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Bruker fourth-quarter GAAP revenue up 16%

Bruker Corporation today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2009.

25 Feb 2010

Campaign to stop sale of electronic mosquito repellents by major airlines begins to bear fruit

A campaign to stop the sale of electronic mosquito repellents by major airlines is beginning to bear fruit with the immediate withdrawal of the products from KLM flights. The issue being that these electronic repellents, sold to airline passengers, many on their way to malaria endemic countries, just don't work.

25 Feb 2010

Sunrise Senior Living reports revenues of $364.3M and $1.5B for fourth-quarter and full-year 2009

Sunrise Senior Living, Inc. today reported financial results and operating data for the fourth quarter and full year of 2009. Sunrise will host a conference call and webcast Thursday, February 25, 2010, at 9:00 a.m. ET, to discuss the financial results.

25 Feb 2010

Adolor announces $14.6M net product sales of ENTEREG for year ended December 31, 2009

Adolor Corporation today reported a net loss of $47.9 million, or $(1.03) per basic and diluted share, for the year ended December 31, 2009, compared to a net loss of $30.1 million, or $(0.65) per basic and diluted share, for the year ended December 31, 2008.

25 Feb 2010

Biovail declares quarterly cash dividend of US$0.09 per share

Biovail Corporation today announced that the Company’s Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of US$0.09 per share payable on April 5, 2010 to shareholders of record at the close of business March 8, 2010. The ex-dividend date is March 4, 2010.

25 Feb 2010

"Hope – It's In Our Genes" rare disease campaign slogan translated into multiple international languages and Braille

The Global Genes Project (www.globalgenesproject.org), today announced that its rare disease campaign slogan, "Hope – It's In Our Genes™," has been translated into multiple international languages and Braille by rare disease patient advocates and supporters from around the world. The translation of this slogan unifies the rare disease community and global network under one banner.

25 Feb 2010

First Edition: February 25, 2010

Today's news is all about today's White House health summit -- with highlights of how WellPoint got grilled about proposed premium rate increases during a congressional hearing and how the House voted to repeal insurers' antitrust exemption.

25 Feb 2010

APWU Health Plan's calendar wins bronze award in Calendar category at SIAA

APWU Health Plan along with UnitedHealthcare created calendars to educate and motivate postal and federal employees to live life well. The calendar included tips on staying healthy, an exercise log and various links to sites of interest.

25 Feb 2010

Reliv International reports 6.5% decline in fourth-quarter net sales

Reliv International, Inc., a nutrition and direct selling company, today reported its fourth-quarter and full-year 2009 earnings. Earnings per share increased in the fourth quarter of 2009 compared to the same quarter in 2008.

25 Feb 2010

Dangers of steroid abuse: Steroids.com gone live

Effective today, Steroids.com has gone live under new ownership with the primary goal to educate youths about the dangers of steroid abuse. Backed by the legal team at Womack & Associates of Houston, Texas, Steroids.com aims to become the de-facto informational website related to all things steroids.

25 Feb 2010

Mylan reports total revenues of $1.35 billion for fourth-quarter 2009

Mylan Inc. today announced its financial results for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2009.

25 Feb 2010

Greater access to rehabilitation after TIA needed to prevent future strokes

Transient Ischemic Attacks (TIA) are often called "mini strokes" for good reasons -- the short-term symptoms can mimic a stroke and up to 10 percent of first-time sufferers often experience full-blown strokes within as little as 90 days. Despite the well-known statistics, no post-TIA regimen exists to help prevent future strokes -- but this might be changing.

25 Feb 2010

Interventional radiologists to highlight scientific advances, new discoveries at 35th Annual Scientific Meeting

Interventional radiologists-minimally invasive specialists-will share scientific advances and new discoveries in treating a host of diseases at the Society of Interventional Radiology's 35th Annual Scientific Meeting March 13󈝾 at the Tampa Convention Center, Tampa, Fla. This year's meeting theme is "IR Innovation"-one that celebrates the remarkable inventiveness of interventional radiologists.

25 Feb 2010

Consumer Watchdog: Insurers’ finances should be examined for unjustified profit transfers and suspect contracting

The House subcommittee grilling Blue Cross chief executive Angela Braly today should expand its financial examination of Blue Cross and its parent, WellPoint, to include billions of dollars in dividend transfers and no-bid "service contracts" with affiliate companies, said Consumer Watchdog.

25 Feb 2010

Stereotaxis' revenue for recent fourth-quarter increases 16%

Stereotaxis, Inc. today reported its financial results for the quarter and the year ended December 31, 2009. Revenue for the recent fourth quarter grew 16% to $14.1 million compared with $12.1 million in the same quarter a year ago.

25 Feb 2010

CHOP and AIAM collaborate to develop more accurate child crash test dummies

A research report released today by The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the Association of International Automobile Manufacturers, Inc. (AIAM) details CHOP's cutting-edge work with academic and industry collaborators to develop more accurate child crash test dummies, called child anthropometric test devices (ATD's).

25 Feb 2010

IOS Press announces the 20th anniversary of Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience journal

IOS Press is pleased to announce the 20th anniversary of the peer-reviewed journal Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience. Since founded in 1989 by pioneering neuroscientist Donald G. Stein, RNN has focused on the emerging field of brain plasticity, repair and rehabilitation and has published not only numerous original scientific publications, but also review papers in basic research (animal experiments, in vitro studies) and in the clinical sciences.

25 Feb 2010

Cannabis Science completes selection of initial cannabis-based pharmaceutical for FDA clinical trials

Cannabis Science Inc., a pharmaceutical cannabis company, is pleased to report to their shareholders that the choice of our initial cannabis-based pharmaceutical for FDA clinical trials has been made. The Company has reported several possible drugs for FDA clinical trials. Based on extensive studies, the Company has decided to contract with a group based in Colorado to handle the Company’s FDA filings.

25 Feb 2010

Healthcare industries pay millions to summit invitees, says CREW’s study

On the eve of President Obama’s health care reform summit, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) released data showing that since 2005, health care special interests have invested at least $28 million in the campaigns of House and Senate leaders, chairs and ranking members of committees with primary jurisdiction over health care legislation. Additionally, President Obama received over $18.6 million during his presidential campaign.

25 Feb 2010

Texas Plant-Expressed Vaccine Consortium announces biotherapeutic manufacturing initiative for infectious diseases

Leaders of the Texas Plant-Expressed Vaccine Consortium today announced a biotherapeutic manufacturing initiative designed to show proof of concept for a landmark new technology that could dramatically increase the nation's capability to produce vaccines for infectious diseases, including influenza.

25 Feb 2010

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Bruker fourth-quarter GAAP revenue up 16%

Campaign to stop sale of electronic mosquito repellents by major airlines begins to bear fruit

Sunrise Senior Living reports revenues of $364.3M and $1.5B for fourth-quarter and full-year 2009

Adolor announces $14.6M net product sales of ENTEREG for year ended December 31, 2009

Biovail declares quarterly cash dividend of US$0.09 per share

"Hope – It's In Our Genes" rare disease campaign slogan translated into multiple international languages and Braille

First Edition: February 25, 2010

APWU Health Plan's calendar wins bronze award in Calendar category at SIAA

Reliv International reports 6.5% decline in fourth-quarter net sales

Dangers of steroid abuse: Steroids.com gone live

Mylan reports total revenues of $1.35 billion for fourth-quarter 2009

Greater access to rehabilitation after TIA needed to prevent future strokes

Interventional radiologists to highlight scientific advances, new discoveries at 35th Annual Scientific Meeting

Consumer Watchdog: Insurers’ finances should be examined for unjustified profit transfers and suspect contracting

Stereotaxis' revenue for recent fourth-quarter increases 16%

CHOP and AIAM collaborate to develop more accurate child crash test dummies

IOS Press announces the 20th anniversary of Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience journal

Cannabis Science completes selection of initial cannabis-based pharmaceutical for FDA clinical trials

Healthcare industries pay millions to summit invitees, says CREW’s study

Texas Plant-Expressed Vaccine Consortium announces biotherapeutic manufacturing initiative for infectious diseases

Achieving and maintaining ISO 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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