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National Health Partners to generate record revenue of between $1.5 and $2 million during the first-fiscal

National Health Partners, Inc., a leading provider of unique discount healthcare membership programs, announced today that it expects to generate record revenue and positive cash flow from operating activities during its fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2010 due to the successful launch of several large-scale sales campaigns by its partners.

9 Dec 2009

Varian Medical Systems receives IDG's InfoWorld 100 Award for innovative use of IT

Zenprise, Inc., a provider of mobile management software, today announced its customer, Varian Medical Systems Inc., received IDG's InfoWorld 100 Award based on its deployment of the Zenprise MobileManager platform. The InfoWorld 100 Awards recognizes the top 100 most innovative uses of IT initiatives to further business goals.

9 Dec 2009

Newly created line of skin care products based on ISCO’s proprietary Parthenogenic Stem Cells

Lifeline Skin Care, Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary of International Stem Cell Corporation, announced today that it has retained the services of a highly experienced expert in the skin care industry, Raulee Marcus, to help design a marketing program for its newly created line of skin care products based on ISCO’s proprietary Parthenogenic Stem Cells.

9 Dec 2009

Protalix Biotherapeutics completes NDA submission for taliglucerase alfa

Protalix Biotherapeutics, Inc. today announced the completion of its New Drug Application (NDA) submission with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for taliglucerase alfa, a plant-cell expressed form of glucocerebrosidase (GCD) for the potential treatment of Gaucher’s disease.

9 Dec 2009

UnitedHealthcare improves access to health care with DocGPS App of Apple’s iPhone

UnitedHealthcare is helping improve access to health care by putting its vast network of doctors, clinics, hospitals and other health care services on a new app just introduced on Apple’s iPhone.

9 Dec 2009

BCBSNC to implement Callidus Software's Monaco Suite

Callidus Software Inc., the leader in Sales Performance Management (SPM), today announced that Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC), has selected the Callidus Monaco Suite to manage sales performance and incentive compensation programs. Under the enterprise class SaaS agreement, signed in the third quarter of 2009, BCBSNC will use the Callidus Monaco Suite for its 4,000 brokers.

9 Dec 2009

TRYTON-LM clinical study enrolls first two patients

Tryton Medical, Inc., the leading developer of stents designed to definitively treat bifurcation lesions, today announced the enrollment of the first two patients in TRYTON-LM, a prospective, single-arm study evaluating the feasibility of the Tryton stent in conjunction with Abbott’s XIENCE PRIME Everolimus Eluting Coronary Stent System to treat stable patients with complex de novo bifurcation lesions involving the left main coronary artery.

9 Dec 2009

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals recognized as one of the Top Work Places in Orange County

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals (NasdaqGM: SPPI), a commercial stage biotechnology company with a primary focus in oncology, today announced that it has been ranked by the Orange County Register as one of Orange County’s Top Work Places for 2009.

9 Dec 2009

SC Magazine names BIO-key International as 2009 Innovator of the Year in Biometrics

BIO-key International, Inc., a leader in finger-based biometric identification solutions, today announced that SC Magazine, one of the world's most respected security publications, named BIO-key International the 2009 Innovator of the Year in the Access Control sub-category Biometrics.

9 Dec 2009

Novartis presents 6-month results from its EVEREST study for PCV

QLT Inc. welcomed the 6-month results from the Novartis-sponsored EVEREST study which were presented during a scientific review today by Novartis in Basel, Switzerland.

9 Dec 2009

CIDR utilizes Isilon scale-out NAS for genotyping and statistical genetics services

Isilon Systems today announced that the Center for Inherited Disease Research (CIDR) at Johns Hopkins University is using Isilon scale-out NAS to power its leading-edge genotyping and statistical genetics services, which generate up to three terabytes of new data per day.

9 Dec 2009

Nautilus enters into definitive agreements for sale of certain assets to Fit Dragon International

Fitness company Nautilus, Inc., (the “Company”) announces today that it has entered into definitive agreements for the sale of certain assets of its commercial business to Fit Dragon International Ltd.

9 Dec 2009

Joint Commission awards Primary Stroke Certification for TMCA

The Medical Center of Aurora (TMCA) is proud to announce its designation as a Primary Stroke Center by The Joint Commission (TJC) effective October 1, 2009. The Disease Specific Certification has been awarded to only seven other hospitals in the state of Colorado.

9 Dec 2009

Preliminary data from Phase 2 clinical trial of ZFP Therapeutic program presented

Sangamo BioSciences, Inc. announced today the presentation of preliminary data from the Phase 2 clinical trial of its ZFP Therapeutic(TM) program to develop SB-509 as a treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) at a Work in Progress session at the 20th International Symposium on ALS/MND held in Berlin, Germany.

9 Dec 2009

Syclo develops a mobile field service solution in alignment with SAP CRM

Today, Syclo, a market leader in mobile enterprise platforms and applications, announced the availability of a second mobile product resulting from its co-innovation relationship with SAP AG. The new product, SMART Service Manager, was recently selected by a major medical system supplier to hospitals worldwide, to connect their 400 field service technicians to the SAP® Customer Relationship Management (SAP CRM) application.

9 Dec 2009

European market for digestive health ingredients to reach $536.5 million in 2015

rowing consumer awareness of functional foods fuels demand and boosts product availability for digestive health ingredients in the EU. In 2008, digestive health was the largest product segment of the total EU approved functional food market, accounting for 68.0 per cent of sales.

9 Dec 2009

First Edition: December 9, 2009

Today's coverage details last night's tentative agreement struck by Senate Democratic negotiators in an effort to clear the public option impasse, and a vote on an abortion amendment.

9 Dec 2009

QuadraMed acquisition: Investigation against directors

Law Offices of Howard G. Smith announces that it is investigating potential claims against the Board of Directors of QuadraMed Corp. arising from the Company's announcement of its intent to be acquired by Francisco Partners.

9 Dec 2009

Home health care workers’ compensation cases discharged prior to 'order-end date'

Thirty percent of the home health care workers’ compensation cases managed by Total Medical Solutions (TMS) were discharged prior to the “order-end date,” the last date the physician had anticipated that services would be required.

9 Dec 2009

Novo A/S implement 10b5-1 trading plan for open market purchases of BioMimetic common stock

BioMimetic Therapeutics, Inc. and Novo A/S announced that on December 8, 2009, Novo A/S implemented a 10b5-1 trading plan, providing for open market purchases of BioMimetic common stock. Any transactions involving the Company's securities under the plan will be reported and disclosed as required by applicable securities laws.

9 Dec 2009

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National Health Partners to generate record revenue of between $1.5 and $2 million during the first-fiscal

Varian Medical Systems receives IDG's InfoWorld 100 Award for innovative use of IT

Newly created line of skin care products based on ISCO’s proprietary Parthenogenic Stem Cells

Protalix Biotherapeutics completes NDA submission for taliglucerase alfa

UnitedHealthcare improves access to health care with DocGPS App of Apple’s iPhone

BCBSNC to implement Callidus Software's Monaco Suite

TRYTON-LM clinical study enrolls first two patients

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals recognized as one of the Top Work Places in Orange County

SC Magazine names BIO-key International as 2009 Innovator of the Year in Biometrics

Novartis presents 6-month results from its EVEREST study for PCV

CIDR utilizes Isilon scale-out NAS for genotyping and statistical genetics services

Nautilus enters into definitive agreements for sale of certain assets to Fit Dragon International

Joint Commission awards Primary Stroke Certification for TMCA

Preliminary data from Phase 2 clinical trial of ZFP Therapeutic program presented

Syclo develops a mobile field service solution in alignment with SAP CRM

European market for digestive health ingredients to reach $536.5 million in 2015

First Edition: December 9, 2009

QuadraMed acquisition: Investigation against directors

Home health care workers’ compensation cases discharged prior to 'order-end date'

Novo A/S implement 10b5-1 trading plan for open market purchases of BioMimetic common stock

Evolving spectrophotometry for modern biopharma workflows

Scaling B-cell cloning workflows for antibody development

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