Quest Diagnostics Earns Platinum Honor As 'Best Employer For Healthy Lifestyles'
National Business Group on Health Recognizes HealthyQuest Program for Fifth Consecutive Year MADISON, N.J., June 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (NYSE: DGX ), the world's leading provider of diagnostic testing, information and services, announced today that the N...CVS Caremark Awarded Platinum Honors for Best Practices in Consumer Health Improvement by URAC
Drug Therapy Management program provides access to one-on-one counseling and support for patients with complex pharmacy needs WOONSOCKET, R.I., April 2 /PRNewswire/ -- CVS Caremark (NYSE: CVS ) was awarded Platinum honors for Consumer Health Improvement by leading health care accreditation ...Avaya Platinum Partner Merrill & Associates Announces Engineering and Application Strategy
Avaya Platinum Partner Merrill & Associates is increasing its technical and engineering support in order to expand their focus on Unified Communications, systems integration, and applications. Brea, CA (PRWEB) October 30, 2008 -- Merrill & Associates a Platinum ...AMN Healthcare Services Acquires Platinum Select
Leader in Healthcare Staffing Claims Top Spot in Allied Staffing Services SAN DIEGO, Feb. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. (NYSE: AHS ), the nation's largest healthcare staffing company, announced today that it has acquired substantially all of the assets of Platinum ...Light powered platinum more targeted and 80 times more powerful than similar cancer treatments
Researchers from the Universities of Warwick, Edinburgh, Dundee and the Czech Republics Institute of Biophysics have discovered a new light-activated platinum-based compound that is up to 80 times more powerful than other platinum-based anti-cancer drugs and which can use light activation to kill...IncentOne Receives Incentive Platinum Partner Award
For 6th consecutive year, corporate leaders recognize leadership vision LYNDHURST, N.J., Oct. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- IncentOne, the leading provider of integrated incentive administration solutions, has been named a winner of the Platinum Partner Award by Incentive magazine. For the s...Disability Management Employer Coalition Names Mercer as Newest Platinum Sponsor
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- The Disability Management Employer Coalition (DMEC), the leading advocate of integrated disability management strategies in all absence and disability related employer programs, today announced that Mercer is a Platinum Sponsor of the growing association. Mic...Boston Scientific Launches Third-Generation Platinum Chromium Drug-Eluting Stent
TAXUS(R) Element(TM) Stent now available in select markets worldwide NATICK, Mass., May 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX ) today announced the launch of the platinum chromium TAXUS(R) Element(TM) Paclitaxel-Eluting Coronary Stent System in select markets...Access Pharmaceuticals Provides Update on ProLindac Clinical Development Program
...lopment strategy for ProLindac , a novel DACH platinum drug that has shown to be active in many solid t...ProLindac was more active than currently available platinum drugs in that patient population, and that the dru...y well tolerated. ProLindac is a novel DACH platinum drug that has shown to be active in many solid tum...Alfacell Provides Shareholder Update
...ne, and in the tumor model most resistant to platinum, Onconase addition to platinum increased tumor growth inhibition from 37% to 73%. These in vitro and ...non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in patients who have become resistant to platinum therapy. Dr. David Sidransky (Alfacell Chairman of the Board) is spearheadi...Boston Scientific Welcomes Results of Brain Aneurysm Clinical Trial
...ort the general shift toward coiling for the treatment of brain aneurysms." Endovascular coiling is a minimally invasive procedure in which tiny, platinum coils are inserted via catheter through the blood vessels into the aneurysm to prevent further bleeding into the brain. Surgical clipping is an open ...Ascenta Therapeutics Announces Multiple Presentations on AT-101 at 2009 ASCO Annual Meeting
... al. A phase I/II study of AT-101 in combination with topotecan (T) in patients with relapsed or refractory small cell lung cancer (SCLC) after prior platinum containing first line chemotherapy. Abstract #8106; Poster Board #R14; Lung Cancer - Metastatic, May 30, 2:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. Ready N, et al. AT...Telik Announces Presentation at ASCO Annual Meeting
...hase III study of canfosfamide (C, TLK286) plus pegylated liposomal doxorubicin (PLD) versus PLD as second-line therapy in platinum (P) refractory or resistant ovarian cancer (OC)." About Telik Telik, Inc. of Palo Alto, CA, is a clinical stage drug develo...Poniard Pharmaceuticals Reports First Quarter 2009 Financial Results and Provides a Corporate Update
...coplatin Picoplatin is designed to overcome platinum resistance associated with chemotherapy in solid t...eurotoxicity) than is commonly observed with other platinum chemotherapy drugs. Picoplatin has demonstrated a...ad platform product candidate, is a new generation platinum chemotherapy. To date, clinical studies suggest th...Drug Facts - Platinum (A to Z, Natural Products and Drug Interaction)
Description: The foremost source of current natural product information for health care professionals together with A to Z Drug Facts monographs and Drug Interaction checking. Includes free updates for one year. This is the ideal drug reference for physicians, students, residents, pharmacists, nurses, nurse pra...Invacare Platinum XL 5-Liter Oxygen Concentrator
Description: The Invacare Platinum XL Concentrator offers all the great features of Platinum 5, now with eXtended Life to help lower lifecycle costs. Platinum XL features an upgraded compressor, that extends the time before preventative maintenance is required by 40%! Platinum XL also offers an extended limited...Invacare Platinum XL 5-Liter Oxygen Concentrator with Sens O2
Description: The Invacare Platinum XL Concentrator offers all the great features of Platinum 5, now with eXtended Life to help lower lifecycle costs. Platinum XL features an upgraded compressor, that extends the time before preventative maintenance is required by 40%! Platinum XL also offers an extended limited...Invacare Platinum 10 Oxygen Concentrator
Description: Introducing the new Platinum 10 concentrator. The Platinum 10 delivers the reliability, performance and value advantage you have come to expect from the Platinum line of concentrators and provides an attractive alternative to liquid systems. The Platinum 10 is available at up to 10 LPM for high flo...Invacare Platinum 10 Oxygen Concentrator with Sens O2
Description: Introducing the new Platinum 10 concentrator. The Platinum 10 delivers the reliability, performance and value advantage you have come to expect from the Platinum line of concentrators and provides an attractive alternative to liquid systems. The Platinum 10 is available at up to 10 LPM for high flo...Midas Rex Legend Platinum Drill System
Description: The Legend Platinum is a compact and quiet, yet powerful motor. At 77,000 rpm at 120 psi/8 bar, it provides more power than motors of comparable size with noticeable noise reduction. A small, compact and lightweight design combines with an enhanced ergonomic handpiece to produce a superior motor....Extraterrestrial platinum was 'stirred' into the Earth
A research program aimed at using platinum as an exploration guide for nickel has for the first time been able to put a time scale on the planet's large-scale convection processes. The research is reported in a Nature paper titled "Progressive mixing of meteoritic veneer into the early Earth's...Improved Outcomes Releases GeneLinker(TM) Gold and Platinum Version 4.6
Improved Outcomes Software (IOS) today announced the release of GeneLinker(TM) Gold and Platinum 4.6, new versions of the award-winning Gene Expression and Proteomics Analysis Software products. "The new releases are focused primarily on importing and analyzing protein biomarker data, a high priori...New supercomputer to reel in answers to some of Earth's problems
... as a byproduct with the help of compounds called catalysts. Chinook is helping scientists develop a new catalytic material based on small clusters of platinum atoms that does this at least 40 times more efficiently than older materials. Unlike a consumer buying a PC, EMSL purchased a custom-made machine f...DOE-funded research projects win 46 R&D 100 Awards for 2009
... targets memory bandwidth. NanoCoral Dendritic platinum Nanostructures - An innovative nanotechnology for producing platinum catalysts that offers unique control over the shap...ion, stability, and other functional properties of platinum nanostructures compared with those achieved by exi...One sponge-like material, three different applications
...ur atoms of the thiomolybdate anions to create a three-dimensional porous network. "We succeeded in doing something very difficult: eliminating the platinum and only using common materials to create a gel," said Kanatzidis. "We found the proper conditions to get the properties we wanted. The key was changi...Increasing levels of rare element found worldwide
...mog. A volatile form of osmium is generated during platinum refinement and also during the normal operation of...th Sciences Mukul Sharma. "Now we learn that using platinum in the converters is responsible for an increase i...rimarily the industrial extraction and refining of platinum that produces the bulk of the osmium found in rain...Water acts as catalyst in explosives
...s, plays an unexpected role in catalyzing complex explosive reactions. A catalyst is a compound that speeds chemical reactions without being consumed. platinum and enzymes are common catalysts. But water rarely, if ever, acts as a catalyst under ordinary conditions. Detonations of high explosives made up o...American Chemical Society's weekly PressPac -- March 11, 2009
...qatar.tamu.edu ARTICLE #4 Record long platinum nanowires: An advance toward better fuel cells ...m New York are reporting production of the longest platinum nanowires ever made an advance that they say coul...James C. M. Li and colleagues point out that short platinum nanowires already have been used in sub-microscopi...NTU undergrad is first Singapore champion of an internationally acclaimed engineering competition
... to allow for indoor sports during bad weather. At this year's URECA exhibition and competition in NTU, the project won all the three awards, i.e. the platinum award, the most popular project award as well as the best peer review award. According to Liu's project supervisor, Assistant Professor Chen Yan, ...Tufts University Prof. Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos named as AAAS Fellow
...and increase the production of hydrogen. The Tufts group was first to demonstrate that catalysts prepared with atomic-level dispersions of gold or platinum in oxide supports, such as cerium oxide or iron oxide, show the highest activity for the water-gas shift reaction. Adding more metal to form nanoparti...BioStorage Technologies Announces Platinum Sponsorship of Biorepositories 2008
The Only U.S.-based Biorepositories Event for the Pharmaceutical and Biotech Industries INDIANAPOLIS, June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- BioStorage Technologies, Inc., a provider of short-term and long-term biomaterials storage, sample management and cold chain logistics, anno...Plastics that convert light to electricity could have a big impact
...'s lab to record photocurrent, comes to a point just 10 to 20 nanometers across (a human hair is about 60,000 nanometers wide). The tip is coated with platinum or gold to conduct electrical current, and it traces back and forth across the solar cell to record the properties. As the microscope traces back ...Sunesis Reports Financial Results for the Second Quarter 2009
...ach of the three cohorts by increasing dose is 82 days, 84 days, and 109 days, respectively. The preliminary median PFS for the 44 women who were both platinum resistant and also had failed treatment with Doxil(R) is 90 days. In July, Sunesis received a $1.5 million milestone payment from ...Pulsed Blue LED Excitation Source, 470 nm center wavelength from Ocean Optics
Description:...provides a convenient, field-portable system. The USB-LS-450 features a built-in, 24-bit analog-to-digital converter that is configured for a 100 ohm platinum RTD. The USB-LS-450s on-board memory can be programmed to store temperature and oxygen calibration coefficients. Physical dimensions: 90 mm x ...