Wokingham, England, April 28, 2010 (ots/PRNewswire) - New long-term phase III data published today in Atherosclerosis demonstrates that, of patients with primary hypercholesterolaemia or combined dyslipidaemia who received 4mg of pitavastatin, 74% and 73.5% achieved NCEP* and EAS* low-density lipoprotein ...
Lugano (ots) - New therapeutic option for the management of painful symptoms of oral mucositis in the oncology setting soon available for Swiss patients Helsinn, the pharmaceutical group based in Lugano, and Vifor Pharma, are pleased to announce that a Distribution & Licensing Agreement for Helsinn's product Gelclair in Switzerland has been signed recently. ...
Biodiversity Institute of Ontario - University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada, April 23, 2010 (ots/PRNewswire) - The International Barcode of Life (iBOL) Secretariat today announced major new funding for the world's largest biodiversity genomics project. Paul Hebert, iBOL Scientific Director, said that four Canadian agencies have made new commitments totaling $35 million, raising total investments by these funders to $80 ...
Amsterdam, April 21, 2010 (ots/PRNewswire) - VimpelCom Ltd. today announces the final results of its Exchange Offer for all shares and American Depositary Shares ("ADSs") of OJSC "Vimpel-Communications" ("OJSC VimpelCom") . The U.S. Offer expired on 15 April 2010, and the Russian Offer expired yesterday at ...
HUNTINGTON BEACH, California and AMSTERDAM, April 20, 2010 (ots/PRNewswire) -- Agendia, a world leader in molecular cancer diagnostics, announced today it has closed an agreement with Ferrer inCode for the commercialization of Agendia's FDA-cleared breast cancer recurrence test MammaPrint in Latin America. For the successful commercialization of MammaPrint, ...
European Wind Energy Association (EWEA)
Warsaw, Poland, April 20, 2010 (ots/PRNewswire) - Wind energy will meet 50% of the EU's electricity demand in 2050, top wind energy personalities told Europe's largest wind energy conference and exhibition. Topping the agenda at the opening day of the European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition (EWEC 2010) in Warsaw was Europe's long-term energy supply. "2050 might seem like a long way off, but the decisions ...
Astellas Pharma Europe Limited
London, April 20, 2010 (ots/PRNewswire) - Today, on the fifth anniversary since its formation, Astellas Pharma Europe has confirmed that it will continue its emphasis on transplantation and urology while moving towards a new vision to build a strong presence in oncology. Astellas has shown robust growth since its creation, expanding its reach into new therapeutic ...
Antony, France, April 19, 2010 (ots/PRNewswire) - Stallergenes S.A. today announced the first results of a phase III clinical trial (VO61.08) conducted in the USA on its sublingual grass pollen immunotherapy tablet, Oralair(R). This phase III study is the first clinical study in the USA to be conducted by Stallergenes as part of the Oralair(R) ...
Stockholm, Sweden, April 19, 2010 (ots/PRNewswire) - Ivar Jacobson International today is releasing a new version of EssWork which provides a "smart" framework for developing, browsing and executing software development practices. New features in EssWork 3.0 enhance and simplify an organization's ability to roll-out large-scale agile software development by giving software teams process guidelines that efficiently ...
Toronto, April 16, 2010 (ots/PRNewswire) - Biosign Technologies Inc. (CNSX: BIO) ("Biosign" or the "Company"), and DLF Solutions Inc. (DLF), today announced they have signed a binding Heads of Agreement to enter into a Master Distribution Agreement to distribute Biosign products in Canada through DLF Solutions ...
London, April 16, 2010 (ots/PRNewswire) - Over 2000 senior traders from buy and sell side firms are gathering at the 10th annual TradeTech 2010 conference and expo on the 20th - 22nd April 2010 in London. This year, organizers of the TradeTech event decided to strengthen the effectiveness of the conference by ...
Charlotte, April 16, 2010 (ots/PRNewswire) - Bank of America Corporation today reported first-quarter 2010 net income of US$3.2 billion compared with a net loss of US$194 million in the fourth quarter and net income of US$4.2 billion a year earlier. After preferred dividends, the company earned US$0.28 per diluted share in the first quarter, up from a loss of US$0.60 per share in the fourth quarter and earnings of ...
The European Health Technology Institute for Socio-Economic Research (EHTI)
Rome, April 16, 2010 (ots/PRNewswire) - Centralised purchasing of medical devices does not reduce prices and medical devices are often undervalued as analyses focus only on the short-term financial and economic perspectives. This was the core message that was presented by Prof Rosanna Tarricone, Executive ...
Amsterdam, April 16, 2010 (ots/PRNewswire) - VimpelCom Ltd. today announces the results of the U.S. Offer for all shares and American Depositary Shares ("ADSs") of OJSC "Vimpel-Communications" ("OJSC VimpelCom") . The U.S. Offer expired yesterday at 5:00 pm, New York City time. A total of 308,309,375 ADSs (representing 15,415,468 shares) were validly tendered and not withdrawn in the U.S. Offer. It is expected that ...
Antony, France, April 15, 2010 (ots/PRNewswire) - EURm 2009 09/08 2010 10/09 EURm %Sales Var.% EURm %Sales Var.% Southern Europe 41.8 74 10 46.9 74 12 (1) Other EU countries 12.7 23 36 14.6 23 15 Other markets 1.7 3 0 1.8 3 8 SLIT 47.2 84 16 55.0 87 ...
New York, April 15, 2010 (ots/PRNewswire) - As experts from around the world met in New York this week they discussed the need for greater understanding of the threat posed by ticks, fleas and sand flies. Leading scientists called on veterinarians and dog-owners around the world to take action to protect dogs and humans from potentially lethal diseases. ...
Ottawa, April 12, 2010 (ots/PRNewswire) - Ivar Jacobson International, a Microsoft Visual Studio Industry Partner, announced today that it will ship Ivar Jacobson International's most widely used Practices with Visual Studio 2010. The practices combined into a new process template called Agile Use cases provide excellent support for those customers who ...
London, April 8, 2010 (ots/PRNewswire) - - Schedule of the 25 games in 3D announced - Sony to Release the Official 3D FIFA World Cup(TM) Film on Blu-ray Disc in 2010 - Sony to Produce and Show 25 Exclusive Promotional Trailers for the Official 3D Film Featuring Images of the FIFA World Cup in 4,000 Retail Stores Globally - 3D Live ...
Utrecht, The Netherlands, April 7, 2010 (ots/PRNewswire) - Sara Lee Corp. announced today its new L'OR Espresso capsules have reached retail stores in France. The company delivered yesterday the first batch of one million of its innovative capsules to more than 30 retail distribution warehouses throughout France. These warehouses, in turn, are providing products to more than 2,000 hypermarkets and supermarkets from ...
Tokyo, April 6, 2010 (ots/PRNewswire) - Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited announced today that it has submitted a New Drug Application to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare in Japan seeking approval of the anticoagulant, edoxaban, for the prevention of venous thromboembolism (VTE) after major orthopedic surgery. Edoxaban, being developed solely by Daiichi ...
Abbotsford, Canada, March 31, 2010 (ots/PRNewswire) - ICS Copper Systems Ltd. regrets to announce that the joint venture with JVC Civils Ltd and Chantete Minerals Ltd, to process copper using ICS's EMEW equipment, has been terminated by JVC/Chantete. ICS continues to actively pursue alternative opportunities for the use of its EMEW and other equipment in Africa. ICS COPPER SYSTEMS LTD. "Graham Chisholm" ...
Sudbury, Canada, March 31, 2010 (ots/PRNewswire) - Vale Inco is pleased to announce that USW Local 2020-005, representing Office, Technical and Professional employees in the Sudbury Operations, has voted 84.5% in favor of ratifying a new three-year collective agreement with the company in voting that concluded today. This agreement is effective from April 1, 2010 through to March 31, 2013 and includes increases to ...
Paris, March 31, 2010 (ots/PRNewswire) - Cellvax is a French service company which provides complete in vitro & in vivo preclinical innovating services allowing to accelerate the drug development process for unmet needs related with severe human diseases, mainly in oncology field. Cellvax was created in 2001 ...
Utrecht, The Netherlands, March 30, 2010 (ots/PRNewswire) - Sara Lee Corp. announced today it has developed a new espresso capsule that is compatible with Nespresso(R) coffee appliances. The new product, L'OR Espresso capsules, will be available in retail stores in France as of April 7. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20100330/384557-a ) ...
Lyon, France, March 30, 2010 (ots/PRNewswire) - Bluestar Silicones is launching a new range of solar application products. The range includes a new high performance adhesive, CAF(R) 530, which optimises the longevity performance of solar modules. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20100330/384522 ) Bluestar Silicones is launching a new range of ...
Paris, March 30, 2010 (ots/PRNewswire) - Sanofi-aventis announced today that the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) in England and Wales, has just published a new appraisal consultation document (ACD)[1] for Multaq(R) (dronedarone) indicating its intention to recommend Multaq(R) use for ...
New York, March 25, 2010 (ots/PRNewswire) - Elliott Associates, L.P. (together with funds under common management), today issued the following statement regarding Truvo Subsidiary Corp. "Elliott welcomes the announcement by Truvo that it has obtained consent under the Senior Facilities Agreement to commence debt restructuring negotiations with holders of the Notes." Elliott holds 32% of the Notes and also holds ...
HUNTINGTON BEACH, California and AMSTERDAM, March 24, 2010 (ots/PRNewswire) -- Agendia, a world leader in molecular cancer diagnostics, today announced that its breast cancer product offering, consisting of breast cancer recurrence test MammaPrint(R), and TargetPrint(TM), has been expanded with BluePrint (TM) to report important additional information on tumor ...
Cambridge, England, March 19, 2010 (ots/PRNewswire) - Mundipharma announced today that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has issued a positive opinion recommending that marketing authorisations can be granted in Germany and the following Member States of the EU: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, ...