PRINCETON, New Jersey, February 14 /PRNewswire/ --

- Augments Senior Management Team with more than 30 Years Experience in Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing, Engineering, Technical Services and Validation

Laureate Pharma, Inc., a full-service biopharmaceutical development and protein production company, today announced the appointment of Gary Swan as Vice President of Operations. In this newly created position, Mr. Swan will be responsible for leading Laureate's manufacturing operations, which include upstream processing, downstream processing, formulation and filling, facilities maintenance, warehouse operations, and environmental, health and safety regulations.

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PERTH, Australia, February 14 /PRNewswire/ --

Nido Petroleum is pleased to announce its restructured Board that comprises one of the most experienced, skilled and successful group of executives in the Australian oil and gas industry today.

Stepping down from the role of Managing Director and into the position of Chairman, Dave Whitby can be proud of his achievements as the architect behind Nido's success. Since joining the Company in September 2004, he has established Nido as a company of substance. Nido has inarguably become one of the most significant oil and gas companies in the Philippines under his leadership.

NIEUWEGEIN, The Netherlands, February 14 /PRNewswire/ -- In the news release, "Ballast Nedam: New Order for 170 Million Euros" issued on 14 Feb 2008 08:13 GMT, by Ballast Nedam NV AEX:BALN over PR Newswire, we are advised by a representative of the company that there have been revisions to the 1st paragraph. In the 2nd line, the text "multi-fuel power plant Nuon Magnum IGCC" has been changed to "gasfired part of the Nuon Magnum power plant". Further along, the place name "Eemshaven" has also been added so the text reads "Eemshaven, Groningen, The Netherlands." Complete, corrected release follows:

LONDON, February 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Saipem S.A and investment partnerships affiliated with Hellman & Friedman LLC ("H&F"), executed a definitive agreement under which H&F will acquire Saipem's 30% ownership stake in Gaztransport & Technigaz S.A.S. ("GTT") for EUR310 million. GTT is the leading marine engineering company operating in the liquefied natural gas ("LNG") sector and is based near Paris in Saint-Remy-les-Chevreuse and has over 200 employees.

PARIS, February 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Sanofi-aventis announced today that the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design has awarded a 2007 GOOD DESIGN(TM) Award for the new SoloSTAR(R) disposable insulin injection pen for people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes.

"LANTUS(R) SoloSTAR(R) and APIDRA(R) SoloSTAR(R), the results of over four years of intensive development, have been designed in dialogue with patients, nurses and doctors and meet the high standards of the industry," said Paul Jansen, Global Head Medical Devices, sanofi-aventis.

"We are proud to receive this prestigious GOOD DESIGN Award for SoloSTAR(R) as a recognition of our strong commitment to people with diabetes", Gilles Lhernould, Senior Vice President Industrial Affairs sanofi-aventis added.

Results from field research supported by Earthwatch, the international environmental charity, will help scientists predict threats to wildlife should climate change result in a sea level rise in the Baltic.

During the six year research programme, coordinated by Earthwatch scientists Drs. Chris Joyce and Niall Burnside (University of Brighton), and Elle Puurmann (NGO Läänerannik), monitoring stations were installed in Vormsi Island, Silma Nature Reserve and Matsalu National Park, some of the best coastal wetlands in Estonia for nature conservation. The stations’ data loggers recorded water levels and soil moisture. Bird life was also recorded at fixed locations.

NEW YORK, February 14 /PRNewswire/ --

- New Study Finds Use of the Internet Now Dominates Quantitative Research Worldwide

Three out of five market research studies -- 60 percent of those fielded in the US and abroad -- were conducted online last year, according to the 2007 Medefield Pharmaceutical Market Research Trends Study.

The report, released today, indicates that Internet-based market Research -- once the orphan of the industry -- is now conducted three times more often than telephone interviews and nearly four times as often as those performed face-to-face, making online research the undisputed leader in methodology for quantitative physician studies.

MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS, BARCELONA, February 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced an agreement for Alcatel-Lucent to support the expansion of AT&T's UMTS/HSPA (Universal Mobile Telecommunications Service/High Speed Packet Access) wireless network. The expansion includes the deployment of Alcatel-Lucent's UMTS/HSDPA Distributed NodeB solution, which provides operators with the flexibility to deploy third-generation (3G) radio network elements in a wide array of locations including the sides of buildings, existing cell sites, remote locations and more, helping operators build out their networks more quickly and cost-effectively.

SAN MATEO, California, February 14 /PRNewswire/ --

- Company Underscores Commitment to US Market While Retaining Global Focus

Bizanga, the global company behind the most scalable and full-featured e-mail and message processing platform, today announced the relocation of its corporate headquarters from Paris, France, to San Mateo, California. Concurrent with this change, several key executives of the company have moved to California - Chief Executive Officer, Jérôme Lecat, Chief Technology Officer, Olivier Lemarié, and Chief Marketing Officer, Marc Sheldon.

Bizanga will retain its product development office in Paris along with sales and service support for the EU marketplace. The company also has offices in London, Hong Kong, Atlanta and Little Rock.