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Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. and partner biopharmaceutical company UCB S.A. Belgium on Friday reported positive results from the first of two Phase III clinical trials for treating fibromyalgia. (JAZZ)

Baptist Health Foundation of San Antonio increased its 2008 grant funding to local area organizations by 7.1 percent over 2007.

DynCorp International LLC is paying the price for discriminatory contract termination with a subcontractor two years ago. (DCP)

A Lenexa-based bioscience trade group is looking to bring more drug-development business to Kansas and the metropolitan area.

The managed health care company braces itself for a larger Q4 loss.

PLANO, TX (MARKET WIRE) Ralph Oats and Wellness International network, Ltd. (WIN), an undisputed nutritional leader known for its anti-aging supplement WIN CoQ10(TM) and highly concentrated omega-3 supplement, WINOmeg3complex(TM), are excited to announce that the Netherlands' Z-Index lists Wellness International network's high-quality products. The Z-Index collects, verifies, enriches, links, manages and distributes data from all products associated with the Dutch public pharmacy.

PHILADELPHIA, PA (MARKET WIRE) "Ninety-six percent of Americans know that they should exercise regularly," a fitness industry executive told his peers at a forum in Shanghai, China recently. "Only about 20% of them actually do it." To address that gap between thought and action, the executive -- Frank Napolitano, the president and CEO of GlobalFit -- proposed a "disruptive" new product to disrupt people right off of their couches.

Iowa Telecommunications Services Inc. has reached a deal to acquire substantially all of the assets of Sherburne Tele systems Inc. for $80.6 million. (Q)

Florida’s unemployment rate has hit a 15-year high, reaching 7 percent in October, according to the state's Agency for Workforce Innovation.