LONDON, February 19 /PRNewswire/ --

- Eisai Set to Become an Emerging Leader in the Treatment of Epilepsy

Eisai Europe Ltd (London; Chairman CEO Yutaka Tsuchiya), the European subsidiary of Eisai Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, President CEO: Haruo Naito), and Bial-Portela CA, S.A., (S. Mamede do Coronado, Portugal, CEO Dr Luis Portela) today announced the signing of a licence and co-promotion agreement in which Eisai receives a sole license to market, promote and distribute the novel once daily anti-epileptic Zebinix(R) (eslicarbazepine acetate), within Europe(1).

REYKJAVIK, Iceland, February 19 /PRNewswire/ --

- Licensing round ongoing for largest accessible, undrilled oil frontier

Evidence is growing that oil may be found in the Dreki area, northeast of Iceland. Recent seismic studies and re-evaluation of available data indicate the presence of thick Mesozoic sediments, similar to those found in the adjacent and geologically-related oil areas of Norway and Greenland. Surface pockmarks, which are known to cluster around major hydrocarbon fields in the North Sea, were also recently discovered in the area.

SAINT-PREX, Switzerland, February 19 /PRNewswire/ --

- New Gonadotrophin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH) Receptor Antagonist Demonstrates Rapid, Long-Term Suppression of Testosterone

Ferring Pharmaceuticals announced today that it has received marketing authorisation from the European Commission, for FIRMAGON(R) (degarelix), a new GnRH receptor antagonist indicated for patients with advanced, hormone-dependent prostate cancer.

In Phase III studies degarelix produced a significant reduction in levels of testosterone (i,ii) within three days in more than 96% of study patients.(ii) Testosterone plays a major role in the growth and spread of prostate cancer cells.

ATLANTA and KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany, February 19 /PRNewswire/ --

CAS AG, the leading global provider of demand side management solutions for the consumer products industry, today announced that Michael King, a 25+ year software industry veteran and former PeopleSoft, Oracle and Lawson executive, has joined CAS as Vice President, Sales.

I have known Mike for nearly 10 years, and consider him to be one of the top talents in enterprise software. I am very pleased to have an executive of his caliber on the CAS team, said Todd Fryburger, CEO, CAS Americas. Mike's expertise and experience will be invaluable to CAS as we continue to expand our market coverage and our solution offerings.

SAN JOSE, California, February 19 /PRNewswire/ --

- Webinar Alert: NXP Semiconductors announces High Voltage LDMOS enables reliable high power solutions from HF to L-Band

NXP Semiconductors announces the following TechOnline Webinar:

What: NXP Semiconductors Webinar When: Thursday, February 26, 2009 at 10:00am EST (7:00am PST, 15:00 GMT) Where: http://www.techonline.com/learning/webinar/213300757 How: Live over the Internet -- Simply log on to the web at the address above. Contact: Rebecca Samuel, Media Relations, NXP Semiconductors, +1-408-474-8769. If you are unable to participate during the live webcast, the event will be archived at http://www.techonline.com/learning/webinar/.

BEIJING, February 19 /PRNewswire/ --

LightInTheBox (http://www.LightInTheBox.com ) has officially launched its French site (http://www.LightInTheBox.com/fr ) with more than 40,000 product offerings, providing Francophones worldwide a great opportunity to access a wide variety of quality products, including Made-in-China cell phones, affordable customized wedding dresses, radio controlled toys, and obscure items like tattoo machines and cosplay costumes.

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, February 19 /PRNewswire/ --

Significant changes are coming to Russia's telecommunications market, as new government initiatives and shifting demand for services are having a strong impact on revenues and the competitive landscape in one of the world's fastest-growing telecom markets, according to the latest report from Pyramid Research (www.pyr.com), the telecom research arm of the Light Reading Communications Network (www.lightreading.com).

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, February 19 /PRNewswire/ --

- Higher accuracy through biographic and biometric fusion

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania and DUBLIN, Ireland, February 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Shire plc (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPGY) the global specialty biopharmaceutical company announces results for the year to December 31, 2008 - a year which has seen significant growth in Shire's new product portfolio.

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ROCHESTER, New York and LUND, Sweden, February 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Scalado, a leader in mobile imaging software solutions for fast and memory efficient image processing and Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE:EK) the world's imaging innovator, today announced that Scalado's SpeedTags(TM) technology will be implemented in Kodak's upcoming KSP-720060 TRUESENSE enabled image signal processor (ISP).

(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090205/336922 )

Scalado's leading edge technology will be integrated in the KSP-720060 and follow-on stand-alone ISP companion chips, enabling quick and easy management of large files and a significant improvement in overall JPEG image handling performance in mobile devices, such as camera phones and PDAs, and digital still cameras.