Dissident Stockholder Ted Karkus Found to Have Undisclosed Financial Arrangements With Dr. Richard A. Rosenbloom, COO Of Quigley Pharma, From 2008 to Date of Proxy: Rosenbloom Suspended Without Pay Pending Further Investigation

DOYLESTOWN, Pa., May 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Quigley Corporation, (Nasdaq: QGLY ) , www.quigleyco.com , today announced that it has uncovered an improper financial relationship between Ted Karkus and the Company's Quigley Pharma, Inc. wholly-owned subsidiary COO, Dr. Richard A. ...

Hahnemann COO Elected to the Pennsylvania Trauma System Foundation Board

PHILADELPHIA, April 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Hahnemann University Hospital is pleased to announce that its Chief Operating Officer, James B. Burke, FACHE , has been appointed to the Board of Directors for the Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation (PTSF). Recommended by the Hospital & Hea...

WuXi PharmaTech Announces CFO Benson Tsang to Leave Company; COO Edward Hu Named Acting CFO

SHANGHAI, Feb. 17 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- WuXi PharmaTech (NYSE: WX ) announced today that Benson Tsang, Chief Financial Officer, is leaving the company for personal reasons at the end of February. Edward Hu, Chief Operating Officer, will serve as acting Chief Financial Officer until a replace...

Amy Renz Promoted to President & COO of HireAbility.com, LLC

Amy Renz has been promoted to President & COO of HireAbility.com, the company announced today. Before this promotion, Renz held the title of Executive Vice President of Operations and Technology for the past five years at HireAbility.com, which is the leader in recruiter social networking, tr...

ABMS Appoints Margaret Jung As New COO

American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS), the pre-eminent entity overseeing the certification of physician specialists in the United States, has appointed Margaret S. Jung, MBA, as the organization’s new chief operating officer. Her tenure begins today. EVANS...

Travis E. Baugh Named President, COO of HEALTHPOINT, Ltd.

FORT WORTH, Texas, Nov. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- H. Paul Dorman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Fort Worth-based DFB Pharmaceuticals, Inc., has announced that Travis E. Baugh has joined HEALTHPOINT(R), Ltd., a DFB Pharmaceuticals company, as President and Chief Operating Officer. "Tr...

Jim Hart Named President, COO of InStil Health Insurance Co.

COLUMBIA, S.C., Oct. 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- InStil Health Insurance Co., a leading provider of Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D prescription drug policies in South Carolina and Georgia, announced today that longtime insurance executive Jim Hart has been appointed president and chi...

Milton Frank Appointed COO of Life Recovery Systems

KINNELON, N.J., July 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Life Recovery Systems HD, LLC, a developer of ground-breaking medical devices for the emergency care market, has appointed Milton Frank as Chief Operating Officer. Frank has more than 30 years of experience in medical and electronic device manufacturing. ...

Weight Watchers COO Adopts 10b5-1 Trading Plan

NEW YORK, Feb. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Weight Watchers International, Inc. (NYSE: WTW ) today announced that Thilo Semmelbauer, Chief Operating Officer, has adopted a written plan for the purpose of selling limited amounts of his Weight Watchers equity holdings. The written plan was adop...

WallSt.net Announces Upcoming Interview with CSO and COO of Urigen Pharmaceuticals

NEW YORK, Nov. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Dennis Giesing, Chief Scientific Officer and Terry Nida, Chief Operating Officer of Urigen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: URGP) (http://www.urigen.com ) will be featured in an exclusive interview with http://www.wallst.net scheduled for Nove...

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NovaRx Appoints Industry Veteran as President and COO

SAN DIEGO, Dec. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- NovaRx Corporation announced today the appointment of Norrie J.W. Russell, Ph.D to the position of President and Chief Operating Officer. Dr. Russell brings to the company more than 25 years experience in drug discovery and a long history of success driving innov...

Isis Reports Strong Financial Results and Highlights for Second Quarter of 2009

...m financial benefits that enable us to continue to advance the technology and fill the pipeline with more exciting new drugs," said B. Lynne Parshall, coo and CFO of Isis. Upcoming Key Milestones Report full data from a Phase 3 study evaluating mipomersen in homozygous Familial ...

Intercell AG Announces First Subject Enrolled in a Phase II Trial for the Further Development of Its Investigational Vaccine Enhancement Patch to Improve Pandemic Influenza Prevention in Collaboration With U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS

...gy and in the partnership with HHS for use of our technology in providing potentially improved Pandemic Influenza vaccines," stated Thomas Lingelbach, coo of Intercell AG and CEO of Intercell USA. "The recent H1N1 influenza situation certainly highlights again the important global public health need in t...

Logical Therapeutics Appoints Peter A. Lankau as CEO and Director

...by significant gastrointestinal risks." Mr. Lankau became President and CEO of Endo Pharmaceuticals in 2005, after having served as President and coo since 2003, and SVP of Commercial Business since 2000. Previously, Mr. Lankau was Vice President, Sales and Marketing at Alpharma, Inc. and held vario...

MedNet Solutions Certified to Score SF-12v2 Health Survey

...eloped the QM Certified Scoring Partner program to recognize industry leaders with the same commitment to excellence," says Gus Gardner, President and coo of QualityMetric. "We are proud to announce that MedNet Solutions is the first life sciences company to qualify for this program." MedNet Solutio...

Premier Research Expands its Medical Device Operations to the United States

... "Our clients have requested expanded medical device services, and we are committed to responding to these needs," explained Premier Research Group coo Dr. Troy McCall. "Providing both US and EU medical devices services is a strategic focus for our company and this will strengthen our ability to respo...

Kensey Nash Announces IDE Submission for Cartilage Repair Device

... few years. Significant preclinical research has been conducted with some of the premier academic institutions in the U.S.," stated Douglas G. Evans, coo of Kensey Nash Corporation. "Our IDE submission for this clinical trial represents an important accomplishment towards achieving full commercializati...

The Quigley Corporation Licenses Naturally Derived Compound For Scar Improvement; License Requires Payments Totaling $1.1 Million To The Quigley Corporation Over A Five Year Period For Exclusive Ownership

...arance of scars in a comparative study versus a category leading OTC national brand name scar cream. Dr Richard Rosenbloom MD, PhD, Exec VP, and coo of Quigley Pharma stated: "It is gratifying to see one of our patented and positively tested formulations come closer to benefiting the consumer and ...

USD 12.5 m Funding for the Development of Intercell's Vaccine Patch System for Pandemic Influenza From U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

...e of Pandemic Influenza vaccine may meet the level of protection suggested in U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) guidance. Thomas Lingelbach, coo of Intercell AG and CEO of Intercell USA commented: "The financial support from HHS enables us to continue our Pandemic Flu program with full speed in...

Sarah Cannon Research Institute Selects OmniComm Systems' Electronic Data Capture Solution, TrialMaster(TM), for Clinical Trials Management

...atisfaction as a company to know that our cutting edge software is helping to bring novel drugs and therapies to market sooner," said Stephen Johnson, coo of OmniComm. Ken Light, Sr. Vice President of Professional Services for OmniComm added, "Our implementation team stands ready to provide the superior ...

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Innerscope Research(R) Appoints Digital Leader, Andre Marquis, as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing

... to add someone with such broad and deep expertise." Previously, Marquis served as Senior Marketing Officer at Log Savvy Corporation; founder and coo of Chorus, a business unit of Eli Lilly; and Chief Technology and Senior Vice President of Marketing and Product Development at iPIX. Marquis wil...

Innerscope Research(R) Appoints Digital Leader, Andre Marquis, as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing

... to add someone with such broad and deep expertise." Previously, Marquis served as Senior Marketing Officer at Log Savvy Corporation; founder and coo of Chorus, a business unit of Eli Lilly; and Chief Technology and Senior Vice President of Marketing and Product Development at iPIX. Marquis wil...

Turtle doves commit adultery

... dove are different and the hybrids have their own coo as well. Action, reaction Den Hartog invest...is territory if the intruders can 'understand' his coo and recognise the threatening message. Vice versa,...nderstand that they are possible rivals. A strange coo can therefore hinder a successful sex life. As ...

'Home Improvement' Star Debbe Dunning is New smartTOUCH Spokesperson

...r of two young children who understands the need for simple to use home improvement products that help simplify families lives," noted Lorraine Yarde, coo at bioMETRX. "I am thrilled to be working with bioMETRX and to introduce its smartTOUCH(R) products to the Home Improvement world. These products us...

bioMETRX, Inc. Acquires Assets of Sequiam Biometrics (Pty) Ltd.

...igning a plan with their management to increase sales in existing markets, as well as offering these solutions here in the US", stated Lorraine Yarde, coo at bioMETRX. "While consumer biometrics is starting to take hold, commercial biometric applications have been around for numerous years and enjoys hig...

bioMETRX, Inc. Completes Exclusive Licensing Agreement With EZ Print, LLC

...am and turn it into a significant revenue generator," noted Lorraine Yarde, coo at bioMETRX. Mark Irvin, coo of EZ Print, said, "We think Print It, 123! is probably the greatest print ...

CrimeCog Technologies Unveils Enhanced JMS Module of E*JUSTICE SYSTEMS(TM)

...proving, and we continue to create and build new functions that help Agencies accomplish more through greater efficiency," said CrimeCog President and coo Joe McKeown. "This update allows us to meet customer demand for the automated tracking inmate accounts and obligations as well as recouping inmate cos...

Titanium Group Announces Biometric Contract with One of the Most Active Clinics in Hong Kong

...n the healthcare industry. This is a very large and growing sector which is full of market potential for our products in the region," said Billy Tang, coo of Titanium Group Ltd. The Clinic provides primary health care services, nursing practices, dispensary and laboratory services, health education and...

USP awards verified mark to Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, Ltd. ingredients

...ll-manufactured drug product, which is the responsibility of a dosage form manufacturer working with a responsible regulatory agency. Satish Reddy, coo and managing director of Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, stated, "This certification from a highly respectable body such as the USP is yet another veracious...

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Pharmos Corporation Announces President & COO Alan L. Rubino to Leave Company

ISELIN, N.J., Dec. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pharmos Corporation (Nasdaq: PARS ) announced today that President & COO Alan Rubino has elected to resign from the Company. Mr. Rubino joined Pharmos in November 2005 and was instrumental in the strategic acquisition and the subsequent integr...

WuXi PharmaTech (NYSE: WX) Promotes Edward Hu to COO

SHANGHAI, China, Jan. 3 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- WuXi PharmaTech (NYSE: WX), China's premier provider of pharmaceutical R&D outsourcing services is pleased to announce today that it has promoted Mr. Edward Hu from Executive Vice President of Operations to Chief Operating Officer. Prior to join...

Meier joins Broadlook Technologies as COO

Milwaukee, Wis. - Broadlook Technologies , an Internet data provider, has appointed its legal counsel, Gregory Meier, as the firm's chief operations officer. Meier brings experience in the legal, private equity, and venture capital sectors, and he will be responsible for helping the Milwaukee...

Germantown drug company hires pharma veteran James Davidson as COO

Germantown, Wis . - Cambridge Major Laboratories , a Germantown manufacturer of active pharmaceutical ingredients, has appointed pharmaceutical executive James Davidson as its chief operating officer. The appointment, which is part of a global expansion strategy, places Davidson in charge of ...

Kendle Realigns C-Suite Leadership to Drive Increased Innovation, Productivity and Organizational Efficiency

...ted expertise in the design and implementation of innovative technology solutions to enhance clinical trial delivery and organizational efficiency. As coo Mr. Bergen has provided executive leadership for Kendle's ERP initiative, the largest initiative in the Company's history, which will yield significan...

Kendle Appoints Stephen Cutler, PhD Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

...mize delivery of integrated service offerings for customers. He assumes the coo role from Chris Bergen who has been appointed Executive Vice President and ...nd. The addition of Dr. Cutler as Kendle's Senior Vice President and coo complements other recent moves by the Company to strengthen its executive l...

Guy J. Quigley Resigns as Chairman and CEO of The Quigley Corporation: Quigley Leaves Company He Founded 20 Years Ago

... which favored dissident shareholder Ted Karkus and his proposed slate of directors. The Company has accepted the resignation of Charles A. Phillips, coo of The Quigley Corporation and Wendy D. Quigley, Accounting Operations Manager. Mr. Phillips and Ms. Quigley have been with the Company since its inc...

Pharmacyclics to Present at the 8th Annual Needham and Company Life Sciences Conference

...ommercializing innovative small molecule drugs for the treatment of immune mediated disease and cancer, today announced that Glenn Rice, President and coo will present on Wednesday, June 10, at 11:30 a.m. ET at the 8th Annual Needham Life Sciences Conference taking place at the New York Palace Hotel. ...

A New Era in the Application of Lab-on-a-Chip to Rapid Point-of-Care Diagnosis

...nce and active involvement in both the academic and business environment led to the strategic vision behind the success of the HKLife team. Meanwhile, coo and General Manager, Dr. Terence L.T. Lau has been instrumental in driving HKLife and its subsidiaries. His success and achievements in both academia ...

University of Illinois Medical Center in Chicago First Hospital to Install Innovative Shape-HF™ Cardiopulmonary Testing System

...ological assessment to enable CRT optimization during exercise and is cost-effective and easy to use. According to Shape Medical Systems President and coo Clarence Johnson, "Cost, logistics and the complexity of testing and data interpretation, as well as the significant level of patient discomfort ...

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