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Law Firm Freedland Russo Spearheads Record-Setting Whistleblower Case Against Pharmaceutical Giant Eli Lilly -- Firm Expands Offices to Include L.A. Entertainment Branch

Florida based law firm of Freedland Russo publicly revealed the law firm that initiated the nation's largest federal whistleblower case to date, which was unsealed in Philadelphia on Thursday, January 15. As part of a settlement with the U.S. Attorney's Office, Eli Lilly & Company will pay ou...

Live Event and Webcast: Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association Spearheads Major Initiative to Improve Healthcare Quality, Increase Cost Efficiency

More than 800 Blue Distinction(R) Designations Have Been Awarded Across 45 States WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) will hold a live discussion and webcast on Tuesday, Nov. 18, to discuss its Blue Distinction designation -- a ma...

VCU Massey Cancer Center spearheads novel clinical study for lymphoma patients

The Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center recently opened a National Cancer Institute (NCI)-sponsored, phase II clinical study for certain sub-types of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. The study is based on research from VCU Massey Cancer Center as well as other centers suggesting that ...

WHO Spearheads a Global Initiative for Development of Malaria Vaccine by 2015

Bangkok: The World Health Organization has fueled a global initiative to develop a vaccine against malaria,// the disease which infects nearly 500 million people annually. The objective for the ‘Malaria Vaccine Technology Roadmap’ is to realize the development of a first generation vaccine t...

Indian radiologist spearheads cure for osteoarthritis sans surgery

An Indian radiologist has spearheaded clinical research to cure osteoarthritis without surgery and helped hundreds suffering from the painful condition to walk again, holding// out promise of relief to the millions suffering from it. Said to be the first of its kind in the world, the non-inva...

Bausch & Lomb Vision Care Strengthens Its Commitment to ReNu(R) Brand and the Eye Care Community

...ortfolio Repositioning Introduces ReNu(R) Fresh Lens Comfort(TM) and ReNu(R) Sensitive Eyes(R) to Meet Different Consumer Needs; Dedicated Sales Force spearheads Efforts to Engage Eye Care Practitioner Community ROCHESTER, N.Y., June 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Bausch & Lomb Vision Care announces a renewed foc...

FDA's Current Ability to Regulate Genetic Testing is Problematic, FDLI-AAAS Colloquium Attendees Say

...n addition to organizing membership activities, AAAS publishes the journal Science , as well as many scientific newsletters, books and reports, and spearheads programs that raise the bar of understanding for science worldwide. ...

Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services Standardizes on Autonomy's Meaning-Based Technologies

...apabilities." About Autonomy Autonomy Corporation plc (LSE: AU. or AU.L), a global leader in infrastructure software for the enterprise, spearheads the Meaning Based Computing movement. It was recently ranked by IDC as the clear leader in enterprise search revenues, with market share nearly double...

Concerns About Heart Disease Voiced

...ousands of lives," said Irene Pollin, M.S.W., founder and president of the Sister to Sister Foundation based in Chevy Chase, Md. The foundation, which spearheads the annual National Women's Healthy Heart Campaign, holds health fairs in 17 major cities and provides free heart screenings at the fairs and at other...

Alzheimer's Foundation of America Attains BBB Seal for Charity Accountability

...irst magazine for dementia caregivers; training for healthcare professionals; and national standards of excellence for dementia care settings. It also spearheads several groundbreaking national initiatives, including National Memory Screening Day and the AFA Quilt to Remember. For more information, call 866...

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Scientists identify world's largest leatherback turtle population

...y Africa, are lacking. The research was led by the University of Exeter working in collaboration with the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) which spearheads the Gabon Sea Turtle Partnership, a network of organisations concerned with the protection of marine turtles in Gabon During three nesting seasons ...

University of Kansas graduate student researcher takes aim at deadly brain tumors

...ATF5 and develop ways to target the protein. Working under faculty adviser Jennifer Laurence, assistant professor of pharmaceutical chemistry, Ciaccio spearheads the first group in the world to isolate ATF5 and study its makeup. "If we have cancer in the brain and then we have normal tissue in the brain, ATF...

University of Miami biomedical engineer

... coronary artery disease, aneurysm, and stroke, explained Keith Webster, Ph.D., director, professor and Walter G. Ross chair of the VBI. "Dr. Lieber spearheads the aneurysm and stroke studies and has developed technology that is changing the field and will directly impact clinical treatments," said Webster. "...

Caltech geobiologists discover unique 'magnetic death star' fossil

...s within Earth's magnetic field, and proliferate in oxygen-poor water. spearheads are not, however, the rarest fossil type in the deposit. That honor belongs to a spherical cluster of spearheads informally dubbed the "Magnetic Death Star" by the researchers. The Magneti...

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Delaware Man Spearheads Brain Tumor Awareness

WILMINGTON, Del., Sept. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- If one Delaware man's vision comes true, Americans will become just as familiar with brain tumors as they are with breast cancer, and to get started on that, he's spearheading Get Your Head in the Game(R), an awareness campaign in his home state this ...

"Over the Next 2-3 Years We Will Leverage Developmental Capabilities and Explore In-licensing and a Co-development Model to Consolidate Our Presence in Japan" - Dr. Kailash Sharma, President, Japan Operations, Zydus Cadila

...w Indian companies to make an early foray in the Japan generic market. In 2007, the group acquired Nippon Universal, a small generic company which now spearheads the group's operations in Japan. "Our aim clearly is to support the government's stated objective of increasing generic penetration in order to...

YM BIOSCIENCES' NIMOTUZUMAB SELECTED FOR MULTINATIONAL PHASE III TRIAL BY NATIONAL CANCER CENTRE OF SINGAPORE

...he application and commercialization of patents worldwide. A wholly owned subsidiary of Jakarta-listed pharmaceutical company PT Kalbe Farma Tbk., IGK spearheads the innovation and globalization for Kalbe of research-based products. About YM BioSciences YM BioSciences Inc. is a company that identifies...