Spencer's Benefits Reports COBRA Survey Finds Recession Takes Hold: More Were Eligible, Fewer Signed Up, Costs Stay High

RIVERWOODS, Ill., June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- As more and more employees become eligible for COBRA continuing health coverage due to layoffs, a smaller and smaller percentage of them are actually signing up for it due to its high cost, according to the findings of the Spencer's Benefits Reports 2009...

Senators Who Signed Letter Opposing Public Health Plan Took $17.7 Million in Campaign Donations from Health Care and Insurance Industries

Public Campaign Action Fund analysis finds that nine Republican Senators took nearly $2 million on average over their careers WASHINGTON, June 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The nine Republican Senators who sent a letter today to President Barack Obama to express their opposition to a central p...

MIT is pleased to announce that it has signed the Joint Venture agreement with its Chinese partners and has received an initial order of 120 units for Animal vaccination

DENVER, CO, May 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Medical International Technology Inc. (MDLH. PK) ( http://www.mitcanada.ca http://www.mitinvest.ca ), MIT is pleased to announce that it has signed the Joint Venture Agreement with its Chinese partners. MIT president Mr. Karim Menassa has returne...

Celebrity Signed Jeans Live at Auction During Baby & Tween Celebration LA

Jeans Bring Dreams, a program created by dekoposh, Inc. will offer celebrity signed jeans at auction to raise money for Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA during the highly anticipated Baby & Tween Celebration LA event LOS ANGELES, April 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Baby & Tween Celebration LA and...

Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Act Signed by President Obama as Part of Omnibus Public Land Bill

Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation expresses appreciation to Congressional co-sponsors for passing first legislation specific to the paralysis community SHORT HILLS, N.J., March 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, the national, non-profit organizati...

Providence Service Corporation Comments on $87 Billion Medicaid Assistance for States in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Signed into Law Yesterday

TUCSON, Ariz., Feb. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Providence Service Corporation (Nasdaq: PRSC ) today commented on the Medicaid assistance for states in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which was signed by President Obama yesterday. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in...

Emily's Law for Regulating Pharmacy Technicians Signed by Ohio Governor

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- SB 203, known as Emily's Law, has received Governor Ted Strickland's signature today, making the law official in the state of Ohio. Named after Emily Jerry, Emily's Law will provide strict requirements and regulations for pharmacy technicians. The law,...

Enigma Diagnostics Announces a Signed Term Sheet for Patent Licenses with Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.

PORTON DOWN, England and SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Enigma Diagnostics Limited, the decentralized and point-of-care molecular diagnostics company, announced today that it has signed a term sheet for two patent license agreements with Roche Molecular Systems, Inc. (RMS). The li...

State Board Issues Complaint: VHS Board Should Have Signed Contract With Caregivers

Workers also charge hospital with unlawful changes in wages and benefits HEMET, Calif., Aug. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The state Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) on Monday issued a complaint against the board of directors of Valley Health System (VHS) for backing out of a contract ...

New Law Signed by Governor Rendell Expands Newborn Screening in Pennsylvania

Legislation Now Requires Screening for 28 Genetic, Metabolic Conditions HARRISBURG, Pa., July 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new law signed this month by Governor Edward G. Rendell will help to improve the health of newborns in Pennsylvania, according to the state Health Department. By am...

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NewCardio Announces Master Services Agreement With Dedicated Phase I

...e I, an innovative, Phoenix, Arizona-based provider of clinical research services including a Core ECG laboratory for Thorough QT and QTc studies, has signed a Master Services Agreement (MSA) with NewCardio. Under terms of this agreement, Dedicated Phase I will receive a license to use NewCardio's QTinno(TM...

Swissmedic Grants Debiopharm Marketing Authorisation for Moapar(R), a New Therapeutic Avenue for the Treatment of Sexual Deviations

...e feel that it's our duty to make this treatment available to the medical profession." Debiopharm already received marketing authorisations and signed license agreements for the distribution of Salvacyl(R)/Moapar(R) in nine major European countries, including France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Swed...

Swissmedic Grants Debiopharm Marketing Authorisation for Moapar(R), a New Therapeutic Avenue for the Treatment of Sexual Deviations

...e feel that it's our duty to make this treatment available to the medical profession." Debiopharm already received marketing authorisations and signed license agreements for the distribution of Salvacyl(R)/Moapar(R) in nine major European countries, including France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Swed...

Sirius Genomics Announces New Collaboration with Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Paris

... VANCOUVER, July 13 /PRNewswire/ - Sirius Genomics, a developer of pharmacogenomic diagnostics, announced today that it has signed a collaborative agreement with the Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Paris (AP-HP) to study genomic correlations in severe sepsis patients. The agreemen...

Bioniche Life Sciences Inc. and Endo Pharmaceuticals Sign Licensing Agreement for Urocidin(TM)

... by Bioniche for the treatment of non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer that is currently undergoing Phase III clinical testing. Under the agreement signed by both companies, Endo will pay Bioniche an up-front cash payment of $20M USD and the potential for up to $110M USD in additional payments linked to ...

GeoVax Labs, Inc. Announces Results of 2009 Annual Shareholders Meeting

...also utilizing our $17 million NIH grant to enhance our vaccine development." Dr. McNally added, "We also are greatly encouraged by our recently signed proposal to discuss a cooperative arrangement with Chicago's Cook County Board President Todd H. Stroger and the Commissioners of Cook County; the Coo...

Merz Pharmaceuticals Announce Three Studies of NT-201 - (Botulinum neurotoxin type A Free From Complexing Proteins)

... (median dose: 400 units, maximum dose: 500 units). Changes on the Ashworth Scale score were highly statistically significant (p < 0.0001; Wilcoxon signed rank test) at control visits during all four injection intervals and in all muscle groups. NT 201 was effective in reducing functional impairment as s...

New Phase 3 Study of Tapentadol Immediate Release Tablets Published in Current Medical Research and Opinion Journal

...apentadol. Grunenthal and J&JPRD have shared development responsibilities for tapentadol for acute and chronic pain conditions since the companies signed a licensing agreement for tapentadol in 2003. Grunenthal licensed marketing rights to tapentadol to Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ...

New Federal Stem Cell Rules Would Hinder Existing Research, Consumer Group Warns

...today. The nonpartisan, nonprofit group called on the National Institutes of Health to change the draft regulations. On March 9, President Obama signed an executive order intended to lift restrictions on federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research. As part of the order, the National Institu...

TriLink BioTechnologies, Inc. Announces Supply Agreement With Osmetech Molecular Diagnostics

... SAN DIEGO , May 18 /PRNewswire/ -- TriLink BioTechnologies, Inc. today announced that it has signed a service agreement with Osmetech Molecular Diagnostics to supply reagents for Osmetech's recently launched eSensor(R) Cystic Fibrosis Carrier Detecti...

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Bvlgari Vision Collection

Description:... The license agreement for the manufacturing and distribution of Bulgari eyewear was signed by Luxottica Group in 1997. Bulgari eyewear is designed for sleek, select people who want to distinguish themselves by wearing a unique accessory....
Company:Luxottica Group

Dolce & Gabbana Ophthalmic Collection

Description:... Luxury and professionalism. Glamour and style. Creativity and cutting-edge design. Dolce & Gabbana and Luxottica, two market-leading companies, signed a new licensing agreement in October 2005.The Dolce & Gabbana brand was formed in 1985 by the famous designer duo, Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana,...
Company:Luxottica Group

CardioDoc™

Description:... physicians can create patient reports integrating diagnostics, images, H&P, labs, medications, and procedural details. Reports can then be completed, signed with an e-signature, and distributed at case end to the referring physician and stored as an electronic medical record (EMR)....
Company:LUMEDX

TrackDoc Automated Medical Information Solutions

Description:...uments into a local folder. This may include transcribed documents or e-signed documents from TrackDoc. The option is available to send completed or signed documents directly to the printer, without any action required by healthcare personnel. ZyDoc supports the needs of their participating physic...
Company:ZyDoc Medical Transcription, LLC

Perkins Hand Held Applanation Tonometer

Features:...mi-circles" which are vital to attaining accurate results. Every Perkins Tonometer is calibrated to the highest quality standards and comes with a signed and dated Certificate of Accuracy. Examine at Arms Length The optional Perkins Examination Telescope (P.E.T.) allows magnified viewi...
Company:Haag-Streit USA, Inc.

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GMES Sentinel-2 satellite contract signed

The European Space Agency and Astrium today signed a 195 million contract to provide the first Sentinel-2 earth observation satellite, devoted to monitoring the land environment, as part of the European GMES programme. As prime contractor, Astrium is responsible for the design, development and int...

UK Identity and Passport Service and IBM Sign 7-year National Biometric Identity Service (NBIS) Contract

...and Passport Service (IPS), an executive agency of the UK Home Office, have signed a seven-year agreement for IBM to provide a core element of the Government'...om Sagem Securite (SAFRAN Group). The contract between IPS and IBM was signed in May 2009. Notes to Editors Today's announcement concludes th...

Another JDRF partner moves research forward with collaboration agreement for diabetes treatment

...oday that for the fourth time in 18 months, one of its biotech partners has signed a collaboration agreement with a large pharmaceutical company to move resea...imilar antibody with Lilly; and Canada's Transition Therapeutics, which has signed a commercialization agreement for a beta cell regenerative therapy with Lil...

CSIRO deal to commercialize 'artificial gut'

... CSIRO Food Futures National Research Flagship and Australian company Stadvis Pty Ltd have signed a worldwide license agreement to commercialise an automated instrument that accurately predicts glycemic index (GI) and resistant starch (RS) in food ...

Minnesota Counties Secure New Criminal Charging System With BIO-key(R) Fingerprint Biometrics

...antly reduces the time it takes for a criminal complaint to move through the justice system. What used to take days could now take only minutes. "I've signed two of these today already. It probably took me a total of less than five minutes to do that," observed James Florey, St. Louis County chief judge. ...

Scientists urge world leaders to respond cooperatively to Pacific Ocean threats

... More than 400 leading scientists from nearly two-dozen countries have signed a consensus statement on the major threats facing the Pacific Ocean. The threats identified as the most serious and pervasive include overfishing, pol...

WARF signs license agreement with Pfizer for human embryonic stem cells

...Foundation (WARF), the private, nonprofit patenting and licensing organization for the University of Wisconsin-Madison, announced May 5 that they have signed a license for human embryonic stem (hES) cell patents for the development of new drug therapies. The WARF license provides Pfizer the rights to wor...

Countries unite to reduce animal use in product toxicity testing worldwide

... the U.S. National Toxicology Program (NTP), today signed a memorandum of cooperation that could reduce the ...ing us to leverage limited resources." Birnbaum signed as the U.S. representative on behalf of the NTP In...zations participating in the agreement. Others who signed include Elke Anklam, Ph.D., for the European Centr...

Mass Biologic Labs/UMass Med School and Medarex license C. difficile monoclonal antibody to Merck

.... (NASDAQ: MEDX) and Massachusetts Biologic Laboratories (MBL) of the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) today announced that they have signed an exclusive worldwide license agreement for CDA-1 and CDB-1 (also known as MDX-066/MDX-1388 and MBL-CDA1/MBL-CDB1), an investigational fully human mo...

Allscripts Integrates Electronic Health Records with Innovative Patient Kiosk

...at physician groups not only implement, but fully utilize Electronic Health Records, a key goal of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, signed by President Barack Obama on February 17, 2009. Allscripts Patient Kiosk delivers real-time updates to Practice Management databases for patient ...

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Seambiotic USA and NASA Glenn Research Center Signed Agreement for Large Scale Microalgae Process Optimization

ASHKELON, Israel, July 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Seambiotic, a global leader in the development and production of marine microalgae for the nutraceutical and biofuel industries, has announced that its US subsidiary, Seambiotic USA, has entered into an agreement with NASA Glenn Research Center to devel...

Universite de Montreal and Validapro Biosciences Inc. have Signed an Agreement-in-Principle

Universite de Montreal and Validapro Biosciences Inc. have signed an agreement-in-principle to ensure the valorization and the operation under cGMP standards of the biotherapeutic manufacturing unit located at the Faculty of veterinary medicine in St-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada, for human and veter...

OmniComm Systems, Inc. Experiences Record Year End Results - $18 Million in Signed Contracts for the Year 2008

FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla., Jan. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- OmniComm Systems, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: OMCM), a leader in integrated electronic data capture solutions for clinical trials, today announced record breaking results for 2008 in new and repeat business that exceeded original expectatio...

Sales Contracts Worth $2.3 Million Signed Since 1 July 2008

Highlights: -- $1.2 million contract signed for Phase III schizophrenia study -- In total, nine sales contracts signed since 1 July 2008, worth $2.3 million -- $3 million in revenue already locked in for FY 2009 MELBOURN...

China Aoxing Pharmaceutical Company Signed Definitive Acquisition Agreement to Acquire Shijiazhuang Lerentang Pharmaceutical Company, Ltd.

- Acquisition to Expand Company's Market Position and Portfolio in Pain Management - NEW YORK, March 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- China Aoxing Pharmaceutical Company, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CAXG), which has the largest manufacturing facility and product pipeline...

Microbix Sales Grow 22% For Nine Months

...x technology has the potential to provide a new entry company with full IP exclusivity. As previously reported term sheet agreements have already been signed with artificial insemination companies worldwide." Urokinase The Company acquired all Urokinase assets from ImaRx Therapeutics, Inc. of Tucs...

PDI Reports 2009 Second Quarter Financial Results

...usiness wins expected to exceed $18 million in revenue over 12 months signed agreement with The Medical Affairs Company (TMAC(R)) to enhance our service...in the industry." Ms. Lurker continued, "We are also pleased to have signed an agreement with The Medical Affairs Company which will allow us to meet a...

ImmunoVaccine Technologies Partners With Scancell to Advance DNA Vaccine Delivery

... HALIFAX, NS, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire/ - ImmunoVaccine Technologies Inc. (IVT), a Canadian vaccine development company, has signed an agreement with UK-based Scancell Ltd., the operating company of Scancell Holdings Plc (SCLP.PL), which is developing therapeutic cancer and infecti...

Cord Blood America Retires $2.53M Obligation

...e saving potential of stem cells to families nationwide and internationally, said today it has retired $2.53M of long-term debt. "The two notes signed in February and March of 2007 respectively, between CBAI and the Shelter Island Opportunity Fund (SIOF), have been retired as of August 3, 2009. With...

SENOMYX AND FIRMENICH TO COLLABORATE ON DISCOVERY, DEVELOPMENT AND WORLDWIDE COMMERCIALIZATION OF NOVEL SWEET ENHANCERS

...ffect. The collaboration aims to identify novel cooling flavors that do not have the limitations of currently available agents. Senomyx and Firmenich signed a second agreement in November 2008, under which Firmenich has exclusive rights to commercialize Senomyx's novel S2383 flavor enhancer which reduces t...

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Anton van Leeuwenhoek

..., bacteria , spermatozoa and blood flow in capillaries (small blood vessels ). His name at birth was Thonis Philipszoon . His letters were signed Antoni van Leeuwenhoek . He was probably known as van Leeuwenhoek from a young age because he was born in a house at the corner of Lion's Gate in...

Stem cell

...ed the funding restriction. In April 2004 , 206 members of Congress, including many moderate Republicans and some other prominent public figures, signed a letter urging President Bush to relax the policy. The 2004 Democratic presidential candidate, Senator John Kerry (D, MA), had promised to support...

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White blood cells

... garage rock band The White Stripes, released on July 3, 2001 on Sympathy for the Record Industry. The album was reissued in 2002 after the band signed with the major label... White blood cells are responsible for the defense system in the body. ... die, they are destroyed by surrounding whi...

Tripartite

...refer to any of the following: The Tripartite Pact, also called the Three-Power Pact, Axis Pact, Three-way Pact or Tripartite Treaty was a pact signed in Berlin, Germany on September 27, 1940, which established the Axis Powers of World War II. The pact was... Definition of tripartite from the Me...

Stigma

... Stigma (album), an album recorded by the band EMF in 1992 ... Stigma (Italian band), death-core band signed to Pivotal Rockordings ... Social stigma is severe social disapproval of personal characteristics or beliefs that are perceived to be against cul...

Response element

...ric half-sites whose consensus ... VDR–VDR homodimers also bind to DR3 response elements . ... Specifies the portions of SOAP responses that are signed or encrypted. ... IncludeTimestamp specifies that the timestamp element within the WS-Security header ... Contains all the child elements for t...

Nodes of Ranvier

...ed myelin, that wraps around the axon of a... Nodes of Ranvier was a Christian metal/metalcore band from Sioux Falls, South Dakota that was signed to Victory Records. The band is described as "one of Sioux Falls' most successful and popular acts ever." They have played with band...

Nick

... Nick Germany Nick Deutschland Nickelodeon Launched July 12 , 1995 Owned by Viacom Picture format 4:3 Country Germany Austria ... version of Nick signed on in ... ...

NCBI

...NLM/ NCBI ... Topic: Plant & Animal Genome Resources at the NCBI . Speakers: TBA ... You can also save search strategies using My NCBI . ... signed into My NCBI , you will be prompted to do so. Figure 1: The Send to My NCBI Collections option on ... NCBI Accession. AAA37260, AAH11284, AK00...

Cofactors

...ese proteins are commonly enzymes and cofactors can be considered "helper molecules/ions" that... Cofactor (linear algebra), the signed minor of a matrix ... Cofactor (biochemistry), a substance that needs to be present in addition to an ... Provides a basic introduction to enzyme...

Blunt ends

... ends of DNA ... Decription ... Governor Blunt Ends Unfair Cut to Seniors' Social Security Benefits. Wednesday, July 11, 2007 ... Blunt has signed a new law that puts an end to ... Blunt - end DNA fragments can be ligated into Promega's T-Vectors if they are ... Both of these DNA polymeras...

Blunt End

...d PCR fragments can be ligated into the ... Decription ... Governor Blunt Ends Unfair Cut to Seniors' Social Security ... Governor Blunt has signed a new law that puts an end to the unfair tax on Social ... An electric guitar having a body and a neck that supports a fret board is provided wit...