Osiris Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: OSIR), today provided an update on the status of the development and commercialization agreement with Genzyme, a Sanofi company. On Wednesday, February 8, 2012, Sanofi issued a press release, which included an update on their R&D pipeline, stating that it ... read more

Using Spyder®, companies can implement semantic data integration solutions without impacting systems running business-critical functions. Spyder®, a free software tool, exposes any data store as a SPARQL 1.1 end point. Using the federation ... read more

Kaiser Permanente celebrates Northern Virginia Magazine's recognition of 90 Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group physicians as "Top Doctors" in their February 2012 issue. The annual "Top Doctors" list is compiled based on peer and panel recommendations. This year, Northern Virginia Magazine asked nine local hospitals to put together a panel of doctors to discriminatively look at doctors with privileges at their hospital. According to Northern Virginia Magazine, panels nominate doctors based on internal evaluations, patient reviews, and overall quality of ... read more

Circonus, the organization-wide performance monitoring company, is offering an industry-first pricing model for its Circonus-Inside full-system license— a solution designed for large and soon-to-be-large organizations and enterprises, that have significant monitoring needs and/or want their performance data to remain internal ... read more

Earth Networks SM, the owner of WeatherBug® products and services and operator of the largest weather, lightning and climate observation networks, announces the release of WeatherBug 2.0 for iPhone. Completely redesigned to keep users better informed about current conditions, prepared ... read more

Japanese scientists and engineers have completed construction on a new instrument designed to take 3-D measurements of the shapes, sizes and other physical characteristics of both raindrops and snowflakes. The instrument will be shipped from Japan to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., to be integrated into an upcoming NASA Earth science satellite. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) Designed and built by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Japan's National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, the Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar is one ... read more

The Black Point Lava Flow in northern Arizona offers a research haven for NASA's Desert Research and Technology Studies (RATS) team of scientists and engineers, because this rough, dusty terrain, with its extreme temperatures that swing from hot to cold, resembles other places in the solar system. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) On this bleak landscape, NASA crews can test robotic systems and extravehicular equipment; adjust and improve their designs; and create effective procedures for solar-system exploration. NASA scientist Jacob Bleacher will discuss "NASA's ... read more

A powerful new infrared instrument, flying on NASA's newest polar-orbiting satellite, designed to give scientists more refined information about Earth's atmosphere and improve weather forecasts and our understanding of climate, has started sending its data back to Earth. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) The Cross-track Infrared Sounder (CrIS) joins four other new instruments aboard the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP) satellite, which NASA launched on Oct. 28, 2011, from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The Suomi NPP mission is the bridge between NOAA's ... read more

MMG, a global clinical trial patient recruitment group and part of Ketchum, today announced the addition of Chris Middleton as vice president of technology. Middleton oversees all new technology products and application, service, and infrastructure development. He will provide leadership and strategic direction for MMG's expanding portfolio of technology-based patient recruitment efforts. "Welcoming a technology expert of Chris's caliber to our accomplished leadership team underscores MMG's commitment to better enable individuals to connect with clinical trials through technology," said John ... read more

Peake Healthcare Innovations, a joint venture between industry leaders Harris Corporation and Johns Hopkins Medicine, announced today a new approach to medical image management. With its PeakeSecure™ cloud archiving platform, Peake is providing complete managed service solutions from the cloud to assist healthcare providers with ... read more

W. L. Gore & Associates introduces the next generation of its screw-in GORE® Protective Vents for lighting, solar and telecommunication infrastructure applications, with a more rugged, single-body construction that increases protection against mechanical stress. For additional reliability, all of these vents are now online quality-tested ... read more

Acumatica, a provider of Cloud ERP software, today announced that Accounting Solutions Consulting (ASC) Partners has joined Acumatica as a value added reseller in New England. Beginning immediately, ASC will offer customers the ability purchase Acumatica’s award winning Cloud ERP software as an on-premise or SaaS ... read more

PharmAthene, Inc. (NYSE Amex: PIP), a biodefense company developing medical countermeasures against biological and chemical threats, announced today that Eric I. Richman, President and Chief Executive Officer will present at the Leerink Swann 2012 Global Healthcare Conference on Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at 12:00 pm EST at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York. Mr. Richman will also be available to participate in one-on-one meetings at the conference. Event: Leerink Swann 2012 Global Healthcare Conference Date: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at 12:00 ... read more

Merkle (www.merkleinc.com), a leading customer relationship marketing (CRM) firm and the largest privately-held agency, announced that its Response Management Group (RMG) has been selected by Baltimore, Maryland-based Catholic Relief Services (CRS) to provide donation processing services in support of the ... read more

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has been competitively awarded one of five Operations Support (OPS) Services Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts from the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Systems Integration and Management Center (FEDSIM) in support of the Department of Defense's Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO). The anticipated period of performance is two years with three optional one year periods and an estimated cost ceiling of $900 million. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110419/PH85737LOGO-b ) "Lockheed Martin is proud to continue ... read more

TEKsystems®, a leading provider of IT staffing solutions, human capital management expertise and IT services, today announced findings from its quarterly IT Executive Outlook survey, conducted in partnership with the Inavero Institute. While ... read more

Human Circuit announced today that the television broadcast newsroom editing experience just got energized by its new integrated workflow media management tool that uses a MOS (Media Object Server) Gateway and ENPS with Adobe® Premiere® Pro. This new hardware and software product - released February 4th, 2012 - is simply called '451'. Jim Hatcher, Chief Technology Officer for Human Circuit said, "What constitutes the 'super productivity' claim? As part of an ENPS newsroom, 451 provides an efficient and familiar ... read more

Spherix Incorporated (NASDAQ: SPEX) - an innovator in biotechnology for therapy in diabetes, metabolic syndrome and atherosclerosis, and provider of technical and regulatory consulting services to food, supplement, biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, today announced the closing of previously announced agreements to sell $1.15 million of shares of its common stock together with warrants to purchase additional shares of its common stock in a registered direct offering to institutional investors. Spherix has issued an aggregate of 1,064,815 shares of common ... read more

Lookingglass Cyber Solutions, a leading provider of global cyber situational awareness, today announced its selection as a finalist for the Info Security Products Guide’s 2012 Global Excellence Awards in the Best New Security Start-Up Company of the Year category. This award recognizes security and IT vendors ... read more

United Therapeutics Corporation (NASDAQ: UTHR) announced today that it will release its fourth quarter and annual 2011 financial results before market open on Tuesday, February 14, 2012. United Therapeutics will host a half-hour teleconference on Tuesday, February 14, 2012, at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time. The teleconference is accessible by dialing 1-877-351-5881, with international callers dialing 1-970-315-0533. A rebroadcast of the teleconference will be available for one week and can be accessed by dialing 1-855-859-2056, with international callers dialing 1-404-537-3406, ... read more