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Metagenics announces acquisition of Catalina Lifesciences

Metagenics, Inc., a San Clemente, California-based life sciences company, today announced its acquisition of Catalina Lifesciences, Inc., the Irvine, California-based maker of Bariatric Advantage.

20 Aug 2010

Neovasc revenue increases 60% for second quarter 2010

Neovasc Inc., today announced financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010. "In this most recent quarter Neovasc continued to demonstrate robust year-over-year revenue growth from sales of our biological tissue and consulting services businesses," said Alexei Marko, chief executive officer of Neovasc.

19 Aug 2010

MannKind Corporation announces pricing of Senior Convertible Notes due 2015

MannKind Corporation today announced the pricing of its previously announced offering of $100 million aggregate principal amount of Senior Convertible Notes due 2015 (the "Notes"). The Notes will be offered and sold to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), by the financial institutions that are the initial purchasers of the notes.

19 Aug 2010

PharmaVentures announces global expansion of PharmaDeals Agreements

PharmaVentures, the company behind the PharmaDeals(R) range of business information, announced today the expansion of its PharmaDeals Agreements coverage that includes exclusive interviews with deal makers around the world. The announcement follows major enhancement of its dedicated, market leading platform delivering deal data and information to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sector.

19 Aug 2010

Two-day LEAN training course for healthcare professionals

The two-day course is a didactic and hands-on introduction to LEAN management philosophy and manufacturing-based work rules and tools designed to prepare physicians, administrators, and technical support staff for the realities and potential successes of practicing in a LEAN environment. The sessions are not only oriented to laboratory medicine but also adapted to the processes encountered in clinical services as well.

19 Aug 2010

Cannabis Science signs manufacturing and development license with RockBrook

Cannabis Science Inc. a pioneering US biotech company developing pharmaceutical cannabis products, announces that on August 18, 2010, Cannabis Science signed with RockBrook Inc., its first manufacturing and development license for the Cannabis Science Brand of Pharmaceutical Products for the State of Colorado.

19 Aug 2010

AdvanSource Biomaterials 2010 fiscal first quarter revenue increases 11.8%

AdvanSource Biomaterials Corporation, a leading developer of advanced polymer materials for a broad range of medical devices, today announced financial results for its fiscal 2011 first quarter ended June 30, 2010.

19 Aug 2010

Thermo Fisher Scientific opens Technology Center in Shanghai

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced it has opened a Technology Center in Shanghai, building on its engineering and development capabilities to meet the specific needs of customers in China. The Center houses engineers and support staff focused on developing a robust product pipeline to serve China-based customers across a range of industries, in particular, life sciences, environmental monitoring and consumer product safety.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 18 Aug 2010

Regenicin acquires worldwide exclusive license to know-how technology

Regenicin, Inc., a development stage biotechnology company, announced today that it has completed an initial $3.25 million funding in conjunction with its acquisition of a worldwide exclusive license to know-how technology controlled by Lonza Walkersville ("Lonza Agreement").

18 Aug 2010

Midatech Group, MonoSol Rx file patent to enable commercialization of drug delivery technology

Midatech Group Ltd., a global leader for the design, development, synthesis and manufacture of nanomedicines, and MonoSol Rx, the leader in developing and manufacturing pharmaceutical films based on its proprietary PharmFilm drug delivery technology, today announced the filing of a provisional US patent application for "Nanoparticle Film Delivery Systems." The applications submitted to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) relate to therapeutic uses of nanoparticle-based proteins and peptides delivered in pharmaceutical films.

18 Aug 2010

Varian to showcase new Gated RapidArc technology at 2010 CHINA-HOSPEQ exhibition

Varian Medical Systems, Inc. will showcase the company's new Gated RapidArc technology on its Trilogy® machine with advanced motion management capabilities at the 2010 CHINA-HOSPEQ exhibition being held in Beijing August 19-21 by China's Ministry of Health. Varian, the world's leading manufacturer of medical technology for treating cancer and a premier supplier of X-ray imaging technology, will also exhibit its software for planning and for managing radiation therapy treatments.

18 Aug 2010

Pisgah Labs receives Notice of Allowance for new patent relating to thyroid hormone drugs

Today, Pisgah Labs, Inc. received a Notice of Allowance from the United States Patent and Trademark office for an important new technology patent addressing global stability problems of thyroid hormone drugs.

17 Aug 2010

Elite Pharmaceuticals reports decrease in manufacturing revenue for fiscal first quarter

Elite Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company dedicated to developing and commercializing oral sustained and controlled release product formulations, announced results for the fiscal first quarter ended June 30, 2010.

17 Aug 2010

NSF awards Georgia Institute of Technology $3 million for stem cell bio-manufacturing research program

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $3 million to the Georgia Institute of Technology to fund a unique research program on stem cell bio-manufacturing. The program is specifically focused on developing engineering methods for stem cell production, in order to meet the anticipated demand for stem cells. The award comes through the NSF's Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) Program, which supports innovation in graduate education in fields that cross academic disciplines and have broad societal impact.

17 Aug 2010

Human induced pluripotent stem cells help to treat Parkinson’s disease: Research

Researchers at the Buck Institute for Age Research have successfully used human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) to treat rodents afflicted with Parkinson's Disease (PD). The research, which validates a scalable protocol that the same group had previously developed, can be used to manufacture the type of neurons needed to treat the disease and paves the way for the use of iPSC's in various biomedical applications. Results of the research, from the laboratory of Buck faculty Xianmin Zeng, Ph.D., are published August 16, 2010 in the on-line edition of the journal Stem Cells.

17 Aug 2010

CEL-SCI Corporation third quarter 2010 net loss decreases to $0.6 million

CEL-SCI reported a net loss for the three months ended June 30, 2010 of ($0.6) million versus a loss of ($6.2) million during the same three months in fiscal year 2009. Net loss per basic share was ($0.00) for the three months ended June 30, 2010 versus a loss per basic share of ($0.05) during the same three months in fiscal year 2009. The loss during the quarter ended June 30, 2010 was reduced by a gain on derivative instruments of $2.75 million.

17 Aug 2010

Cytomedix second quarter 2010 revenue increases 102% to $1.15 million

Cytomedix, Inc. (the "Company"), a leading developer of biologically active regenerative therapies for wound care, inflammation and angiogenesis, today announced financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010.

17 Aug 2010

Cumberland Pharmaceuticals reports 9% increase in second quarter 2010 net revenue

Cumberland Pharmaceuticals Inc. ,a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the hospital acute care and gastroenterology markets, today announces financial results for the second quarter ending June 30, 2010, and provides revenue guidance for full year 2010.

17 Aug 2010

BioPharm second quarter 2010 revenues rise 26%

BioPharm Asia, Inc.,a producer, distributor and retailer of medical products in China, today announced its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2010.

17 Aug 2010

Nutrastar second-quarter revenues increase 63.4% to $5.46 million

Nutrastar International Inc., a leading nutraceutical company which produces and distributes Chinese Golden Grass and other specialty food products, today announced financial results for their three and six months ended June 30, 2010.

16 Aug 2010

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Metagenics announces acquisition of Catalina Lifesciences

Neovasc revenue increases 60% for second quarter 2010

MannKind Corporation announces pricing of Senior Convertible Notes due 2015

PharmaVentures announces global expansion of PharmaDeals Agreements

Two-day LEAN training course for healthcare professionals

Cannabis Science signs manufacturing and development license with RockBrook

AdvanSource Biomaterials 2010 fiscal first quarter revenue increases 11.8%

Thermo Fisher Scientific opens Technology Center in Shanghai

Regenicin acquires worldwide exclusive license to know-how technology

Midatech Group, MonoSol Rx file patent to enable commercialization of drug delivery technology

Varian to showcase new Gated RapidArc technology at 2010 CHINA-HOSPEQ exhibition

Pisgah Labs receives Notice of Allowance for new patent relating to thyroid hormone drugs

Elite Pharmaceuticals reports decrease in manufacturing revenue for fiscal first quarter

NSF awards Georgia Institute of Technology $3 million for stem cell bio-manufacturing research program

Human induced pluripotent stem cells help to treat Parkinson’s disease: Research

CEL-SCI Corporation third quarter 2010 net loss decreases to $0.6 million

Cytomedix second quarter 2010 revenue increases 102% to $1.15 million

Cumberland Pharmaceuticals reports 9% increase in second quarter 2010 net revenue

BioPharm second quarter 2010 revenues rise 26%

Nutrastar second-quarter revenues increase 63.4% to $5.46 million

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