Key to Attracting and Retaining Quality Employees: Benefits
NJ Business Leaders Learn How Their Employee Health Benefit Plans Stack Up PARSIPPANY, N.J., Jan. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Business owners and human resource executives grappling with ways to keep their employee health benefits both competitive and cost effective found out how their plans compare to ...Pregnancy-Friendly Workplace Is Key to Retaining Skilled Workers
Luncheon Highlights Best Practices for Mothers and Babies NEW YORK, Dec. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With more than 2 million women in the labor force having a baby every year, businesses must make their work environment welcoming to pregnant women or risk losing skilled employees, the M...George Barrett Named Chairman and CEO of Cardinal Health
...hrough a pro rata distribution of at least 80.1 percent of the shares of CareFusion common stock to Cardinal Health shareholders, with Cardinal Health retaining the remaining shares. The distribution of shares of CareFusion common stock will be made after the close of trading on Aug. 31 to Cardinal Health's sh...Encorium Group Provides Update to LOI with Respect to the Sale of its U.S. Business
...nclude, without limitation: (i) the risk that we may not have sufficient funds to operate our business; (ii)our success in attracting new business and retaining existing clients and projects; (iii) the size, duration and timing of clinical trials we are currently managing may change unexpectedly; (iv) the term...SAFC Biosciences(R) and Vivalis Collaborate to Optimize Cell Culture Media for Vaccines Production
...ocumented EB66 cell line from duck embryonic stem cells. The cell line fulfils all current industrial specifications for biologics manufacturing while retaining most of the desirable features of embryonic stem cells, such as genetic stability and indefinite cell proliferation. The EB66 cell line also provides ...Sequella Lead Drug Compound SQ109 Selected for Phase 1B Clinical Trial Program
...for Sequella," commented Dr. Carol Nacy, Sequella CEO. "We again successfully competed for support from our most valued funding partner, NIAID, while retaining the capacity to work with the same industry-leading contract research organization, Quintiles Transnational, that conducted our first-in-human Phase 1...Human Genome Sciences Reports Progress With Late-Stage Products and New Initiatives
...stone payments and cost-sharing. HGS is also capable financially and organizationally of taking the TRAIL receptor antibodies forward on its own, thus retaining 100% of the value. Key milestones of advancement for the HGS oncology portfolio: -- Potential new alliance(s) for TRAIL receptor antibodies. -- ...NexGen® Complete Knee Solution Cruciate Retaining (CR)
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Description: The NexGen CR femoral component is intended for patients who, in the physician's judgement, have good bone stock and whose ligaments provide adequate mediolateral, anteroposterior, and varus/valgus stability....The Comprehensive Natural-Knee Cruciate Retaining System
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Description: Scorpio CR Knee is designed to address normal knee kinematics, range of motion (ROM) and polyethylene wear....Elsevier announces 2008 journal impact factor highlights
...point from the 2007 IF. Finally, The Lancet Neurology ( http://www.thelancet.com/journals/laneur/issue/current ) increased by 40% to 14.270, thereby retaining the #1 position in the Clinical Neurology category for the 5th year running. Other Elsevier journals continue their long-running trend of increased...Report updates guidelines on how much weight women should gain during pregnancy
...se, which can result in consequences for both mothers and children. For mothers, the ramifications of excess weight gain include increased chances of retaining extra pounds after birth or needing a Caesarean section; for children the risks include being born preterm or larger than normal with extra fat. Each...University of Liverpool awarded $3.3 million for genomics hub
...uencing technologies to be made available across the research community." John Jeans, MRC Chief Operating Officer, said: "This investment is key to retaining and enhancing the UK's competitiveness. It makes plain the MRC's commitment to supporting high quality basic research and exemplifies the responsivene...Computer simulations explain the limitations of working memory
...d so on to get an idea of how the plan's going to fly." With their model brain, the team was able to discover why working memory is only capable of retaining between two and seven different pictures simultaneously. As working memory load rises, the active neurons in the parietal lobe increasingly inhibit th...Tree species composition influences nitrogen loss from forests
...that in addition to plant uptake, microbial processes are very important in retaining nitrogen in forest soils, and that forested watersheds in the Catskills var...rogen leaching, while soils under red oak and hemlock forests are better at retaining nitrogen and preventing leaching losses. This difference was partially rela...'Scrawny' gene keeps stem cells healthy
... Baltimore, MDStem cells are the body's primal cells, retaining the youthful ability to develop into more specialized types of cells over many cycles of cell division. How do they do it? Scientists at the Carnegie ...SENOMYX ANNOUNCES CORPORATE UPDATE AND SECOND QUARTER 2009 FINANCIAL RESULTS
... the new collaboration with Firmenich include S6973, a sucrose enhancer that enables up to 50% reduction of sugar in numerous product prototypes while retaining the natural taste, as well as related enhancers of sucrose that have other desirable physical properties. Senomyx is currently pursuing final develop...Anadys Pharmaceuticals Reports Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results and Program Highlights
...eron-alpha and ribavirin. The restructuring included a reduction in Anadys' workforce expected to generate annual savings of $4 to $5 million, while retaining the clinical development infrastructure required to conduct the Phase II study of ANA598, key capabilities directed toward pharmaceutical development ...Pharmaxis to Voluntarily De-List from Nasdaq
...in its Level 1 ADS program. Pharmaxis ADS will therefore continue to trade in the U.S. "over the counter" market. There are no costs associated with retaining the Level 1 ADS program. All ADS holders will shortly receive a formal notice advising them of the change in the program and providing instruct...ACT Announces Partnership With Gilead Sciences Inc.
...ers in Sunnyvale, CA. ACT has experienced tremendous growth since its inception in 2000. The company has grown 400% in the last four years while retaining over 90% percent of its clientele in spite of a significant industry recession. The addition of Gilead Sciences Inc. to ACT's family of clients ensure...microPET Focus 120 from CTI Molecular Imaging, Inc.
Description:... microPET 120 utilizies CTI Molecular Imaging's proprietary Focus™ detector technology, while precisily retaining the same imaging volume as the R4. The microPET Focus 120 offers the highest sensitivity of any commerically avaiable PET scanner. Focus scanners al...Neural Stem Cell Expansion Kit - Monolayer from R&D Systems
Description:...an adhesive substrate or as free floating spherical aggregates termed 'neurospheres. These in vitro propagated NSCs can proliferate in culture while retaining the potency to differentiate into neurons, oligodendrocytes and glia. in vitro NSC expansion makes it possible to grow sufficient numbers of NSCs fo...Neural Stem Cell Expansion Kit - Neurosphere from R&D Systems
Description:...an adhesive substrate or as free floating spherical aggregates termed 'neurospheres. These in vitro propagated NSCs can proliferate in culture while retaining the potency to differentiate into neurons, oligodendrocytes and glia. in vitro NSC expansion makes it possible to grow sufficient numbers of NSCs fo...Neural Stem Cell Expansion Kit - Monolayer Plus from R&D Systems
Description:...an adhesive substrate or as free floating spherical aggregates termed 'neurospheres. These in vitro propagated NSCs can proliferate in culture while retaining the potency to differentiate into neurons, oligodendrocytes and glia. in vitro NSC expansion makes it possible to grow sufficient numbers of NSCs fo...