President Clinton and Mylan Chairman and CEO Robert J. Coury Announce New Agreement to Lower Price of Treatment for Patients with Drug-Resistant HIV in Developing Countries

PITTSBURGH, Aug. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- President Bill Clinton, Mylan Chairman and CEO Robert J. Coury and Matrix Laboratories Founder and Vice Chairman N. Prasad today announced an important agreement to enable better, more affordable treatments for patients on "second-line" antire...

US Oncology Announces Retirement of R. Dale Ross and Appointment of Bruce Broussard as Chairman of the Board

THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Board of Directors of US Oncology Holdings, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary, US Oncology, Inc. (collectively, "US Oncology" or the "Company"), announced that, effective Sept. 1, 2009, R. Dale Ross is retiring as Executive Chair...

George Barrett Named Chairman and CEO of Cardinal Health

DUBLIN, Ohio, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cardinal Health today announced that George Barrett has been elected to the company's board of directors and will serve as chairman and chief executive officer of Cardinal Health, effective on the completion of the planned spi...

Streamline Health Appoints Jon Phillips Chairman of the Board of Directors

CINCINNATI, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Board of Directors of Streamline Health Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: STRM ) today announced that, in an effort to further implement best practices for corporate governance, the Company should have an independent, non-management dir...

Mylan Chairman and CEO Robert J. Coury to Ring NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell

PITTSBURGH, July 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mylan Inc. (Nasdaq: MYL ) today announced that its Chairman and CEO Robert J. Coury will preside over the NASDAQ Stock Market closing on Thursday, July 30 from 3:45 to 4:00 p.m. ET. Feed Information: The Closing Bell is available from ...

Greenway Medical Technologies' Executive, Justin Barnes, Re-Elected As Chairman of HIMSS Electronic Health Record Association

CARROLLTON, Ga., July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Justin Barnes, vice president of marketing and government affairs at Greenway Medical Technologies Inc., was recently re-elected as the chairman of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society's (HIMSS) Electronic Health Record A...

Arcadian Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Robert Fahlman, to Present at Focus on Healthcare Conference in New York City

OAKLAND, Calif., July 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Arcadian Health announced today that Robert Fahlman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, is scheduled to present at the BMO Capital Markets sponsored 9th Annual Focus on Healthcare Conference on August 5, 2009, in New York City at the Millennium...

TOPICA Elects G. Kirk Raab as Chairman of the Board

PALO ALTO, Calif., July 16 /PRNewswire/ -- TOPICA Pharmaceuticals today announced that G. Kirk Raab has been elected chairman of the company's Board of Directors. "As a pre-eminent leader in the biotechnology industry, and as the former chairman of Connetics Corporation and Ocla...

Michael Steele, Chairman of the Republican National Committee, Will Hold a Press Conference on 'Health Care - the Republican Alternative' at 9 am on Monday July 20th in the Holeman Lounge of the National Press Club on the 13th Floor

WASHINGTON, July 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Steele will outline a unifying set of core Republican principles for health care reform, spelling out what Republicans are for and what they are against while seeking to correct common myths about what President Obama claims his health ...

Nu Skin Chairman Recognized With 2009 International Award for Outstanding Business Performance

PROVO, Utah, July 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nu Skin Enterprises' (NYSE: NUS ) founder and Chairman of the Board Blake Roney was honored yesterday with the International Stevie Award as the top chairman of the board by the 2009 International Business Awards. The International Busines...

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Spherix Elects New Independent Director, and Elects Chairman of the Board

BETHESDA, Md., May 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Spherix Incorporated (Nasdaq: SPEX ), an innovator in biotechnology for diabetes therapy, and a provider of technical and regulatory consulting services to food, supplement, biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, today announced that, on May 1...

Open Letter to President-Elect Barack Obama From Don Margolis, Chairman and Founder of The Repair Stem Cell Institute

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Dear President-Elect Obama: Your first four year Presidential term will start with billions of dollars earmarked for stem cell research. As spokesman for the Repair Stem Cell Institute (RSCI), which is the voice of the Repair Stem C...

Cytopia Appoints Study Chairman for JAK2 Clinical Trial

MELBOURNE, Australia, July 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cytopia Limited (ASX: CYT) has appointed Dr. Ayalew Tefferi, Professor of Medicine and Hematology at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, as Clinical Study Chair for the company's Phase I/II study in patients with myelofibrosis. Dr. Tef...

Statement by KCP Chairman Dr. Edward Jones in Response to FDA Advisory Committee on Benefits and Risks of Erythropoietin-Stimulating Agents in Treatment of Kidney Patients

September 11, 2007 WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a statement by KCP Chairman Dr. Edward Jones: Yesterday's FDA Advisory Committee meeting underscores the many considerations that must be factored in to policymaking related to anemi...

William R. Ringo Joins Hyperion Therapeutics, Inc. Board of Directors as Chairman

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Jan. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Hyperion Therapeutics, Inc., a privately-held biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of hepatology and gastrointestinal therapies that address orphan and underserved patient populations with unmet medical n...

Statement by Philip Home Chairman of the RECORD Study Steering Committee and Professor of Diabetes Medicine at Newcastle University in England

PHILADELPHIA, June 05, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- Professor Home said: "The editorials published by the NEJM are disappointing and misleading in that they disregarded important pieces of data that are extremely relevant to patients and physicians. Most significantly the editorials ignored data that ...

DNA Helps Reunite Children With Their Families

...cent are under 17. It is estimated that by 2010, human trafficking will be the No. 1 crime worldwide. Arthur Eisenberg, Ph.D., professor and chairman of the department of forensic and investigative Genetics and co-director of the UNT Center for Human Identification at the University of North T...

Cryo-Cell Announces C'elle(SM) Research and Development Collaboration with Cryopraxis Cryobiology Ltd.

...chnology in the future development of novel therapies for two debilitating conditions affecting women worldwide," said Mercedes A. Walton, Cryo-Cell's chairman and CEO. "Millions of women may potentially benefit from the affordable and non-invasive collection of these valuable stem cells today with C'elle ser...

R788 in TASKi3 Clinical Trial Does Not Meet Efficacy Endpoints in RA Patients Who Had Previously Failed Biologic Therapies - Results Incongruent

...lier TASKi1 and TASKi2 studies, and we believe that patient population represents the large market opportunity for this product," said James M. Gower, chairman and chief executive officer of Rigel. "In this TASKi3 patient population, biologic failures, we have seen divergent results as sometimes happens in s...

Idenix Pharmaceuticals Successfully Completes Proof-of-Concept Study of IDX184 for the Treatment of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV)

...ys post-treatment. "We have made great progress in our HCV discovery and development programs this year," said Jean-Pierre Sommadossi, Ph.D., chairman and chief executive officer of Idenix. "With the successful completion of the proof-of-concept study for IDX184 and plans to file investigational new ...

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Russell Blattner

... - December 6, 2002, was a pediatrician and the founding physician-in-chief of Texas Children's Hospital . In 1947 Dr. Russell Blattner was named chairman of the Department of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine . Through this position he was able to help plan and implement the founding of Texas Ch...

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Carnegie Mellon's Jean VanBriesen leads research team on Monongahela River

... Carol Zagrocki, program director of the Colcom Foundation, established in 1996 by the late Cordelia S. May, a dedicated conservationist who served as chairman until her death in 2005. ...

Researchers team up to provide new hope for childhood hunger

...e, St. Louis Children's Hospital and Donald Danforth Plant Sciences Center," said Alan L. Schwartz, M.D., Ph.D., the Harriet B. Spoehrer Professor and chairman of Pediatrics at Washington University School of Medicine. "St. Louis Children's Hospital has a vibrant outreach mission supported by our many donors...

Stunting plants' skyward reach could lead to improved yields

...tgomery has taken an innovative approach to studying how plants adjust as light conditions change," said Thomas Sharkey, a fellow plant researcher and chairman of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. "This is a very significant grant from the National Science Foundation and is evidence that o...

'Show me the money!' MDA greenlights grants

...be conducted from 2009 through 2011, totaling almost $5 million. MDA committed approximately $43million to new and ongoing research in 2008," said MDA chairman of the Board R. Rodney Howell. There are no cures yet for most muscle diseases, but the research MDA has funded has created the basis for progr...

Parascript Signature Verification Technology Used by Moscow Law Firm to Detect Signature Fraud in $160,000 Debt Collection Case

...idence and served as the basis for the decision of the Arbitration Court of Moscow to proceed with the $160,000 debt collection case," said A. Gareev, chairman of the law firm. "We are very pleased with the accuracy and reliability delivered by Parascript's signature authentication technology." Signatur...

LSUHSC's Kolls awarded $1.8 million to improve vaccine strategies for P. carinii pneumonia

... New Orleans, LA Jay K. Kolls, MD, Professor and chairman of Genetics at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Medicine, has been awarded $1.8 million over five years by the National Heart, Lung an...

Axel Ullrich named winner of 2009 Dr. Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research

...cancer," said Solomon Snyder, M.D., distinguished service professor of Neuroscience, Pharmacology and Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and chairman of The Dr. Paul Janssen Award Selection Committee. "He is one of few basic scientists whose work not only has influenced academic research, but al...

Parascript Signature Verification Technology Used by Moscow Law Firm to Detect Signature Fraud in $160,000 Debt Collection Case

...idence and served as the basis for the decision of the Arbitration Court of Moscow to proceed with the $160,000 debt collection case," said A. Gareev, chairman of the law firm. "We are very pleased with the accuracy and reliability delivered by Parascript's signature authentication technology." Signatur...

Prostate Cancer Translational Research in Europe meeting: Search for biomarkers continues

...se the interaction amongst specialists. It is essential that we show our results to each other," said Prof. Peter Mulders (Nijmegen, The Netherlands), chairman of the European Association of Urology Research Foundation (EAU-RF), organiser of the PCTRE meeting. With more than 170 participants, the confere...

Aussie and Kiwi researchers make double MS genetic discovery

...his Australasian team is competing on a global scale to unravel the complex genetics of MS. This is a significant discovery" says Professor Jim Wiley, chairman of the ANZGene consortium. Mr Jeremy Wright, Executive Director of MS Research Australia, says: "We are thrilled to have been funding this study wi...

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IDEV Technologies Names Veteran Medical Device Executive Rick Anderson Chairman of the Board of Directors

HOUSTON, July 9 /PRNewswire/ -- IDEV Technologies, Incorporated, (IDEV) an emerging leader in the development and marketing of minimally invasive medical technologies, today announced the appointment of veteran medical device executive Rick Anderson to Chairman of its Board of Directors. Thomas M...

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

DOYLESTOWN, Pa., June 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Quigley Corporation, (Nasdaq: QGLY ) , www.quigleyco.com , today announced the resignation of Guy J. Quigley as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. The resignation is effective immediately, followin...

NeoStem, Inc. Appoints Financial Expert with Broad International Experience to the Board of Directors and to Serve as Chairman of the Company's Audit Committee

NEW YORK, June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- NeoStem, Inc. (NYSE Amex: NBS ), which is pioneering the pre-disease collection, processing and long-term storage of adult stem cells for future medical need, announced today it has appointed to its Board of Directors Drew Bernstein, CPA and Managing Partner of ...

Senesco Technologies, Inc. Announces the Appointment of Dr. Harlan W. Waksal, M.D. as Chairman of the Board of Directors and the Addition of Mr. Warren J. Isabelle, CFA to its Board of Directors

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., June 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Senesco Technologies, Inc. ("Senesco" or the "Company") (NYSE Amex: SNT ) today announced the appointment, effective June 8, 2009, of its current Board member, Dr. Harlan Waksal, M.D., to serve as Chairman of the Board, succeeding Mr. Rudol...

Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. Announces Michael P. Tarnok as Interim Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

NEW YORK, April 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: KERX ) today announced the appointment of Michael P. Tarnok to be its interim Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, replacing Michael S. Weiss, effective immediately. Mr. Tarnok, age 54, has served on Ker...

Spherix Incorporated Announces the Death of A. Paul Cox, Jr., Chairman of the Board

BETHESDA, Md., April 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Spherix Incorporated (Nasdaq: SPEX ), an innovator in biotechnology and a provider of technical and regulatory consulting services to food, supplement, biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, today regretfully announced the death of its Chair...

Peregrine Pharmaceuticals Mourns Loss of Chairman Thomas A. Waltz

TUSTIN, Calif., Dec. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: PPHM ) today announced that Thomas A. Waltz, M.D., chairman of its Board of Directors, unexpectedly passed away on Wednesday. Dr. Waltz had been a director of Peregrine since 2004 and was chairman since 2...

Intellect Neurosciences, Inc. Issues Letter to Shareholders From Its Chairman and CEO

NEW YORK, Nov. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Intellect Neurosciences, Inc. ( OTC Bulletin Board : ILNS ), a biopharmaceutical company focused on development of disease-modifying therapeutic agents for the treatment and prevention of Alzheimer's disease released today the following Letter to Shar...

AMDL, Inc. Names Douglas MacLellan as Executive Chairman & CEO

Michael Boswell nominated as Chairman of Audit committee TUSTIN, Calif., Nov. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- (http://www.amdl.com ) AMDL, Inc. (Amex: ADL ), announced today Mr. Douglas MacLellan has been elected by its Board of Directors to the role of Chief Executive Officer and Execut...

Dynamic Signs Asset Acquisition Deal With Cannex and Brings Onboard Leading Medical Cannabis Research Scientist Dr. Robert Melamede, Former Chairman of the Biology Department, University of Colorado

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Dynamic Alert Limited (OTC Bulletin Board: DYMC) (the "Company") is an emerging biotechnology leader specializing in the commercialization of medical cannabis-based pharmaceutical products. Today the Company is pleased to announce it has signed ...

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