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NUCRYST Announces Special Meeting of Shareholders

PRNewswire | 1 day 22 hours 13 minutes ago

PRINCETON, NJ, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - NUCRYST Pharmaceuticals Corp. announced today that a Special Meeting of Shareholders will be held on Monday, December 21, 2009. The purpose of the Meeting is to consider approval of two special resolutions. The first special resolution is to approve and authorize the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of NUCRYST, substantially on the terms provided for in the asset purchase agreement dated November 10, 2009 among the NUCRYST Pharmace...... (more)


Lannett Reauthorizes Stock Repurchase Program

Business Wire | 2 days 1 hour 43 minutes ago

Lannett Company, Inc. (NYSE AMEX: LCI) today announced that its Board of Directors has approved a reauthorization of the stock repurchase program. Under the program, the company is authorized to repurchase up to $5 million of Lannett’s outstanding common stock from time to time in open market and privately negotiated transactions.... (more)


Reportlinker Adds Power Wheelchair Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2009 to 2015

PRNewswire | 2 days 4 hours 13 minutes ago

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Reportlinker Adds Medical Specialty Bags - Global Market Trends

PRNewswire | 2 days 5 hours 43 minutes ago

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Reportlinker Adds Stethoscopes - A Worldwide Market Intelligence Report

PRNewswire | 2 days 5 hours 43 minutes ago

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Biotel Announced Profitable First Quarter Ended September 30, 2009

PRNewswire | 2 days 6 hours 13 minutes ago

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Invacare Declares Quarterly Dividend

Business Wire | 2 days 6 hours 13 minutes ago

The Board of Directors of Invacare Corporation (NYSE:IVC) announced that it declared a cash dividend of $.0125 per share on its common shares and $.011364 per share on its Class B common shares payable January 14, 2010 to shareholders of record on January 5, 2010.... (more)


University of Colorado Hospital (UCH) Adopts TandemHeart Versatile Circulatory Support Device from CardiacAssist

Business Wire | 2 days 6 hours 55 minutes ago

CardiacAssist Inc. announced today that the University of Colorado Hospital (UCH) has adopted the company’s TandemHeart® System.... (more)


Nutrisystem Steps Up to Help Stop Diabetes with $100,000 Pledge

Business Wire | 2 days 6 hours 55 minutes ago

Nutrisystem, Inc. (NASDQ: NTRI), a leading developer of weight loss products and services, today announced its company-wide support for the recently launched Stop DiabetesSM movement from the American Diabetes Association. On the heels of the successful launch of Nutrisystem D, its program designed to help people with type 2 diabetes lose weight, Nutrisystem has implemented a $5.00 contribution for every person who shares their story on the American Diabetes Association’s Stop Diabetes websit...... (more)


Impax Laboratories Drives Stronger Performance with IBM Business Analytics

PRNewswire | 2 days 7 hours 43 minutes ago

ARMONK, N.Y., Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IBM ... (more)


Discus Dental Announces Redesigned Zoom Chairside Whitening Kit

MarketWire | 2 days 7 hours 43 minutes ago

CULVER CITY, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/20/09 -- Discus Dental®, LLC today announced the release of its newly redesigned Zoom® Chairside Whitening Kit, improving overall procedure ease of use and safety by reducing the total number of steps in the Zoom procedure. ... (more)


European CHMP Formally Adopts Negative Opinion on Oncophage

Business Wire | 2 days 8 hours 13 minutes ago

Antigenics Inc. (NASDAQ: AGEN) today announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP), the scientific committee of the European Medicines Agency (EMEA), has formally adopted a negative opinion on the marketing authorization application (MAA) for Oncophage (vitespen) as a treatment in earlier-stage, localized renal cell carcinoma (kidney cancer). A negative vote of the CHMP indicating this opinion was verbally conveyed to Antigenics and announced in a press release issu...... (more)


Dendreon Receives FDA Acknowledgement of Complete Response

PRNewswire | 2 days 8 hours 13 minutes ago

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