IVER, England, January 12 /PRNewswire/ -- DX was delighted when Vision Aid Overseas (VAO) recognised its contribution to the charity's work over the past 11 years when presented with the charity's inaugural Trustees Annual Award. VAO helps about 40,000 patients in the developing world each year, providing eye examinations and dispensing second hand spectacles collected from opticians throughout the UK, as well as training doctors and nurses in eye care skills and establishing optical workshops so spectacles can be made to prescription locally.

KVISTGARD, Denmark, January 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Bavarian Nordic owns several United States patents relating to an attenuated strain of the company's core technology, MVA-BN(R), which is the basis for its smallpox vaccine, IMVAMUNE(R). MVA-BN(R) also holds promise as a vector for delivering recombinant vaccines. Bavarian Nordic has asserted three US patents as a basis for its infringement action. The claim in this case is that Oxford BioMedica has infringed Bavarian Nordic's patents by commercializing the patented technology in ways that have yielded large payments from Sanofi-Aventis under the agreement between them for the development and commercialization of TroVax(R).

PHILADELPHIA and LONDON, January 12 /PRNewswire/ --

Thomson Reuters today announced that it has published a new white paper on the topic of biomarkers drawing on expert insight from academics and key players in the pharmaceuticals industry. Called Biomarkers: An Indispensable Addition to the Drug Development Toolkit, it explores the role of biomarkers as evaluative tools in addressing some of the challenges seen in clinical research and their potential to improve decision making, accelerate drug development and reduce development costs.

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, January 12 /PRNewswire/ --

Solace Pharmaceuticals, a private biotechnology company discovering and developing innovative treatments for pain, announced the initiation of a proof-of-concept clinical trial of SLC022 in patients with post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN). PHN, a painful complication of shingles, affects approximately 200,000 people a year in the US alone. The clinical trial is an international, multi-center, placebo-controlled study that will examine the effectiveness of SLC022 in controlling pain associated with PHN. Solace anticipates having results from the study in the second half of 2009.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, January 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Gulf Navigation Holding PJSC (DFM: GULFNAV), the regional's leader in maritime and shipping services has recently announced the appointment of Mr. Per Wistoft Kristiansen as Chief Executive Officer. Per will lead the company's expansionary mission of growth.

With 29 years of experience across Europe, Asia and the United States, Per brings to Gulf Navigation rich expertise in the field of shipping and maritime services.

STOCKHOLM, January 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Stockholm is a world-leading city when it comes to environmental thinking. This is particularly noticeable among the city's hotels, which are now focusing on their green credentials more than ever.

Scandic Hotels started its environmental thinking back in the early 1990s. In 2004, it became the first hotel chain to receive an eco-label, the prestigious Nordic 'Swan' eco-labelling, for all its 74 Swedish hotels.

SAN JOSE, California, January 12 /PRNewswire/ --

- Finjan's Web Security Survey Finds That Enterprises Increase Their IT Security Budgets for 2009 While Their Overall IT Budgets Tend to be Reduced

Finjan Inc., a leading provider of secure web gateway solutions for the enterprise market, today announced the findings of its IT security survey conducted during H2/2008.

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LONDON, January 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Brady plc (BRY.L), the leading global supplier of trading, risk management and settlement solutions to the metals and commodities sectors, has acquired Commodities Software (UK) Limited (Comsoft), a privately held company.

In the highly focused and specialised world of commodities Brady is the leader in metal trading solutions; Comsoft is a leading supplier of raw material solutions. The acquisition will position Brady as the unique provider of the most sophisticated trading and risk management solutions for refined and unrefined metals. Brady and Comsoft already share prestigious clients.

LONDON, January 12 /PRNewswire/ --

- One Lucky Seller moves closer to taking home 2,200 GBP at eBid.net

On the verge of its three millionth listing, the UK's largest home grown auction site, eBid.net, is offering sellers more ways to make money by offering a cash windfall of 2,200 GBP for the three millionth individual listing on its site.

LONDON, January 12 /PRNewswire/ --

- Lineup of events and announcements surrounding annual education exhibition highlights Microsoft's collaboration with educational stakeholders to help promote prevalent access to a high-quality education.

Microsoft Corp. today kicked off a weeklong round of high-level briefings, strategic announcements and technology demonstrations surrounding the British Education and Training Technology Show (BETT), showcasing the breadth of its efforts to empower people to realize their social and economic potential by enabling access to high-quality education experiences for everyone through technology.

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