Rome, June 8, 2010 (ots/PRNewswire) - UK Premiership footballer Rory Delap, renowned for his devastating throw-in, has joined forces with a number of football heroes across Europe to support 'Back in Play', a European wide campaign to reach young men and women and raise awareness of ankylosing spondylitis (AS), a poorly understood condition which can affect the lower back. To view the Multimedia News Release, ...
STRATFORD- UPON-AVON, England, June 7, 2010 (ots/PRNewswire) - Arrhythmia Alliance, the Heart Rhythm Charity, announced today the results of a survey conducted in Europe that showed a large number of respondents ignore basic measures to check for potential cardiac arrhythmias, or heart rhythm disorders. To raise awareness of the importance of pulse checking and to ...
Paris, June 7, 2010 (ots/PRNewswire) - Sanofi-aventis reported today new one-year data from a Phase II study with teriflunomide, a novel oral disease modifier being investigated for the treatment of relapsing multiple sclerosis (RMS). Study results demonstrated an improvement in outcomes, with a consistent ...
ArQule, Inc. and Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.
Woburn, Massachusetts and Tokyo, June 7, 2010 (ots/PRNewswire) - ArQule, Inc. and Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (TSE 4568) today announced the presentation of data from a Phase 2 clinical trial at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) showing encouraging overall survival (OS) ...
Halifax, Canada, June 4, 2010 (ots/PRNewswire) - The official opening today of Gateway Facilities ULC in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada means high value air cargo is delivered on time around the world," says Doug McRae, co-owner of Gateway Facilities ULC. "This facility is a critical component of the Atlantic ...
Huntington Beach, California and Amsterdam, June 4, 2010 (ots/PRNewswire) -- Agendia, a world leader in molecular cancer diagnostics, today announced that researchers from Agendia and leading academic centers in the U.S. and Europe will present data from multiple studies concerning Agendia's assays MammaPrint(R), ...
Zutphen, Netherlands, June 4, 2010 (ots/PRNewswire) - Four world-renowned stem cell experts have recently given their full support to private cordblood banking. The four scientists supported the "Family Cord Blood Bank" which has just been established in the US by CORD:USE. Cryo-Save , the largest stem cell bank in Europe, is very pleased with this positive ...
Prague, May 28, 2010 (ots/PRNewswire) - JetBrains, the creators of intelligent, productivity-enhancing development tools for developers, expands its line of language-specific IDEs and announces the general availability of two new products for PHP and Web development: PhpStorm 1.0 and WebStorm 1.0. Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070118/JBLOGO Following the success of JetBrains RubyMine, its ...
Toronto, May 27, 2010 (ots/PRNewswire) - Vale Inco announced the natural next step in the company's evolution today by changing its name to Vale - a milestone that aligns it more fully with other Vale operations worldwide and reflects it position as part of the world's second largest mining company. A world leader in nickel, the former Inco Limited was acquired by the former CVRD in late 2006. It has operated ...
Prague, Czech Republic, May 27, 2010 (ots/PRNewswire) - JetBrains(R), creators of intelligent, productivity-enhancing development tools, today announced the release of YouTrack 2.0, a more customizable version of its fast and innovative keyboard-centric bug and issue tracking system. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070118/JBLOGO ) YouTrack ...
Brussels, May 26, 2010 (ots/PRNewswire) - The first major survey of European Multiple Sclerosis (MS) nurses revealed that nearly one in three nurses (31%) reported that standards of MS care are not adequately maintained in their country. The results of this survey will be presented for the first time on Friday ...
Cordis Medizinische Apparate GmbH
Paris, May 25, 2010 (ots/PRNewswire) - At 12 months the NEVO(TM) Sirolimus-eluting Coronary Stent has continued to demonstrate excellent safety and efficacy outcomes compared to Taxus(R) Liberte(R) according to new data presented today from the NEVO(TM) RES-I clinical trial. These results were presented as a late ...
Arnhem, the Netherlands, May 25, 2010 (ots/PRNewswire) - Teijin Aramid in Arnhem starts a new department, Business Incubation & Development. Teijin hopes this will enable the company to have a quick and flexible answer to the market demand for innovative technologies. The new unit will focus on the development of new markets, with new products and technologies. In April 2010, the Teijin Group finalized an ...
Monheim, Germany, May 25, 2010 (ots/PRNewswire) - Who said that learning about bugs was boring? An amazing new journey through the wonderful world of parasites launches on YouTube today. Four exciting videos, inspired by the 'Parasites Life Undercover' exhibition at the Berlin Natural History Museum and developed by Bayer Animal Health, showcase some fascinating highlights from the exhibition and provide ...
London, May 24, 2010 (ots/PRNewswire) - The World Gold Council (WGC) today announced the appointment of David Lamb as its Managing Director, Jewellery, to be effective 1 July 2010. Mr. Lamb, who will be based in New York, will have overall responsibility for the strategic development of the gold jewellery market worldwide with a particular focus in building the ...
Pfaffikon, Switzerland, May 21, 2010 (ots/PRNewswire) - Cryo-Save today announced the European introduction of Cryo-Lip, a new product that allows the collection, processing and storage of a rich mixture of adult stem cells from liposuction aspirate (fatty tissue that is normally discarded). A novel cryopreservation process for fatty tissue has been developed and submitted as an international patent by Cryo-Save. ...
Calgary, May 19, 2010 (ots/PRNewswire) - BNK Petroleum Inc. (the "Company") announces that it has been awarded a further concession totalling approximately 840,000 acres in Western Europe. The new concession is located in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany and brings the Company's total acreage in Europe to 3.9 million gross (3.5 million net) acres in a total of 4 basins, and in Germany to 2.4 million acres (gross and net) in ...
Teva Pharmaceuticals Europe BV
Utrecht, The Netherlands, May 19, 2010 (ots/PRNewswire) - Teva Santé, one of France's leading generic medicines companies, has welcomed news that the French Competition Authority has agreed to its request to investigate alleged anti-competitive practices by Sanofi-Aventis aimed at preventing generic competition ...
Paris, May 19, 2010 (ots/PRNewswire) - Valeo today announced that it now owns 100% of the capital in its electrical systems manufacturing entity based in Pune, India. Valeo previously held a 66.7% stake and the N.K. Minda Group 33.3%. The company, which produces alternators and starters for passenger cars, will be named Valeo Engine and Electrical Systems India Private Ltd. This transaction is in line with Valeo's ...
Hong Kong, May 16, 2010 (ots/PRNewswire) - The International Journal of Epidemiology today published a combined data analysis from a multi national population-based case-control study of glioma and meningioma, the most common types of brain tumour. This is the first in a series of combined data analyses of head and neck tumours published as part of the internationally coordinated INTERPHONE project. The authors ...
New York, May 12, 2010 (ots/PRNewswire) - Glitnir Bank announces that it has commenced legal action in the Supreme Court of the State of New York against Jón Ásgeir Jóhannesson, formerly its principal shareholder, Lárus Welding, previously Glitnir's Chief Executive, Thorsteinn Jonsson, its former Chairman, ...
Laval, Canada, May 12, 2010 (ots/PRNewswire) - Doug Peel, Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Algorithme Pharma, is pleased to announce the appointment of Christopher Perkin as the company's President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Perkin will officially join the company on May 31st. This important appointment confirms Algorithme Pharma's commitment to the development of innovative strategies to ...
Paris, May 12, 2010 (ots/PRNewswire) - Sanofi-aventis announced today the initiation of a multinational, randomized, double-blind Phase IIIb trial, PALLAS, to assess the potential clinical benefit of Multaq(R) (dronedarone) in over 10,000 patients with permanent atrial fibrillation (AF) to reduce major adverse cardiovascular events. The announcement was made during ...
Geneva-Frankfurt (ots) - WISeKey and Original1 announce a strategic alliance for the usage of cryptography technologies in the field of anti-counterfeiting. The combination of strong authentication, with product lifecycle management services, as well as identification technologies, such as barcodes, RFIDs, holograms and other machine-readable marker ...
Rotterdam, Netherlands, May 11, 2010 (ots/PRNewswire) - Amsterdam Commodities N.V. (Acomo) has reached an agreement with N.V. Deli Maatschappij (Deli) to buy its tea and seeds businesses for a total consideration of about EUR 100 million. The trading house specialized in spices, nuts and food ingredients is doubling its size. By taking over the Van Rees Group en Red River Group of companies, Acomo is acquiring a ...
Abbotsford, Canada, May 10, 2010 (ots/PRNewswire) - With reference to the company's previous News Release 10-02, ICS is pleased to announce that further to the withdrawal of JVC/Chantete from the JV with ICS, the company has reached a final settlement agreement with JVC/Chantete whereby the encumbered loan granted to ICS by JVC in the sum of USD $125,000, was fully settled by ICS. We are pleased to have reached an agreement and the removal of the encumbrance of ICS ...
London, May 10, 2010 (ots/PRNewswire) - Chivas Regal, the world's leading premium Scotch whisky, today announced the launch of a specifically created digital module, http://chivaspresscannes.com, which will serve as the international centre-point for the brand's ambitious 'Live with Chivalry' movement during the 63rd Cannes International Film Festival. A global media support tool, the site will be updated regularly ...
Tokyo, May 7, 2010 (ots/PRNewswire) - HOYA Corporation today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended March 31, 2010. Net sales were 104.8 billion yen for the quarter, representing an increase of 26.4% from 82.9 billion yen in the same period last year, mainly due to a recovery in orders in the main business fields such as Electro-Optics, as well as the cost-reduction achieved through ...
London, May 7, 2010 (ots/PRNewswire) - Forecasting in pharmaceuticals has its up's and down's, with new markets and products proving more complex and requiring sophisticated approaches to forecast these areas. Dealing with uncertainties is no easy task. With a number of risks to consider, pharmaceutical forecasting teams need to be able to recognise commercial uncertainties surrounding a given product, capture it ...
Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary, Inc.
Bridgetown, Barbados, May 7, 2010 (ots/PRNewswire) - A new environmental study sharply critical of the Government of Barbados shows the key Graeme Hall mangrove wetland is disappearing due to outside pollution and poor water quality. The Graeme Hall wetland is the last remaining mangrove in Barbados - a red ...