Announcements

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Releases Public Service Announcements to Encourage Healthy Lifestyles

New "Take the Lead" PSA to highlight Childhood Overweight and Obesity Prevention Initiative WASHINGTON, April 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Surgeon General today released two public service announcements, in English, "Take the Le...

MDS Responds to AECL and Government of Canada Announcements Regarding Maple Project

TORONTO, May 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Earlier this morning, Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. (AECL) announced it would discontinue the development of the MAPLE reactors at Chalk River, but remains committed to providing ongoing supply of medical isotopes. MDS Inc., a leading provider of produ...

iPod Repair Site Eases Scam Worries with Unexpected Announcements

The iPod repair website ipodjuice.com puts scam concerns to rest by improving visibility into and communication with their growing iPhone repair operation. San Antonio, Texas (PRWEB) June 5, 2009 -- The iPod repair and iPhone repair website ipodjuice.com has several new...

Banyan Tree Project Feature Asian & Pacific Islander Stars in Latest HIV/AIDS Anti-Stigma Public Service Announcements

SAN FRANCISCO, May 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Banyan Tree Project is helping put an end to HIV/AIDS-related stigma and discrimination. The program has released four 30-second public service announcements (PSAs) featuring three major Asian & Pacific Islander (A&PI) stars: Joan Chen, Amy ...

US Politicians Urge Movie Moghuls To Add Anti-Smoking Announcements

US politicians have petitioned Hollywood movie executives to add anti-smoking public service announcements to all DVD releases which shows stars smoking. According to contactmusic.com, Maryland Attorney General // Joseph Curran initiated the petition after noting scientific research that sugge...

VHA and AT&T Bring Innovative Communications Solutions to Health Care

... affiliated companies. All other marks contained herein are the property of their respective owners. Note: This AT&T news release and other announcements are available as part of an RSS feed at www.att.com/rss . For more information, please review this announcement in the AT&T newsroom at http...

Arena Pharmaceuticals Announces Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results and Recent Developments

...g statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Such forward-looking statements include statements about future activities, results and announcements relating to lorcaserin, including the BLOSSOM results, the submission of a lorcaserin NDA, the content of such NDA, and the submission of the BLOOM-DM...

Clinical Trial by Licensee Does Not Meet Primary Endpoint

...man of the Board and Chief Executive Officer Robert C. Bishop, Ph.D. stated, "We are obviously disappointed by the results and look forward to further announcements from BioMS and Lilly regarding their future plans for this approach to treating SPMS." AutoImmune is a biopharmaceutical company involved in t...

CSC's FirstDoc Recognized by EMC as a Preferred Regulatory Compliance Application for Life Sciences Industry

...time co-authoring and edit capabilities with tools that augment the authoring process such as Microsoft Word, discussion threads, calendars, broadcast announcements and external Web site links. Other features include the ability to personalize SharePoint Web parts, or the building blocks of a SharePoint page, acco...

HBA X-Ceuticals Conference Explores The Emerging Market of Cosmeceuticals and Nutraceuticals

...cosmeceuticals and nutricosmetics. The HBA New Products Innovation and Innovating Trends Showcase by Mintel will highlight this year's hottest announcements and products and the Beauty Innovations Theater will offer a full program of concise, ready-to-implement solutions. For more information on the...

Announcements in Medical Technology

CDC Urges Pre-Teen Vaccination With New Public Service Announcements

Campaign encourages parents to protect their 11- and 12-year-olds from meningitis, whooping cough, and the virus that causes cervical cancer ATLANTA, Aug 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Dise...

Awardees for the 2009 Young Investigator Grant for Probiotics Research Announced

...ll provide $50,000 over the course of one year to both Drs. Chen and Kolling and their respective institutions. Additional details and future announcements on the Young Investigator Grant for Probiotics Research program can be found at www.probioticsresearch.com. The Global Probiotics Council (GP...

Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy Announces Latest Developments on Three SMA Drug Discovery Programs

...e for SMA resulting in an Investigational New Drug (IND) application with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) within 4 to 5 years. These three announcements were all made at the 25th Anniversary SMA Conference. A record of over 900 families and researchers were present at the conference. About Famili...

Glybera(TM) Shows Long-Term Health Benefits

...ption of the risk factors and uncertainties affecting AMT, refer to the prospectus of AMT's initial public offering on June 20, 2007, and AMT's public announcements made from time to time. ...

Arena Pharmaceuticals Announces Lorcaserin Data Demonstrating Highly Significant Categorical and Absolute Weight Loss and Improvements in Secondary Endpoints Associated with Cardiovascular Risk

...ng, commercial and other potential; the protocol, design, scope, enrollment and other aspects of the lorcaserin trials; future activities, results and announcements relating to lorcaserin, including the BLOSSOM results, the submission of an NDA for lorcaserin and the submission of the BLOOM-DM results as a supplem...

AMT Receives EMEA Orphan Drug Designation for Acute Intermittent Porphyria

...ption of the risk factors and uncertainties affecting AMT, refer to the prospectus of AMT's initial public offering on June 20, 2007, and AMT's public announcements made from time to time. ...

Experience Not Always the Best Prescription for Snowblowers

...OS) ( http://www.aaos.org/ ). Timely public safety announcements and increased safety features may be just what the...ommends that local agencies provide public service announcements when weather patterns associated with snowblower i...eather channels should provide brief public safety announcements regarding snowblower use," Dr. Master said. "Isola...

AMT: Glybera(R) Lowers Pancreatitis Incidence Significantly

...ption of the risk factors and uncertainties affecting AMT, refer to the prospectus of AMT's initial public offering on June 20, 2007, and AMT's public announcements made from time to time. http://www.amtbiopharma.com ...

Impact Medical Solutions Announces Appointment of New Director and Corporate Update

.... The addition of Mr. Billings to our Board is the first step in our plans to further strengthen the management team at Impact, and we expect further announcements later this year." About Impact Medical Solutions Impact Medical Solutions (OTCBB: IMSU) is engaged in the research and commercial development...

Arena Pharmaceuticals Announces Preliminary Results of Phase 2b Clinical Trial of APD125 for the Treatment of Insomnia

...evelopment of APD125; the development, therapeutic indication, tolerability, side effects, efficacy and potential of lorcaserin; future activities and announcements relating to lorcaserin, including the BLOOM results and the submission of a New Drug Application for lorcaserin; Arena's R&D Day; and about Arena'...

Announcements in Medical Dictionary

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Announcements in Biological News

Advances in lung cancer research announced at conference

...or in TGen's Cancer and Cell Biology Division and Director of Thoracic Oncology at TGen Clinical Research Services at Scottsdale Healthcare, made both announcements at the 13th World Conference on Lung Cancer in San Francisco. In one presentation, Dr. Weiss described research that eventually could help prevent ...

Aware, Inc. Reports Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results

...ucts; changes in contracting practices of government or law enforcement agencies; the failure of the biometrics market to experience continued growth; announcements or introductions of new technologies or products by our competitors; failures or problems in our biometric software products; delays in the adoption o...

Recent news reports of sweetener reformulations raise questions about motivations

...N, DC The misleading "health" halo surrounding highly-publicized marketing campaigns regarding sweetener reformulations is starting to dim. Recent announcements by Starbucks and other brands that they will remove high fructose corn syrup from certain products are being called into question in news articles by ...

Aware, Inc. Reports First Quarter 2009 Financial Results

...ucts; changes in contracting practices of government or law enforcement agencies; the failure of the biometrics market to experience continued growth; announcements or introductions of new technologies or products by our competitors; failures or problems in our biometric software products; delays in the adoption o...

Aware, Inc. Reports First Quarter 2009 Financial Results

...ucts; changes in contracting practices of government or law enforcement agencies; the failure of the biometrics market to experience continued growth; announcements or introductions of new technologies or products by our competitors; failures or problems in our biometric software products; delays in the adoption o...

Aware, Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter and 2008 Financial Results

...lude, but are not limited to: market acceptance of our biometric products, changes in contracting practices of government or law enforcement agencies, announcements or introductions of new products by our competitors, delays, failures or problems in our biometric products, problems in our biometrics services busin...

BIO-key(R) Mobile Data and Messaging Solutions Link Nebraska Law Enforcement Agencies

...IO-key's recently launched SecureMessage(TM) data communications software. SecureMessage delivers fully-encrypted, scanner-proof text-based messages, announcements and email to groups within departments thereby allowing first responders to communicate with each other. SecureMessage will be initially deployed to ...

AIUM to Host 2009 Annual Convention in New York

... have expanded with the launch of the AIUM's social networking site: www.aium2009.org . The site features blogs, forums, groups, video, pictures, and announcements relating to the AIUM convention. During the convention, blogs will be posted by attendees and pictures will be uploaded as the events unfold. A mu...

BIO-key(R) Awarded PocketCop(R) Contracts From Major Law Enforcement Agencies

...r officers do with MobileCop, with the messaging interoperability between the two platforms our lieutenants and captains can now use PocketCop to send announcements to all their mobile units or communicate in real time with individual officers, wherever they are." The Baltimore Police Department determined that ...

AVS 55th International Symposium & Exhibition, Oct. 19-24

...r. Pressroom hours are Monday-Thursday, 8:00-5:00 pm. The phone number there is (617) 954-2937. Press Kits containing exhibiting company's new product announcements and other news will be available on CD-ROM in the pressroom. ASK THE EXPERTS The proliferation of tiny electronic and other gadgets sometimes...

Announcements in Biological Technology

AutoImmune Inc. Reports 2009 Second Quarter Financial Results

...man of the Board and Chief Executive Officer Robert C. Bishop, Ph.D. stated, "We are obviously disappointed by the results and look forward to further announcements from BioMS and Lilly regarding their future plans for this approach to treating SPMS." AutoImmune is a biopharmaceutical company involved in ...

Repligen Reports First Quarter Fiscal Year 2010 Financial Results

...d Exchange Commission. Repligen assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking information contained in this press release or with respect to the announcements described herein. ...

Biotech Hot in July Driven by Positive Drug Data and Acquisitions

...llion - Over 112 companies have announced a corporate restructuring by slashing staff and/or putting promising projects in the refrigerator. Recent announcements included: - Celera cut 80 employees or 13 percent of its workforce - Epix Pharmaceuticals entered bankruptcy and is winding down its operations. ...

Repligen Announces Conference Call of First Quarter Fiscal Year 2010 Results

...d Exchange Commission. Repligen assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking information contained in this press release or with respect to the announcements described herein. ...

NovaBay(R) Pharmaceuticals to Present at Jesup & Lamont 2009 Growth Stock Conference

...rs on NovaBay's internal clinical programs in hospital-associated infections and respiratory infections. provide information on NovaBay's recent announcements regarding the initiation of a Phase II clinical trial for the use of NovaBay's lead Aganocide(R) compound, NVC-422, for viral conjunctivitis, which is...

Junying Yu, Leading Stem Cell Researcher, Joins Cellular Dynamics International

... terminal cells (e.g. heart, blood, neural cells, etc.) derived from iPS cells for drug development. This progress has been highlighted by the recent announcements of two strategic technology in-license arrangements with Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis ...

The MedZilla Report: June 2009 Employment Outlook for Biotech/Pharma/Health

... The hallmark of layoff announcements in health care has always been a statement on the order of "layoffs wi...cants searched or the types of jobs they sought. The hallmark of layoff announcements in health care has always been a statement on the order of "layoffs wi...

Health Robotics Expands and Diversifies Global Channel Strategies With Joint-Ventures & Direct Operations

...e taken the form of JV (joint venture) channel strategies. As part of this new strategy, Health Robotics will shortly make a series of detailed announcements on steps it recently undertook, for instance entering direct operations in Germany with the execution of a contract with Charite-Universitatsmedizin B...

Viral Genetics Information Now Available Through OTCIQ.com and Pink Sheets Website

...isted on the "Pink Sheets" over-the-counter market. Investors can access and download all Viral Genetics financial reports, current reports, and other announcements that the company makes through OTCIQ at the pinksheets.com website. The company will also continue providing updates through regular press releases wh...

The MedZilla Report: May 2009 Employment Outlook for Biotech/Pharma/Health

...loyment rebounded in May, with 24,000 new jobs created even amid widespread announcements of layoffs. Pharmaceutical companies, though, laid off fewer employees in M...ming in to the insurer (The Star-Ledger, May 5, 2009). Most job elimination announcements came as a result of the downward trend in the United States economy, which ...