SAN DIEGO, April 20 /PRNewswire/ --

- Trial Will Evaluate Safety, Proof of Mechanism of a Potential Oral Antagonist for the Treatment of Asthma and COPD

Amira Pharmaceuticals, Inc., announced today the initiation of a Phase I clinical study of AM211, its internally discovered oral drug candidate for the treatment and control of inflammatory and allergic diseases linked to the arachidonic acid pathway.

AM211 is an oral, selective antagonist of the receptor DP2, which recent studies have shown to be a potential target for the treatment of asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and allergic rhinitis. The Phase I study is designed to obtain safety and proof of mechanism data for AM211.

NORTHAMPTON, England, April 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Northampton-based VSG, one of the most successful companies in the UK security sector, has achieved the accolade of inclusion in the annual Sunday Times PricewaterhouseCoopers Profit Track 100 league table. Published on Sunday 19th April, this prestigious table lists the 100 private companies with the fastest growth in profits over the last three years of available audited accounts.

VSG's profits grew from GBP999,000 in 2005 to GBP4.2 million in 2008 - an annual rate of 61% - putting the company at 61st position in the league table. The company was the largest employer in the Midlands to be listed, having created 1,980 jobs over the last three years.

DUBLIN, April 20 /PRNewswire/ -- EcoSecurities, a leading company in the business of sourcing, developing and trading emission reductions from greenhouse gas abatement projects, Conservation International, The Climate, Community Biodiversity Alliance and ClimateBiz, announce the findings of their 'Forest Carbon Offsetting Survey 2009', one of the first research studies to focus on corporate attitudes concerning carbon offsets from forestry projects.

Highlights of the research, which sampled 120 global, multinational and regional organisations, and 21 carbon companies, included:

CHENNAI, India, April 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Sify Technologies Limited (Nasdaq: SIFY), a leader in Consumer Internet Services and Enterprise Services in India with global delivery capabilities, today announced that it will report its financial results for the fourth quarter and full fiscal year 2008-2009 ended March 31, 2009 on Friday, April 24, 2009 before the market opens.

In conjunction with the earnings release, Sify will host a conference call at 8:30am ET hosted by Mr. Raju Vegesna, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. CVS Suri, Chief Operating Officer and Mr. MP Vijay Kumar, Chief Financial Officer.

DENVER, April 20 /PRNewswire/ --

- Key Data are New Releases for the Company Building on Milestones with Recent FDA Meetings and Technology Discoveries -

LONDON, April 20 /PRNewswire/ --

- Welcomes CRA International as a New Sponsor

ICIS (http://wwww.icis.com), the world's leading information provider for the global chemical and oil industry, today calls for entries for its sixth annual ICIS Innovation Awards (http://www.icis.com/awards), designed to recognise outstanding technological and business innovation in the chemical industry.

Dow Corning (http://www.dowcorning.com) is the overall lead sponsor for the Awards, as it has been from their inception in 2004. This year, ICIS is pleased to welcome consultancy CRA International ( http://www.crai.com/chemicals) as the sponsor of the Best Innovation category.

SAN DIEGO, April 20 /PRNewswire/ --

Psylin Neurosciences Inc., a joint venture biotechnology company spun out of Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and PsychoGenics, Inc. announced today that it has initiated IND-enabling development of a novel compound, PSN0041, for the treatment of depression.

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BERLIN, Germany, April 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Corning Cable Systems GmbH Co KG, part of Corning Incorporated's (NYSE:GLW) Telecommunications segment, will demonstrate its leadership and innovation in Plug and Play(TM) Universal Low-Loss Systems at the second 2009 Corning Customer Day at Berlin European Headquarters on Apr. 22.

Corning Cable Systems Plug Play Universal Low-Loss Systems are preterminated optical fibre cabling systems designed to dramatically improve performance for the increasing demand for high speeds in the data centre, enterprise building backbone and fibre-to-the-desk applications.

SAN JOSE, California, April 20 /PRNewswire/ --

Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) announced today the introduction of a new AVR(R)32 microcontroller with high speed communication. Featuring Atmel's 91 DMIPS AVR32 CPU, the AT32UC3A3 includes Hi-Speed USB interface with On-The-Go, a dual high speed SD/MMC card interface plus SDRAM and NAND flash interface with SLC, MLC, and ECC. It is targeted to the rapidly growing digital media solutions and audio player docking station markets, where Atmel has seen considerable success with the AT32UC3A introduced in 2007. The AT32UC3A3 also fits a wider range of embedded applications where fast transfer of large amounts of data is a requirement.

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BERLIN, April 20 /PRNewswire/ --

- Ideal for Linking Electronics to Network Components in Fibre Optic Applications Where Bend-Induced Mistakes can be Costly

Corning Cable Systems GmbH Co KG, part of Corning Incorporated's (NYSE:GLW) Telecommunications segment, introduces its Pretium(R) Low-loss OM3 Jumpers with ultra-bend performance. Local area network (LAN) and data centre applications can benefit from the improved bend tolerance of these new OM3 (high-bandwidth, laser-optimized) cable assemblies with Corning(R) ClearCurve(R) multimode fibre.