CARLSBAD, California, January 17 /PRNewswire/ --

Ablation Frontiers, Inc., a privately-held medical device company, announced today a successful series of catheter ablations using the company's Tip-Versatile Ablation Catheter(TM) (T-VAC). Dr. Vince Paul of the St. Peter's Hospital in Chertsey, United Kingdom is one of three leading European sites that have been evaluating this new multi-electrode linear ablation catheter since November 2007. He performed four ablation procedures for atrial flutter, a potentially dangerous irregular heart rhythm.

MAIDENHEAD, England, January 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Wyeth (WYE) today announced data from a Phase 3 study which showed that Enbrel significantly reduces the symptoms and signs of plaque psoriasis in children and adolescents with the disease.(1) This study was published in the January 17, 2008, issue of The New England Journal of Medicine.

The trial - the first time any biological treatment has been tested in children and adolescents with plaque psoriasis - showed 57% of patients on etanercept for 12 weeks achieved the 'gold-standard' in improvement compared to 11% of patients who received the placebo.(1) An application for use of Enbrel in managing psoriasis in children and adolescents has been submitted by Wyeth to the European Medicines Authority and is under review.

GAITHERSBURG, Maryland, January 16 /PRNewswire/ --

- With 2008 underway, Patton enters 25th year of communications equipment manufacturing

Patton Electronics -- the leader in business and carrier-class network access, connectivity, and Voice-over-IP equipment -- has entered their 25th year of designing, manufacturing, and marketing datacom and telecom equipment.

Having incorporated on 1 January 1984, Patton will mark their silver anniversary on 1 January 2009.

LONDON, January 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Balderton Capital, Europe's leading venture capital firm, congratulates MySQL, which has agreed to be acquired by Sun Microsystems for a total consideration of approximately $1 billion.

Balderton and its affiliate Benchmark Capital US were early investors in MySQL which is the developer of the world's most popular open source database. Balderton Capital held about 15% of MySQL. This exit will produce a substantial return for investors in Balderton's Fund I.

The database software developed by MySQL has been deployed by many leading internet and technology companies including Facebook, Google, Nokia, Baidu and China Mobile. MySQL has its headquarters in Uppsala, Sweden and Cupertino, California, USA.

SAO PAULO, Brazil, January 16 /PRNewswire/ --

An important step in the right direction. That is how Brazil's Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA) assesses the report "Sustainable Biofuels: Prospects and Challenges", released by Britain's Royal Society on January 14, 2008. The report's key conclusions are that each biofuel must be evaluated on its own merits and governments should ensure their policies promote only the sustainable production and use of biofuels that result in meaningful emissions reduction.

HOOFDDORP, The Netherlands, January 16 /PRNewswire/ -- CEVA Logistics, the 4th largest supply chain company worldwide, has appointed Peter Dew as Group Chief Information Officer (CIO), effective April 1, 2008. He will be responsible for establishing and implementing CEVA's IT strategy at a global level.

Peter Dew has a wealth of experience from similar roles in major international corporations. Prior to joining CEVA, he was CIO of Linde Group and before that Group Director, Information Management at BOC. "This is a great time to be joining as dynamic a company as CEVA. I look forward very much to working with my new colleagues at building a true logistics industry leader."