Health & Beauty Close-Up back issues from June 2009:
Fitch Rates Syracuse, New York's 2009A GOs 'BBB+'; Upgrades Outstanding GOs; Outlook Stable.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Fitch Ratings has assigned a 'BBB+' rating to the city of Syracuse, New York's (the city) approximately $14.3 million general obligation (GO) public improvement (serial) bonds, series 2009A (capital improvement and school purpose). The bonds are scheduled to price competitively ...
A.M. Best Assigns Ratings to MetLife, Inc.'s SafeGuard Health Enterprises, Inc. Subsidiaries.
Jun 01, 2009 ... A.M. Best Co. has assigned financial strength ratings of A (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of "a+" to MetLife, Inc.'s (MetLife) (New York, NY) (NYSE: MET) subsidiaries: SafeGuard Health Plans, Inc. (Plantation, FL), SafeGuard Health Plans, Inc. (Aliso Viejo, CA) and SafeGuard ...
Anthem Education Group Chairman Elected to the Career College Association Board.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Anthem Education Group (AEG), the parent company of 23 accredited post secondary education institutions in 14 states, announced that its Chairman of the Board, James D. Hutton, PhD, has been elected to the Career College Association (CCA) Board of Directors. Dr. Hutton will ...
Reports Say New York Is a Top Spot for Bioscience.
Jun 01, 2009 ... New York ranks among the nation's leaders in the bioscience industries, according to recent reports from the Milken Institute and trade publication FierceBiotech. The reports show New York to be a significant and growing locus for bioscience development. According to ...
Ulta Sets Date to Release 1Q Fiscal 2009 Results.(Financial report)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Ulta Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc., a beauty retailer with 320 retail stores, announced that the Company will conduct a conference call to discuss first quarter fiscal 2009 results on Thursday, June 4, at 5 p.m. Eastern Time/ 4 p.m. Central Time. A press release detailing ...
Response Genetics Reveals Study Results at the 2009 ASCO Annual Meeting.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Response Genetics Inc., a company focused on the development and sale of molecular diagnostic tests for cancer, is announcing the results of studies in bladder cancer, colon cancer and colorectal cancer that identify genes associated with positive chemotherapy outcome and tumor recurrence ....
Incyte Reports Update on Special Protocol Assessment for INCB18424.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Incyte Corp. announced that based on recent input from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding Incyte's request for a Special Protocol Assessment (SPA) for INCB18424 for patients with primary myelofibrosis (PMF), post-polycythemia vera myelofibrosis (PPV-MF) and ...
Gilead Sciences' MAA Regadenoson Gets European Medicines Agency Validation.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Gilead Sciences, Inc. announced that the company's Marketing Authorisation Application (MAA) for regadenoson, an investigational pharmacologic stress agent for radionuclide myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI), was validated by the European Medicines Agency (EMEA). In a release, ...
IXYS Extends Its GenX3 CoPack IGBT Family with Silicon Carbide Diode.
Jun 01, 2009 ... IXYS Corp. announced the expansion of its family of 600V GenX3 IGBTs product range to include a portfolio of IGBTs with Silicon Carbide (SiC) co-pack diodes. In a release, the company noted that for demanding applications like solar inverters and switch mode power supplies, the ...
Fitch Places Saints Medical Center (MA) Revs on Watch Positive.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Fitch Ratings has placed the following bonds issued on behalf of the Saints Medical Center (Saints) and currently rated 'BB+' on Rating Watch Positive: --$54 million Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority revenue bonds, series 1993A. The Rating ...
Medical Connections Buys Medical Staffing Direct's Assets.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Medical Connections Holdings, Inc., a healthcare staffing company specializing in allied health, nurse and physician staffing and recruiting services, announced it has closed an asset purchase agreement with Medical Staffing Direct (MSD), formerly a Florida based staffing company. ...
NPS Reports on 3 Teduglutide Abstracts Approved for Presentation at Digestive Disease Week Conference.(Conference news)
Jun 01, 2009 ... NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. reported that three abstracts addressing sub-study data from the company's completed Phase 3 study of GATTEX (teduglutide) in patients with short bowel syndrome (SBS) were accepted for presentation at the 2009 Digestive Disease Week (DDW) conference. ...
Clinical Data Purchases Avalon Pharmaceuticals.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Clinical Data, Inc. announced the completion of its acquisition of Avalon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. According to a release, Clinical Data acquired Avalon through an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $10 million, based upon the 15-day volume weighted average price of ...
Moxtek and Philips Research Reaches Collaboration Pact for New Microarray Technology.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Moxtek, a nano-photonics company, announced that it has reached a collaboration agreement with Philips Research to develop a new wire grid microarray chip (WGM) that has been designed to offer ultra-high surface specificity and suppression of background signals. The WGM is based ...
Chase Finalizes Conversion of 2.9 Million WaMu Accounts in Pacific Northwest.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Chase announced it has successfully upgraded products and technology in the Pacific Northwest to link 343 former Washington Mutual branches with more than 3,200 other Chase branches. The conversion of 2.9 million accounts in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Utah follows the March ...
A.M. Best Revises Outlook to Stable for Gramercy Insurance Company.
Jun 01, 2009 ... A.M. Best Co. has revised the outlook to stable from positive and affirmed the financial strength rating of B+ (Good) and issuer credit rating of "bbb-" of Gramercy Insurance Company (Dallas, TX). The revised outlook reflects the execution risks associated with Gramercy ...
Top-10 Pharmaceutical Company Opts for Cegedim Dendrite's Aggregate Spend Solution.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Cegedim Dendrite announced that its Aggregate Spend and State Services solution, State Guardian, has been selected by a Top-10 Pharmaceutical Company. Cegedim Dendrite is a provider of Compliance Solutions to the pharmaceutical industry, and has been offering its break-through ...
Adventist Health System Gets Self Service Excellence Award.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Adventist Health System (AHS) has received the 2009 KioskCom Self Service Excellence Award in the category of Best Healthcare Deployment for its use of self-service kiosks and online applications from NCR Corp., a provider of self-service solutions. Presented annually at the ...
Former CIA Senior Scientist Joins NISC.
Jun 01, 2009 ... National Interest Security Company, (NISC), a provider of information technology, information management and management technology consulting, announced that Dr. Les Dreiling, former technical advisor to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) National Clandestine Service (NCS), has joined ...
Aesyntix Health Bolsters Revenue Cycle Management Platform.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Aesyntix Health, Inc., a provider of business solutions for dermatologists and plastic surgeons, announced it has selected Kareo's web-based scheduling and billing solution to enhance its dermatology revenue cycle management platform. Specifically, the private-labeled Kareo ...
Guess?, Inc. Schedules Webcast of Its 1Q Fiscal 2010 Conference Call.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Guess?, Inc. will release its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2010, which ended May 2, on Thursday, June 4. The Company will webcast a conference call at 4:30 p.m. (ET) that day to discuss the results. A live webcast will be accessible at ...
Perot Systems to Supply Revenue Cycle Solutions to Amerinet Members.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Amerinet, a national healthcare group purchasing organization, and Perot Systems announced a new agreement that will make Perot System's revenue cycle solutions available to Amerinet's acute and alternate care site members. Through the relationship, Amerinet members can utilize ...
First Phase III Data on Compound for Solid Organ Transplantation to be Presented at American Transplant Congress.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Bristol-Myers Squibb Company announced that belatacept, an investigational co-stimulation blocker being studied for use in solid organ transplantation, will be the subject of nine company-sponsored clinical presentations at the upcoming American Transplant Congress to be held through June ...
SBi's S.T.A.R. Total Ankle Replacement System Gets FDA Approval.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Small Bone Innovations, Inc. (SBi), a provider of products, technology and education for the small bone & joint segment of the orthopedics industry, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved SBi's Scandinavian Total Ankle Replacement (S.T.A.R.) system to treat ...
Oscar de la Renta Partners with ideeli.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Oscar de la Renta announced an exclusive partnership with ideeli Inc., an invitation-only online shopping community. The company said that beginning June 1, ideeli members will have 30 days to enter for a chance to win a one-of-a-kind dress by the designer. In addition to the ...
Brown-Forman Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Brown-Forman's Board of Directors on May 28 declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.2875 cents per share on Class A and Class B Common Stock. Stockholders of record on June 8, will receive the ...
Imaging Center Network Selects Radiology Workflow with Avreo interWORKS.
Jun 01, 2009 ... In keeping with their mission to "Put Patients First," Imaging Center Network (ICN) streamlined workflow and improved efficiency at their two Jacksonville, Fla. based imaging centers by implementing Avreo interWORKS complete Radiology Workflow Solution (RWS), the group noted in a release. ...
Herbalife Adds Doctors from Italy and Russia to Its Nutrition Advisory Board.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Herbalife , a global nutrition and direct selling company, said it is welcoming Marco DeAngelis, M.D. of Italy and Alexey Borisov, Ph.D. of Russia to its Nutrition Advisory Board. In a release, the company noted that the nutrition advisory board is comprised of experts around ...
Fitch Rates Texas' $467 MM GO Water Bonds 'AA+'.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Fitch Ratings has assigned an 'AA+' rating to $467.2 million in State of Texas (the state) general obligation (GO) water financial assistance bonds, consisting of: --$417.235 million water financial assistance and refunding bonds, series 2009C; --$50 million water ...
Quantum Retail Takes Wraps Off Q Version 2.3.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Enterprise software vendor to the retail industry, Quantum Retail, has released the latest version of its inventory management and optimization solution, Q, which is available in both on-premise and on-demand formats. Quantum Retail said that Q is now capable of handling all ...
Research and Markets Adds Report: The Consumer Travel Report Part One: Behavior Trends.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "The Consumer Travel Report Part One: Behavior Trends" report to its offerings. In a release, Research and Markets noted that report highlights include: For 10 years, we have rigorously tracked online consumer ...
Levi Strauss Names New CFO.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Levi Strauss & Co. has named Blake Jorgensen the company's new executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective July 1. Jorgensen is currently the chief financial officer for Yahoo! Inc., a global Internet company. He will report directly to LS&CO.'s Chief ...
Motocross Championships to Use Shock Doctor's Eject Helmet Removal System.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Shock Doctor, Inc.'s Eject Helmet Removal System, which provides emergency neck and spine protection after a motosport crash, is now endorsed by MX Sports for improving safety in amateur racing. According to the company, the Eject System will be used at all regional qualifying ...
Urovalve Taps Martin Coyne II as Senior Business Advisor.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Urovalve announced that it has appointed Martin M. Coyne II as Senior Business Advisor to the Company's CEO and board of directors. Coyne, as Executive Vice President of Eastman Kodak Company, headed the Commercial Photography Group, responsible for $9 billion in sales, 27,000 ...
Biovail Reports on 2009 Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Biovail Corp. announced that based on a preliminary vote count at its Annual and Special Meeting, shareholders have voted overwhelmingly in favour of all Biovail nominees to the Board of Directors and in favour of all other matters proposed in Biovail's Notice of Meeting, including to ...
A.M. Best Affirms Ratings of ACMAT Corp. and ACSTAR Insurance Company.
Jun 01, 2009 ... A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the issuer credit rating (ICR) of "bbb+" of ACMAT Corp. (ACMAT) (New Britain, CT) [Pink Sheets: ACMTA]. A.M. Best also has affirmed the financial strength rating of A (Excellent) and the ICR of "a+" of ACMAT's wholly owned subsidiary, ACSTAR Insurance ...
Mason-Dixon Poll: Residents of Coastal States Grossly Unprepared for 2009 Hurricane Season.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Even after feeling the threat of five major hurricanes, all category 3 or stronger, during the 2008 hurricane season, many Americans in the Gulf and Atlantic coastal states have made no preparations for the impending "mean season," according to a new Mason-Dixon poll. The poll ...
Research and Markets Adds Report: Organic Electronics - Global Strategic Business Report.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Organic Electronics - Global Strategic Business Report" report to its offerings. In a release, Research and Markets noted that report highlights include: This report analyzes the worldwide markets for Organic ...
Research and Markets Adds Report: Plus Size Fashion Market Assessment 2009.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Plus Size Fashion Market Assessment 2009" report to its offerings. In a release, Research and Markets noted that report highlights include: In terms of retail sales value, the total UK market for women's ...
Triathlete Hunter Kemper to Endorse Spira Shoes.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Spira Footwear has a new team member: 3-time Olympian and top-ranked triathlete Hunter Kemper has signed on to endorse Spira shoes. Kemper, who in addition to having a world No. 1 Triathlete ranking, is a 3-time Olympian, 6-time National Champion, Lifetime Fitness Triathlon ...
Ortho-McNeil Gets FDA Response Letter for Rivaroxaban.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Ortho-McNeil announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a complete response letter regarding the new drug application (NDA) for rivaroxaban, an oral, once-daily anticoagulant. The NDA, filed in July 2008 by Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research and ...
Research and Markets Adds Report: Word of Mouth and Viral Marketing in the United States 2009.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Word of Mouth and Viral Marketing in the United States 2009" report to its offerings. In a release, Research and Markets noted that report highlights include: Consumers are inundated with advertising every day, ...
Research and Markets Adds Report: Global ENT Devices Investment Opportunities, Analysis and Forecasts to 2015.(Report)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Research and Markets has announced the addition of Global Markets Direct's new report "Global ENT Devices Investment Opportunities, Analysis and Forecasts to 2015" to its offerings. In a release, Research and Markets noted that report highlights include: This report ...
UMB Bank Opens Its First LEED Certified Banking Facility.
Jun 01, 2009 ... In a release, UMB Bank noted event details: WHAT: Official grand opening of UMB's first LEED certified banking facility; Branch is Arnold's first LEED certified bank and its second LEED certified facility WHERE: Arnold Commons Shopping Center ...
A.M. Best Revises Rating Outlook to Negative for MAPFRE RE, Compania de Reaseguros, S.A.
Jun 01, 2009 ... A.M. Best Co. has revised the outlook to negative from stable and affirmed the financial strength rating of A+ (Superior) and issuer credit rating (ICR) of "aa-" of MAPFRE RE, Compania de Reaseguros, S.A. (MAPFRE RE) (Spain). The ratings reflect MAPFRE RE's integral role within ...
G-III Apparel Group Sets Date to Release 1Q 2010 Results.
Jun 01, 2009 ... G-III Apparel Group announced that it will release its first quarter fiscal 2010 earnings on Wednesday, June 3rd. A conference call to discuss results will be held at 4:30 p.m. EDT that same day. In a release, the company noted event details: While the ...
Meniscus Educational Institute Debuts New Interactive Web Site.(Website overview)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Meniscus Educational Institute (MEI), a respected provider of quality continuing education for physicians, nurses, and pharmacists and accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), and the Accreditation ...
Protus Wins Multiple 2008 Product of the Year Awards from Communications Solutions Magazine.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Protus, a provider of software as a service communications tools for small-to-medium-businesses and enterprise organizations, announced that Technology Marketing Corp.'s (TMC) Communications Solutions has named MyFax, an Internet fax service, and my1voice, a virtual phone service for small ...
Research and Markets Adds Report: Confectionery Market Report Plus 2009.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Confectionery Market Report Plus 2009" report to its offerings. In a release, Research and Markets noted that report highlights include: This Market Report Plus examines the performance of the UK confectionery ...
Fitch: Health Care Reform Activity Speeds Up While U.S. Hospitals Post Strong 1'Q Performance.
Jun 01, 2009 ... U.S. For-profit hospital operators reported a strong first quarter performance in the midst of an increasingly active regulatory environment, according to the special report, 'Fitch's For-Profit Hospital Industry Quarterly Diagnosis.' Overall, providers' credit metrics improved ...
Research and Markets Adds Report: Tortilla Manufacturing Industry in the U.S. and its Foreign Trade.(Report)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Research and Markets has announced the addition of Supplier Relations US, LLC's new report "Tortilla Manufacturing Industry in the U.S. and its Foreign Trade [2009 Edition]" to its offerings. In a release, Research and Markets noted that report highlights include: ...
AGA Medical Offers Final Stroke Education and Awareness Video Featuring Tedy Bruschi.
Jun 01, 2009 ... AGA Medical Corp. launched the fifth in a series of Web-based stroke education and awareness videos featuring Tedy Bruschi, a professional football player who suffered a stroke in February 2005, subsequently recovered and returned to his career. According to the company, the new ...
Accelr8 Presents Data on Rapid Identification of New KPC 'Superbug'.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Accelr8 Technology Corp. presented new data at the 109th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) in Philadelphia. In a release, the company noted: Company scientists and their collaborators from the Washington University in St. Louis School of ...
Alexion Pharmaceuticals to Report on the Investigational Use of Alexion's Soliris (Eculizumab).
Jun 01, 2009 ... Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced that researchers are scheduled to present early clinical and laboratory data on the potential role of terminal complement inhibition with Soliris (eculizumab) for the treatment of a subset of kidney transplant patients who are at high risk for ...
EnXnet to Extend Its Product Offering.
Jun 01, 2009 ... EnXnet, Inc. announced that it has begun work on a more expansive Gift Card that will be able to hold more content than the current CD based MultiMedia Gift Card, the company noted in a release. The new version of the Gift Card will be DVD based. The company said that ...
UnitedHealthcare Offers New Health Plan Coverage for Businesses with Spanish-Speaking Employees.
Jun 01, 2009 ... PlanBien, a health plan by UnitedHealthcare that combines health care coverage with services designed to help enhance the health and well-being of Spanish-speaking individuals and their families, is now available in California. According to the company, PlanBien transcends ...
A.M. Best Upgrades Ratings of Springfield Insurance Company.
Jun 01, 2009 ... A.M. Best Co. has upgraded the financial strength rating to B+ (Good) from B (Fair) and issuer credit rating to "bbb-" from "bb" of Springfield Insurance Company (Springfield) (Covina, CA). The outlook for both ratings is stable. These rating actions reflect ...
A.M. Best Downgrades Issuer Credit Ratings of HealthMarkets, Inc. and Its Subsidiaries.
Jun 01, 2009 ... A.M. Best Co. has downgraded the issuer credit rating (ICR) to "bbb" from "bbb+" and affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of B++ (Good) of HealthMarkets, Inc.'s (HealthMarkets) (headquartered in North Richland Hills, TX) core subsidiaries, which include The MEGA Life and Health ...
Research and Markets Adds Report: Men's and Boys' Cut and Sew Apparel Contractors Industry.(Report)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Research and Markets has announced the addition of Supplier Relations US, LLC's new report "Men's and Boys' Cut and Sew Apparel Contractors Industry in the U.S. and its Foreign Trade (2009 Edition)" to its offerings. In a release, Research and Markets noted that report ...
Neoprobe Begins Second Phase 3 Lymphoseek Study.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Neoprobe Corp., a diversified developer of oncology surgical and diagnostic products, announced that a second multicenter Phase 3 study of Lymphoseek (NEO3-06) has received investigational review board approval to begin enrollment of patients diagnosed with head and neck squamous cell ...
BioTrove Debuts RapidFire 300 for In Vitro ADME Discovery at ASMS Conference.(Conference news)
Jun 01, 2009 ... BioTrove, Inc. announced the launch of its RapidFire 300 system for high-throughput screening of in vitro ADME assays. In a release, the company noted: Producing label-free data at six to eight seconds per sample, drug discovery researchers can now use the ...
Entrepreneur Magazine Taps Affymetrix as One of Top 100 Companies to Watch.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Affymetrix, Inc. announced that it has been selected by Entrepreneur magazine as one of the top 100 companies to watch. Affymetrix was listed under health care, which the magazine describes as one of the ten hottest industry categories right now. Entrepreneur has been published ...
Agios Pharmaceuticals' Focus on Cancer Metabolism Chosen for 'Stand Up To Cancer Grant'SUBJECTCODE04002006.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Agios Pharmaceuticals announced that Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C), a charitable initiative for new cancer treatments, has selected the Cancer Metabolism "dream team" led by Agios founder Dr. Craig Thompson and including Agios advisors Drs. Chi Dang and Joshua Rabinowitz. In a ...
Fred Green Resigns as Synovus President.
Jun 01, 2009 ... The Board of Directors of Synovus, the Columbus, Georgia-based financial services company, announced that Fred L. Green, III, has resigned as President. He has had overall responsibility for the company's banking activities since 2006. Green joined Synovus in 1995 when the ...
InnoVentures Capital Partners and USDA Make Funds Available for Utah Rural Businesses.
Jun 01, 2009 ... InnoVentures Capital, a USDA intermediary lender, is aggressively lending to rural businesses in and around Utah as demonstrated by its recent $150,000 loan to IntelliSchematic, according to a release. "IntelliSchematic is the kind of rural company that will help diversify the ...