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September 30th, 2009 PARIS - - New Generation Emergency Contraception now Commercially Available in France, Germany and the United Kingdom, in Anticipation of Upcoming Launch Throughout European Union HRA Pharma (www.hra-pharma.com), a privately-held, European pharmaceutical company that designs products, devices and supporting services in reproductive health and endocrinology, announced today that ellaOne(R) (ulipristal acetate, 30mg), its new generation emergency contraceptive, has been launched in France, Germany and the United Kingdom via local HRA teams. HRA Pharma will progressively launch ellaOne in all European countries over the coming months.

September 29th, 2009 THE HAGUE, The Netherlands - Fresh water from the tap will soon be available everywhere in Romania. From 6 to 9 October, a team of Dutch water experts will visit four southern Provinces (Giurgu, Calarasi, Buzao, and Ilfov) to demonstrate how even the most remote municipalities can offer their residents clean and fresh drinking water.

August 5th, 2009 MAARSSEN, Netherlands - Against the background of continuing strong market growth, Sao Paulo will host the second CPhI South America and P-MEC South America pharma ingredients and production technology events on Wednesday 26 - Friday 28 August. Staged by UBM International Media, the debut events in Rio last August welcomed over 180 exhibitors and nearly 4,500 attendees.

May 25th, 2009 PARIS - Next Generation Emergency Contraceptive Will First be Launched in UK, Germany and France as Company Expands International Operations HRA Pharma (www.hra-pharma.com), a privately-held, European pharmaceutical company that designs products, devices and supporting services in reproductive health and endocrinology, announced today that ellaOne(R) (ulipristal acetate), its next generation emergency contraceptive, has been granted marketing authorization by the European Commission. The unanimous decision by all member states enables HRA Pharma to begin marketing ellaOne throughout the European Union, making it the only approved product to have been specifically designed and developed for use as an emergency contraceptive.

May 7th, 2009 SAN JOSE, California - Teikoku Pharma USA Inc., the international specialty pharmaceutical company today announced that it has acquired effective May 8, 2009; Minneapolis area based Travanti Pharma Inc., a privately held corporation that designs, develops and markets innovative drug delivery platforms that improve the safety, compliance, effectiveness and ease of administration of medications delivered to the body. The Company has developed a proprietary Wearable Electronic Disposable Drug delivery technology (WEDD(R)) Platform.

April 22nd, 2009 ATLANTA - This May, the world's largest annual architectural and commercial lighting trade show and conference, LIGHTFAIR(R) International (LFI), celebrates 20 years of lighting innovation as it opens the doors to thousands of lighting industry professionals. On its 20th Anniversary, LFI promises to offer its most comprehensive conference programming and largest trade show floor.

April 7th, 2009 NIEUWEGEIN, The Netherlands - As of today both the Dutch and English versions of the annual report are available for reference on www.ballast-nedam.nl. On the website you will also find the agenda and explanatory notes, together with the other documents for the General Meeting of Shareholders on Wednesday 6 May.

April 5th, 2009 LEIDEN, The Netherlands - The Dutch Orphan Disease Registry Consortium is set up in order to build a disease registry framework to collect information on rare diseases, encourage drug development and optimize patient care. The consortium focuses on inborn errors of metabolism as target group of diseases.

March 11th, 2009 TURKU, Finland - BioCis Pharma Ltd., a privately-held drug development company with its headquarters in Turku, Finland, announced that it has begun a new Phase IIa clinical testing of ProtoCure(TM) emulsion cream, the company's novel topical drug for dermatology. The double-blind, vehicle-controlled study is designed to evaluate the tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and efficacy of the topical product in a total of 18 subjects with mild to moderate plaque psoriasis.

March 9th, 2009 EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands - The Center for Translational Molecular Medicine (CTMM) - the Dutch public-private partnership committed to the research and development of new techniques for the diagnosis and treatment of major diseases - today announced that eight new research projects will receive funding from the CTMM. It means that almost 250 million Euros have now been allocated to Netherlands-based translational projects that could radically improve patient outcomes for diseases such as Alzheimer's, rheumatoid arthritis, sepsis, cardiovascular disorders and the most important forms of cancer.

August 1st, 2009 American-Dutch gay couples to wed in AmsterdamAMSTERDAM — The mayor of Amsterdam is officiating at the weddings of five American-Dutch homosexual couples on a boat during the city's Gay Pride festival, in part to challenge the United States to legalize gay marriage. Mayor Job Cohen also performed the first Dutch ceremonies after the Netherlands legalized same-sex marriage in 2001.

June 23rd, 2009 Pirates free cargo ship near Somalia, crewman deadTHE HAGUE, Netherlands — The Dutch Defense Ministry says Somali pirates have released a hijacked cargo ship aboard which one crew member was fatally shot. The ministry says Dutch marines are escorting the MV Marathon to a safe port.

March 23rd, 2009 AMSTERDAM - Dutch ING Bank has asked its top 1,200 managers not to accept their bonuses for the year 2008. ING's Jan Hommen, who will formally be appointed as chief executive officer in April, was quoted in Dutch daily newspaper Volkskrant Monday as saying that many managers are prepared not to accept their bonus.

May 1st, 2009 AMSTERDAM - The driver of the car which sped into a crowd watching the Dutch Queen Beatrix, killing five bystanders, has died in a hospital, a TV report said Friday. Thursday's attack - which has stunned the Dutch nation - was captured on film, as the small black car burst through a barrier at high speed, hitting 17 people, killing three men and two women.

June 7th, 2009 Dutch navy escorting freed Nigerian tugboatTHE HAGUE, Netherlands — Somali pirates have released a Nigerian tugboat they hijacked 10 months ago and a Dutch navy ship is escorting it to a safe harbor, the Dutch Defense Ministry said Sunday. Defense Ministry spokesman Lt.

July 30th, 2009 Fire guts replica of 17th-century tall shipAMSTERDAM — Fire consumed a replica of the 17th-century flagship of the Dutch East India Company in the northern Netherlands on Thursday. The three-mast tall ship, which was built in the 1980s, was moored at Holland Village in Nagasaki, Japan, for many years before it returned to the northern Dutch port of Den Helder in 2003 and became a tourist attraction.

August 4th, 2009 HYDERABAD - GVK Biosciences (GVK BIO) today announced the appointment of Gerhard N. Mayr to its Board of Directors.

March 31st, 2009 CHENNAI - The city-based bulk drug manufacturer Orchid Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals has purchased $12.1 million worth of bonds from the market and is in the process of extinguishing them to save on interest costs. This is the second such purchase in recent times by the company, which March 26 announced it had bought $25.7 million worth of bonds.

September 5th, 2009 Mom opposes Dutch girl's plan to sail the globeAMSTERDAM — The mother of Dutch teenager Laura Dekker says she is against her daughter's plan to try to sail solo around the world. Babs Muller is quoted in the Volkskrant daily as saying her 13-year-old daughter has the technical ability to complete the voyage but that the teenager is not yet grown-up enough.

June 19th, 2009 Shell says it has discovered gas field near NorwayAMSTERDAM — Royal Dutch Shell PLC says it has discovered a new gas field off the coast of Norway. Spokesman Shaun Wiggins says the company cannot confirm any details about the size of the find, but plans to release additional information later Friday.