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PRWeb: 02-27-2006

John S. Nidelcheff, formerly of EMC Documentum, Promoted to President of Impact Systems Inc.
Impact Systems Inc., an EMC Documentum Signature Partner specializing in DCM and DSM migrations, announces the new position of President will be filled by John S. Nidelcheff, Jr., who has joined the company from EMC Documentum where he was Managing Principal, Compliance Practice ? Enterprise Content Management Systems. [PRWEB Feb 27, 2006]

New Software Module Slashes Time Required to Complete Reporting Phase of Preclinical Studies
Time-to-market greatly reduced through the use of preclinical software vendor?s newest module, ReportBase(tm). The new integrated module slashes time needed to complete preclinical FDA-compliant final reports. [PRWEB Feb 27, 2006]

Financial Execs Target Print Spend for Tremendous Savings
Financial Executives are taking a closer look at print spend, a very effective, but often overlooked opportunity for increased profitability. Printing Industries Consulting, a leader in revenue building and business process outsourcing lends its years of expertise in the print industry to swiftly and significantly reduce print costs and add to the bottom line. [PRWEB Feb 27, 2006]

Cellipon293?: Novel Cationic Lipid Transfection Reagent Under $100/ml
A novel in vitro cationic lipid transfection reagent- Cellipon293? is introduced by America Pharma Source (Apharmas) for $98.40 per ml, only about 30% of cost comparing to major brand products. Cellipon 293? exhibits high transfection efficiency, low toxicity, and the best quality/price ratio, especially benefitting those high-volume users and low-budget laboratories. [PRWEB Feb 27, 2006]

ValueCentric Names Lisa Clowers, former Senior HDMA Executive, Vice President, Market Development
Lisa Clowers, former Senior HDMA Executive, Vice President, Market Development joins ValueCentric. [PRWEB Feb 27, 2006]

Institute Pasteur Korea and Euroscreen Form Strategic Alliance for GPCR Drug Discovery
The Institute Pasteur Korea (IPK) and Euroscreen s.a. today announced a partnership to perform screening of G protein coupled receptors using internalization assays. The development at the Institute Pasteur Korea of a visual-based High Throughput Screening platform offers unique opportunities for the identification of drug candidates activating receptor internalization while Euroscreen?s receptor cell lines and GPCR library compounds will provide the initial direction and components for this drug discovery collaboration. [PRWEB Feb 27, 2006]

Commercial Foreign Exchange; Value vs. Loss
Foreign exchange transactions became strong part of ongoing business process and foreign exchange market became another factor that affects businesses worldwide. When handling foreign exchange the value of a foreign exchange broker is simply indisputable. He is someone who will provide your business with foreign exchange management, offering solutions to your problems, saving you money and making the accounting department much more efficient. [PRWEB Feb 26, 2006]

Stop Screening Out the Best Sales Candidates: Robert Cameron Shows How to Adjust the Hiring Process and Launches Pre Employment Sales Test to Help Companies Select the Best
Companies hiring sales reps stick to the same old hiring practices, and hire low performers that turn over, while screening out some of the best candidates. Robert Cameron examines two hiring myths and shows how to easily select sales people who can sell. [PRWEB Feb 26, 2006]

VIZION Interactive Adds Shana Barkley as VP of Sales and Marketing
Shana Barkley comes to VIZION Interactive from Cox Target Media to take on the role of Vice President of Sales and Marketing, bringing 17 years of business development experience in the advertising industry to the growing Dallas-based search engine optimization company. [PRWEB Feb 25, 2006]

Golden Hour Technology Adopted by America?s Blood Centers
America's Blood Centers (ABC) and Minnesota Thermal Science, LLC have announced a partnership agreement to enable ABC members to use Golden Hour Technology as the preferred method for shipping blood and blood products. The new line of shipping containers to be used by ABC members is currently in use by the U.S. Armed Services Blood Program who are using it to replace its Vietnam era ?Collins Box?, which like other containers used throughout the blood industry are not able to withstand harsh temperature conditions during transit. [PRWEB Feb 24, 2006]

Roche to Pilot Linguamatics for Molecular Genomics Research
Linguamatics, a leading player in Natural Language Processing (NLP) and its use in text search and mining, announced today that Hoffmann-La Roche is to pilot the Linguamatics I2E text mining software for molecular genomics research. [PRWEB Feb 24, 2006]

This report will provide a guide to creating contracts for outsourcing in the pharmaceutical industry
Research and Markets has announced the addition of Legal Aspects of Outsourcing in the Pharmaceutical Industry: A Practical Guide to their offering. [PRWEB Feb 23, 2006]

Dawn has Broken for Obesity Treatment with Cannabinoid Receptor (CB1) Antagonists
Tremendous impetus to discovery of novel CB1 antagonists by first-in-class CB1 receptor antagonist rimonabant under review by FDA and EMEA [PRWEB Feb 23, 2006]

Feb. 23 ?The New England Journal of Medicine? Reviews the GAIT Study: Glucosamine, Chondroitin Sulfate and the Two in Combination for Painful Knee Osteoarthritis
While ?The New England Journal of Medicine? concludes that there is still no resolution for the use of supplements in treating knee osteoarthritis (OA), much of the data coming out of the GAIT study suggests otherwise. [PRWEB Feb 22, 2006]

Bird Flu Summit: February 27-28 in Washington, DC
Chairman of the European Influenza Surveillance Scheme, Koos van der Velden, and Senior UN System Coordinator for Avian and Human Influenza, Dr. David Nabarro, will be the opening speakers at the Bird Flu Summit starting Monday in Washington, DC. [PRWEB Feb 22, 2006]

Coalition to Address the State of HIV/AIDS in Indiana; Calls for HIV Gap Fund to Address Medical Costs Under New Medicare/Medicaid
The Indiana Minority Health Coalition (IMHC), the state?s leading minority health research and community care agency, today launches its 2006 Indiana Minority Health Call to Action focusing on HIV/AIDS. The agency will offer several advocacy activities and rally statewide support of a new fund, ?The HIV Gap Fund,? to offset increased changes in state and federal support. [PRWEB Feb 22, 2006]

Stevie Podcast Series Features Baxa Corporation, Best Sales Team Winner In The 2005 American Business Awards
Claude Hooton, Baxa Corporation executive VP sales & marketing, is now featured in the Stevie Award Podcast Series. Baxa, a medical device manufacturer focusing on hospital pharmacy applications, was awarded the 2005 American Business Award "Stevie" for Best Sales Team. The national American Business Awards is the only business awards program honoring great performances in the workplace. The third annual American Business Awards ceremony featured Ali Velshi, host of CNN?s The Turnaround, as Master of Ceremonies for the program honoring more than 1200 nominees competing for awards in 55 categories. Baxa was honored with seventy-three other companies chosen from the semi-finalists. [PRWEB Feb 21, 2006]

A Blog Just for Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Professionals
The editors of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing magazine and PharmaManufacturing.com have started On Pharma, a web log devoted global pharmaceutical manufacturing professionals. On Pharma?s mission is to provide a daily dose of information and insights to help readers stay informed on topics ranging from operational excellence and supply chain security to regulatory issues and process analytical technologies (PAT). [PRWEB Feb 21, 2006]

Prescription Drug Abuse Linked to Rising Number of Deaths
Several states have recorded increases in prescription drug-related fatalities last year. [PRWEB Feb 21, 2006]

Sponsorship Opportunities are Now Available for the First Coast Pride Festival in Jacksonville, Florida on August 6, 2006
The First Coast Pride Festival in Jacksonville, Florida provides a wonderful opportunity for you to tap into one of the strongest niche markets in the nation that many others have already discovered. Your company will reach virtually the entire North Florida and South Georgia Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and GLBT friendly community at one event! [PRWEB Feb 20, 2006]

McCulley/Cuppan Creates Division to Launch Web-based Technical Training for Busy Professionals in the Biopharmaceutical Industry
McCulley/Cuppan announced today the launch of new division to provide leading edge web-based training programs for scientists in the biopharmaceutical industry. The creation of the E-learning Division is to support McCulley/Cuppan?s expanded training programs focused specifically on the development and delivery of web-based skills development courses for the busy biopharmaceutical professional. [PRWEB Feb 17, 2006]

Results From A Recent FLAVORx Survey Reveal The Majority Of People Do Not Take Medicine Properly -- This Could Prove Very Dangerous Now At The Height Of Cold and Flu Season
Results from a recent study released by FLAVORx, Inc. on December 14th, 2005, examine the attitudes and actions of consumers about the flu. Results show that the majority of people are unaware of the proper way to take medications and give them to their children, be it prescription or over-the-counter. While many feel that a small to moderate divergence from a drug regimen has little to no effect on health, in actuality, these digressions can lead to such issues as persistent symptoms, spread of infection, drug resistance, harmful side effects and even death and mortality. It is important that the public be educated about the importance of medicinal compliance, particularly now in the height of cold and flu season. [PRWEB Feb 16, 2006]

Shoppers Drugmart Makes a Confident Move by Adding Neaclear Liquid Oxygen Skin Care Products to its Stores
Shoppers Drugmart, Canada?s number one drug store chain, has decided to add neaclear liquid oxygen skin care products to its stores. The neaclear skincare products will be carried by Shoppers Drug Mart stores by March 1, 2006. With this announcement, neaclear is finally making the long anticipated move of reselling its physician-strength neaclear line to the Canadian mass retail market. [PRWEB Feb 16, 2006]

Stopping U.S. Seniors from Getting Their Canadian Medications, FDA Seizes More Drug Orders; Pharmacy Says Up to 10 Percent of Orders Being Stopped by U.S.
Since the Medicare Part D drug program for seniors was launched in January, the U.S. Customs has begun increasing its seizures of Canadian prescription drugs enroute to chronically ill American patients. A Canadian pharmacist worries who will be responsible if patients that don't receive their medications, go off their drug regimens and suffer or even die. [PRWEB Feb 16, 2006]

Profiling China?s Innovative Bio-Pharma Industry Sector in 2005
[PRWEB Feb 16, 2006]

TOP 20 Biologics Now With Sales of US$ 37.7 bln in 2005
The TOP 20 blockbuster recombinant proteins and antibodies achieved record sales of US$ 37.7 bln in the year 2005 while combined sales of the 12 TOP selling classes of recombinant proteins and antibodies reached the US$ 50 bln threshold. [PRWEB Feb 16, 2006]

The combination of Permatec in Switzerland and Medi-Ject in the US has resulted in Antares Pharma, a company which aims to become a leader in drug-delivery systems
Research and Markets has announced the addition of Espicoms Business Intelligences Antares Pharma Drug-Delivery Company Intelligence Report to their offering. [PRWEB Feb 16, 2006]

SUNRx, #1 Philadelphia Top 100 Company in 2005, appoints Edward R. Miersch as COO
[PRWEB Feb 16, 2006]

Multiple Health Studies Suggest a Link Between Pregnant Women Taking Prescription Antidepressants and Birth Defects.
To support mothers and their babies adversely affected by antidepressant medication, LawyersandSettlements.com promotes free case evaluations from leading law firms [PRWEB Feb 16, 2006]

LawyersandSettlements.com Receives Hundreds of Complaints From Consumers Suffering from Adderall and Other ADHD Drugs
Consumers come forward with their stories and complaints as the FDA confirms a possible link between ADHD drugs and death from heart problems [PRWEB Feb 16, 2006]

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