Archive for January, 2011

Nephros Rights Offering Registration Statement Declared Effective

RIVER EDGE, N.J., Jan. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Nephros, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: NEPH), a medical device company developing and marketing filtration products for therapeutic applications, infection control, and water purification, today announced that the registration statement on Form S-1 for...

Massachusetts Court Rules in Favor of Volcano and Against St. Jude Medical Subsidiary in Trade Secrets Case

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Volcano Corporation (Nasdaq: VOLC) said today that  the Superior Court of Massachusetts has issued a decision that ruled in favor of Volcano and its wholly-owned subsidiary Axsun Technologies, Inc., and against LightLab Imaging, Inc., on all of...

Sunrise Senior Living Solidifies Management Team

MCLEAN, Va., Jan. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Sunrise Senior Living, Inc. (NYSE: SRZ) today announced that Marc Richards, chief accounting officer, will succeed Julie Pangelinan as chief financial officer, and that Greg Neeb, chief investment and administrative officer, has entered into an amended and...

Quest Diagnostics Agrees to Repurchase 15.4 Million Shares From Largest Shareholder

MADISON, N.J., Jan. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (NYSE: DGX) today announced that it had agreed to repurchase at a negotiated price 15.4 million shares of its common stock from its largest shareholder, an affiliate of GlaxoSmithKline plc (GSK). Subsequent to the...

Quest Diagnostics Announces Offering of Common Stock by the Company’s Largest Stockholder

MADISON, N.J., Jan. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (NYSE: DGX) today announced the underwritten public offering of 15,377,600 shares of Quest Diagnostics common stock held by its largest stockholder, SB Holdings Capital Inc., an affiliate of GlaxoSmithKline plc...

FRC Praises Florida Judge for Striking Down Entire Health Care Law

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Family Research Council praised today's ruling by Federal Judge Roger Vinson of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida that strikes down the entire health care law that President Obama signed into law in 2010, including the...

BioMed Realty Trust to Report 2010 Fourth Quarter and Year End Results

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- BioMed Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: BMR) today announced it will report results for its fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2010 after the market closes on Monday, February 7, 2011. Alan D. Gold, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Kent Griffin,...

New Chromogenic Endotoxin Detection System

EAST FALMOUTH, Mass., Jan. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Associates of Cape Cod, Inc., (ACC) is proud to introduce its NEW CHROMOGENIC ENDOTOXIN DETECTION SYSTEM incorporating the enhanced Pyrochrome® chromogenic reagent and the new-to-market Pyros Kinetix® Flex Incubating Kinetic tube reader....

Media Statement on 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans

CHICAGO, Jan. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Quaker Oats Company, a division of PepsiCo, supports the updated Dietary Guidelines recommendations on the importance of whole grains and fiber in the diet issued today by the Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Health and Human Services (HHS). The...

Importance of Vision Screening for 3- to 5-Year-Olds Reaffirmed

New Statement from U.S. Preventative Services Task Force (USPSTF) Recommends Vision Screening for All Children at Least Once Between  3 and 5 FORT WORTH, Texas, Jan. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The importance of vision screening for children 3 to 5 years old was confirmed today with...
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