Abbott Park, Illinois (ots/PRNewswire) - - Diversifies Abbott's pharmaceutical products, expanding international growth platform - Supports long-term strategy to bolster presence in key global emerging markets - Adds substantial R&D spending capacity to accelerate promising pipeline programs - Establishes Abbott's presence in the growing global vaccines market - Provides accretion of approximately ...
Calgary, Canada (ots/PRNewswire) - Resverlogix Corp. (TSX:RVX) announced today that it will host a live teleconference and webcast on Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at 1:00 pm Eastern/11:00 am Mountain time. The purpose of the teleconference is to discuss the top line results of the Company's Phase 1b/2a clinical trial for RVX-208, an oral small molecule in development ...
Paris (ots/PRNewswire) - Sanofi-aventis (EURONEXT: SAN and NYSE: SNY) announced today that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) has adopted a positive opinion recommending to grant a marketing authorization in the European Union for Multaq(R) (dronedarone - 400mg Tablets). The CHMP has recommended the ...
Collegeville, Pennsylvania (ots/PRNewswire) - Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, a division of Wyeth (NYSE: WYE), announced today that the European Medicines Agency's (EMEA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has issued a positive opinion for the company's pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, Prevenar ...
San Francisco (ots/PRNewswire) - Abbott (NYSE: ABT) today announced primary results from its groundbreaking PROSPECT (Providing Regional Observations to Study Predictors of Events in the Coronary Tree) clinical trial. PROSPECT is the first prospective natural history study to evaluate the role of vulnerable ...
Berlin (ots/PRNewswire) - Morphotek(R), Inc., a subsidiary of Eisai Corporation of North America, today announced preliminary data from a Phase II trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of farletuzumab in platinum-sensitive epithelial ovarian cancer subjects experiencing their first relapse. Farletuzumab ...
London (ots/PRNewswire) - - With the Launch of Corby(TXT) and Corby(PRO), Samsung Quickly Strengthens its Position in the Youth Market Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd, (LSE: SMSN) a leading mobile phone provider, has rapidly followed the successful launch of the Samsung Corby (model: S3650), its first mobile handset designed to support the highly connected ...
San Francisco (ots/PRNewswire) - - Independent Study of 1,800 Patients Affirms Outstanding Performance of XIENCE V vs. TAXUS Liberte Late-breaking data presented today from the COMPARE trial demonstrated that Abbott's (NYSE: ABT) market-leading XIENCE V(R) Everolimus Eluting Coronary Stent System ...
San Francisco (ots/PRNewswire) - At One Year, XIENCE V Demonstrates: - Statistical Superiority on Primary Endpoint of Target Lesion Failure, with a 38 Percent Reduction Compared to TAXUS - 74 Percent Reduction in Stent Thrombosis (Blood Clots) Compared to TAXUS - Low Event Rates across Multiple ...
Jena, Germany (ots/PRNewswire) - Occlutech GmbH, the leading European developer of products for septal closure, today announced that the district court of Frankfurt, Germany reversed an earlier court injunction obtained by AGA Medical against Occlutech's sales and marketing activities relating to the newly launched Figulla Flex ranges of ASD and PFO occluders. ...
Maidenhead, England (ots/PRNewswire) - - 26 Men and Women With RA From Across Europe Honoured as They Share Their Inspirational Stories Actress, artist and activist Jane Seymour will host the first My Day for RA European event in Barcelona, Spain this evening to recognise the daily challenges, hopes and ...
Gatineau, Canada (ots/PRNewswire) - The United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has selected the Searidge Technologies intelligent-video-based surface management system, IntelliDAR, to provide runway-light automation at the Teterboro Airport, New Jersey. Teterboro Airport is the oldest ...
Montreal, Canada (ots/PRNewswire) - [All amounts are in Canadian dollars unless otherwise indicated.] GLV Inc. ("GLV"; ticker symbols GLV.A, GLV.B / TSX) announces that its Board of Directors has approved a voluntary takeover bid (the "Takeover" or the "Offer") to purchase up to 100% of the shares of Christ ...
San Francisco (ots/PRNewswire) - - Market-Leading XIENCE V Demonstrates Single-Digit Rate of Major Adverse Cardiac Events (MACE) at Three Years and a 43 Percent Reduction vs. TAXUS - No Additional Stent Thrombosis between Two and Three Years, and Impressive Low Rate of Very Late Stent Thrombosis for ...
San Jose, California (ots/PRNewswire) - - October 19 -22, 2009, Milan, Italy; Attendees receive complimentary AT91SAM9263 evaluation kit Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) and Adeneo Embedded today announced a Microsoft(R) Windows(R) Embedded CE 6.0 R2 training course in Milan, Italy, from October 19 to ...
Amsterdam (ots/PRNewswire) - - UPC chooses Motorola SURFboard(R) SBV6120E Digital Voice Modems for ultra-broadband and IP-telephony services Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today announced that UPC has selected Motorola's SBV6120E SURFboard EuroDOCSIS 3.0 Digital Voice Modems to deliver high-speed data and IP ...
Basel, Switzerland (ots/PRNewswire) - - Nearly 150 Abstracts Covering New Tumour Types, New Patient Groups and Existing Indications to Feature in ECCO-ESMO Program Roche will present encouraging results from nearly 150 scientific studies investigating use of its major cancer medicines at ECCO 15 ESMO 34, which opens in Berlin, Germany today. Overall ...
Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH and Pfizer Inc
Vienna (ots/PRNewswire) - - Treatment With Tiotropium Reduced Lung Function Decline in Younger Patients NOT FOR US MEDIA A new post-hoc analysis of data from the Understanding Potential Long-term Impacts on Function with Tiotropium (UPLIFT(R)) trial presented today at the European Respiratory Society (ERS) Annual Congress demonstrated that tiotropium ...
Collegeville, Pennsylvania (ots/PRNewswire) - Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, a division of Wyeth (NYSE: WYE), announces findings from a placebo-controlled Phase 3 study of bazedoxifene 20 mg extended to five years, which indicated a significant reduction versus placebo in new vertebral fractures in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis. These and other data were ...
Knight Vinke Asset Management LLC
New York (ots/PRNewswire) - Knight Vinke is pleased to announce the appointment of three senior members to its management team and the further strengthening of its investment team. James Knowles joins as a Managing Director and will be jointly responsible for managing Knight Vinke's relationships with ...
DEW Engineering and Development ULC
Ottawa, Canada (ots/PRNewswire) - DEW Engineering and Development ULC of Ottawa, Ontario and Miramichi, New Brunswick is pleased to announce the recent signing of an Agreement with BAE Systems Bofors of Karlskoga, Sweden. The result of such a Teaming will be to provide a complete "Team Canada" approach to ...
Paris (ots/PRNewswire) - - Turn Your iPhone into an Evidence Creation Machine! Shoot&Proof(TM) enables you to take certified photos which constitute legally valid evidence (as shown by audits and cases won). When doing a rental inventory, after a car accident or a water damage, to prove the time of delivery and condition of a package, to record defects in ...
Abbotsford, Canada (ots/PRNewswire) - ICS Copper Systems Ltd. (ICX:TSX.V) is pleased to announce that it has signed a Heads of Agreement with two Zambian companies that have a strategic relationship with each other, namely JV Civils Ltd ("JVC") and Chantete Emeralds Ltd ("Chantete"). The principal operations of these companies encompass bulk earthworks, plant hire, material transportation, crushing and material handling mainly on the Zambian Copperbelt. ...
The World Federation of Advertisers (WFA)
Brussels (ots/PRNewswire) - The food industry has significantly changed the types of products it advertises to children across the EU, according to data just released by Accenture Media Services. The figures, to be presented to the European Commission on Friday, show the extent to which companies have voluntarily restricted the foods they advertise to under 12s altogether or only to "better for you" options. These ...
EUROPEAN FEDERATION OF CHAPTERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF PAIN (EFIC) CONGRESS, LISBON, September 10 (ots/PRNewswire) -- - Year-Long Tracking Survey Demonstrates That 19% Feel That Their Pain has Become Worse 95% of patients are suffering from moderate to severe chronic pain after ...
Bannockburn, Illinois (ots/PRNewswire) - Marathon Capital, LLC is pleased to announce it has been retained by SkyPower Corp., a Lehman Brothers Company, one of the leading independent renewable energy developers in Canada, in the sale of its Development Business comprised of all of SkyPower's wind and solar operating and development assets. Additionally, Marathon ...
San Jose, Calififornia (ots/PRNewswire) - - Offers single-chip integration, unlimited touch, industry's lowest power, most accurate and fastest response with finger or stylus input Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) announced today the production release of its new maXTouch(TM) family of capacitive touchscreen controller solutions, capable of supporting an ...
Maidenhead, England (ots/PRNewswire) - - Study Published in Rheumatology Underscores the Need for Early and Aggressive Treatment to Maintain Work Productivity Patients receiving Enbrel(R) (etanercept) in combination with methotrexate for early RA are more likely to continue working, according to the COMET study published today in Rheumatology. One year ...
Karolinska Development AB PUBL
Stockholm (ots/PRNewswire) - Karolinska Development (publ) today announced that one of its portfolio companies, Dilafor AB, has concluded an extensive clinical study of its candidate drug, tafoxiparin, a new drug substance for the prevention of protracted labor during childbirth. The promising results of the Phase II trial bring the project closer to exit in line ...