CHICAGO, May 30 /PRNewswire/ --

- Results presented at major U.S. cancer conference

Agendia BV, a world leader in the rapidly evolving field of molecular diagnostics, announced today that data from two studies involving its MammaPrint(R) breast cancer prognosis test will be presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology's (ASCO) annual meeting. Collectively, these findings show that MammaPrint, a prognostic test for breast cancer recurrence using a 70-gene signature, provides important information for more effective patient management.

BASEL, Switzerland, May 30 /PRNewswire/ --

- Tolerability is an Increasingly Important Factor When Selecting Treatment Options for Patients

- ABSTRACT No: 5110 (Poster 6H)

Data presented at the largest oncology meeting in the world, the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), shows that the costs of managing side effects in patients with metastatic renal cell cancer (mRCC) treated with sunitinib (Sutent(R)) are two to three times greater than if they were treated with the combination of Avastin and interferon (IFN), a combination which provides comparable patient efficacy to sunitinib.

SAN DIEGO, May 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Gen-Probe Incorporated (NASDAQ: GPRO) announced today that the Company has launched in Europe its APTIMA(R) HPV Assay, a highly specific molecular diagnostic test to detect high-risk strains of the human papillomavirus (HPV), which causes cervical cancer. The APTIMA HPV Assay has been CE marked and is currently available for sale in 13 European Union countries.

LEEDS, England, May 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Premier, one of the UK's largest independent waste management companies, has opted for web-based vehicle tracking from Masternaut Three X to integrate with its back office software. Eighty vehicles will be kitted out with the Masternaut solution, which will help eradicate mountains of paper documentation, enable Premier move to immediate invoicing and save operational costs through improved routing.

LONDON, May 30 /PRNewswire/ -- After this week's fuel price protest in London, the Road Haulage Association is pressing ahead with arrangements for a mass rally and lobby of Parliament in early July after getting the full support of the RHA Board of Directors.

This will be timed to coincide with the SNP amendment to the current Finance Bill seeking the introduction of a Fuel Duty Regulator designed to stabilise fuel prices.

SAN JOSE, California, May 30 /PRNewswire/ --

- Introduction of KSZ8995FQ Brings New Low Cost, Fiber Mode Ethernet Solution To Market

BRUSSELS, May 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Jacques van Rijckevorsel, Member of the Executive Committee of Solvay SA, is the new PlasticsEurope President. Mr. van Rijckevorsel was elected at the PlasticsEurope General Assembly in Ferrera, Italy, and replaces John Taylor as the head of the association. Günter Hilken (Bayer MaterialScience), Martin Pugh (Ineos Nova) and Anton de Vries (LyondellBasell) were elected Vice-Presidents.

SOUTH PLAINFIELD, New Jersey, May 30 /PRNewswire/ --

- PTC Announces Initiation of Additional Phase 2b Clinical Trial Sites in Europe -

PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (PTC) today announced that PTC124, the company's orally delivered investigational new drug for the treatment of genetic disorders due to nonsense mutations, was featured in a symposium at Myology 2008, the Third Annual Congress of Myology, on Friday, May 30 in Marseilles. The Congress serves as the annual meeting of The Association Francaise contre les Myopathies (French Muscular Dystrophy Association) and focuses on research, therapies and clinical trials for various forms of muscular dystrophy.

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CALGARY, Canada, May 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Addax Petroleum Corporation ("Addax Petroleum" or the "Corporation") (TSX: AXC and LSE: AXC), announces that Mr. Jean Claude Gandur, President and Chief Executive Officer, will be presenting at the Credit Suisse Oil & Gas Conference in London on Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008.

In addition, Addax Petroleum announces that Mr. Michael Ebsary, Chief Financial Officer, will be presenting at Scotia Capital's Canadian International E&P Conference in Toronto on Thursday, June 5th, 2008 at approximately 10:00 a.m. local time (3:00 p.m. London U.K. Time). Investors are invited to listen to the live webcast of the Scotia Capital presentation via the following link:

http://webcast.streamlogics.com/audience/index.asp?eventid=95155

SYDNEY, Australia, May 30 /PRNewswire/ --

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