Ottawa (ots/PRNewswire) - Highlights: - Extended sales contract with major customer Lantheus Medical Imaging until 2013 - Announced return of cash to shareholders through dividend and Normal Course Issuer Bid (NCIB) - Achieved cost savings following completion of strategic repositioning Nordion reports in U.S. dollars unless otherwise specified Nordion Inc. , a leading provider of products and services to the global ...
Paris (ots/PRNewswire) - At an Investor Day event held today in Paris, Valeo is presenting its new medium-term guidance. As announced when its 2010 results were released last February 24, Valeo is ahead of the 2013 targets set in March 2010, which included: - Around EUR10 billion in sales; - An operating margin rate* of 6-7%; - A more than 30% return on capital ...
Leiden, The Netherlands and Seattle (ots/PRNewswire) - ProFibrix B.V., a leader in the development of innovative products for hemostasis, today announced that it has initiated a prospective, multi-center Phase II study with its lead product Fibrocaps at up to 20 sites, including major U.S. and Dutch academic medical centers. Jaap Koopman, CEO of ProFibrix said: "The ...
Hong Kong (ots/PRNewswire) - Saxo Capital Markets, the Asia Pacific subsidiary of a leading Copenhagen-headquartered online trading and investment specialist Saxo Bank A/S, today announced the launch of the firm's fourth office in Asia, Saxo Capital Markets HK Limited (SCM HK), boosting its presence in the region with the extension of its multi-asset online trading ...
Barcelona (ots/PRNewswire) - A group of Canadian researchers led by Prof. Jean-Pierre Pelletier, Head of the Osteoarthritis Research Unit, at the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre, published a clinical trial, in which they confirm, for the first time using quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging ...
Burcon NutraScience Corporation
Vancouver, British Columbia (ots/PRNewswire) - Burcon NutraScience Corporation announced today that the company has entered into a license agreement with Archer Daniels Midland Company ("ADM") for the worldwide production, distribution and sale of Burcon's CLARISOY(R) soy protein. CLARISOY is a unique soy protein product that is 100 percent soluble, transparent and ...
Vienna (ots/PRNewswire) - At the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) 2011, Royal Philips Electronics is ushering in a new era in radiology science with Imaging 2.0, a concept fueled by integration of technology, clinician and patient. Showcasing its commitment to pioneering innovative, cost-effective solutions, ...
Bristol-Myers Squibb and AstraZeneca
Paris and London (ots/PRNewswire) - In the news release, "ONGLYZA(R) Becomes the First DPP-4 Inhibitor Available for Use in Europe" issued on 4 Mar 2011 08:00 GMT, by Bristol-Myers Squibb and AstraZeneca NYSE:AZN over PR Newswire, we would like to advise that the headline was incorrectly transmitted by PR Newswire and should have read "ONGLYZA(R) Becomes the First ...
Bristol-Myers Squibb and AstraZeneca
Paris and London (ots/PRNewswire) - Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (http://www.bms.com) and AstraZeneca (http://www.astrazeneca.com) today announced that the European Commission has approved a label update for ONGLYZA(R) (saxagliptin) in the treatment of adults with type 2 diabetes who have moderate or severe renal impairment. The approved dosage for the patient group is ...
LYON, France and EAST BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, March 3, 2011 (ots/PRNewswire) -- Bluestar Silicones, a global integrated silicones supplier, has announced investment plans to expand its manufacturing footprint and R&D operations in North America. These investment plans include Bluestar Silicones acquiring a 147,000-sq-ft former textile chemicals factory in Charlotte, N.C., which will become home to the company's two ...
HANNOVER, Germany, NOIDA, India, and LONDON, March 3, 2011 (ots/PRNewswire) -- HCL Technologies Ltd. (HCL), one of the leading global IT services providers, today announced that its Vice Chairman and CEO, Vineet Nayar, has been conferred with the prestigious 'Leader in the Digital Age Award' (LIDA) at the CeBIT 2011 ...
London (ots/PRNewswire) - HaloIPT will supply its revolutionary induction charging technology for 102EX, the Phantom Experimental Electric vehicle revealed yesterday at the Geneva Motor Show. Rolls-Royce Motor Cars has developed the test vehicle to explore alternatives to traditional internal combustion for the first time in the company's 107 year history. HaloIPT is part of an exclusive group of innovators whose systems ...
Bristol-Myers Squibb GmbH & Co. KGaA
Paris (ots/PRNewswire) - Bristol-Myers Squibb announced today that BARACLUDE(R) (entecavir) has been approved by the European Commission on February 28th 2011 to treat chronic hepatitis B (CHB) in adult patients with evidence of decompensated liver disease. BARACLUDE(r) was already approved in Europe in June 2006 ...
Amsterdam, Netherlands (ots/PRNewswire) - The International Debt Collections Handbook which will be released by Atradius Collections in its fourth edition next month reveals the enormous differences in debt expiring in based on statute of limitations. The International Debt Collections Handbook is created by experts ...
Kitchener, Ontario (ots/PRNewswire) - PrinterOn(R) is pleased to announce the successful launch of the PrintSpectrum public printing solution at 30 UK airport locations including at Heathrow (all terminals), Gatwick, Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle, Birmingham, Luon, Bristol, Edinburgh and Glasgow. The PrintSpectrum service enables users to print directly from internet ...
Paris (ots/PRNewswire) - - Second half 2010: - Sales of 4,845 million euros, up by 20% - Operating margin level(1) at 6.7% of sales - Net income of 197 million euros, at 4.1% of sales - Full year 2010: - Sales of 9,632 million euros, up by 28% - Operating margin level(1) at 6.4% of sales - Net income Group share of ...
Irvine, California and Amsterdam (ots/PRNewswire) - Agendia, a world leader in molecular cancer diagnostics, today announced that the company has received its fifth U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for MammaPrint(R), its widely used breast cancer recurrence assay. The new clearance is comprised of two additional Agilent Microarray scanners and two ...
LYON, France and SWIFTWATER, Pennsylvania, February 23, 2011 (ots/PRNewswire) -- Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of sanofi-aventis Group , today will participate in the first international bell-ringing event by a company listed on NYSE Euronext. The events will acknowledge past successes and future challenges in the battle to eradicate polio at the stock ...
Lyon, France (ots/PRNewswire) - Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of sanofi-aventis Group , announced today that it is partnering with the International Vaccine Institute (IVI) to support the recently launched Dengue Vaccine Initiative (DVI). Sanofi Pasteur and the IVI will aim to raise awareness and to work to move dengue vaccination higher on the global health ...
Ottawa, Canada (ots/PRNewswire) - Nordion Inc. , a leading provider of products and services to the global health science market, today announced it has signed a share purchase agreement (SPA) with Best Medical Belgium (Best Medical) for the divestiture of the Company's Belgian operations, MDS Nordion S.A. Pursuant to the SPA, Best Medical will acquire all of Nordion's ...
Toronto (ots/PRNewswire) - Vez Inc. announced today, that any User can go to the Company website at http://www.vez.com to use the Two amazing new versions, the third and fourth editions of the "HYWY 101(c)" Knowledge Map released by Vez Inc. since late January, 2011. The Two New, "Simple & Complex" Automated New 6D ...
Brussels (ots/PRNewswire) - The European Commission has just announced its decision to ban the fragrance material Musk xylene under the new European Chemicals Legislation REACH, bringing EU regulations in line with the global IFRA Standards. The International Fragrance Association (IFRA) voluntarily banned Musk xylene through the IFRA Standards, part of the fragrance industry's global self-regulatory program contained in ...
Camarillo, California (ots/PRNewswire) - BNK Petroleum Inc. (the "Company") announced today that the Wytowno #1 well, on the Slawno concession in Poland, has been drilled to 3,580 meters and is being prepared to have casing run and cemented to total depth. During drilling, numerous gas shows were recorded over 220 meters of the Lower Silurian, Ordovician and Cambrian shales and a further 450 meters of gas shows were ...
Geneva (ots/PRNewswire) - The World Heart Federation, sanofi-aventis and Boehringer Ingelheim have announced their collaboration on the AF AWARE (Atrial Fibrillation AWareness And Risk Education) campaign today, to raise awareness of atrial fibrillation (AF) and its links to severe consequences including ...
Paris (ots/PRNewswire) - Mobile Tag, leader in 2D and 1D barcode marketing solutions, is announcing that it has successfully raised a new round of financing of 6.6 million Euros. The new funding round was lead by S.E.B. Ventures (Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken Venture Capital) alongside the company's historic venture investors, XAnge Private Equity and Alven Capital. This capital raise will allow Mobile Tag to ...
Barcelona (ots/PRNewswire) - Orange today announced the launch of its own Orange-branded tablet. The 7" Android device available in four markets - Spain, Poland, Slovakia and Romania - is lowering the entry level for tablet computing and broadening the company's portfolio of tablet devices. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20110215/437446 ) With ...
Amsterdam (ots/PRNewswire) - The Durbin Amendment in the US is putting the card payments business model under significant pressure. With major revenue loss, especially on higher value card transactions, it will be even more difficult for the banks to provide attractive merchant fees for the huge number of low value payments - everyday small purchases below $20, ...
Barcelona (ots/PRNewswire) - Orange today announced a new 'opt-out' approach for all new smartphone consumer customers. This 'opt-out' is a safetyguard for all new smartphone consumer adopters and will be available across the Orange European footprint - by summer 2011. New customers will be given default data ...
Paris (ots/PRNewswire) - Valeo announces the arrival of Fabienne de Brebisson as Corporate Communications Director. Jacques Aschenbroich, Group CEO, declared: "I am pleased to welcome Fabienne de Brebisson to Valeo. Her rich professional experience and her knowledge of communications within major corporations will enable her to develop an ambitious ...
Barcelona, Spain (ots/PRNewswire) - Orange is today launching two new and exclusive Orange Homescreen developments, Orange Gestures and Orange Live Wallpapers, for Android smartphones[1]. Orange Gestures provides 27 designs which users can assign to an action or application, such as speed dialling, sending a text to a specific contact or launching a weather widget ...