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Neuroscience Researcher Has Positive Message for International Alzheimer's Awareness Week, July 6 - 12: 'Even Though World Economy is Declining, Alzheimer's Research is Advancing'

MADISON, Wis., July 7 /PRNewswire/ -- In the midst of generally gloomy worldwide economic news and rising global tensions, an American neuroscience researcher has a message of hope: The answer for Alzheimer's disease and other degenerative diseases of the brain that cause memory loss may be much ...

Dow AgroSciences, World Wide Wheat Agree to Collaborate on Wheat

INDIANAPOLIS and PHOENIX, June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Dow AgroSciences, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW ), and World Wide Wheat (W3) LLC of Phoenix, Arizona, announced today a collaboration agreement for the development and commercialization of advanced germpl...

PRA International: Participating Sponsor for Exploratory Clinical Development World in London

RALEIGH, N.C., May 12 /PRNewswire/ -- PRA International, a leading Clinical Research Organization, announces it is participating as a sponsor for Exploratory Clinical Development World (ECDW), 13-14 May 2009, in London, UK. ECDW is considered to be Europe's largest and most highly regarded early ...

ePharmaSolutions' Clinical Trial Investigator Portal Wins Bio-IT World 2009 Best Practice Award

CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa., April 30 /PRNewswire/ -- ePharmaSolutions, a leading provider of clinical services and trial management technologies for the biopharmaceutical industry announced that it has been selected along with its client Genentech, Inc as the winner of the Bio-IT World Best Practice Award ...

Novavax Presents Favorable Results from Phase I/IIa Pandemic Influenza Vaccine Program at World Health Organization Conference

VLP Vaccine - Coupled with Innovative Manufacturing - Has Potential to Address Gaps in Global Pandemic Preparedness ROCKVILLE, Md., Feb. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- At the 5th World Health Organization Meeting on Evaluation of Pandemic Influenza Prototype Vaccines in Clinical Trials, Novavax...

Positive Phase II Study of Pacira's EXPAREL(TM) (DepoBupivacaine) in Total Knee Arthroplasty Presented at International College of Surgeons World Congress

New Sustained-Release Analgesic Significantly Reduces Postop Pain, Opioid Use, and Reduces Opioid Related Adverse Events Compared to Gold Standard Pain Medication PARSIPPANY, N.J., Dec. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- A Phase II dose escalation study of a single intraoperative administration of EXPARE...

Photos: SOS Children's Villages Observes World Orphan Week, October 5-11, 2008

North American Campaign to Spread Awareness and Bring Hope to Millions of Children in Need WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- 133 million children across the globe are without parental care due to causes such as natural disaster, civil war, and disease. SOS Children's Villages-USA...

In celebration of World Hospice and Palliative Care Day, FHSSA Announces Seven New Partnerships Between U.S. Organizations and African Hospices

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The facts are overwhelming. Every day, nearly 7,000 people die from HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa. More than 35,000,000 women, children, and men in sub-Saharan Africa have already died of AIDS. The Foundation for Hospices in Sub-Saharan Afric...

Nventa Presents Findings on Proprietary Toll-like Receptor 3 (TLR3) Agonist, Poly-ICR, at World Vaccine Congress

Findings Confirm Potency of Poly-ICR as Vaccine Adjuvant SAN DIEGO, Oct. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nventa Biopharmaceuticals Corporation (TSX: NVN) today presented positive data from preclinical studies using its proprietary Toll-like Receptor 3 agonist, Poly IC-Poly Arginine (Poly-I...

Unprecedented 8th Year Start Up of National Direct AmeriCorps Program Access to Care Through Service (ACTS) Parent, Lead Organization The Philadelphia AIDS Consortium and World Health Care Infrastructures

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being released by The Philadelphia AIDS Consortium: WHO: Parent Organization: The Philadelphia AIDS Consortium in partnership with its network of eleven (11) community-based organization sites located throughout the tri-state...

ATL/TV1102 Trial Results Presented at World Congress on Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis

- Conference call webcast Monday, 5:00 p.m. EDT and Tuesday, 7:00 a.m. Australian EST at http://www.antisense.com.au and http://www.isispharm.com MELBOURNE, Australia and CARLSBAD, Calif., Sept. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Antisense Therapeutics Ltd. (ASX: ANP) and Isis Pharmaceuticals,...

Interleukin Genetics to Present Important New Findings at 2008 World Congress on Osteoarthritis

Genetic Variations Identify Predisposition to More Severe Knee Osteoarthritis WALTHAM, Mass., Sept. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Interleukin Genetics, Inc. (Amex: ILI ), announced today that Kenneth Kornman, Ph.D., the company's Chief Scientific Officer, will ...

Bayer HealthCare Celebrates 20th Anniversary of Kogenate(R) Product Line and 8 Billion IU Milestone at 2008 WFH World Congress

Company Announces Winners of the 'It's Your Passion. Let It Out' Contest ISTANBUL, Turkey, May 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Bayer HealthCare today announced the 20th anniversary of the company's Kogenate(R) line of products and more than two decades of hemophilia A research, collaboration and community ...

ATHENA Clinical Results with Dronedarone (Multaq(R)) Highlighted at the World Cardiology Congress

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, May 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- On May 21, 2008 at the World Congress of Cardiology (WCC), the press conference entitled, "New Perspectives in Atrial Fibrillation Management" chaired by John Camm, Professor of Clinical Cardiology, St George's University of London, hig...

ATHENA Clinical Results for Dronedarone (Multaq(R)) Highlighted at the World Cardiology Congress

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, May 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Today at the World Congress of Cardiology (WCC), the press conference entitled "New Perspectives in Atrial Fibrillation Management" chaired by John Camm, Professor of Clinical Cardiology, St George's University of London, highlighted th...

Cequent Pharmaceuticals' Johannes Fruehauf, MD, Ph.D., to be Featured Speaker at RNAi World Congress in Boston - May 2, 2008

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Cequent Pharmaceuticals, a pioneer in the development of novel products to deliver RNAi-based treatments to prevent and treat human disease, announced that its Vice President of Research, Johannes Fruehauf, MD, Ph.D., is slated to speak at the RNAi Wo...

Texas Heart(R) Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital Initiates First Clinical Trial in the World to Treat a Heart Attack Patient with a Special Stem Cell Type

HOUSTON, April 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Physician scientists at the Texas Heart Institute (THI) at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital announced they have begun the world's first clinical trial to treat heart attack patients with a special type of stem cell to promote better healing and to prev...

New Clinical Studies Presented at the 14th World Congress of Anesthesiology Demonstrate Masimo Advancements in Patient Care

Noninvasive Hemoglobin Receives Rave Reviews from Attendees at Masimo's Commercial Exhibit IRVINE, Calif., March 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Masimo, the inventor of Pulse CO-Oximetry(TM) and Measure-Through Motion and Low Perfusion pulse oximetry, reported that multip...

Acologix Presents Preclinical Data on Cartilage Regeneration by AC-100 at the OARSI 2007 World Congress on Osteoarthritis

HAYWARD, Calif., Dec. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Acologix, Inc., a privately held biopharmaceutical company, today announced preclinical study results demonstrating that AC-100, its novel synthetic peptide derived from an endogenous human protein produced by bone and dental cells, promoted cartilage re...

On World AIDS Day, CHF International Calls for Community Mobilization and Local Capacity Building to Fight HIV/AIDS

SILVER SPRING, Md., Nov. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On World AIDS Day 2007, CHF International is honoring the struggle of the 33.2 million people around the world living with HIV/AIDS, but calls for greater international support of grassroots, community-based efforts to fight the disease. ...

AIDS Action Council Statement on World AIDS Day 2007: Leadership Needed for a National Strategy to Stop the AIDS Epidemic

WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AIDS Action Council joins organizations and individuals across the country and around the world in observing the 20th annual World AIDS Day, December 1, 2007. Since 1988, World AIDS Day has provided countless opportunities to raise awareness ...

Award-Winning Medicine Wheel Returns to the Cyclorama at the Boston Center for the Arts on Dec. 1 for 24-hour Vigil Recognizing World AIDS Day

Water bearers from Fort Point Channel to the Cyclorama mark 16th Annual 24-hour vigil BOSTON, Nov. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Artist Michael Dowling is inviting thousands of youth to process with black and copper buckets filled with water from Fort Point Channel in South Boston into The B...

Inverness Medical Innovations to Present at CIBC World Markets 18th Annual Healthcare Conference on November 7, 2007

WALTHAM, Mass., Nov. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. (Amex: IMA ), a leading manufacturer and marketer of rapid diagnostic products for the consumer and professional markets, announced today that it will attend CIBC World Markets' 18th Annual Healthcare Confere...

Imaging Diagnostic Systems CTLM Technology Presented at Congress of World Society for Breast Health

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Nov. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ Imaging Diagnostic Systems, Inc., (OTC Bulletin Board: IMDS) a pioneer in laser optical breast cancer imaging systems, announced that CT Laser Mammography (CTLM(R)) results were exhibited at the 4th Congress of the World Society for Breast H...

U.S. Meat Industry Will Respond to World Cancer Research Fund Report

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- American Meat Institute Foundation Vice President of Scientific Affairs Dr. Randy Huffman will offer a response to the World Cancer Research Fund report, slated for release October 31. Dr. Huffman will be available at the National Press Club follo...

38.7 Million People Break Guinness World Record for Stand Up Speak Out on International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

Online press conference today with Mary Robinson, President, Realizing Rights, the ethical global initiative, Salil Shetty (UNMC) and Kumi Naidoo (GCAP) at 14.00GMT - log on at http://www.standagainstpoverty.org/press/conference NEW YORK, Oct. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Over 38.7 millio...

Pivotal Ustekinumab (CNTO 1275) Phase 3 Data to Debut at World Congress of Dermatology Meeting

HORSHAM, Pa., Sept. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Findings from an international, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 3 trial evaluating ustekinumab (CNTO 1275) in the treatment of moderate to severe plaque psoriasis will be presented for the first time at the 21st meeting of ...

Pharmacopeia Assists the World Health Organization in the Discovery of Novel Therapeutics for the Treatment of Malaria

Princeton, N.J., Aug. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pharmacopeia (Nasdaq: PCOP ), an innovator in the discovery and development of novel small molecule therapeutics, announced today that the company will assist the World Health Organization's Special Program for Research and Training in Tropic...

Poniard Pharmaceuticals to Present Updated Results of Picoplatin Phase 2 Small Cell Lung Cancer Trial at 12th World Conference on Lung Cancer

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Aug. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Poniard Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: PARD ), a biopharmaceutical company focused on oncology, today announced that it will present updated results from its Phase 2 trial of picoplatin, including one-year survival data, during a ...

Aspirin Named 8th World Wonder by Majority of Americans

Bayer To Stock First-Aid Kits Of Relief Organizations to Mark 110th Anniversary MORRISTOWN, N.J., Aug. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The Roman Coliseum, the Taj Mahal -- and aspirin? That's right! According to a new national survey, 74 percent of Americans believe that aspir...

Georgia Reproductive Specialists Participates in Largest-Ever In Vitro Fertilization Clinical Trial in the World

Georgia Reproductive Specialists is First to Evaluate New, Patient-Friendly Progesterone Supplement ATLANTA, Aug. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Georgia Reproductive Specialists in Atlanta, GA was one of 25 sites nationwide that recently completed the largest in vitro fertilization (IV...

Active Biotech presents new pre-clinical data for the 57-57 project at the 8th World Congress on Inflammation

LUND, Sweden, June 18, 2007-Active Biotech (OMX Nordic: ACTI) has presented pre-clinical data for the 57-57 project at the 8th World Congress on Inflammation (www.inflammation2007.dk ) held in Copenhagen June 16-20*. "The results strengt...

MAP Pharmaceuticals to Present Unit Dose Budesonide Phase 2 Clinical Data at the World Asthma Meeting

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 22, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- MAP Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that it will present Phase 2 data from its Unit Dose Budesonide (UDB) pediatric asthma therapy clinical program at the World Asthma Meeting at the Lutfi Kirdar Convention and Exhibition Center in Istanbu...

Suven Life Sciences Presenting Pre-clinical data of their NCE’s SUVN-502 and SUVN-507at International Brain Research Organization (IBRO) 2007 World Congress of Neuroscience

HYDERABAD, India, July 5th, 2007 – Several data presentations from Suven’s portfolio of investigational neuroscience compounds will be presented at International Brain Research Organisation (IBRO) 2007 World Congress of Neuroscience to be held at Melbourne, Australia during July 12-1...

Tiny Cup Attached to Eye Improves Drug Delivery For Retinal Diseases

...the most seriously ill and injured children in Los Angeles for more than a century, and it is acknowledged throughout the United States and around the world for its leadership in pediatric and adolescent health. Children's Hospital is one of America's premier teaching hospitals, affiliated with the Keck Sc...

Sanofi Pasteur Submits Supplemental Application for A(H1N1) Pandemic Vaccine to U.S. FDA

...ventis Group, provided more than 1.6 billion doses of vaccine in 2008, making it possible to immunize more than 500 million people across the globe. A world leader in the vaccine industry, Sanofi Pasteur offers the broadest range of vaccines protecting against 20 infectious diseases. The company's heritage...

Vectibix(R) in Combination With Chemotherapy Significantly Improved Progression-Free Survival in First-Line Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

...untries, Switzerland, Australia and Canada. Applications in the rest of the world are pending. Important Product Safety Information Dermatologic ...ave changed the practice of medicine, helping millions of people around the world in the fight against cancer, kidney disease, rheumatoid arthritis, and othe...

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, The Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation Announce Innovative Diabetes Drug Discovery and Development Partnership

...r type 1 diabetes," said Alan J. Lewis, PhD, President and Chief Executive Officer of JDRF. "By creating this highly interactive collaboration with a world class organization with demonstrated expertise in discovering and developing innovative therapeutics for medical needs, we are looking to expand both ...

Labopharm files New Drug Submission with Health Canada for novel antidepressant

...regulatory process in various countries for the approval of the Company's products and the successful commercialization of the products throughout the world if they are approved. Investors should consult the Company's ongoing quarterly filings and annual reports for additional information on risks and unce...

NOVAVAX Achieves Pandemic H1N1 Influenza Production Milestone

... "The accomplishments announced today further validate our strategy to create a rapid, in-border influenza vaccine solution for governments around the world by addressing gaps in currently available vaccine technologies," added Dr. Rahul Singhvi, President and CEO of Novavax, Inc. Novavax, Inc has s...