LONDON, June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Responding to today's announcement of a Healthcare Commission-regulated website selling contraceptive pills online, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB) recognises that there are some benefits to such a service. When used safely and appropriately, online access to medicines and healthcare advice can offer benefits to patients in terms of convenience and accessibility, especially for people who are busy and can not get to the doctor.

NERYUNGRI, Russia, June 23 /PRNewswire/ --

Mechel OAO (NYSE: MTL), one of the leading Russian mining and metals companies, announces that on June 22nd at the 60th kilometer landmark of Verhny Ulak Station of Baikal-Amur Mainline, together with Transstroy Engineering Corporation ZAO, a ceremony for the railway construction start-up was held. This spur-track will connect the Elga deposit with the Baikal-Amur mainline.

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- CPA, the world's premier intellectual property (http://www.cpaglobal.com) (IP) management specialist, today announced the release of CPA Inprotech (http://www.cpaglobal.com/software) 4.0, the latest version of proprietary software designed to provide law firms specializing in IP with the ability to effectively and efficiently manage their practice.

A full service IP management solution that allows law firms to customize its functionality, CPA Inprotech ( http://www.cpaglobal.com/software/cpa_inprotech) 4.0 includes a new, comprehensive series of financial modules that address a wide range of financial management needs.

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- CPA, one of the world's leading providers of legal outsourcing services and the world's premier intellectual property (http://www.cpaglobal.com) (IP) management specialist, today announced that Sandy Levy has joined the Company to oversee the implementation and execution of its contract management (http://www.cpaglobal.com/legal_process_outsourcing/contract_management) solutions.

Ms. Levy comes to CPA with more than 18 years of experience in the contract management field, in both the commercial and government sectors. Prior to joining CPA, she was Director of Contracts at Deltek Inc., where she participated in the development of Deltek's contracts management system.

NAGOYA, Japan, June 23 /PRNewswire/ --

LONDON, June 23 /PRNewswire/ --

- Stockford Group Invests Over GBP600K for Business Growth and Appoints Channel Development Expert Neil Robertson as CEO -

Vectra IT, a provider of e-procurement and expense solutions (http://www.vectra-it.com) today announces that it has secured a +GBP600,000 investment from the Stockford Group. New Chief Executive, Neil Robertson, has also made a significant private investment in the company and will be responsible for migrating the company activity to a 100 percent channel-based business.

ORLANDO, Florida and CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, June 23 /PRNewswire/ --

- Application Performance Management; Security and Compliance; WAN Management; CMDB Discovery; and Data Center Consolidation and Migration Revealed as the Most Pressing Initiatives for IT Executives in 2008; Checklists Provide Overview of Key Capabilities VPs Need to Address Each Initiative -

NEW YORK, June 23 /PRNewswire/ --

- Heavy caliber weapons add to rising death toll

Mexico's drug cartels have turned increasingly violent as they fight back against President Felipe Calderon's efforts to regain the upper hand in the country's drug war. An analysis in the current issue of FLYP, a new online multimedia magazine that can be accessed at www.flypmedia.com, demonstrates the dramatic increase in the cartel's firepower. Almost all of the weapons are bought in the U.S. and smuggled across the border.

LOS ANGELES, June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Canopus BioPharma, Inc. (OTC: CBIA), is pleased to announce that the South African Medicines Control Council has granted approval for a Phase II study in 30 cancer patients evaluating the protective effect of CB1400 on the gastrointestional tract from radiation-induced mucositis. This new trial is an important step forward in the development of CB1400 as a novel, preventative, anti-mucositis agent.

Rachel Carson wasn't all that happy with DDT. I bet she really wouldn't like a gel bait insecticide that can kill three generations of cockroaches as they feed off of each other and transfer the poison. Unless she hated cockroaches as much as the rest of us do.

It is the first time that scientists have shown that a pest control bait will remain effective when it's transferred twice after the first killing dose, said Grzegorz "Grzesiek" Buczkowski, assistant professor of entomology. Passing the insecticide from one cockroach to the next is called horizontal transfer.

"Our findings are exciting because cockroaches are difficult to control since they multiply so rapidly," Buczkowski said. "They are especially bad in urban housing, and they can cause health problems."