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Bruker to acquire Veeco’s worldwide SPM and OIM instruments business for $229 million

Bruker Corporation today announces the signing of an agreement to acquire the Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM) and Optical Industrial Metrology (OIM) instruments business from Veeco Instruments, Inc. for $229 million in cash. The transaction has been approved by the Boards of Directors of both companies and is expected to close during the fourth quarter of 2010, pending regulatory review and subject to customary closing conditions.

16 Aug 2010

AMRI selected as inaugural winner of Pfizer Route Design Innovation Award

AMRI announced today that it has been selected as the inaugural winner of the Pfizer Route Design Innovation Award, beating out 40 companies who were invited to share innovative ideas for process chemistry and large scale Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient production. Pfizer will present the company with the award at the AMRI 2010 Integrated Drug Discovery Symposium to be held in Albany NY, October 13-14. AMRI will also receive an honorarium for its win.

16 Aug 2010

Vitacost.com second-quarter net sales increase 14.1% to $54.0 million

Vitacost.com, Inc., a leading online retailer and direct marketer of health and wellness products, today reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2010.

16 Aug 2010

FDA approves Teleflex's remaining requests of certificates to foreign governments

Teleflex Incorporated today announced that it has received approval of all remaining requests of certificates to foreign governments from the FDA.

16 Aug 2010

Majority of women support single woman using IVF treatment to conceive, survey finds

A recent survey of American women aged 25-45 that gauged attitudes toward In Vitro Fertilization found that 83% of these women support a single woman using IVF to conceive if she is emotionally and financially able to care for the child.

16 Aug 2010

Cryo-Cell International engages investment bank to evaluate strategic acquisition opportunities

Cryo-Cell International, Inc., one of the world's largest and most established family cord blood banks today announced that it has engaged Morgan Joseph LLC, a full service investment bank, to evaluate strategic acquisition opportunities available to enhance value for Cryo-Cell's shareholders.

16 Aug 2010

BRAVADA International expands range of products to improve fitness, lifestyle related ideas

BRAVADA International Ltd. announced today that it has added Footzyrolls and Footzy Flops to its product mix at www.BravadaWomen.com as well as its BRAVADA Women's Athletica retail stores. As a women's fitness, health and lifestyle brand, BRAVADA seeks to continually expand its range of products to provide only the very best in fitness and lifestyle related ideas to its customers.

16 Aug 2010

Interleukin Genetics transfers stock trading from NYSE Amex to OTCQB Marketplace

Interleukin Genetics, Inc. today announced that trading of shares of the Company's common stock will be transferred from the NYSE Amex to the OTCQB™ Marketplace effective today, August 16, 2010. Investors in the Company can trade the stock easily in this marketplace, where Interleukin Genetics' symbol will now be ILIU.

16 Aug 2010

Teleflex announces completion of refinancing transactions

Teleflex Incorporated today announced that it has prepaid all of its outstanding senior notes issued in 2007, which had an aggregate outstanding principal amount of $196.6 million and would have matured in 2012 and 2014.

16 Aug 2010

ARYx secures bridge financing, reports decrease in net loss to $3.6M for second-quarter 2010

ARYx Therapeutics, Inc. today announced that it has secured bridge financing to allow ARYx time and resources to potentially complete a transaction that could create significant value for stockholders. ARYx also released its financial results for the second quarter of 2010.

16 Aug 2010

PALS to host book club author reception to help seniors develop relationships

For nearly 13 years, Highmark Inc.'s People Able to Lend Support program has provided a wide array of programs and services to help seniors stay healthy and independent in their own homes, stimulate their minds and reduce isolation.

16 Aug 2010

NanoViricides' anti-Herpes drug candidates demonstrate significant efficacy in cell culture studies

NanoViricides, Inc., reports that its anti-Herpes drug candidates demonstrated significant efficacy in the recently completed cell culture studies. The studies were performed in the laboratory of Dr. Ken Rosenthal at Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy.

16 Aug 2010

Onex offers to acquire all outstanding shares of ResCare

ResCare, Inc. announced today that it has received a proposal from Onex Corporation to acquire all of the outstanding shares of common stock of ResCare not owned by affiliates of Onex for $12.60 per share. The written proposal, which includes several terms and conditions, is attached to this release.

16 Aug 2010

Involuntary childlessness affects couples more negatively than previously reported

Test-tube fertilisation is the reason why more couples than previously now have the chance to become biological parents. However, the path to achieving this can be laborious and, for some, the treatment is unsuccessful. A thesis from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, indicates that people are more negatively affected than previously reported in studies of involuntary childlessness.

16 Aug 2010

Healthy Lifestyles, Healthy Communities event to provide free medical, dental services in five cities

Henry Schein, Inc., the largest distributor of health care products and services to office-based practitioners, announced today that Healthy Lifestyles, Healthy Communities will provide free medical and dental services to more than 5,000 children and their caregivers in five cities throughout the United States this summer and fall.

16 Aug 2010

Arrayit announces addition of 128 new products to life sciences tools portfolio

Arrayit Corporation, a leader in life sciences and healthcare technology, announces today that the company has added 128 new products to its widely-used portfolio of life sciences tools. Arrayit now offers 836 life sciences products to researchers worldwide, all of which can be purchased on-line 24 hours a day at the Arrayit Store. The company has recorded $36.2M in product revenue in the Arrayit Store since its inception.

16 Aug 2010

MEDNAX acquires Laredo-based pediatric cardiology physician group

MEDNAX, Inc., today announced the acquisition of a pediatric cardiology physician group based in Laredo, TX.

16 Aug 2010

EntreMed second quarter 2010 net loss increases to $0.62 per share

EntreMed, Inc.,a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing therapeutics for the treatment of cancer, today reported financial results for the three and six-month periods ending June 30, 2010.

16 Aug 2010

Medforma unveils new Internet-based wellness platform

Nearly 80 percent of health care costs are spent on treating preventable diseases. And most of this burden falls on employers and employees. To help employers reduce these expenses while improving the health of their workforces, St. Paul-based Medforma Inc., today unveiled the next-generation of its Internet-based wellness platform called Health Portrait™.

16 Aug 2010

Smart for Life continues to improve Chocolate Chip Cookie

The trailblazing company whose Smart for Life weight management products featuring the cookie diet component has recently improved its Chocolate Chip Cookie to include the most protein offered in a meal replacement cookie on the market at a whopping 6 grams per serving. The amount of protein found in meal replacements is instrumental in curbing hunger, maintaining muscle mass, and providing energy, not to mention contributing to weight loss.

16 Aug 2010

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Bruker to acquire Veeco’s worldwide SPM and OIM instruments business for $229 million

AMRI selected as inaugural winner of Pfizer Route Design Innovation Award

Vitacost.com second-quarter net sales increase 14.1% to $54.0 million

FDA approves Teleflex's remaining requests of certificates to foreign governments

Majority of women support single woman using IVF treatment to conceive, survey finds

Cryo-Cell International engages investment bank to evaluate strategic acquisition opportunities

BRAVADA International expands range of products to improve fitness, lifestyle related ideas

Interleukin Genetics transfers stock trading from NYSE Amex to OTCQB Marketplace

Teleflex announces completion of refinancing transactions

ARYx secures bridge financing, reports decrease in net loss to $3.6M for second-quarter 2010

PALS to host book club author reception to help seniors develop relationships

NanoViricides' anti-Herpes drug candidates demonstrate significant efficacy in cell culture studies

Onex offers to acquire all outstanding shares of ResCare

Involuntary childlessness affects couples more negatively than previously reported

Healthy Lifestyles, Healthy Communities event to provide free medical, dental services in five cities

Arrayit announces addition of 128 new products to life sciences tools portfolio

MEDNAX acquires Laredo-based pediatric cardiology physician group

EntreMed second quarter 2010 net loss increases to $0.62 per share

Medforma unveils new Internet-based wellness platform

Smart for Life continues to improve Chocolate Chip Cookie

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