BERLIN, November 24 /PRNewswire/ --

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A coalition of European cancer specialists today called for major change in the provision of emotional support for lung cancer patients. In conjunction with the International Psycho-Oncology Society, they issued a Mandate for Change, highlighting basic rights for patients in terms of their emotional wellbeing and quality of life.

Lung cancer is Europe's most common cancer killer, claiming almost 1,000 lives every day.(1) More than half of all lung cancer patients with advanced cancer experience anxiety and depression,(2) but one in three say they don't receive the emotional support they need to help them cope with this debilitating disease.(3)

BEERSE, Belgium, November 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Janssen-Cilag announced today that ustekinumab, the first in a new class of biologics, has received a positive opinion for the treatment of moderate to severe plaque psoriasis from the European Committee for Medical Products for Human Use (CHMP). This positive opinion takes patients living with the physical and mental burdens of psoriasis a step closer towards a convenient new therapeutic option. The CHMP's positive opinion is now referred for final action to the European Commission.

FRIMLEY, England, November 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Siemens has today announced the appointment of internationally renowned microbiologist and former chairman of GlaxoSmithKline, Sir Richard Sykes, as an advisory board member of Siemens Holdings plc.

LONDON, November 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Misys plc (LSE: MSY), the global application software and services company, today announced that The Arab Investment Company SAA (TAIC), a pan-Arab joint-stock company, has signed for a major upgrade of its systems to Misys Midas Plus. Once implemented Midas Plus will provide the company with a solid foundation for anticipated future business expansion and will cover the whole of its core banking systems, enhancing both performance and efficiency.

HAIFA, Israel, November 24 /PRNewswire/ -- In the news release, Oil Refineries Announces Financial Results for Third Quarter 2008 issued on 24 Nov 2008 08:32 GMT, by Oil Refineries Ltd TASE:ORL over PR Newswire, we are advised by a representative of the company that in the 7th paragraph the figure '$27 million' should be '$18 million' as originally issued inadvertently. Complete, corrected release follows:

- Break-even third quarter with 24% increase in EBITDA YoY

- Net income of $73.5 in 9 months 2008

- Improvement in all operating parameters and net refining margin

- Lower net income in Q3 due to sharp decrease in fuel prices

- Board of Directors declares NIS 200 million dividend

FRIMLEY, England, November 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Siemens today announced the appointment of Dr Martin Read as an advisory board member of Siemens Holdings plc.

Andreas J Goss, chief executive, Siemens plc said, I would like to welcome Dr Martin Read as an advisory member of the board of Siemens Holdings plc. Dr Read's extensive experience of electronics, complex industrial and IT systems and large-scale projects in both the private and public sectors will be a valuable addition to Siemens in the UK.

SAN MATEO, California, November 24 /PRNewswire/ --

- Master Data Management Consolidates and Harmonises Key Business Processes; Creates a Better Experience for Customers

WAALWIJK, the Netherlands, November 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Technology company IAI in Veldhoven, the Netherlands, a subsidiary of the stock listed company DOCDATA N.V. in Waalwijk, the Netherlands, will supply two SheetMaster Flex systems to the India Security Press in Nashik, Maharashtra, India.

The India Security Press is an industrial establishment of the Government of India under the Ministry of Finance, Currency and Coinage Division of the Department of Economic Affairs. It produces postal stationary, stamps, saving certificates and travel documents such as passports and visa stickers. The SheetMaster Flex systems will be used to enhance the security of certain products of the India Security Press by applying laser perforated security features to those products.

LONDON, November 24 /PRNewswire/ --

The 2008 European Wireless Power Transfer Technology for Material Handling Technology Implementation Award is presented to Conductix-Wampfler AG, for developing a broad spectrum of Inductive Power Transfer (IPT) technology-based applications.

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The company's IPT-based solutions, offered in two versions -- IPT Rail and IPT Floor -- perfectly match the needs of varied application sectors. The successful implementation of the technology across a broad spectrum of domains signifies its robustness and reliability when compared to competing solutions.

ASCOT, England, November 24 /PRNewswire/ -- E6 Ventures has agreed to participate in the next round of funding in Diamond Hard Surfaces Ltd. Set up in 2005 by its chief technical officer, Sergey Aleksandrov, Diamond Hard Surfaces is a high technology company that has developed a low temperature process to create thick amorphous diamond-like carbon coatings applicable in a broad range of wear-related applications in a number of industrial sectors.