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Sneha Diagnostics Opens It's 7th Centre in Nellore, AP, India
Sneha Diagnostics offers for the first time to the people of Nellore city and it's surroundings more than 1,500 tests in bio-chemistry, hematology, serology, pathology, micro-biology and 100 tests in radiology. - December 22, 2009 - Sneha Diagnostics
Life Force Intl Liquid Vitamins Retailer LiquidWholeFood.com Joins 1% for the Planet
Understanding the organic origin of the Life Force International liquid vitamins they sell, LiquidWholeFood.com has joined the "1% for the Planet" organization, committing 1% of a year's revenues to support an environmental stewardship organization. - December 20, 2009 - LiquidWholeFood.com
Wiley Press to Release 'The Agile Approach to Adaptive Research: Optimizing Efficiency in Clinical Development'
Michael Rosenberg, MD, MPH, provides a comprehensive guide to the adaptive methods that are shaping the future of clinical trials - December 19, 2009 - Health Decisions
Nationwide Trade Show Series at Universities Focuses on Photonics
Biotechnology Calendar, Inc. announces the addition of Physics and Photonics-specific shows to their popular series of tabletop expositions at top research universities across the country. - December 19, 2009 - Biotechnology Calendar, Inc.
Nutricap Labs Named Supplier of the Month in October
Nutrition Industry Executive publication recognizes Nutricap’s outstanding customer service. - December 17, 2009 - Nutricap Labs
Exquisite Christmas Gifts Available at Hugely Discounted Prices at Chemist Direct
Chemist Direct is Britain’s leading online chemist offering a wide range of health and beauty products for men, women and babies at great prices. - December 17, 2009 - Chemist Direct
Genescient Receives Additional Angel Funding
Genescient Corporation receives an additional $500,000 in angel funding. - December 17, 2009 - Genescient Corporation
SynRG Becomes the First Russian Member of EFGCP
Synergy Research Group (SynRG), a Russia-based CRO recently became the first Russian member of the European Forum for Good Clinical Practice (EFGCP). This is another SynRG’s step to establishing a civilized market for clinical trials in Russia and improving its research attractiveness for... - December 17, 2009 - Synergy Research Group
Senior Health Stores, LLC Announces Launch of Online Store & Educational Resource for Seniors
Senior Health Stores, Inc. has announced the launch of SeniorHealthStores.com; a fully functional website dedicated to educating seniors on a variety of ailments and providing them with solutions designed to help maintain a more active lifestyle. Senior Health Stores is a joint venture between Dr. - December 16, 2009 - Senior Health Stores, LLC
Curavisc®: Successful Study Regarding the Treatment of Chronic Facet Syndrome
A new study was presented at the 4th Annual Congress of the German Spine Society in Munich – it demonstrated the long-term effect of Curavisc® in the treatment of chronic facet syndrome - December 16, 2009 - curasan AG
'Lifting the Lid on Academic Lab Auto Research 2' Final Program, the 2nd Annual Conference on Laboratory Automation in Universities Run by PAA Ltd.
At Hinxton Hall, Cambridge on 12th January 2010. With Free attendance for delegates, 23 exhibitors (some you may not have met before), delegates signed up from all over the world and a great confirmed speakers program, the 2010 conference is looking to be as great success as 2009. - December 16, 2009 - PAA Ltd.
New Zealand Latest Benefactor of LiquidWholeFood.com Liquid Vitamins Expansion
Liquid vitamins retailer LiquidWholeFood.com becomes the exclusive Life Force International independent website to feature New Zealand pricing along with US, Canadian, and Australian options. - December 13, 2009 - LiquidWholeFood.com
NEI Awards a Two-Year $2.18 Million SBIR Grant to Aciont®
The National Eye Institute (NEI) awarded a $2.18 million grant to Aciont Inc. to help fund its development of a non-invasive, passive diffusion-based treatment for severe, non-infectious uveitis. - December 12, 2009 - Aciont Inc.
curasan AG Receives License for Osbone®
curasan AG has received CE certification and, therefore, marketing authorization throughout Europe of the synthetic bone replacement material Osbone®. - December 12, 2009 - curasan AG
Bioo Scientific Launches Kit for Targeted siRNA Delivery Into Any Cell Type
Bioo Scientific announced the launch of their T3™ Conjugation Kit, which allows scientists to deliver siRNA into targeted cell types. - December 12, 2009 - Bioo Scientific
University of California, San Francisco, Researcher Receives ASBMB-Merck Award
James A. Wells, professor and chairman of the department pharmaceutical chemistry at the University of California, San Francisco, and director of UCSF's small molecule discovery center, has been named the winner of the 2010 American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology-Merck Award for his... - December 12, 2009 - American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
RayBiotech Introduces Multiplex ELISA Detecting 200 Human Proteins
RayBiotech, the Protein Array Pioneer Company, has just introduced the Quantibody® Human Cytokine Array 4000 (or Human Q4000, catalog number QAH-CAA-4000), which can quantitatively detect expression of 200 different proteins in a single experiment. The kit consists of 5 different quantitative... - December 12, 2009 - RayBiotech, Inc
TouchSurfaces.Org Launches Public Site for Advancements in Disinfectants
TouchSurfaces.Org launches (http://www.touchsurfaces.org) a public health information website educating visitors on how a multitude of hard surfaces are germ-contaminated and on disinfectants that will kill them. - December 11, 2009 - BioTech Medical, LLC
MedPro Rx Accepting Applications for 2010 “Education Is Power” Scholarships
Nancy McFarlane, president of MedPro Rx, Inc. (www.medprorx.com), a provider of specialty pharmacy services to clients with chronic illnesses who need clotting factor, IVIg and other medication, has announced that applications are now open for their “Education Is Power” scholarship... - December 11, 2009 - MedPro Rx, Inc.
MicroTransponder Inc. Awarded Patent for Wireless Neurostimulation Device
MicroTransponder Inc., a privately-held medical device company, announced it has been awarded a neurostimulation patent for a "Grooved Electrode and Wireless Microtransponder System" (U.S. Patent No. 7,630,771) from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The patent is MicroTransponder's... - December 09, 2009 - MicroTransponder Inc.
Budget Friendly Community Acupuncture Comes to St. Petersburg, Fl
Healthy Being has teamed up with Licensed Acupuncturist Dr. Dani Skrzypek to offer affordable acupuncture to the Tampa Bay community every Wednesday afternoon from 3pm – 6pm. - December 09, 2009 - Healthy Being LLC
HydroPeptide® Launches New HydroPeptide.com
HydroPeptide® unveils a new consumer friendly website aimed at simplifying the often-complicated world of skin care. - December 09, 2009 - HydroPeptide
ALPCO Diagnostics and BioPorto Diagnostics Enter Into Distribution Partnership
ALPCO Diagnostics has taken on the responsibility to promote and sell BioPorto Diagnostics’ immunoassays on the US and Canadian markets. The primary product focus is BioPorto’s unrivalled portfolio of human and animal immunoassays for measuring NGAL – the breakthrough kidney... - December 08, 2009 - ALPCO
Menopausal Women of the Bay Area Hormone Replacement Therapy Relief Found at Koshland Pharm: Custom Compounding Pharmacy in San Francisco
Koshland Pharm: Custom Compound Pharmacy announced today that it is possible to achieve hormone balance through bio-identical hormone replacement therapy. 1) Menopause is not an estrogen deficiency syndrome. 2) Progesterone is not the same as synthetic progestins. 3) False statement: “you don’t need progesterone if you’ve had a hysterectomy.” - December 08, 2009 - Koshland Pharm
How to Determine if Your Hormones Are Out-of-Balance
Koshland Custom Compound Pharmacy announced today that hormonal imbalance has become an all too familiar phenomenon with women and most recently with men. Hormonal imbalance is defined as abnormal hormonal balance both in men and women. In women can be represented by deficiency or excess of... - December 08, 2009 - Koshland Pharm
Baxa Features DoseEdge™ Pharmacy Workflow Manager at the ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting
Baxa Corporation announces its focus on pharmacy workflow management at the 2009 American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Midyear Clinical Meeting and Exhibition at the Venetian Hotel and Sands Expo Center in Las Vegas, NV – featuring its complete workflow management system, DoseEdge™. - December 07, 2009 - Baxa Corporation
Online Retailer LiquidWholeFood.com Expands Liquid Vitamins Down Under
Online liquid supplements vendor LiquidWholeFood.com becomes the first Life Force International independent member website to feature Australian pricing along with US and Canadian options. - December 06, 2009 - LiquidWholeFood.com
Grouvia.com Takes Online Group Creation and Management to the Next Level with Its Beta Release
Using Grouvia.com's powerful suite of free tools, finding, joining and managing groups has never been easier. - December 05, 2009 - Grouvia
D.I.S.S. Announces Rocky Mountain Laboratories Selects ITS for NHP Telemetry Based Biodefense and Infectious Disease Research
Rocky Mountain Laboratories (RML) in Hamilton, MT, part of the NIAID, has chosen ITS (Integrated Telemetry Systems) as the supplier for non-human primate (NHP) telemetry hardware and data collection and analysis software to operate in its BSL-4 primate telemetry facilities. This makes the RML the... - December 05, 2009 - D.I.S.S., LLC
Medimix Announces ScanBuzz™: The First Social Media Monitoring Platform for the Pharmaceutical, Medical Device and Biotechnology Industries
Medimix's new platform for social media monitoring, ScanBuzz, helps pharmaceutical organizations and marketing and communication professionals find, manage and respond to mentions of their company, brand, products, service and people online. The ScanBuzz platforms allows for the real-time monitoring all types of social media, annotation, delegation, charts, reporting, integrated workflow features give teams of users the ability to identify influencers, track mentions and measure. - December 03, 2009 - Medimix International
MedPro Rx, Inc. Names New Community Advocate, Hemophilia Services
Nancy McFarlane, president of MedPro Rx, Inc. (www.medprorx.com), a provider of specialty pharmacy services to clients with chronic illnesses who need clotting factor, IVIg and other medication, has announced that Terry Lamb has joined the pharmacy as a community advocate, hemophilia services. As a... - December 02, 2009 - MedPro Rx, Inc.
Get Beautiful Soft and Radiant Skin This Winter with Chemist Direct; UK’s Leading Online Chemist Offers a Great Range of Beauty and Skincare Products at Discount Prices
For many people in the UK the arrival of winter unfortunately brings with it chapped and dry skin issues. ChemistDirect.co.uk offers a great selection of hugely discounted skincare products specifically designed to combat sore, chapped and dry skin without the use of harsh chemicals. Excessive... - December 02, 2009 - Chemist Direct
Dr. Alan Nasar, Orthopedic Surgeon, of Advanced Orthopedics & Sports Medicine Institute, Freehold and Monroe, NJ, Lectures on Advances in Knee Replacement Technology
Board-certified orthopedic surgeons Dr. Alan Nasar of Advanced Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Institute (AOSMI), Freehold and Monroe Township, NJ, presented a free seminar on the latest advances in knee replacement technology, “Advances in Knee Replacements,” including cementless technology and other exciting developments for those with arthritis in their knees. The talk was held in Monroe Township, New Jersey, and was open to the public. - December 01, 2009 - Advanced Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Institute, PC
Custom Compounder Has Azithromycin-Oral Suspension & Fills Prescriptions for Tonsillitis, Laryngitis, Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Sinusitis
Koshland Custom Compound Pharmacy announced today that it has the capacity to fill prescriptions for Azithromycin Oral Suspension, which currently are in very short supply according to the FDA. Patients requiring this antibiotic generally have been diagnosed with severe sore throats, pneumonia and... - December 01, 2009 - Koshland Pharm
Custom Compound Pharmacy Has Meds for Thyroid Medication During Mfg Backorder
Koshland Custom Compound Pharmacy announced today that it is compounding for hypothyroidism in response to physician demand during the long-term backorder of Armour Thyroid and Nature-throid. Compounds using Thyroid USP powder, a naturally occurring thyroid, are available by prescription. Thyroid... - December 01, 2009 - Koshland Pharm
Mensinsight.com Has Expanded to Include More Alternative Therapies in Achieving Optimal Prostate Health
Every day more and more men are turning to Alternative Methods or Choices to increase their options in prostate enlargement "Prevention." Mensinsight.com was launched to provide information in knowing how to prevent and/or reverse the possible debilitating lifestyle diseases related to an enlarged prostate before it become cancerous. Mensinsight.com has recently expanded to include Ayurveda and other Alternative Therapies. - December 01, 2009 - Natural Wonders International LLC
Custom Compound Pharmacy Meets Demand for Liquid Tamiflu – Parents No Longer Have to Wait to Fill Prescriptions
Koshland Custom Compound Pharmacy announced today that it is meeting the demand for patients needing Liquid Tamiflu, particularly for the overwhelming number of children diagnosed with Swine Flu, commonly referred to as the H1N1 flu. Currently, Tamiflu suspension can only be obtained by compounding... - November 29, 2009 - Koshland Pharm
Baxa to Sponsor ASHP Midday Symposium: Creating a Culture of Safety in Pharmacy, a Panel Discussion on Lessons Learned
Colorado-based Baxa Corporation is sponsoring a Midday Symposium at the annual American Society of Health-System Pharmacists’ Midyear Clinical Meeting in Las Vegas, December 7th. The event features a panel of experts discussing lessons learned around creating a culture of safety in the pharmacy. - November 28, 2009 - Baxa Corporation
Glimpses of the Medicine of Tomorrow
6th Nanotechnology Forum Hessen at the Congress Park Hanau - November 28, 2009 - HA Hessen Agentur GmbH
Colorado BioScience Association Moves Offices with Two Other Associations to Columbine Place at 216 16th Street, Suite 850, Denver
The Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) along with the Colorado Association for Manufacturing and Technology (CAMT) and the Colorado Software and Internet Association (CSIA) have moved together to a new office located in Downtown Denver. The announcement is made by John Collar, President and CEO... - November 27, 2009 - Colorado BioScience Association
Rapid Drugs of Abuse Screening from Rando
Randox has developed an innovative multi-marker drugs of abuse testing procedure for rapid drug screening programmes. The Drugs of Abuse (DoA) biochips permit the analysis of up to 10 drug classes from a single patient sample providing rapid and accurate testing. Randox biochip array technology is... - November 26, 2009 - Randox Laboratories
AnaSpec Introduces α & β -Synuclein Recombinant Proteins
AnaSpec has announced the release of two new recombinant proteins, a-synuclein (SNCA) and b-Synuclein (SNCB). These proteins, along with g-synuclein (SNCG), are members of the synuclein family of small proteins expressed primarily in neural tissue and in some tumors.1 Synuclein proteins, found only... - November 26, 2009 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
Clinical Trials in Russia. 3rd Quarter 2009.
The Federal Service on Surveillance in Healthcare and Social Development of the Russian Federation (alias RosZdravNadzor, RZN) approved 153 new clinical trials of all types including local and bioequivalence studies during the third quarter of 2009; demonstrating a 10% decrease comparing to the last year figure. - November 25, 2009 - Synergy Research Group
Gamma Medica-Ideas Wins Industry Innovation Award from the World Congress on Medical Physics
Gamma Medica-Ideas, Inc. (“GMI”), a leading developer of digital molecular imaging systems, announced today that it has been awarded an Innovation Award for its new prototype imaging system that combines the molecular imaging (MI) capability of single-photon nuclear imaging with... - November 25, 2009 - Gamma Medica-Ideas
New Botanicals Stream Announced for Genesis Biotechnology Conference (London) 10 December 2009
Global Regulatory Services (GRS) is pleased to announce that they are co-hosting the Botanicals Stream at the Genesis Conference (the leading Biotechnology Networking Conference) in London on Thursday 10 December 2009. With Research & Development pipelines at an all time low and many drugs... - November 25, 2009 - Global Regulatory Services Ltd
Gates Foundation Funds Functional Genetics, Inc. to Study TSG101 Antibody Targeting of HIV-Infected Cells
Functional Genetics, Inc. today announced a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to pursue an innovative approach for antibody-based targeting of HIV/AIDS. Under the terms of the agreement, Functional Genetics will investigate the use of TSG101 antibody targeting of HIV-infected cells... - November 23, 2009 - Functional Genetics, Inc.
Online Liquid Vitamins Vendor LiquidWholeFood.com Expands Into Canada
Desiring to better meet the needs of Canadian customers, online vitamins retailer LiquidWholeFood.com has announced they have modified their website to include customers in the 10 provinces and three territories of Canada. - November 22, 2009 - LiquidWholeFood.com
MedPro Rx, Inc. Top Fund-Raiser for N.C. Hemophilia Walk for Second Straight Year
Nancy McFarlane, president of MedPro Rx, Inc. (www.medprorx.com), a provider of specialty pharmacy services to clients with chronic illnesses who need clotting factor, IVIg and other medication, has announced that the pharmacy was the leading fund-raiser for the 2009 N.C. Hemophilia Walk held on... - November 22, 2009 - MedPro Rx, Inc.
Carmel Pharma/PhaSeal Exhibiting at Booth #2818 at ASHP MCM
Offerings Include Personalized Cost Savings Demonstrations, Blue Man Group Ticket Giveaways and More - November 22, 2009 - Carmel Pharma
Randox Unveils Cardiac Care Technology at Major European Medical Event
RANDOX Laboratories (“Randox”), the Antrim-based independent global diagnostics company, will today unveil a revolutionary new cardiac machine at the world’s largest medical trade fair being held this week in Dusseldorf, Germany. - November 21, 2009 - Randox Laboratories