vProtect Luminal Shield (TM) from Prescient Medical Receives CE Mark

September 22nd, 2009 JENA, Germany - Occlutech GmbH, the leading European developer of products for septal closure, today announced that the district court of Frankfurt, Germany reversed an earlier court injunction obtained by AGA Medical against Occlutech's sales and marketing activities relating to the newly launched Figulla Flex ranges of ASD and PFO occluders. The district court of Frankfurt reversed its earlier decision that was based on a request by AGA Medical, relying only on information provided by AGA Medical.

September 2nd, 2009 LONDON - Retail Decisions (ReD), a payment card issuer and world leader in payment card fraud prevention, is announced today as a finalist in The National Business Awards for The Orange Best Use of Technology in Business Accolade. Retail Decisions is one of 10 finalists.

August 30th, 2009 DOYLESTOWN, Pennsylvania - Prescient Medical Inc. announced that CEO Patricia Scheller, appeared on FOX Business Network (FBN) to discuss the company's groundbreaking products and recent achievement of CE Mark approval for their vProtect(TM) Luminal Shield Stent System.

July 12th, 2009 OXFORD, England - International medical communications company, Watermeadow Medical was named Medical Education Consultancy of the Year at the Communique Awards in London on Thursday night. This highly contested award is judged by an independent panel of communications experts, who assess excellence and innovation in the delivery of medical education for healthcare clients, along with business strategy, client retention, client satisfaction, financial performance, and staff development.

July 6th, 2009 AARHUS, Denmark - Unisense FertiliTech A/S ( www.fertilitech.com) announces that the EmbryoScope(TM) Embryo Monitoring System and EmbryoSlide(TM) tray have received CE approval as class IIa medical devices for use in IVF. Unisense Fertilitech A/S also received the DS/EN ISO13485:2003 and AC:2007 quality system certificate for production, installation and servicing of IVF incubators and related accessories (Photo: www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090706/353010 ) Francesca Bahr, sales manager at Unisense FertiliTech A/S says "the CE mark will allow us to market the instrument to Assisted Reproduction clinics across Europe, with the goal of improving embryo assessment and to facilitate the goal of elective single embryo transfer".

June 24th, 2009 LONDON - - Ventana Research CEO Mark Smith to Discuss How OI Reduces Time to Action Vitria Technology, Inc., today announced open registration for a webinar July 2nd , titled "Reduce Your Time to Action with Operational Intelligence." Mark Smith, CEO & EVP of Research with Ventana Research, a leading benchmark research and advisory services firm, will introduce Operational Intelligence (OI) and discuss how it can enhance operational activities, processes and systems to provide organisations with the visibility and insight required to make decisions based on real time information. In today's economic climate, gaining competitive edge is critical for retaining customers and improving profit margins.

June 23rd, 2009 JOHANNESBURG - - South African Investment Manager to migrate back office processes to hosted offering Eagle Investment Systems LLC, a leading provider of financial services technology and a subsidiary of The Bank of New York Mellon, has been selected by Prescient to deliver its integrated investment management suite via its application service provider (ASP), Eagle ACCESS(SM). Prescient, with R60 billion under management in South Africa, selected the Eagle suite to streamline its growing local and global operations.

May 18th, 2009 BRUSSELS - Companies "Taking no Chances" - Hospitals Struggling and Price Pressure Increasing The global economic crisis and recession have shaken many governments and industries. However, a recent survey conducted by Eucomed of 100 top executives at medical technology manufacturers across Europe defies this trend with only 20% of respondents noticing a significant negative impact on their business.

May 12th, 2009 NERVIANO, Italy - The FDA has approved an Investigational New Drug (IND) application by Nerviano Medical Sciences to begin a phase I clinical study with its selective PLK-1 small molecule inhibitor for the treatment of cancer. PLK-1 is a mitotic kinase required for the proliferation of cancer cells.

April 20th, 2009 NESHER, Israel - Portable Solution for Wound Healing Using Low Frequency, Low Intensity Ultrasound NanoVibronix, a medical device company specializing in applications that implement surface ultrasound waves, announced that its novel device has received CE approval in Europe for additional claims of wound healing. PainShield is the first hands-free, patch-based device that uses surface ultrasound waves for therapeutic treatment of wounds.

February 25th, 2009 SYDNEY - New Zealand batsman Martin Love, whose last Test innings was a hundred, has decided to hang his boots. Queensland's greatest run scorer said he had no regrets, despite being dropped from the 2003 Test side after scoring an unbeaten ton.

February 25th, 2009 SYDNEY - Australian Martin Love, who scored a hundred in his last Test innings, has decided to call it a day. Queensland's biggest run scorer said he had no regrets, despite being dropped from the 2003 Test side after scoring an unbeaten ton.

February 9th, 2009 SYDNEY - After being dropped from the national one-day squad, Australian sensation David Warner is hoping to return for the five-match ODI series in South Africa. Warner, who will play for Delhi Daredevils in the IPL, is the only Australian since 1877 to make his international debut before playing a first-class match.

October 1st, 2009 Sponsor of media shield criticizes administrationWASHINGTON — A key Senate sponsor of a bill to protect reporters' sources in federal court said Thursday the Obama administration has unexpectedly tried to weaken the protections. Supporters of the so-called media shield bill must now decide whether to proceed without counting on administration support.

April 1st, 2009 LONDON - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his US counterpart Barack Obama Wednesday admitted that there were still differences between the two nations over the issue of US-proposed missile shield in Central Europe. 'While acknowledging that differences remain over the purposes of deployment of missile defence assets in Europe, we discussed new possibilities for mutual international cooperation in the field of missile defence,' the two leaders said in a joint statement after their meeting in London.

March 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI -India will Friday test launch its indigenous interceptor missile that will destroy an incoming ballistic 'enemy' missile at an altitude of 80 km and will provide defence against Pakistani and Chinese missiles, an official said. 'All the preparations have been made and all the scientists are working to make the test successful,' a Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) official said.

June 23rd, 2009 Northrop Grumman receives contract modificationNEW YORK — Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding Inc., a unit of Northrop Grumman Corp. is being awarded a $213.8 million modification to a previously awarded Navy contract, the U.S.

May 8th, 2009 Doctor receives package with 36 pounds of potSTOCKBRIDGE, Ga. — Police are trying to determine who sent a Stockbridge physician a large quantity of marijuana.

August 20th, 2009 Seinfeld to salute Cosby with top humor prizeWASHINGTON — The comedian who kept NBC viewers entertained on Thursday nights well after "The Cosby Show" was gone will salute Bill Cosby when he receives the nation's top humor prize. Jerry Seinfeld will honor Cosby on Oct.

March 2nd, 2009 MOSCOW - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Sunday he hoped to discuss US plans to deploy a missile shield system in Central Europe with his American counterpart Barack Obama when they will meet in April during the G20 summit in London. In an interview with the Spanish media, Medvedev said he hoped the new US administration would display a more creative approach to this issue than the previous George Bush administration.