LEXINGTON, Massachusetts, November 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Shire plc (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPGY), the global specialty biopharmaceutical company, will today hold its analysts and investors seminar on its Human Genetic Therapies business (Shire HGT).

The seminar will be webcast and all the slides presented during this seminar are available on http://www.shire.com.

As part of the seminar, Angus Russell, Chief Executive of Shire plc, will comment on the company's longer term strategic aim to become the leading specialty biopharmaceutical company focusing on meeting the needs of the specialist physician.

To achieve this, Shire aims to:

SANTA CLARA, California, November 18 /PRNewswire/ --

- Intelligent Impact Analysis Software Eliminates SAP Project and Operational Challenges

IntelliCorp, a worldwide provider of application lifecycle management, business process and data management software for SAP users, today announced the availability of LiveCompare(TM) 2.1, the latest version of its unique intelligent impact analysis software for SAP. LiveCompare revolutionizes how SAP customers manage lifecycle activities by empowering them with a 'do-it-yourself-tool' to automate every step of system analysis. LiveCompare reduces SAP maintenance costs by at least 30 percent, while eliminating production errors and increasing system efficiency.

MUNICH, Germany, November 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Nanion announces the late-stage development of a new automated patch clamp platform: the SyncroPatch 96. Developed to meet the throughput demands of industrial ion channel drug screening and safety profiling, and with a price-per-data-point compatible with screening standards, the SyncroPatch 96 will offer the highest throughput in the market for high quality HTS-oriented ion channel screening.

PARIS, November 18 /PRNewswire/ -- PackshotCreator, the mastermind behind the office photo studio, has announced the launch of a new cutting-edge oversize range: the PackshotSpin range. Now, you can create 3D animations of objects weighing up to 310kg. PackshotSpin provides companies with an exclusive technology for their voluminous or heavy products.

To give their communication even greater impact, this ground-breaking solution allows customers to produce professional-quality animations to liven up their web pages and generate even more appeal. To coincide with the advent of Rich Media, a powerful tool for ramping up the performance of web 2.0 services and online marketing, PackshotSpin helps to catch visitors' eyes and provide users with a true online experience.

SYDNEY, Australia, November 18 /PRNewswire/ -- eServGlobal Limited (LSE: ESG ASX: ESV), a provider of end-to-end solutions, enabling smart communication and payment services for service providers on any generation network, today announced that their NumberMax Number Portability solution has been successfully launched at Nextel Mexico, one of the leading mobile service providers in Mexico.

eServGlobal's NumberMax solution has been installed to meet Nextel's regulatory and commercial requirements to provide Number Portability in Mexico for the recent regulatory deadline implemented in 2008. The solution supports fixed and mobile calls as well as messaging over both legacy and Next Generation networks.

LONDON, November 18 /PRNewswire/ -- A national care records scheme for Scotland, an online translation service for hospitals and software designed to help emergency and unplanned care services direct patients to the right service are among the winners in the BT e-Health Insider Awards 2008.

The BT e-Health Insider Awards were presented at the Millennium Mayfair Hotel tonight (17 November). The Awards recognise and reward the efforts of outstanding teams and individuals in UK healthcare information technology. There were eight categories in total, with awards for:

BOSTON, November 18 /PRNewswire/ --

Crosscheck Networks, Inc., the market leader in Service Testing and Simulation Tools, announced that it will present and showcase its products and solutions at the Gartner Application Architecture, Development and Integration Summit in Las Vegas on the 8th to 10th of December at Booth T.

At the Summit, Crosscheck Networks will demonstrate how service testing and simulation of enterprise services effectively reduces the cost, complexity, and duration of service deployments and aids in adherence to enterprise governance standards.

IRVINE, California, November 18 /PRNewswire/ --

IDM Pharma, Inc. (Nasdaq: IDMI) today announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) has issued a positive opinion, recommending grant of a centralized marketing authorization for mifamurtide (L-MTP-PE), known as MEPACT(R) in Europe, for the treatment of patients with non-metastatic, resectable osteosarcoma, a rare and often fatal bone tumor that typically affects children and young adults. The CHMP recommendation will be adopted at the next CHMP meeting in December with final European Commission approval expected within 60 to 90 days thereafter.

PHILADELPHIA, November 18 /PRNewswire/ --

- Provides Enterprises Critical Insight Into the Effectiveness of Business Processes and Systems

Electronic Ink (http://www.electronicink.com), a design consultancy dedicated to improving the way people interact with technology, environments and one another, today announced that it has launched a new strategy practice to address the growing demand for end-to-end user-experience design and usability services.

KUALA LUMPUR, November 18 /PRNewswire/ -- AVEVA (LSE:AVV) has seen remarkable success in Malaysia and Singapore since the start of the company's financial year beginning April 2008. Four major contract wins for AVEVA solutions, valued at over USD3 million, came from a broad range of sectors including shipbuilding, offshore oil gas and petrochemicals. Amongst these are Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering (MMHE), Sime Darby Engineering and MTBE Malaysia.

Across the straits in Singapore, AVEVA signed a major contract with PACC Ship Design, a division of PACC Ship Managers Pte Ltd, one of the region's biggest ship owner operators that is currently branching out into shipbuilding. AVEVA will supply PACC Ship Design's new yard with AVEVA Marine solutions.