DUBLIN, March 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Shire plc (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPGY), the global specialty biopharmaceutical company, announces that its Annual Report and Accounts in respect of the year ended December 31, 2008 has been published on its website. Shire has previously announced unaudited full year 2008 results, prepared in accordance with US generally accepted accounting principles, in its full year earnings announcement on February 19, 2009.

Copies of the Annual Report and Accounts, Notice of Annual General Meeting and Proxy Card will be submitted to the UK Listing Authority on or about March 27, 2009 and will shortly thereafter be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at:

JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, March 25 /PRNewswire/ --

- Innovative Trading Communications System Brings Secure Global Network, Trading Platform to Smaller Trading Floors

IPC Systems, Inc., a leading provider of indispensable trading communications solutions to the world's leading financial services firms and global enterprises, today launched Alliance Express(TM), an innovative, cost-effective solution that delivers a new, streamlined trading floor communications system for small and mid-sized firms.

BOZEN, Italy, March 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Health Robotics today announced the early release in the second half of 2009 of its i.v.STATION Profile option with a presentation [P13] at the Dubai International Pharmaceuticals and Technologies Conference and Exhibition (DUPHAT) http://www.duphat.ae/parallelSession.php on March 31, 2009 by Gaspar DeViedma, along with related booth exhibitions.

BRITISH COLUMBIA, Canada, March 25 /PRNewswire/ --

InNexus Biotechnology Inc., (OTC Bulletin Board: IXSBF; TSX VENTURE: IXS; http://www.ixsbio.com), a drug development company commercializing the next generation of monoclonal antibodies based on its Dynamic Cross Linking (DXL) technology, is pleased to announce that the Company has entered into a loan facility with a group of investors for an aggregate amount of up to USD$2.5 million.

CHAM, Switzerland, March 25 /PRNewswire/ --

- 250,000 Downloads Within Two Hours

The download of security software Avira Antivirus Personal 9 Free for PC WELT, a magazine published by IDG Magazine Media GmbH, was hosted by RapidShare. The software was downloaded 250,000 times from the site http://www.pcwelt.de/specials/antivir within the first two hours. In total, RapidShare provided 80 terabytes of data within one week and processed 10 gigabytes of data traffic per second during peak times.

LONDON, March 25 /PRNewswire/ --

- Clinica Calls for Public Inquiry Into Asbestos Safety

Clinica - the world's leading medical technology journal - is calling for a public inquiry into the state of asbestos regulation in the UK, in light of discrepancies over the risk of exposure to asbestos at London's Palace of Westminster.

On the day of a parliamentary debate on the presence of asbestos in schools, the latest developments in Clinica's investigation into the extent of the problem and the ensuing healthcare need, add weight to calls for a more precautionary approach and greater readiness, including the creation of a national asbestos-related diseases research centre.

LONDON, March 25 /PRNewswire/ --

The 2008 Frost Sullivan European Human Growth Hormone Competitive Strategy Leadership Award is presented to Ferring Pharmaceuticals. The award is in recognition of Ferring's initiatives in providing no-needle injection for human growth hormone (hGH). The company offers ZOMAJET 2 VISION and ZOMAJET VISION X, innovative no-needle delivery systems for its human growth hormone, ZOMACTON.

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These novel, no-needle delivery systems are poised to help Ferring to not only sustain its market share in the European growth hormones market, but also to expand its presence in the hGH market worldwide.

LONDON, March 25 /PRNewswire/ --

- But UK Office Workers Lead Their US Counterparts in Making the Environment a Priority

The findings of the 2009 PC Energy Report have been released today by 1E and the Alliance to Save Energy. Despite spiralling energy costs and the environment playing an increased role in the corporate agenda, much further action is required by both individuals and employers. 1E and the Alliance to Save Energy commissioned Harris Interactive(R) to conduct surveys in the UK, US and Germany to show how organisations can easily cut energy costs and reduce their carbon footprint by better understanding user behaviour in the workplace.

ESPOO, Finland, March 25 /PRNewswire/ --

- Basware Connectivity Enables Suppliers and Buyers to Eliminate Paper From Purchase to pay Processes, Reduce Cost per Transaction, Speed up Time to Payment and Communicate Better With Trading Partners

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KIEL, Germany, March 25 /PRNewswire/ -- LaserSoft Imaging(R) has perfected the workflow for Kodachrome slides. As a result scanning of Kodachromes becomes easy and the new Kodachrome IT8-Target guaranties perfect colors.

Without appropriate IT8-Calibration scans from Kodachromes will exhibit a typical bluish color cast. With SilverFast's Auto-IT8-Calibration and the new Original Kodachrome Calibration Target the bluish cast will be completely eliminated.

In order to achieve the optimum Kodachrome workflow, it is recommended to activate SilverFast's award-winning Multi-Exposure, after IT8-Calibration has been completed.

Only then the Dynamic Range of Kodachromes of up to 3,8D can be fully realized.