Bestnet Europe Ltd. Announces Decreases in Freight Costs for Netprotect® LLINs

KOLDING, Denmark, Dec. 31, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Bestnet Europe Ltd. announced today that they have been installing new baling equipment at their worldwide Netprotect® production sites. Bestnet, a leader in the fight against malaria, is constantly looking for new ways to save their customers...

Burrill predicts big surge in biotech buyouts for 2011

Big upfront fees are out. Milestones are in. Partnerships will stay hot. The IPO window will stay open, despite a lackluster record in 2010. And investor confidence will grow, helping public biotech companies outperform the general market. Those are some of the broad-stroke predictions being made by the self-styled biotech 'guru' Steven Burrill, who regularly commands a big audience for his prognostications. And he's ready to call the protracted Sanofi-Genzyme drama near a done deal. "The...

Unilife Receives SPP Applications Exceeding A$12.8 Million

LEWISBERRY, Pa., Dec. 31, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Unilife Corporation (Unilife or Company) (Nasdaq: UNIS; ASX: UNS) announced today that its 2010 Share Purchase Plan (SPP), which closed on Wednesday, 22 December 2010, was significantly oversubscribed. The Company has received applications for...

CVS CAREMARK to Purchase Universal American’s Medicare Part D Business

WOONSOCKET, R.I., Dec. 31, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CVS Caremark (NYSE: CVS) today announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire the Medicare Part D business of Universal American (NYSE: UAM) for approximately $1.25 billion.  Universal American is a leading...

PHC to Present at the Sidoti & Company, LLC Semi-Annual New York Micro-Cap Conference

PEABODY, Mass., Dec. 31, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- PHC, Inc., d/b/a Pioneer Behavioral Health (NYSE Amex: PHC), a leading provider of inpatient and outpatient behavioral health services, today announced that Bruce A. Shear, Pioneer's president and CEO, will present at the Sidoti & Company, LLC...

Sinovac’s Stock Exchange Listing Moves to NASDAQ Global Select Market

BEIJING, Dec. 31, 2010 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (Nasdaq: SVA), a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, announced today its common shares will be listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market effective January 3, 2011.  The Company received notification from the...

The Ensign Group Acquires Two Texas Healthcare and Senior Housing Facilities

ABILENE, Texas, Dec. 31, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Ensign Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: ENSG), announced today that it is acquiring Wisteria Place, a continuing care retirement community, and its sister facility Wisteria Independent Living, both located in Abilene, Texas. The acquisition will be...

BUSM Researchers Uncover Cellular Mechanism Responsible For Chronic Inflammation, Type 2 Diabetes

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have demonstrated that certain T cells require input from monocytes in order to maintain their pro-inflammatory response in people with type 2 diabetes (T2D). The study also showed, for the first time, how a loss in homeostasis in this group of T cells most likely promotes chronic inflammation associated with...

Hit the Reset Button Each Night With Spoonk Acupressure Mats

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Dec. 30, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- With the daily stresses of life continually piling on and not enough hours in the day to get everything done, one of the most common things that people tend to cheat themselves out of is a good night's sleep. Spoonk acupressure mats offer a...

Anorexic Model Isabelle Caro Showed Everyone the Reality of the Illness that Took Her Life

CHICAGO, Dec. 30, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- The horrifying photos of Isabelle Caro first displayed in 2007 were her last message to the world about her disease. First appearing during fashion week in Italy, it was Italian photographer Oliviero Toscani's attempt "to use the naked body to show everyone...