Pharmalicensing.com: PR Newswire: Not for profit http://pharmalicensing.com/rss/ Latest market and business intelligence from the leading publishers worldwide. en-us Pharmalicensing.com: PR Newswire: Not for profit http://pharmalicensing.com/rss/ http://pharmalicensing.com/images/pharmalicensing_logo.gif 144 Leader of the Human Genome Project Honored With the Prestigious Inamori Foundation's Inaugural Prize for Ethics CLEVELAND, September 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Francis S. 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This huge discrepancy is due to differing European levels of tobacco... http://pharmalicensing.com/redirs/news_rss/public/news/viewNewsML/1438 http://pharmalicensing.com/redirs/news_rss/public/news/viewNewsML/1438 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:45:00 +0100 One Year on and Still No Action LONDON, July 22 /PRNewswire/ -- A charity for people with multiple sclerosis (MS) is seeking to highlight the fact that despite a commitment made a year ago, the Government has failed to find out the... http://pharmalicensing.com/redirs/news_rss/public/news/viewNewsML/1427 http://pharmalicensing.com/redirs/news_rss/public/news/viewNewsML/1427 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:16:00 +0100 Physicians Practice and Nevada Cancer Institute Partner to Improve Patient Care BALTIMORE, July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Physicians and patients of community-based medical practices in Nevada and SW Utah will benefit from a new partnership between Physicians Practice(R), America's... http://pharmalicensing.com/redirs/news_rss/public/news/viewNewsML/1397 http://pharmalicensing.com/redirs/news_rss/public/news/viewNewsML/1397 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:27:00 +0100 Ingenuity Systems and CHDI Announce Multi-Year Deal for Disease-Specific Knowledge Platform REDWOOD CITY, California, July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Ingenuity Systems, the leading provider of information solutions for life science researchers, and CHDI Foundation, Inc., a non-profit... http://pharmalicensing.com/redirs/news_rss/public/news/viewNewsML/1394 http://pharmalicensing.com/redirs/news_rss/public/news/viewNewsML/1394 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:00:00 +0100 Gates Foundation Welcomes G8 Commitments and Urges Follow Through to Address Problems Affecting the World's Poor SEATTLE, July 8 /PRNewswire/ -- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation released the following statement regarding the G8 Summit: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation welcomes the renewed commitment... http://pharmalicensing.com/redirs/news_rss/public/news/viewNewsML/1362 http://pharmalicensing.com/redirs/news_rss/public/news/viewNewsML/1362 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:44:00 +0100 A New President at the Head of the Genethon Laboratory EVRY, France, July 7 /PRNewswire/ -- The board of directors at Genethon nominated a new president to head the laboratory created in 1990 by the AFM (French Muscular Dystrophy Association). 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A male patient is admitted to a hospital with pneumonia and possibly HIV. Due to staffing problems and improper handling, the patient is not seen... http://pharmalicensing.com/redirs/news_rss/public/news/viewNewsML/677 http://pharmalicensing.com/redirs/news_rss/public/news/viewNewsML/677 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:22:00 +0000