LONDON, January 12 /PRNewswire/ --

The European telemetry equipment market is in a developmental stage and is dominated by a few large players. Growth rates are currently low but will rise substantially in the coming years. This is due to an increase in Europe's aged population and the need for cost containment measures.

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New analysis from Frost Sullivan (http://www.patientmonitoring.frost.com), European Telemetry Equipment Market, finds that the market earned revenues of US$115.00 million in 2007 and estimates this to reach US$179.00 million in 2014.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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- 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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- Assessment Based on Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute

Leading industry analyst firm Gartner Inc. has positioned Verizon Business in the Leaders quadrant among Pan-European network services providers in its new report, Magic Quadrant for Pan-European Network Service Providers, 2008.(i)

The latest Gartner Magic Quadrant examines network service providers that generate at least euro 100 million in enterprise network services revenue contracted in Europe (not merely revenue for delivery in Europe under contract from non-European sources). To qualify, providers had to offer voice, data, managed network services and value-added services to enterprise customers across multiple geographies in Europe.

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- Reflects Strong International Growth and Successful Diversification of World's Leading IP Management Specialist and Legal Support Services Firm

CPA Global, the world's top intellectual property (http://www.cpaglobal.com) (IP) management specialist and a leading provider of outsourced legal support services, has today marked its 40th anniversary year with the launch of a new brand worldwide.

Founded in 1969 as a specialist IP firm in Jersey, Channel Islands, CPA Global is today a global organisation of more than 1,200 people, providing a wide range of IP and legal support services to clients in over 100 countries.

SINGAPORE, January 12 /PRNewswire/ --

- SingTel tops analyst rankings

Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) today announced it is the leading international Internet Protocol Virtual Private Network (IP VPN) service provider in Asia Pacific excluding Japan (APEJ).

According to IDC's latest Asia/Pacific Semiannual Fixed-Line Telecom Services Tracker, First Half 2008 report, SingTel(1) has secured the largest revenue market share in the region.

Based on Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS)(2) technology, SingTel's IP VPN service enables companies to communicate seamlessly and cost-effectively between their offices around the world, with coverage in more than 65 destinations, including major Asian, European and US cities.