HERNDON, Virginia and SUNNYVALE, California, October 1 /PRNewswire/ --

- Spirent SR5500 Test Solution Contributes to Successful Rollout of WiMAX Services in North America

WiMAX World 2008 Spirent Booth # 63 -- Spirent Communications plc (LSE: SPT), a global provider of performance analysis and service management solutions, today announced that it has been selected by AT4 wireless to provide RF channel emulation capability to AT4 wireless' WiMAX interoperability lab. The lab will use Spirent SR5500 Wireless Channel Emulators to test the interoperability between commercial WiMAX infrastructure and WiMAX mobile devices.

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LONDON, October 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Excalibur, the international investment house specialising in medical sciences, said today 'transforming' deals could still be achieved in the UK biotech sector despite the most severe market conditions.

Excalibur, founded by Professor Sir Christopher Evans and a development of Merlin Biosciences, was instrumental in securing important funding to enable York Pharma plc, the specialist dermatology company, to make a significant product acquisition which will propel the company into profit and generate significant revenues.

HALIFAX, Canada, October 1 /PRNewswire/ -- ImmunoVaccine Technologies' (IVT) patented depot vaccine formulation, DepoVax(TM) is showing positive pre-clinical results, with single-dose efficacy achieved in therapeutic cancer and several infectious disease vaccine models. The results of this research will be presented October 4th at the Ehrlich II conference in Germany. Collaborators from the University of Miami will also be reporting on the capabilities of IVT's depot formulations for delivery of DNA and SiRNA in vivo.

LONDON, October 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Thousands of NHS employees are being asked to take industrial action in a pay protest ballot next month by Unite, the largest union in the country.

Unite will be asking its members whether they are prepared to take industrial action, including strike action, in the ballot which commences on 28 October.

After the ballot closes on 12 November, Unite will have a 28-day 'window' to take action that its members have voted for.

Unite's ballot is underpinned by a 95% rejection by its members of the Government's unilaterally imposed three-year pay deal, worth in total 7.99% - barely half the current rate of inflation. It is further reinforced by a 75% vote in favour of an industrial action ballot.

GENEVA, Switzerland, October 1 /PRNewswire/ --

- Germany's Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) Rewards Innovative Concepts for the Targeted Development of New Medicines

- Merck Serono is Involved in Two of the Three BMBF-Sponsored Consortiums

Merck Serono, a division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, is among the proud winners of the BioPharma strategy competition. In this competition organized by Germany's Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) as part of its Pharmaceuticals Initiative, a total of 100 million Euros in grants was offered for innovative concepts for the development of new medicines from research to production. The three winners, who will share this award, include two consortiums to which Merck Serono belongs.

LONDON and HAMBURG, Germany, October 1 /PRNewswire/ --

- ePages 6 Revolutionises e-Commerce via Cloud Computing

ePages, Europe's leading provider of e-commerce solutions for hosting providers and medium-sized businesses, today announces the launch of ePages 6 - the latest version of its e-commerce software that combines cloud computing with advanced features to deliver a service for everyone.

LONDON, October 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Thousands of people suffering from exposure to asbestos during their working lives are stuck in 'compensation limbo' as a result of a House of Lords ruling on negligence, according to Unite, the UK's biggest union.

Unite is urging the Government to overturn a disastrous 2007 Law Lords' ruling to end a 20 year right for pleural plaques victims to receive compensation - or if it will not do that, to establish immediately an employer's insurance scheme to provide sick workers with compensation so sparing them the further pain of a court fight for financial assistance.

ZURICH, Switzerland, October 1 /PRNewswire/ --

- Share Exchange Offer to the Holders of the Following Securities

- Shares of Johnson & Johnson - ISIN: US4781601046 - Symbol: JNJ

The K&N Value Select Corporation offers the holders of the securities named above for every 1 Johnson & Johnson share a change into 1 share of K&N Value Select Corp. - ISIN: CH0006603085 - Symbol: KN4 .

The offer period starts on 13th October 2008 and ends on 27th November 2008.

K&N Value Select Corp. reserves the right to limit the maximum number of shares. If more shares will be registered for exchange than K&N accepts, the assignment will be made on a pro-rata basis. The settlement of the share exchange will be made after expiration of the offer period.

A team of Yale scientists has found that certain countries and some U.S. states stand to benefit from the use of compact fluorescent lighting more than others in the fight against global warming. Some places may even produce more mercury emissions by switching from incandescent light bulbs to compact fluorescent lighting.

Estonia, which relies heavily on coal-powered energy generation, tops the list as the country that would see the greatest reduction in mercury emissions for every incandescent bulb it replaces with a compact fluorescent light bulb (CFL). However, given its similar reliance on coal-fired plants, coupled with its huge population, China stands to reduce its mercury emissions by the greatest overall amount. Other countries near the top of the list include Romania, Bulgaria and Greece; within the U.S., North Dakota, New Mexico and West Virginia have the greatest potential to reduce their mercury emissions.

But much of South America, Africa, the Middle East and parts of Europe, along with Alaska, California, Oregon, Idaho and several New England states, would actually increase their mercury emissions by making the switch from incandescent to fluorescent lighting. The results depend on a complex relationship between a number of factors, including how dependent a region is on coal-powered energy generation, the chemical makeup of the coal used in those plants, and existing recycling programs for CFLs.