BERLIN, April 7 /PRNewswire/ -- The photovoltaic (PV) industry is a pillar of the strong German-Korean economic partnership, one that is expected to strengthen as the Korean PV market expands. The strong cooperation between the two nations will be a focus of this year's Green Energy Expo 2009, the largest PV conference in Korea.

Germany is currently the global PV leader in terms of market, capacity, and production, while Korea's market is reaping the benefits of political support, increased trade, and heavy RD. Korea recently witnessed the opening of the world's largest PV power plant in Shinan. At the same time, the Korean Government has committed USD 210 million to RD of renewable energies.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, April 7 /PRNewswire/ --

- Sustained Benefits for Patients Awaiting Transplantation

The DuraHeart(TM) Left Ventricular Assist System (LVAS) shows sustained benefits in providing safe and reliable long-term circulatory support with an improved survival rate and an acceptable adverse event rate in advanced heart failure patients who were eligible for transplantation. These conclusions, based on the European experience with DuraHeart, the first active magnetically levitated centrifugal left ventricular assist system, are published on line in the European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery (EJCTS) at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2008.12.033.

BRUSSELS, April 7 /PRNewswire/ --

- European Operating Room Nurses Association (EORNA) to Confirm AnsellCares(R), the Ansell Global Healthcare Educational Program, Accepted for Accreditation

Earlier today, Ansell Healthcare, the global leader in healthcare barrier protective solutions, has announced it has taken a further step in supporting the global healthcare professionals community in the area of continued education.

ZURICH, April 7 /PRNewswire/ -- The computer mouse has now been around for 40 years and has become a tool that many people work with for hours each day. The ergonomically-designed 'HandshoeMouse' is an especially comfortable and healthy version. Its innovative design has been developed by two Dutch universities and prevents the user suffering from a 'mouse arm'. It comes in three sizes and a slick wireless version is also available.

LONDON, April 7 /PRNewswire/ --

The 2008 Frost Sullivan Global Plastics in Medical Devices Customer Value Enhancement Award is presented to LyondellBasell Industries. The award recognises LyondellBasell's status as a one-stop-shop for its customers in the global medical devices market.

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LyondellBasell differentiates itself from many of its competitors by offering customised products and services catering to the global healthcare market, states Frost Sullivan Research Analyst Hariharan Ramasubramanian. By adopting such a focused approach to medical devices, LyondellBasell is optimally positioned to create and enhance value for its customers.

TORONTO, April 7 /PRNewswire/ --

- Integrated solution gives organizations a holistic view on customer management and sales effectiveness on the Microsoft platform

Varicent Software, an innovator and provider of incentive compensation and sales performance management (SPM) solutions today, announced an integrated solution with Microsoft Dynamics CRM. The Varicent SPM and Microsoft Dynamics CRM integration will enable sales managers and sales professionals to:

LONDON, April 7 /PRNewswire/ --

Hospira, Inc. (NYSE: HSP), the world leader in generic injectable pharmaceuticals, today announced it has received marketing authorisation for piperacillin/tazobactam for injection, and has launched the product in the United Kingdom. The medication is a generic version of Wyeth's Tazocin(R), the world's leading injectable antibiotic, with 2008 European sales of approximately 250 million euros.(1)

Piperacillin/tazobactam is a broad-spectrum antibiotic used to treat patients with moderate to severe infections. It is an injectable combination product that consists of piperacillin (an extended-spectrum penicillin) and tazobactam (a beta-lactamase inhibitor).

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia, April 7 /PRNewswire/ --

- System Upgrades Improve Application Processing for Passports and Identity Cards

CSC (NYSE: CSC) today announced that the UK Identity and Passport Service (IPS), an executive agency of the Home Office responsible for issuing UK passports and ID cards, has awarded the company a 10-year managed information technology (IT) services contract to upgrade the IPS application and enrollment system. The agreement has an estimated value of US$570 million (385 million pounds sterling).

LONDON, April 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Patients at King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (http://www.kch.nhs.uk/) in London are to benefit from a groundbreaking new patient automated arrival system from NCR Corporation (http://www.ncr.com/) (NYSE: NCR). The solution is designed to reduce queuing, increase the immediacy and privacy of patient communications and cut down on paperwork allowing staff to focus on providing the highest standards of clinical care.

LONDON and DUESSELDORF, Germany, April 7 /PRNewswire/ --

WGZ Corporate Finance Beratung GmbH, a leading German midcap MA advisor, today announced that it has selected IntraLinks -- the industry-leading virtual dataroom provider -- as its preferred platform. Under the terms of the agreement, WGZ professionals will use IntraLinks' online workspace solution, IntraLinks(R) Exchanges(TM), to securely share critical information with advisors and other outside parties.