Monday, June 7, 2010

• Graebel Companies Inc. Taps JNBridge to Simplify Transition to SOA Framework for Relocation Services Offering --- BOULDER, Colo., June 7
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  JNBridge, (www.jnbridge.com), the award-winning provider of Java and .NET Framework-based interoperability tools, today announced Graebel Companies, Inc. (www.graebel.com), a Denver-based global relocation and moving services firm, has successfully incorporated JNBridge's JMS Adapter for .NET with their .NET-based SOA infrastructure in order to implement durable messaging between a broad spectrum of .NET applications and JMS. As a result, Graebel was able to leverage existing business logic and trim time to market, deploying production applications in just under 60-days. Since its founding in ... read more
• Ozmo Devices Announces $10.8 Million in Series D Funding --- PALO ALTO, Calif., June 7
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  Ozmo Devices, the leading provider of low-power Wi-Fi Personal Area Network (Wi-Fi PAN) solutions, announced today that is has completed its series D funding round in the amount of $10.8 million. Atlantic Bridge Ventures led the round with participation of existing investors Granite Ventures and Intel Capital. Brian Long, partner at Atlantic Bridge, will join the Board of Directors. This significant milestone comes after the recent addition of Bill McLean as president and chief executive officer earlier this ... read more
• Boeing 747-8 Emerges From Paint Hangar in New Cargolux Livery --- SEATTLE, June 7
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  The first Boeing (NYSE: BA) 747-8 Freighter painted in customer livery emerged today from the Boeing paint hangar in Everett, Wash. The airplane sports an updated livery for launch customer Cargolux. The Luxembourg-based cargo operator has a total of 13 Boeing 747-8 Freighters on order. Boeing delivered the last Cargolux 747-400 Freighter with a unique transition paint scheme featuring fading stripes. The new livery on Cargolux's 747-8 Freighter is an evolution from the current design and marks the start into ... read more
• IP Commerce Platform Updated to Further Drive Innovation in Payments --- DENVER
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  Today, IP Commerce, the industry leader in multi-service, multi-channel open API platforms, is announcing an update to its Managed Commerce Services Platform and developer APIs. These updates address the features required by developers to innovate on behalf of, and in partnership with, all participants in the ... read more
• CloudOne to Offer RAVEN in IBM Rational Cloud Solutions --- EMERYVILLE, Calif.
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  Ravenflow, the leader in visual requirements and business process definition software, and CloudOne today announced that CloudOne will OEM the RAVEN software to include RAVEN Visual Analyzer as part of its cloud-based deployments of the IBM Rational requirements platform. ... read more
• OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals Announces Final Results from Phase 1 Trial Evaluating OGX-427 as a Treatment for Solid Tumors --- BOTHELL, WA, and VANCOUVER, June 7
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  Results Presented at ASCO 2010 Annual Meeting Confirm Acceptable Safety Profile and Evidence of Biological Activity Including Declines in Circulating Tumor Cells and Reductions in Tumor Markers BOTHELL, WA, and VANCOUVER, June 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: OGXI) today announced final results from a Phase 1 trial. The primary purpose of this trial was to evaluate the safety and tolerability of OGX-427 up to doses of 1000 mg for the treatment of various solid tumors. Patients enrolled had a ... read more
• Get Smart About Verizon Wireless Smartphones --- BASKING RIDGE, N.J., June 7
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  Verizon Wireless, the company with the nation's largest and most reliable wireless voice and 3G data WHO: ... read more
• Anavex relocates executive management office to New Jersey --- CALIFON, NJ, June 7
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  CALIFON, NJ, June 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Anavex Life Sciences Corp. ("ANAVEX") (OTCBB: AVXL) today announced that, effective immediately, the company's executive management office will be relocated from Geneva, Switzerland to Califon, New Jersey. Dr. Cameron Durrant, Executive Chairman of ANAVEX, said the decision to move executive management offices to New Jersey was a strategic one, placing a key part of the company within a major hub of pharma industry activity. "In addition to furthering ANAVEX's visibility, being located in a premier biopharmaceutical ... read more
• Century Housing Corporation Taps MWW Group to Lead Strategic Public Relations Campaign and Social Media Initiatives --- LOS ANGELES, June 7
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  MWW Group (www.mww.com), one of the nation's top ten public relations firms, announced today that it has been tapped by Century Housing Corporation, a private non-profit organization dedicated to working with developers to create quality, affordable rental and for-sale properties for those most in need throughout Southern California. The account will be led out of MWW's Los Angeles office and will focus on increasing awareness among target audiences through an integrated media relations and social media program. "Century Housing is an ... read more
• Ten Steps to Help Prevent Common Illnesses at Summer Camp --- NORCROSS, Ga., June 7
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  As summer sets in, nearly six million campers will attend summer camps in the U.S.(1) And while summer is typically not know as cold or flu season, illnesses and injuries - some very serious - occur every year at hundreds of camps. Flu viruses and infectious diseases spread quickly through camps due to the close contact of campers, soiled skin and surfaces and sharing of towels or clothes. Infectious diseases cause 20 percent of all illnesses among campers and ... read more
• Leading Economist and Historian Joins The Fiscal Times --- NEW YORK, June 7
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  Bruce Bartlett, leading American historian, economist and political columnist has joined The Fiscal Times as a columnist and daily blogger. The announcement was made today by Jacqueline Leo, editor in chief of The Fiscal Times, a recently launched digital news, opinion and media publication covering a broad range of fiscal, economic and political issues. Mr. Bartlett has been a columnist for Forbes Magazine and Creators Syndicate. His writing often focuses on the intersection between politics and economics. His new blog, Bartlett's ... read more
• TI NexFET(TM) Power Block delivers maximum efficiency, frequency and power density in half the size of discretes --- DALLAS, June 7
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  Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) today introduced a synchronous MOSFET half bridge that achieves greater than 90 percent efficiency at 25 A - and in half the area of competitive power MOSFET devices. TI's new CSD86350Q5D Power Block combines two asymmetric NexFET power MOSFETs in an advanced package that delivers high performance in low-voltage synchronous buck half-bridge applications, including servers, desktop and notebook PCs, base stations, switches, routers and high-current point-of-load (POL) converters. For more information: www.ti.com/powerblock-pr. In addition to ... read more
• Zenverge Showcases Industry's First Whole-home, Multi-screen DVR Implementation with RemoteGUIDE(TM) at Connections 2010 --- CUPERTINO, Calif., June 7
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  Zenverge, a leading developer of advanced media ICs, announced today it will demonstrate the industry's first multi-room, multi-screen DVR implementation with a remote user interface at the Connections 2010 conference held in Santa Clara from June 8-10, 2010. Now shipping to qualified customers worldwide, Zenverge's current generation ICs use advanced, patent-pending algorithms and a highly optimized pipeline to deliver unprecedented media processing capabilities in a highly compact, power-efficient, and cost-effective footprint. The demos at Connections 2010 will showcase the industry's ... read more
• BD Launches World's Smallest Pen Needle --- FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., June 7
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  BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, announced today the launch of BD Ultra-Fine(TM) Nano - the world's smallest pen needle. The BD Nano pen needle is proven to be as effective as longer needles for patients of all body types and proven to offer a less painful injection experience for the more than 5 million people in the United States who inject insulin or GLP-1 to manage their diabetes.(1) To view the multimedia assets ... read more
• ViiV Healthcare and Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation Partner to Expedite Access to ARV Treatment for Infants and Children --- WASHINGTON and LONDON, June 7
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  Today, ViiV Healthcare and the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation announced a new partnership that will expedite access to lifesaving HIV care and treatment and help children live longer, healthier, and more productive lives. ViiV Healthcare has committed $2m over a two-year period to fund the partnership. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100326/EGPAFLOGO ) (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100607/DC16177LOGO ) (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20100607/DC16177LOGO ) As part of a multi-pronged strategy, the ViiV Healthcare-Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation partnership will increase early detection of HIV and access to antiretroviral ... read more
• Sunridge International Signs Representative in Central and South America --- FOUNTAIN HILLS, Ariz., June 7
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  Sunridge International (OTC Bulletin Board: SNDZ), announced today the appointment of Dr. Howard Silverman as its representative in Central and South America. Dr. Silverman will be responsible for the expansion of Sunridge's distributor network. Dr. Silverman is a Doctor of Optometry and has forty years of experience in the ophthalmic global market. He has worked at various levels within companies ranging for CEO to outside consultant and at every stage of growth from start up to mature. His track record of ... read more
• Oncothyreon announces presentation of Phase 1 data for PX-866 and PX-478 at American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting --- SEATTLE, WA, June 7
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  DESCRIBES PHASE 2 DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR PX-866 SEATTLE, WA, June 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Oncothyreon Inc. (Nasdaq: ONTY) (the "Company") announced that results from Phase 1 clinical trials of the Company's small molecule product candidates PX-866, an irreversible inhibitor of PI-3 kinase, and PX-478, an inhibitor of HIF-1 alpha, were presented today at the American Society of Clinical Oncology ("ASCO") Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL. In conjunction with the presentations, the Company announced projected Phase 2 development plans for PX-866. PX-866 Phase 1 ... read more
• Micromet Presents Interim Update on Phase 1 Study of MT110 in Patients with Advanced Solid Tumors --- BETHESDA, Md., June 7
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  Micromet, Inc. (Nasdaq: MITI), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of next-generation antibodies for the treatment of cancer, today announced the presentation of updated interim results from a Phase 1 trial of the Company's BiTE antibody MT110 in patients with advanced solid tumors. MT110 is designed to direct a patient's T cells, the immune system's most potent killer cells, against cancer cells that express the epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM). Professor Walter Fiedler, University ... read more
• Philips Redefines Hybrid Imaging to Simplify Nuclear Medicine and Address Clinician Needs --- SALT LAKE CITY, June 7
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  At this year's Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) annual meeting, Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) is highlighting its portfolio in the field of nuclear medicine. The company will showcase solutions designed to increase diagnostic accuracy, improve patient comfort, augment physician confidence, simplify clinical workflow, and lower lifecycle costs. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20091129/NY17600LOGO ) (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20091129/NY17600LOGO ) "With increased demand for improved quality of care and rising healthcare costs, it's more important than ever before to help our customers diagnose and ... read more
• NetWitness® Announces Worldwide Partner Program --- HERNDON, Va., June 7
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  NetWitness Corporation, the world leader in advanced threat intelligence and real-time network forensics, announced today that it has formalized its worldwide partner program for value-added resellers, systems integrators and technology companies. In the three years since its formation, NetWitness has developed a solid base of more than 100 partner relationships which extend the company's reach to every continent. These include value-added reseller relationships in the EMEA and APAC regions, partnerships with systems integrators focused on the U.S. federal government, and ... read more