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Pittsburgh, PA (ChemImage Corp)- ChemImage, a leader in Chemical Imaging technology, is pleased to announce our continuing support of the spectroscopy community at this year's Federation of Chemical a... [WebWire - Friday, August 29, 2008]

Carilion Clinic teams up with Retasure (PRWEB Aug 29, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2008/08/prweb1257154.htm

Innovative Biotech Firm Introduces Secure and Convenient Transportation System to Protect Microbiological Lab Samples from Contamination

QUEBEC CITY, QUEBEC (MARKET WIRE) Bioxel Pharma Inc. (TSX VENTURE: BIP), a leading manufacturer of taxane active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and developer of targeted oncology drugs, today announced its results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2008.

InterMune, Inc. today announced that Daniel G. Welch, Chairman, CEO and president of InterMune, will present at the Thomas Weisel Partners Healthcare Conference in Boston on September 4, 2008 at 10:55 a.m.

A fledgling life sciences incubator in Beverly, Mass., has received a $50,000 planning grant from the Massachusetts technology Collaborative.

Claes Wahlestedt, who heads Scripps Florida’s efforts to develop drugs for diseases of the central nervous system, has launched new company with business consultant and longtime friend Joe Collard.

TORONTO, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) OccuLogix, Inc. (NASDAQ: OCCX)(TSX: OC) announced today that its Annual and Special Meeting of Stockholders will take place on September 30, 2008 at 8:30 a.m. (Eastern time) at the offices of Torys LLP, 79 Wellington Street West, 33rd Floor, Toronto, Ontario. The Company intends to mail the meeting materials to its stockholders on or prior to September 5, 2008.

Forbes’ List of the 100 Most Powerful Women included five Bay Area residents and three women with close local ties. (ORCL) (HPQ) (YHOO) (DNA) (CVX) (ADM)

After a basing pattern for several years, the Dow Jones U.S. Biotechnology Index looks ready to break out.