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Nasdaq Stock Market issues noncompliance notice to PhotoMedex

PhotoMedex, Inc. (Nasdaq:PHMD) (the “Company”) announced today that it received notification from The Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”) on September 15, 2009 that the Company was not in compliance with the $1.00 minimum bid price requirement for continued listing on Nasdaq’s Global Market exchange under Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 4450(a)(5) (the “Rule”).

19 Sep 2009

Health Net is the national sponsor of the 2nd National Veterans Summer Sports Clinic

Health Net, Inc. (NYSE:HNT) is honored to serve as a national sponsor of the 2nd National Veterans Summer Sports Clinic, to be held Sept. 20–25, 2009, in San Diego.

19 Sep 2009

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals to raise funds from institutional investors for general corporate purposes

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NasdaqGM:SPPI), a commercial-stage biotechnology company with a focus in oncology, today announced that it has received commitments from institutional investors to purchase $50 million of securities in a registered direct offering.

19 Sep 2009

Deaf and hard of hearing students attend community schools

Back-to-school means back to no services in some Ontario schools and insufficient health supports for Deaf and hard of hearing children

19 Sep 2009

NovoStent completes enrollment for its SAMBA Stent and Delivery System trial

NovoStent Corporation, a privately held medical device company, today announced the completion of enrollment earlier this summer in the company’s European clinical trial evaluating the use of its SAMBATM Stent and Delivery System in the treatment of superficial femoral and popliteal artery disease.

19 Sep 2009

NASDAQ Stock Market issues deficiency letter to NUCRYST Pharmaceuticals

NUCRYST Pharmaceuticals, a developer and manufacturer of medical products that fight infection and inflammation, today announced that on September 15, 2009 it received notice from the Nasdaq Stock Market that it no longer complies with Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 5550(a)(2) because, for the previous 30 consecutive business days, the bid price of its common stock had closed below the minimum requirement of $1.00 per share.

19 Sep 2009

Pfizer Oncology to present early-stage research of investigational agents for cancer treatment

Pfizer Oncology will present data from across its portfolio, including results from long-term follow-up of Aromasin® (exemestane tablets) in a study of early breast cancer, updated study results from a Phase 3 study of Sutent® (sunitinib malate) in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (NET), and early-stage research of investigational agents PF-02341066 and figitumumab (CP-751,871) in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

19 Sep 2009

Newcardio raises funds through private placement

NewCardio, Inc., (OTC Bulletin Board: NWCI) a cardiac diagnostic technology provider, today announced that it closed a private placement financing with institutional and other accredited investors, including members of NewCardio's management team and board of directors, who purchased over half of the offering.

19 Sep 2009

IAWP to hold 47th Annual Training Conference in Washington

The International Association of Women Police (IAWP) will hold its 47th Annual Training Conference in Seattle, Washington, September 20—24, 2009.

19 Sep 2009

Opinion poll reveals biotechnology is the way for Canada’s future prosperity

Nine out of ten Canadians believe biotechnology is important to Canada’s future prosperity and eight out of ten supported grants to emerging companies, according to BIOTECanada’s annual opinion poll, released at the launch of National Biotechnology Week.

19 Sep 2009

Medicon Valley Life Science Ambassador Programme launched

LifeSciences British Columbia is pleased to announce the official launch of our partnership with Medicon Valley Alliance based in Copenhagen, Denmark.

19 Sep 2009

FDA continues review of BSD Medical's HDE for the BSD-2000 Hyperthermia System

BSD Medical Corporation (NASDAQ: BSDM) (www.bsdmedical.com) reported today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) continues its review of the Company's Humanitarian Device Exemption (HDE) marketing submission for the Company’s BSD-2000 Hyperthermia System.

19 Sep 2009

NASDAQ Stock Market issues noncompliance letter to Luna Innovations

Luna Innovations Incorporated (NASDAQ:LUNA), a company focusing on sensing & instrumentation and pharmaceutical nanomedicines, today announced that the Company has received a letter from The NASDAQ Stock Market indicating that because the bid price of the Company’s common stock closed below the minimum $1.00 per share threshold set forth in NASDAQ Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) for the prior 30 consecutive business days, the Company has been provided 180 calendar days, or until March 15, 2010, to regain compliance with the minimum bid price requirement.

19 Sep 2009

Wyeth and Ambrx collaborate to produce the next generation of biologic drugs

Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, a division of Wyeth (NYSE: WYE) and Ambrx Inc. today announced the formation of a worldwide alliance to discover, develop, and commercialize protein drug candidates for three undisclosed targets in multiple therapeutic areas. The alliance will capitalize on Ambrx's recent breakthroughs in applying its protein medicinal chemistry platform to proteins produced in mammalian cells such as antibodies and antibody-toxin conjugates.

19 Sep 2009

Jennerex raises funds through private placement for clinical development programs

Jennerex, Inc. (San Francisco, CA and Ottawa, Ontario), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing a proprietary breakthrough product class of targeted oncolytic virus therapeutics, today announced the Second and final closing of a private placement financing with aggregate gross proceeds of US $5,611,475, exceeding the target of US $5 million.

19 Sep 2009

Experts’ comments on America's obesity epidemic

As a recent Newsweek article states, "it's hardly clear that there actually is an obesity epidemic, or that fat people are at greater risk of death than people of normal weight, or that weight loss—relentlessly promoted by public-health officials as the solution to America's weight problem—is an attainable goal at all."

19 Sep 2009

AMR finds 75 percent of hetastarch recipients underwent surgical procedures

Arlington Medical Resources (AMR), a provider of premier market intelligence for the pharmaceutical and diagnostic imaging industries, finds that for the January - May 2009 time period, a significantly higher percentage of hetastarch recipients (75%) underwent a surgical procedure when compared to those receiving albumin/plasma protein fraction (51%).

19 Sep 2009

K-Bro Linen Income Fund announces September cash distribution for Units holders

K-Bro Linen Income Fund (the "Fund") (TSX:KBL.UN) announced today a cash distribution of 9.167 cents per unit of the Fund ("Units") for the period from September 1, 2009 to September 30, 2009, to be paid on October 15, 2009 to holders of record of Units on September 30, 2009.

19 Sep 2009

Survey outlines recession impact on nurse faculty shortage

New data collected by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) show that the downturn in the economy may be impacting the nurse faculty shortage by lowering the national vacancy rate.

19 Sep 2009

Second-quarter 2009 unaudited results announced by Deltagen

Deltagen, Inc. (Pink Sheets: DGEN), a leading provider of drug discovery tools to the biopharmaceutical industry, today reported unaudited consolidated financial results for the three months ended June 30, 2009.

19 Sep 2009