syntex will present "Gaining a Corporate-Wide Picture Using Financial and Operational Data" at ...

MessageSolution Releases SaaS Hosted Archiving Solution at Microsoft TechEd North America 2009

MessageSolution, Inc., the global technology leader in email and file archiving solutions for electronic discovery, litigation support, compliance, and storage management, today announces the release of the Software as a Service (SaaS) version of the award-winning MessageSolution Enterprise Email...

Bausch & Lomb Appoints Global Vision Care and North American Vision Care Presidents

ROCHESTER, N.Y., May 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Bausch & Lomb, the global eye health company, has named Peter Valenti III as corporate vice president and global president, Vision Care, effective July 1. He joined Bausch & Lomb in January 2009 as president, North America, Vision Care. Before ...

RBC Life Sciences' North American Nutritional Supplements and Medical Products Sales Increased, Year Over Year, During the First Quarter of 2009

IRVING, Texas, May 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- (OTC Bulletin Board: RBCL) -- RBC Life Sciences, Inc. , a provider of proprietary nutritional supplements, wound care and pain management products, reported today that its North American nutritional supplements and medical products sales grew, year...

Ziehm Imaging and BrainLAB Extend Partnership for Intra-Operative 3D Imaging and Computer Assisted Surgery (CAS) to North America

WESTCHESTER, Ill., May 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Ziehm Imaging, a provider of mobile imaging solutions for healthcare, and BrainLAB, a manufacturer of software-driven systems for targeted, less-invasive medical treatments, announced today they have extended their development and marketing agreement for th...

Breast Cancer Network of Strength(R) and SCA Personal Care North America, Through Its TENA(R) Brand, Team Up to Offer Support to Women Affected by Breast Cancer

SCA Participates in Mother's Day Walk to Empower and Makes Donation for Every Purchase of TENA(R) Women(TM) Products To Help Ensure No One Faces Breast Cancer Alone PHILADELPHIA, May 7 /PRNewswire/ -- This Mother's Day, May 10, SCA Personal Care North America, which markets bladder control pr...

Cancer Patients in North Wales to Gain Access to Varian's RapidArc Radiotherapy Treatments

RHYL, North Wales, May 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Glan Clywd Hospital will soon offer local cancer patients across North Wales more advanced radiotherapy treatments using RapidArc(TM) radiotherapy technology on two new treatment machines from Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR ). When the Clina...

Dunwoody Partners with North Memorial for Radiologic Technologist Program

Collaboration will provide clinical education at North Memorial to support academic program at Dunwoody. Minneapolis, MN (PRWEB) May 5, 2009 -- Dunwoody College of Technology today announced North Memorial Medical Center will transfer program sponsorship of its radiol...

The Alzheimer's Project HBO Documentary Puts Spotlight on Alzheimer's Disease; North Dakota Family Featured

MINNEAPOLIS, April 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Alzheimer's disease is gaining awareness as its reach grows to include more than 5.3 million Americans living with the disease. Previously unknown, misunderstood or hidden in the home, people living with Alzheimer's -- along with a family from Ti...

Animal Shelters Worldwide Join North Shore Animal League America and Spokesperson Cesar Millan for 15th Annual Pet Adoptathon(R) 2009

World-Famous Dog Expert to Welcome Adopters at Opening Ceremonies PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y., April 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Saturday, May 2 and Sunday, May 3, more than 2,000 animal shelters worldwide will join North Shore Animal League America for Pet Adoptathon(R) 2009, helping to save ...

Growth in North Dakota Long Term Care Costs Outpacing the Rate of Inflation, According to Annual Genworth Financial Study

Study Gives North Dakotans Access to Nursing Home, Assisted Living, Home Care and Adult Day Health Care Costs in Nearly Every Zip Code Statewide RICHMOND, Va., April 30 /PRNewswire/ -- The cost of long term care in North Dakota is rising at a rate outpacing inflation, putting significant fina...

Growth in North Carolina Long Term Care Costs Outpacing the Rate of Inflation, According to Annual Genworth Financial Study

Study Gives North Carolina Residents Access to Nursing Home, Assisted Living, Home Care and Adult Day Health Care Costs in Nearly Every Zip Code Statewide RICHMOND, Va., April 30 /PRNewswire/ -- The cost of long term care in North Carolina is rising at a rate outpacing inflation, putting ...

TeleHealth Services and UNC-TV Partner to Bring Kids Channel to North Carolina Children's Hospitals

TeleHealth Services, the nation's leading provider of healthcare on-demand patient and staff education, healthcare televisions and communications solutions, has announced a joint initiative with UNC-TV, North Carolina's member-supported statewide television network, to bring UNC-KD, a new digita...

Schering-Plough Flips the Switch on 1.7 MW Rooftop Solar Panel System, One of the Largest in N.J., North America

Local 5th Graders Learn About the Science Behind Energy Production SUMMIT, N.J., April 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Schering-Plough Corporation (NYSE: SGP ) welcomed local and state officials, and a class of fifth graders, to celebrate the completion of a 1.7 megawatt solar energy system. W...

Smithfield Foods Says North American Influenza Not Present in Any of Its Worldwide Operations and Pork is Safe to Eat

SMITHFIELD, Va., April 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Smithfield Foods, Inc. (NYSE: SFD ) today reiterated its prior statement that it has found no clinical signs or symptoms of the presence of North American influenza in the company's swine herd or its employees at its joint ventures in Mexico. A...

Schwabe North America Integrates Enzymatic Therapy and Nature's Way Sales Teams

GREEN BAY, Wis., April 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Schwabe North America , has announced the integration of Enzymatic Therapy and Nature's Way sales teams. The integration marks an exciting milestone following the Q4 2008 acquisition of Enzymatic Therapy, Inc. by German-based Dr. Willmar Schwabe Pharm...