May 2013 - QualityStocks

FridayMay 31, 2013 5:12 pm

Curis, Inc. (CRIS), appoints Mani Mohindru, Ph.D., as Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Investor Relations

Oncology based company, Curis, Inc. (CRIS), announced earlier today the appointment of Dr. Mani Mohindru as Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Investor Relations. Dr. Mohindru, recruited for her expertise and experience supporting development and corporate strategy will direct product strategy, corporate development, investor relations and corporate communications. Curis, Inc. currently seeks to both develop and commercialize next generation targeted drug candidates for cancer treatment purposes. "Dr. Mohindru brings to Curis a strong and unique understanding of cancer drug markets and development strategies due to her wealth of experience in the analysis of the biotechnology sector," stated Mike Gray, Curis…

FridayMay 31, 2013 5:11 pm

FAB Universal Announces Kiosk Advertising Agreement with Shanghai Qiujia Culture Media

FAB Universal (FU), a distributor of digital entertainment across the globe, announced today that it has reached an advertising agreement with Shanghai Qiujia Culture Media to provide advertising on the top screen of the FAB Intelligent Media Kiosk Network. Annual revenue over the course of this five year, non-exclusive agreement is anticipated to equal over $1.6 million. Shanghai Qiujia Media is an outdoor media company engaging in advertisement design, production, and distribution. Quijia Media operates interactive media advertising, while simultaneously serving as an Information Network system equipment supplier. In 2008, Qiujia Media worked alongside Shanghai Transport Investment Corporation in the…

FridayMay 31, 2013 12:50 pm

Rafarma Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (RAFA) and Big Pharma

It’s almost impossible to talk about the economy and living standards without eventually getting caught up in a sometimes polarizing discussion about the high cost of healthcare. Spending for healthcare, as a percentage of GDP, has grown almost everywhere in the world, including the United States. Public resentment remains understandably high in this country as the pharmaceutical industry becomes bigger and more influential, generating a sense that the largest players are starting to depend more on marketing and lobbying than on visionary research. If Americans are reeling under the onslaught of high drug prices, it’s a feeling shared around the…

FridayMay 31, 2013 12:46 pm

VistaGen Therapeutics, Inc. (VSTA) and The Small Molecule

In the challenging world of drug development and production, one of the first factors to be considered is whether a drug will be a small molecule or big molecule drug. Big molecule drugs are often called simply biologics, although other terms are sometimes used for certain types of big molecule drugs. They are therapeutic drugs produced using biological processes, engineered from a living organism, and can be made up of complex proteins, nucleic acids, or even living cells. They’re useful in treating certain types of problems, but also have significant limitations, such as the fact that they can almost never…

FridayMay 31, 2013 12:43 pm

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (LXRX) Video Chart for Friday, May 31, 2013

LXRX made a solid 7 percent move on Thursday on increased volume to gap through a resistance point. More resistance is at $2.40, but the indicators are showing a strong trend and momentum which increases the odds of the resistance being broken and the chart continuing to build on its upward path. To view the video chart, visit the following link: http://www.qualitystocks.net/videocharts Let us hear your thoughts below:

FridayMay 31, 2013 9:37 am

Capstone Turbine Corp. (CPST) Receives Order from Nation's Largest Natural Gas Distribution Utility to Provide Hybrid UPS for Green Data Center

Capstone Turbine, the world's leading clean technology manufacturer of microturbine energy systems, received an order from California Gas Company (SoCalGas), the nation's largest natural gas utility, for three patented C65 Hybrid Uninterruptible Power Source (Hybrid UPS) to be installed at the company's data center. The world's first UPS system that integrates low-emission microturbines directly with a dual-conversion UPS, Capstone's Hybrid UPS provides low-emission and highly reliable power for mission-critical loads. Regatta Solutions, Inc., Capstone's Southern California distributor, secured the order that features several Hybrid UPS microturbines deployed for critical load application. The Hybrid UPS provides an alternative to traditional UPS…

FridayMay 31, 2013 9:34 am

Marathon Patent Group, Inc.’s (MARA) Bismarck Acquires Batch of Patents, Applications from Siemens

Bismarck IP, wholly owned subsidiary of intellectual property services and patent licensing company Marathon Patent Group, as part of a previous agreement has acquired three U.S. and 10 international patents and patent applications from Siemens, a global leader in electronics and electrical engineering. The acquired patents support connections between communication terminal equipment specific performance features and which relate to the setup of the communication connection, or adding functions to an existing call, such as call waiting or call forwarding. The acquired portfolio includes: • U.S. Patents 5,734,832, "Method for Evaluating Performance-Feature-Related Messages in a Program-Controlled Communication Equipment" • 5,883,896, "Arrangement…

ThursdayMay 30, 2013 4:31 pm

Immunomedics, Inc. (IMMU) Provides Update on Antibody-Drug Conjugate Programs at New York Biotechnology Association Conference

Biopharmaceutical company Immunomedics announced that the company’s president and CEO, Cynthia L. Sullivan, provided an update on Immunomedics’ antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) programs during the company’s presentation at the New York Biotechnology Association’s Annual Meeting on May 29, 2013. Immunomedics currently has three ADCs in clinical development, but recent results are especially encouraging from the two being studied in patients with advanced solid tumors – particularly metastatic colorectal and triple-negative breast cancers. Tumor shrinkage, including partial responses determined by RECIST criteria, was achieved in dose-escalation trials of IMMU-130 and IMMU-132 ADC product candidates. Both ADC product candidates involve SN-38, which is…

ThursdayMay 30, 2013 4:15 pm

Ventripoint Diagnostics Ltd. (VPTDF) Appoints New Vice-President of Sales and Marketing

Ventripoint Diagnostics today reported the appointment of Mr. Jerry Gatewood as its Vice-President of Sales and Marketing. Gatewood brings more than 18 years of introducing new medical products with extensive experience in sales and marketing of imaging equipment. He was Global Market Manager for ATL Ultrasound (now Philips Medical Systems), where he created and executed global marketing and market introduction plans, and Director of U.S. Marketing for SonoSite (now part of FujiFilm) where he managed the U.S. marketing team and identified and developed new markets. He was also Director for Global Sales for Merge CAD, where he established, negotiated, and…

ThursdayMay 30, 2013 4:09 pm

Polar Petroleum Corp. (POLR) Analysis of Well Data On and Near Alaska Projects to Lead to Improved Production, Resource Mapping

Polar Petroleum, the domestic oil and gas developer based up in Anchorage - which has three key projects in the same region as two of America's largest oil fields, announced today that they will use local geoscience/engineering firm, Waters Petroleum, LLC (WPA) to obtain well data and petrophysical evaluations for four wells that will yield viable pay interval and prospective zone analytics for POLR's onshore Hemi Springs and Franklin Bluffs projects. This is a huge boon for POLR to strike such a deal with WPA, who is well-known throughout Alaska (their base of operations) and Texas for their comprehensive oil…

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