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HOUSTON, December 11 /PRNewswire/ --

Endeavour International Corporation (Amex: END) announced today that production has commenced from the Njord gas export project in the Norwegian Sea. The completion will add approximately 900 barrels of oil equivalent to the company's daily production and is incremental to oil production from the field which will continue.

Endeavour holds a 2.5 percent working interest in the field which has produced oil since 1997. The gas export project has been underway since early 2005 and involved the drilling of new production wells and the construction of a 25-mile pipeline and processing facility. StatoilHydro is operator of the field.

CONCORD, New Hampshire, December 11 /PRNewswire/ --

- NAC Director Honored for Out-of-Band Architecture That Leverages Existing Networks

Bradford Networks, a leading provider of comprehensive network access control (NAC) solutions, was named an SC Magazine Innovator of the Year for its NAC Director solution -- an out-of-band, agent-based access control policy management engine that leverages existing network assets.

LONDON, December 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Responding to today's OFT recommendations on medicines distribution in the UK, Hemant Patel, President of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB), said:

"The OFT have identified important areas of risk that could have severe consequences for the services provided by pharmacies to patients and also for NHS budgets.

"The RPSGB will be seeking assurances from the Department of Health that procedures will be put in place to ensure that direct to pharmacy (DTP) schemes do not limit pharmacists' ability to provide medicines to patients in a timely and efficient manner."

PALO ALTO, California, December 11 /PRNewswire/ --

- Joe Walker joins SitePen, DWR joins the Dojo Foundation

SitePen, Inc., a leading provider of Ajax and Comet web application services, today announced the opening of SitePen Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of SitePen, Inc. SitePen also announced that Joe Walker, creator of Direct Web Remoting (DWR), has signed on as director of support and development for the newly-established UK operations.

WESTPORT, Ireland, December 11 /PRNewswire/ --

- FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL MEDIA ONLY

Treatment with LUMIGAN(R) (bimatoprost) alone is as effective at lowering intraocular pressure (IOP) as a fixed combination of latanoprost combined with timolol (LTFC), according to a study published in Ophthalmology this month.

These are the results of a randomised, double-blind, study which set out to compare the effects of LUMIGAN(R) and LTFC over a 24-hour period on IOP, the leading risk factor for glaucoma.(2) Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness globally(3).

PARIS, December 11 /PRNewswire/ --

MediPurpose, a top provider of medical safety devices, announced today that its SurgiLance safety lancet has been validated by the Safety Medical Device Commission of GERES, the French advocacy organization for needlestick safety.

With the recent approval, SurgiLance safety lancet will be featured on the GERES website (www.geres.org) under the heading "Guide des Materiels de Protection." GERES provides a list of approved safety products for medical staff, helping to assure the safety of healthcare providers.