KVISTGARD, Denmark, December 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Following a Request for Proposal issued in 2007 with the intent to procure an MVA-based, third generation smallpox vaccine, Public Works and Government Services Canada, on behalf of the Canadian Department of National Defence, has awarded a contract to Bavarian Nordic for the delivery of IMVAMUNE(R).

The Canadian authorities intend to use IMVAMUNE(R) as part of the country's bio-preparedness programme.

The contract provides for the delivery of 20,000 doses of IMVAMUNE(R) and payment for the application process to support the use of IMVAMUNE(R) in an emergency under the Canadian Government's Special Access Programme. The delivery will take place in 2009.

AMSTERDAM, December 1 /PRNewswire/ --

- For Effective Literature Search and Document Management Workflow

EMBASE(R), Elsevier's biomedical and pharmaceutical abstract and indexing database, today announced that it has partnered with QUOSA(TM) to enable mutual customers to download and manage the full text of EMBASE.com search results via a newly established EMBASE.com channel in QUOSA Information Manager.

pH is a very sensitive thing, and anyone who's ever had a fish tank knows this delicate cycle of acids and bases. When water becomes either too acidic or basic, marine organisms cannot handle the change, but if pH levels change loosely over a span of time, organisms are usually able to adapt. The only problem with that is current research showing ocean acidity growing 10x faster than predicted, signaling a massive potential problem. 

LONDON, December 1 /PRNewswire/ -- The independent trade portal, http://www.Globaledge.co.uk, has re-launched to reveal a brand new site providing networking and business opportunities for the international property industry. Features include business announcements, new development alerts, an interactive events calendar, plus other tools to help you to find partners and generate business globally.

NEWCASTLE, England, December 1 /PRNewswire/ --

- First Approved Treatment for Chorea Associated With Huntington's Disease

Cambridge Laboratories Group Limited (Cambridge), the privately-owned specialty pharmaceutical company, today announces that XENAZINE(R) (tetrabenazine), the first and only product approved for the treatment of chorea associated with Huntington's disease, has been launched in the US.

LONDON, December 1 /PRNewswire/ --

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As the economic downturn bites and food costs continue to rise, it's reassuring to know that there is no need to compromise the festive spirit on quality, taste, convenience or health. While cautious consumers purposefully seek out good value holiday nibbles, peanuts - recently overshadowed by more exotic, expensive alternatives - are set to make a comeback as a natural, tasty, energy powerhouse snack.

Health education consultant for the American Peanut Council Dr Andrew Craig said, Research tells us that all nuts are extremely beneficial for health. The more exotic nuts may be great - but they are expensive, whereas peanuts offer all the health benefits at an affordable everyday price.

A new picture of the early Earth is emerging, including the surprising finding that plate tectonics may have started more than 4 billion years ago — much earlier than scientists had believed, according to new research by UCLA geochemists. 

"We are proposing that there was plate-tectonic activity in the first 500 million years of Earth's history," said geochemistry professor Mark Harrison, director of UCLA's Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics and co-author of the Nature paper. "We are reporting the first evidence of this phenomenon." 

SAN RAMON, California, December 1 /PRNewswire/ --

Prodiance Corporation, a leading provider of Governance, Risk and Compliance solutions, today announced a new VAT discovery template for Prodiance eDiscovery (http://www.prodiance.com/products/spreadsheet.asp), providing an automated solution to help UK firms quickly locate and adjust value added tax (VAT) rates that are hard coded in complex, tax related spreadsheets.

POOLE, England, December 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Recently I saw some 50 or 60 new Yellow Pages directories piled up in the reception area of a smart popular business centre. It would have made a great photo opportunity but before I could organize a camera they had been collected by the re-cycling truck. The moral of the story obviously, who needs a great big cumbersome book when you can go on-line and find what and who you want so easily?

Groceries? Who needs that Saturday morning hassle when you can answer the door to the delivery man, fill up the fridge and the larder and then do something really interesting for the day instead?

WASHINGTON, December 1 /PRNewswire/ --

- A Generation Free of HIV Is Possible, Barnes Says

On the twentieth anniversary of World AIDS Day, the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation is urging the global community to reach more pregnant mothers with medicines to protect their infants from HIV, and to speed treatment to children around the world living with HIV and AIDS. According to Foundation President and CEO Pamela W. Barnes, great progress has already been made, but more leadership and a commitment of resources are needed to achieve the goal of an HIV-free generation.

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