Biotech/Biomedical/Health News

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 02/09/12 -- Titan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTCBB: TTNP) today announced the results of an open-label, six-month safety re-treatment study (PRO-811) of patients with opioid dependence who previously completed a full six months of treatment in Titan's confirmatory Phase 3 clinical trial of the investigational drug Probuphine™. In the 85 patients enrolled in this retreatment study, Probuphine was shown to be well tolerated, including the implant insertion and removal procedures, with a low incidence ... read more

This weekend, CBS and the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards are giving viewers a VIP pass to the week's excitement with "GRAMMY Live!", an online video stream of all the weekend's hottest events, but now one revolutionary Facebook app wants to take it one step further. The FreeCast app is set to give music fans the option to watch all the live coverage of GRAMMY weekend right from their Facebook, keeping up with all the red carpet action, backstage interviews and ... read more

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BioClinica®, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIOC), a global provider of clinical trial management solutions, today announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2011. Financial highlights for the quarter ended December 31, 2011 include: ... read more

Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ACOR) today announced that Ron Cohen, M.D., President & CEO, will present at the Leerink Swann 2012 Global Healthcare Conference on Thursday, February 16, 2012 at 4:00 pm ET at the Walfdorf=Astoria Hotel in New York, NY. ... read more

Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ACOR) today announced that it will host a conference call and live webcast to report its fourth quarter and full year 2011 financial results on Thursday, February 16 at 8:30 a.m. ET. To participate in ... read more

The Echo System, a social commerce and measurement company dedicated to maximizing the value of fans for ecommerce brands, today announced that it has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the OnMedia Top 100 winners. Inclusion in the OnMedia 100 signifies leadership amongst its peers and game-changing approaches and technologies that are likely to disrupt existing markets and entrenched players. The Echo System was specially selected by the AlwaysOn editorial team and industry experts spanning the globe based ... read more

Almac is pleased to announce the doubling of analytical capacity at its 240,000 sq. ft. North American Headquarters. The facility - built on a 40 acre site in Souderton, north of Philadelphia (PA) - and occupied since 2010, delivers full-service, integrated clinical packaging, drug ... read more

Bi3 Solutions, Inc. introduces SaaS applications that relate social media chatter content, such as topics, brands, companies or individuals, to chatter originators, enabling outbound marketing campaigns. Bi3 Solutions social media intelligence applications turn social media chatter into marketing touch points. Bi3 provides real time data streaming analysis of social media data feeds. All references in social media text for an identified subject (generic topic, brand, company, individual) are captured and their relationship to subtopics identified. The social media message originators, related ... read more

DALLAS, February 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ReportsnReports adds new market research report 'The Future of Distributed Generation' to its store. The shift to a distributed generation model will challenge the business model of existing traditional utilities and generators as the demand for centrally generated power falls. These companies will need to adapt if they are to survive. It will also have social implications that extend beyond the electricity system itself as consumers take control of where and how ... read more

TurnTo Networks and 500friends today announced a partnership that will--through the integration of TurnTo's Social Q&A Suite and 500friends' LoyaltyPlus(TM) Social Loyalty Platform--drive increased customer loyalty and conversion for e-commerce retailers. The partnership will enable online retailers to encourage onsite engagement and earn additional brand loyalty by providing virtual and tangible rewards to customers for providing answers and referrals to fellow shoppers. TurnTo's social approach to Q&A allows shoppers to reliably get trusted product advice from past customers. By emailing shopper ... read more

NanoLogix (PINK SHEETS: NNLX), an innovator in rapid diagnostics, today released a comprehensive operations summary that revealed an exponential drop in detection and diagnostic times for active-threat bacteria and amoeba. This development is projected to provide reliable detection, ease of use, and the ability to identify live active-threat bacteria and differentiate from non-threat bacteria, faster and at lower cost than other technologies. In recent third-party tests, two of NanoLogix's products, the BioNanoPore (BNP) and BioNanoFilter (BNF), provided diagnostic results 4 ... read more

OnCore Manufacturing Services, LLC, a leading provider of electronic manufacturing services (EMS), today announced its intention to enter into a medical product design alliance with Proven Process Medical Devices, Inc. “We will significantly expand our capabilities in the medical ... read more

Regulatory News: EpiCept Corporation (Nasdaq OMX Stockholm Exchange and OTCQX: EPCT) announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement with a single life science focused institutional investor for the purchase of 2,000 shares of its Series A ... read more

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: IRWD) announced that it was informed this evening that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will not schedule an advisory committee meeting in connection with the its review of the New Drug Application (NDA) for linaclotide proposed for the treatment of ... read more

Today in San Diego, more than seven hundred energy professionals turned out for the Association of Energy Service Professionals 22nd National Conference featuring more than sixty speakers from across the electric and gas industry. Representing APOGEE Interactive, Inc. and presenting work done with Missouri Gas Energy, Craig Frank, Sr. Application Engineer, shared insights to the successful partnership between Apogee and Missouri Gas Energy (MGE) in using a Microsite to leverage the utility's energy efficiency programs and achieve their goals. (Photo: ... read more

BioMed Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: BMR), a real estate investment trust focused on Providing Real Estate to the Life Science Industry®, today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full-year ended December 31, 2011. Fourth Quarter 2011 Highlights -- Generated total revenues for the quarter of $112.4 million, up 7.0% from $105.0 million in the same period in 2010. Rental revenues for the ... read more

Beacon Enterprise Solutions Group, Inc. (OTCBB: BEAC) (www.askbeacon.com), an emerging global leader in the design, implementation and management of high performance Information Technology Systems ("ITS") infrastructure solutions, reports fiscal first quarter financial results for the period ended December 31, 2011, which are discussed below: Financial Highlights for the Fiscal 2012 First Quarter: -- Net sales for the quarter increased 51% to $6 million from $4 million in the year-ago first ... read more

A senior engineer within zvelo, a leading provider of website categorization, URL database and real-time malicious website detection solutions for the OEM market, has discovered a significant security vulnerability in the Google Wallet mobile phone payment system. The engineer cracked and exposed the Google Wallet 4-digit PIN needed in order to authorize and process mobile phone payments. This PIN is intended to serve as the differentiating and additional security component that traditional, physical credit cards do not provide. zvelo immediately disclosed its ... read more

Verastem, Inc., (NASDAQ: VSTM) a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing drugs to treat breast and other cancers by targeting cancer stem cells, announced presentations at several upcoming investment conferences. The conference and Verastem presentation details are as follows: ... read more