MILAN, Italy, January 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Elsevier has acquired Edra S.p.A, an online publishing company in the healthcare field. Together, Elsevier and Edra will be able to provide professional and promotional support to pharmaceutical companies by combining Elsevier's content and services with Edra's electronic capabilities and online delivery channel. An important tool is Medikey, the largest online medical and healthcare professional community in Italy.

Elsevier Masson S.r.l, based in Milan, is the market leading provider of scientific and medical content and services, in the form of books, journals, drug databases and pharmaceutical marketing support.

HOLMDEL, New Jersey, January 22 /PRNewswire/ --

Sparta Systems, Inc. (Sparta), the maker of TrackWise(R), and the market leader in enterprise quality and compliance management software, announced today that AlfaBeta, the second largest food retailer in Greece, deployed TrackWise as its Quality Management System of record to improve overall customer service and supplier quality while reducing the complexity of its manufacturing process.

CHICAGO, January 22 /PRNewswire/ --

InfoDyne Corporation, a leading provider of low latency, high performance market data technology, today announced that Man Investments, a global leader in alternative investment products and solutions, has deployed InfoDyne's TPS+Plus feed handlers for Bloomberg's B-Pipe on Demand (BPOD) datafeeds. The solution provided seamless integration of BPOD within Man's existing RMDS production system.

PHILADELPHIA, January 22 /PRNewswire/ --

ExploTrack, Inc. is pleased to announce that the Saudi Chemical Company has taken an investment position in its company, which provides breakthrough technical solutions that detect, track, monitor, and identify explosives in real-time and enable unprecedented supply-chain security. In doing so, the Saudi Chemical Company is demonstrating leadership as a Middle Eastern entity committed to the goal of global explosives security.

NOVATO, California., and LONDON, January 22 /PRNewswire/ --

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (Nasdaq and SWX: BMRN) announced today that it has appointed Mr. Steve Glass as Vice President and General Manager of European Operations. BioMarin Europe Ltd., headquartered in London, is responsible for the sales and distribution of Naglazyme(R) for MPS VI (mucopolysaccharidosis VI) in Europe. Mr. Glass is the former General Manager for Altana/Nycomed, France. He has replaced former Vice President and General Manager, William Aliski who played an instrumental role in the successful launch of Naglazyme in Europe and the establishment of BioMarin's first international commercial operation.

RAMAT GAN, Israel, January 22 /PRNewswire/ --

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