ST. DAVID'S, Bermuda and COPENHAGEN, Denmark, May 12 /PRNewswire/ --

Warner Chilcott and LEO Pharma announced today that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the New Drug Application (NDA) for Taclonex Scalp(R) (calcipotriene 0.005% and betamethasone dipropionate 0.064%) Topical Suspension. LEO Pharma submitted the NDA for Taclonex Scalp(R) to the FDA in July 2007. Taclonex Scalp(R) is a topical suspension containing a combination of calcipotriene 0.005% and betamethasone dipropionate 0.064% for the treatment of moderate to severe psoriasis vulgaris of the scalp in adults. Taclonex Scalp(R) is called Xamiol(R) outside the United States.

PARIS and MUMBAI, May 12 /PRNewswire/ --

- To Start With, Joint Venture to Provide Managed Services to Reliance Communications CDMA and GSM Networks

Reliance Communications, India's largest integrated telecommunications service provider, and Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced forming a global joint venture. Combining the unique strengths of Alcatel-Lucent and Reliance Communications, the joint centure company would foray in the fast growing USD 16 billion Managed Network Services industry and will cater to telecom operators, both CDMA and GSM, across the globe.

The first assignment of this joint venture will be to provide Managed services for Reliance Communications nationwide CDMA & GSM networks in India.

LONDON, May 12 /PRNewswire/ --

- GBP150,000 Cheque Presented to Great Ormond Street Hospital

Children will be the centre of attention at St Pancras International today as the station marks St Pancras' Day - the patron saint of children and namesake of the station. The station has teamed up with the world renowned children's hospital, Great Ormond Street and today will be donating GBP150,000 towards an Echo Room for the hospital, which will record the electrical activity of kids' hearts. The state-of-the art equipment will dramatically help diagnose children's heart problems and help them through recovery.

PRINCETON, New Jersey, May 12 /PRNewswire/ --

- Index Changes Scheduled to Take Effect with the Market Open on Monday, May 19th -

Pharmasset, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRUS), a clinical stage pharmaceutical company committed to discovering, developing and commercializing novel drugs to treat viral infections, is pleased to announce that it has been selected to join the NASDAQ Biotechnology Index effective with the market open on May 19, 2008.

SAN DIEGO, and BRUSSELS, Belgium, May 12 /PRNewswire/ --

- Presence at the EuroPCR08 will highlight choice of different modalities available on single integrated imaging platform.

TEL AVIV, Israel, May 12 /PRNewswire/ --

- Provides the Optimal Combination of Scaffolding, Deliverability and Conformability

Medinol is proud to announce that it has received CE Mark for its Presillion(TM) CoCr Coronary Stent, enabling physicians to treat coronary artery lesions with a technologically innovative flexible closed cell design stent.

A University of Leicester space scientist has worked out that sending texts via mobile phones works out to be far more expensive than downloading data from the Hubble Space Telescope. Dr. Nigel Bannister’s calculations were used for the Channel 4 Dispatches program “The Mobile Phone Rip-Off.”

He worked out the cost of obtaining a megabyte of data from Hubble – and compared that with the 5p cost of sending a text.

NERYUNGRI, Russia, May 12 /PRNewswire/ --

Mechel OAO (NYSE: MTL), one of the leading Russian mining and metals companies, announces that its Yakutugol OAO coal mining subsidiary has acquired new equipment for its Neryungri Coal Processing Plant in line with its capital expenditure program.

The acquisition of the U.S.-manufactured Artrita coal mill will be used for crushing and coal dust preparation in the processing plant's drying units. The Artrita coal mill will replace the plant's depreciated equipment and is the third coal mill purchased by Yakutugol OAO. Two new Artrita coal mills were previously installed replacing the obsolete mills in 2007.

PLANO, Texas, May 12 /PRNewswire/ --

- Ireland-based acquisition adds to Perot Systems' global applications delivery capabilities

Perot Systems Corporation (NYSE: PER) announced today that it has acquired Original Solutions Limited (Original Solutions), a professional IT services firm providing applications development and management services to clients in Ireland and the United Kingdom. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.

SAN JOSE, California, May 12 /PRNewswire/ --

- Embedded Crypto Evaluation Studio Offers Menu-driven Security Configuration and Evaluation