LAUSANNE, Switzerland, December 4 /PRNewswire/ --

- AC Immune Selected as Technology Pioneer 2009 by the Word Economic Forum

- Phase II Clinical Trial for Small Molecule ACI-91 Approved

- First Patient Enrolled in Phase I Study of Anti-Abeta Antibody - Milestone Payment Received From Collaborator Genentech

AC Immune SA, a leader in Alzheimer’s disease drug development, announced today that the World Economic Forum has elected AC Immune as Technology Pioneer 2009 for its accomplishments as an innovation leader and for its breakthrough technologies that can have a deep impact on business and society.

LONDON and REDMOND, Washington, December 4 /PRNewswire/ --

- Silverlight and PlayReady enable BSkyB to deliver an expanded range of live content to Windows-based PC and Mac users.

Microsoft Corp. and BSkyB announce that Microsoft Silverlight and PlayReady technologies are enabling Sky Player TV, Sky's online TV service. Launched today, the service offers access to a range of leading pay TV entertainment as part of an online-only subscription. The new version of Sky Player TV, which in addition continues to be offered on a bonus basis to Sky's DTH (direct-to-home) customers, now delivers live linear channels and video-on-demand content to Windows-based PCs and, for the first time, includes live channel support for Macs.

LONDON, December 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Following yesterday's published guidelines on unproven stem cell treatments by the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR), the MS Society is calling on the Government to change the law on advertising medicines.

The MS Society supports the advice from the ISSCR that patients and their families should approach stem cell therapy with caution.

The Society has this week warned people with MS of a 'stem cell trial' being marketed from the Seychelles and Dubai, due to a lack of current evidence to support a stem cell treatment for MS.

SHANGHAI, China, December 4 /PRNewswire/ --

- Sales and design center dedicated to servicing mainland China

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, North Carolina, December 4 /PRNewswire/ --

TapRoot Systems, Inc., a leading developer of software solutions for the smartphone market announced a distribution agreement with Handango Inc., the leading retailer of smartphone applications. The agreement provides Handango a worldwide license to distribute TapRoot's award winning WalkingHotSpot throughout Handango's numerous distribution channels.

WalkingHotSpot transforms Microsoft Windows Mobile and Symbian S60 3G/Wi-Fi smartphones into an anytime, anywhere, Wi-Fi hotspot wherever there is network coverage. Users can securely retrieve e-mails and browse the Internet while connecting multiple laptops or other Wi-Fi enabled devices simultaneously.

LONDON, December 4 /PRNewswire/ --

The 2008 European Telematics Entrepreneurial Company Award is presented to Coyote System. The Award recognises the company's ability to address market challenges with its innovative driver assistance information system: the Coyote. The company has reinforced its effective business strategy by successfully introducing a second product -- the mini Coyote.

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The Coyote informs drivers of speed limits and speed traps. Since the introduction of this novel product, Coyote System has become a dominant provider of driver assistance information systems in France.

COALVILLE, England, December 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Heat loss maps of Britain's towns and cities can be viewed on the Internet at http://www.blueskymapshop.com. Visitors can search on an area using a name or postcode to view the thermal maps that are colour coded to show the amount of heat lost into the sky at night. This imagery can be viewed along with conventional aerial photography so areas of high heat loss can be identified.

POZNAN, Poland, December 4 /PRNewswire/ --

- Report Finds Forestry the Best Tool to Reduce Emissions and Promote Economic Growth

Today World Growth International, a non-profit non-governmental organization, released a new report that reveals the significant role forestry stands to play in global efforts against climate change. In stark contrast to the orthodoxy of groups like the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and Greenpeace that halting deforestation is necessary to reduce global emissions, it demonstrates instead that expansion of forestry will more effectively reduce emissions and promote economic growth. The report also reveals that the approach of anti-forestry activists is likely to increase poverty.

MAIDENHEAD, England, December 4 /PRNewswire/ --

- New Data Add to the Body of Evidence That Show That Enbrel (Etanercept) Clears Skin and Can Sustain This Efficacy Over Time

DÜSSELDORF, Germany, December 4 /PRNewswire/ --

- Gerresheimer Stock Becomes Even More Attractive Through Inclusion in MDAX on December 22, 2008

- On September 6, 2007 Gerresheimer was Already Included in the SDAX Ahead of the Normal Scheduling Process

Gerresheimer stock will be included in the MDAX Index on December 22, 2008. This was decided by the Management Board of the German Stock Exchange late on Wednesday evening in the course of the review of the selection indices.