COMMACK, New York, April 29 /PRNewswire/ --

It is with great privilege that Avery Biomedical Devices, Inc. (ABD) announces the appointment of Abbott Krieger, M.D., F.A.C.S. as Chief Clinical Liaison.

The question I have is: will human evolution really continue? I think the evidence shows that human evolution has largely come to a halt.

First of all there's variation, which comes from mutation. Second, natural selection, which comes from inherited differences between individuals and their ability to reproduce.

ROCHESTER, New York, April 29 /PRNewswire/ --

- Land and Special Operations Forces Will Acquire Harris Multiband and HF Technology to Enable Communications Interoperability for U.S., NATO and Coalition Operations

Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS), an international communications and information technology company, has been awarded a contract totaling US$20 million from the Polish Ministry of National Defense (MoND) to deliver a combination of multiband and HF tactical radios for Poland's Land and Special Operations Command Forces.

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When a fake pandemic is being generated by media corporations having a slow news week, fake medicine is sure to pop up and take advantage of it.   The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB) today issued a warning to the public about the risks of buying online medicines for swine influenza, such as Tamiflu or Relenza.

David Pruce, RPSGB Director of Policy said, "With the current fears about swine flu, we are concerned that unscrupulous people are exploiting the public's fears about swine flu by offering to sell the antiviral drugs Tamiflu and Relenza over the internet.

"This is a golden opportunity for counterfeiters to offer fake supplies of these drugs.

DUSSELDORF, Germany, April 29 /PRNewswire/ --

- Strong Focus on the Markets of Pharma Life Science

- Annual General Meeting Passes Dividend of EUR0.40 per Share

The Annual General Meeting of Gerresheimer AG today passed an unchanged dividend of EUR0.40 per share following the record year in 2008.

The Company finished the financial year 2008 with record results. Gerresheimer achieved sales of EUR1.06 billion (prior year EUR957.7m) and operating results (adjusted EBITDA) of EUR206.4m (prior year EUR181.6m).

TORONTO, April 29 /PRNewswire/ --

Dyadem announced today that its Stature software solution was selected by the consulting firm Kenexis as the platform for its SIS Design Basis Toolkit. Dyadem's software will allow Kenexis to assist in the development of design basis information for engineering safeguards (such as safety instrumented systems) for the oil gas production, refining, and petrochemical industries. The software platform provided by Dyadem, the market leader in Quality Lifecycle Management and Risk Lifecycle Management solutions, helps Kenexis verify and validate projects and reduce risks before they turn into costly problems for customers.

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LONDON, April 29 /PRNewswire/ --

- Put Your Kids Centre Stage Amongst a Cast of Colourful Characters With Fun and Playful Snapfish Photo-Gifts

If your little one loves honey, speeds around the house in top gear, dreams of being a princess or swoons at the sight of Zac Effron, Snapfish (http://www.snapfish.co.uk/) by HP has the perfect treat. From today, they can star alongside their favourite Disney characters on a selection of great photo-gifts. Place their sticky honeyed face on a mug with Winnie the Poohs, have them racing alongside Lightning McQueen on the cover of a personalised Cars notebook or pull together a collage of frolics with their friends in a High School Musical pin-up poster.

GLENDALE, California, April 29 /PRNewswire/ --

-- Panda Cloud Antivirus introduces radically new protection model with lightweight thin-client agent and real-time scanning-from-the-cloud

-- Community-based protection system automatically classifies new malware in under six minutes with 50 percent less impact on PC performance

Panda Security (http://www.pandasecurity.com/), a leading provider of IT security solutions, today announced the global beta release of Panda Cloud Antivirus, the industry's first and only free cloud-based antivirus thin-client with 50 percent less impact on PC performance compared to the industry average. Consumers can download the free product from http://www.cloudantivirus.com.

LONDON, April 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Specialist provider of residential support services for people living with Autism and other Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD) Brookdale Care has announced that the 23-year-old Manager of its Eynesbury House care home, Andrew Fairman, has become the youngest ever person to achieve the NVQ Level 4 Leadership and Management for Care Services Award.