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			<title>SeraCare Life Sciences Awarded Multiple Contracts from the CDC and NIH to Support HIV Research and the Accuracy of HIV Testing</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;MILFORD, Mass.-(Business Wire)-September 29, 2009 - SeraCare Life Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: SRLS) today announced that the Company has been awarded two new contracts from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and that a third existing contract has been...</description>
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			<title>ABL and Evivar Medical Enter into Agreements to Form a Global Strategic Partnership and IP Cross-Licensing for Disease Management and Personalized Healthcare of Hepatitis B and HIV Infections</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;LUXEMBOURG &amp;amp; MELBOURNE, Australia-(Business Wire)-September 29, 2009 - &lt;i&gt;ABL, S.A. and Evivar Medical Pty Ltd today announced the completion of agreements to cross-licence their respective intellectual property portfolios and to form strategic alliances based on the use of their...</description>
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			<title>Computable Genomix Announces Contest For Genomics Researchers</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;MEMPHIS, Tenn.-(Business Wire)-September 29, 2009 - Memphis-based Computable Genomix today announced it will launch a contest on Oct. 1, 2009, to coincide with the release of GeneIndexer, the company’s next-generation Web-based text-mining tool. &lt;/p&gt; 
							&lt;p&gt; &lt;i&gt;Publish or Perish&lt;/i&gt; will...</description>
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			<title>San Francisco, Sept. 30th: Grand Opening of New AHF “Magic Johnson” HIV/AIDS Clinic on Church St.</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;SAN FRANCISCO-(Business Wire)-September 28, 2009 - &lt;a rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; href=&quot;http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aidshealth.org&amp;amp;esheet=6059370&amp;amp;lan=en_US&amp;amp;anchor=AIDS+Healthcare+Foundation+%28AHF%29&amp;amp;index=1&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;AIDS Healthcare Foundation...</description>
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			<title>Biomagnetics Diagnostics Receives a Financing Commitment up to $1 Million to Speed Development of Malaria Testing Technology</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;GENEVA-(Business Wire)-September 28, 2009 - Biomagnetics Diagnostics Corp., (PINK SHEETS:BMGP) a producer of revolutionary diagnostic systems and technology for malaria, tuberculosis, HIV and hepatitis testing today announced it has received a equity-based financing commitment up to $1 million...</description>
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			<title>Calypte Biomedical Announces Changes to its Board of Directors</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;PORTLAND, Ore.-(Business Wire)-September 25, 2009 - Calypte Biomedical Corporation (OTCBB:CBMC), a developer, manufacturer and marketer of HIV diagnostic tests, announces changes to its board of directors. &lt;/p&gt; 
							&lt;p&gt; On September 16, 2009, Calypte reported that Julius R. Krevans, M.D., John...</description>
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			<title>pSivida Corp. Reports Results for the Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2009</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;WATERTOWN, Mass.-(Business Wire)-September 24, 2009 - pSivida Corp. (NASDAQ: PSDV) (ASX: PVA) (FF: PV3), a drug delivery company with two of the only three ophthalmic sustained release delivery products approved by the FDA for treatment of back of the eye diseases, today announced financial...</description>
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			<title>Prime-Boost Vaccine Study Shows Modest Effect in Preventing HIV</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.-(Business Wire)-September 24, 2009 - Global Solutions for Infectious Diseases (“GSID”) announced today that a Phase III clinical trial of an investigational HIV vaccine regimen has been shown to be safe and modestly effective in preventing HIV infection. The...</description>
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			<title>The Scripps Research Institute and IAVI Host Leading Scientists Searching for New Ways to Produce an HIV/AIDS Vaccine</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;-(Business Wire)-September 24, 2009 - &lt;b&gt;MEDIA ADVISORY:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;table cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;bwtablebottommargin&quot; id=&quot;t6053544_1&quot;&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td colspan=&quot;3&quot;&gt;   &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td class=&quot;bwcellpaddingleft0 bwverticalaligntop bwtextalignleft&quot; id=&quot;t6053544_1_1_8400&quot;&gt; &lt;p...</description>
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			<title>IAVI Statement on Results of Phase III ALVAC-AIDSVAX Trial in Thailand</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK-(Business Wire)-September 24, 2009 - The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) greeted with excitement today’s announcement by the U.S. Military HIV Research Program and the Thai Ministry of Public Health that, according to an initial analysis, a prime-boost combination of two...</description>
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			<title>Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation Awards $1.25 Million to 11 Organizations Working to Reduce Health Care Disparities</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;BOSTON-(Business Wire)-September 23, 2009 - The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation has awarded $1.25 million in grants to 11 community health organizations around the Commonwealth to address health care disparities on the basis of race, ethnicity, immigration status, age, mental...</description>
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			<title>AHF’s Blair Underwood HIV/AIDS Clinic to Open in DC Thursday Sept. 24th</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 23, 2009 - &lt;a rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; href=&quot;http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aidshealth.org&amp;amp;esheet=6056745&amp;amp;lan=en_US&amp;amp;anchor=AIDS+Healthcare+Foundation+%28AHF%29&amp;amp;index=1&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;AIDS Healthcare Foundation...</description>
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			<title>ARISE Magazine is Proud to Announce Sponsorship Commitment to Alicia Keys’ 2009 Keep a Child Alive Black Ball</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK-(Business Wire)-September 22, 2009 - Keep a Child Alive's (KCA) 2009 Black Ball, an annual benefit to raise funds dedicated to providing life-saving treatment and support to children and families affected by HIV/AIDS, is proud to announce &lt;i&gt;ARISE Magazine&lt;/i&gt; as a confirmed sponsor...</description>
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			<title>Academy of Friends Selects Eleven Bay Area HIV/AIDS Organizations as 2010 Gala Beneficiaries</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;SAN FRANCISCO-(Business Wire)-September 22, 2009 - Academy of Friends proudly announces its 2009-2010 fundraising for 11 Bay Area HIV/AIDS service organizations. Known for its annual Academy Awards&lt;sup&gt;®&lt;/sup&gt; Night Charity Gala and monthly social events, AOF raised more than $7.5 million...</description>
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			<title>AIDS Healthcare Foundation’s First ‘AHF Blair Underwood Healthcare Center’ to Open in DC</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 21, 2009 - &lt;a rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; href=&quot;http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aidshealth.org&amp;amp;esheet=6055328&amp;amp;lan=en_US&amp;amp;anchor=AIDS+Healthcare+Foundation+%28AHF%29&amp;amp;index=1&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;AIDS Healthcare Foundation...</description>
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			<title>Sloning Closes Growth Financing Round Led by LBBW Venture</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;PUCHHEIM, Germany-(Business Wire)-September 21, 2009 - Sloning BioTechnology GmbH, the worldwide leading supplier of combinatorial gene libraries, received additional investments from all of its institutional shareholders: HBM BioVentures, LBBW Venture, DEWB and KfW to finance the company’s...</description>
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			<title>PerkinElmer Launches Columbus™ 2.0 High Content Screening Platform for High-Volume Image Data Management and Analysis</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;BOSTON-(Business Wire)-September 21, 2009 - At the &lt;a rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; href=&quot;http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthtech.com%2Fhcs&amp;amp;esheet=6054343&amp;amp;lan=en_US&amp;amp;anchor=High+Content+Analysis+East&amp;amp;index=1&quot;&gt;High Content Analysis East&lt;/a&gt; conference...</description>
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			<title>NanoViricides, Inc. Signs a Master Service Agreement with Southern Research Institute for further Influenza and HIV Studies</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;WEST HAVEN, Conn.-(Business Wire)-September 21, 2009 - NanoViricides, Inc. (OTC BB: &lt;a rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; href=&quot;http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Ffinance.yahoo.com%2Fq%3Fs%3DNNVC.ob&amp;amp;esheet=6054321&amp;amp;lan=en_US&amp;amp;anchor=NNVC.OB&amp;amp;index=1&quot;&gt;NNVC.OB&lt;/a&gt;) (the...</description>
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			<title>MyInsuranceExpert Supports Local Aids Walk in Effort to Increase Healthy Living Awareness</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;TROY, Mich.-(Business Wire)-September 18, 2009 - My Insurance Expert, one of the nation leading online services to compare and secure affordable health insurance, is supporting AIDS Walk Detroit 2009 with a corporate donation and encouraging employees and friends to participate in the annual...</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:48:00 0500</pubDate>
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			<title>Integrative Therapeutics, Inc. Seeking 2010 Residency Sites for STAIR Scholarship Program</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;GREEN BAY, Wis.-(Business Wire)-September 18, 2009 - Integrative Therapeutics, Inc (ITI®), in collaboration with the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians (AANP), is seeking qualified residency sites for the fourth year of the ITI &amp;amp; AANP STAIR&lt;sup&gt;SM &lt;/sup&gt;Residency Scholarship...</description>
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			<title>The Scripps Research Institute and IAVI Host Leading Scientists Searching for New Ways to Produce an HIV/AIDS Vaccine</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;-(Business Wire)-September 18, 2009 - &lt;b&gt;MEDIA ADVISORY:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;table cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;bwtablebottommargin&quot; id=&quot;t6053544_1&quot;&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td colspan=&quot;3&quot;&gt;   &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td class=&quot;bwcellpaddingleft0 bwverticalaligntop bwtextalignleft&quot; id=&quot;t6053544_1_1_8400&quot;&gt; &lt;p...</description>
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			<title>Hythiam Raises Approximately $7 Million in Registered Direct Offering</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;LOS ANGELES-(Business Wire)-September 17, 2009 - &lt;b&gt;Hythiam, Inc. (NASDAQ:HYTM)&lt;/b&gt; announced today that it has entered into definitive agreements to sell 9,333,334 shares of its common stock at a price per share of $.75 to institutional investors pursuant to a registered direct offering...</description>
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			<title>AHF Hosts Grand Opening of 1st Oakland “Out of the Closet”—the World’s Most Fabulous Thrift Store</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;OAKLAND, Calif.-(Business Wire)-September 17, 2009 - AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF): &lt;/p&gt; &lt;table cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;bwtablebottommargin&quot; id=&quot;t6052121_1&quot;&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td class=&quot;bwcellpaddingleft0 bwverticalaligntop bwtextalignleft&quot; id=&quot;t6052121_1_0_14000&quot;&gt; &lt;p class=&quot;bwcellparagraphmargin...</description>
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			<title>PerkinElmer Purchases GE Healthcare’s Catalog Radiochemicals, SPA Reagents and Cytostar-T Plate Assets</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;WALTHAM, Mass.-(Business Wire)-September 16, 2009 - PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader focused on improving the health and safety of people and their environment, today announced that it has purchased the assets of GE Healthcare’s &lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt;H and &lt;sup&gt;14&lt;/sup&gt;C Catalog Radiochemicals...</description>
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			<title>Inovio Biomedical CEO to Present at MIT Technology Review Emerging Technology Conference</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;SAN DIEGO-(Business Wire)-September 16, 2009 - Inovio Biomedical Corporation (NYSE Amex:INO), a leader in DNA vaccine design, development and delivery, announced today that Dr. J. Joseph Kim, CEO, has been invited to present at EmTech, the Emerging Technologies Conference hosted by MIT and...</description>
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			<title>Cytheris Announces Interim Data from INSPIRE Study Showing Interleukin-7 (CYT107) Induces Dose-Dependent and Sustained Increase of CD4 T Cells in Chronic HIV-Infected Patients</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;PARIS-(Business Wire)-September 15, 2009 - Cytheris SA, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on research and development of new therapies for immune modulation, today announced presentation of data from an interim analysis of CLI-107-06 (INSPIRE), a Phase I/IIa study of HIV-infected...</description>
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			<title>NanoViricides Platform Enables Rapid Development of Robust Nanomedicines Against Influenza and HIV</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;WEST HAVEN, Conn.-(Business Wire)-September 14, 2009 - NanoViricides, Inc. (OTC BB: &lt;a rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; href=&quot;http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Ffinance.yahoo.com%2Fq%3Fs%3DNNVC.ob&amp;amp;esheet=6048674&amp;amp;lan=en_US&amp;amp;anchor=NNVC.OB&amp;amp;index=1&quot;&gt;NNVC.OB&lt;/a&gt;) (the...</description>
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			<title>Merck's ISENTRESS® (raltegravir) Tablets Studied in Comparison to Efavirenz in Combination Therapy Through 96 Weeks in HIV-1 Treatment-Naïve Patients</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;SAN FRANCISCO-(Business Wire)-September 13, 2009 - ISENTRESS&lt;sup&gt;&lt;b&gt;® &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;, an integrase inhibitor from&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;Merck &amp;amp; Co., Inc., was studied in comparison to efavirenz in maintaining viral load suppression to undetectable levels (less than 50 copies/mL) and at improving CD4 cell...</description>
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			<title>CA Legislature Passes Streamlined Rapid HIV Testing Bill; AHF Urges Schwarzenegger to Sign Common Sense Law</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;SACRAMENTO, Calif.-(Business Wire)-September 12, 2009 - &lt;b&gt;AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF),&lt;/b&gt; the operator of the largest non-government HIV testing program in California, today praised the California Legislature for its passage of &lt;b&gt;Assembly Bill 221&lt;/b&gt;, which cleared the Assembly on...</description>
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			<title>Research and Markets: Disease and Therapy Review: a Comprehensive Overview of HIV/AIDS and Related Conditions</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;DUBLIN-(Business Wire)-September 11, 2009 - &lt;b&gt;Research and Markets&lt;/b&gt; (&lt;a rel=&quot;nofollow...</description>
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			<title>LabCorp is Scheduled to Present at the UBS 2009 Global Life Sciences Conference</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;BURLINGTON, N.C.-(Business Wire)-September 11, 2009 - Laboratory Corporation of America&lt;sup&gt;®&lt;/sup&gt; Holdings (LabCorp&lt;sup&gt;®&lt;/sup&gt;) (NYSE:LH) today announced that David P. King, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, is scheduled to speak at the UBS 2009 Global Life Sciences Conference in New...</description>
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			<title>New WHO Data Underscores Global Threat of the World’s Leading Child Killer</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 11, 2009 - New World Health Organization data to be published in this week's edition of &lt;i&gt;The&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;Lancet&lt;/i&gt; will shed new light on two leading causes of pneumonia, the world’s leading killer of children under age 5, both globally and within specific...</description>
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			<title>E-18 Corp. Announces Availability of a White Paper by SmallcapInsights.com</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;MINNEAPOLIS-(Business Wire)-September 10, 2009 - E-18 Corp. (OTCBB:ETEN), through its wholly owned subsidiary, SquareOne Medical, Inc., doing business as Protectus Medical Devices (&quot;Protectus Medical Devices&quot;), today announces the release of a white paper on the global market for safety...</description>
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			<title>Warner Bros. Consumer Products Announces Highly Anticipated Online Auction for World-Renowned Ruby Slipper Collection and The Inspirations of Oz Fine Art Collection in Celebration of the 70th Anniversary of The Wizard of Oz</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;BURBANK, Calif.-(Business Wire)-September 10, 2009 - Warner Bros. Consumer Products today announced the opening of the highly anticipated online auction for &lt;i&gt;The&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;Ruby Slipper Collection &lt;/i&gt;and&lt;i&gt; The Inspirations of Oz Fine Art Collection&lt;/i&gt;, beginning September 10 at 10:00 a.m. EDT at...</description>
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			<title>HIV Screening Tests Proposed to Be Added to Medicare’s List of Covered Preventive Services</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 9, 2009 - The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced a new proposal that would cover Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection screening for Medicare beneficiaries who are at increased risk for the infection, including women who are...</description>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK-(Business Wire)-September 9, 2009 - Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers and the New York State Department of Health (DOH) today unveiled a novel Web-based technology to rapidly instruct health care providers throughout New York State about HIV diagnosis and prevention. &lt;/p...</description>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.-(Business Wire)-September 9, 2009 - Infection by the human papilloma virus (HPV), the most common sexually transmitted disease, has been linked to more than one third of all oral and throat cancers according to Dr. Solomon Hamburg, president of the prestigious &lt;b&gt;Tower...</description>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-(Business Wire)-September 9, 2009 - Complete Genomics Inc., a third-generation human genome sequencing company, announced today that it has sequenced, analyzed and delivered 14 human genomes to customers since March 2009. Considering that fewer than 20 genomes have been...</description>
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			<title>Enzo Biochem Appoints Dr. Mohan Chellani, 15-Year Industry Veteran, Vice President of Scientific Affairs at Enzo Clinical Labs</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK-(Business Wire)-September 8, 2009 - Enzo Biochem, Inc. (NYSE:ENZ) today announced the appointment of Mohan Chellani, Ph.D., formerly a senior manager with Quest Diagnostics, as Vice President of Scientific Affairs at its Enzo Clinical Labs subsidiary. He will oversee all aspects of the...</description>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;BURLINGTON, N.C.-(Business Wire)-September 8, 2009 - Laboratory Corporation of America&lt;sup&gt;®&lt;/sup&gt; Holdings (LabCorp&lt;sup&gt;®&lt;/sup&gt;) (NYSE: LH) today announced that David P. King, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, is scheduled to speak at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Healthcare...</description>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK-(Business Wire)-September 8, 2009 - Enzo Biochem, Inc. (NYSE: ENZ), a leading biotechnology company specializing in gene identification and genetic and immune regulation technologies for diagnostic and therapeutic applications, announced today that Barry Weiner, President, and David...</description>
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			<title>IAVI: Two New Antibodies Found to Cripple HIV</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK &amp;amp; LA JOLLA &amp;amp; SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. &amp;amp; SEATTLE-(Business Wire)-September 3, 2009 - Researchers at and associated with the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), at The Scripps Research Institute, and at the biotechnology companies Theraclone Sciences and Monogram...</description>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;SAN DIEGO-(Business Wire)-September 3, 2009 - Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced that the Company will webcast its presentations at three upcoming investment conferences. &lt;/p&gt; 
							&lt;p&gt; Illumina will webcast its presentation at the Thomas Weisel Partners Healthcare Conference in...</description>
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			<title>AHF Challenges Merck’s “Criminal AIDS Drug Pricing” for Isentress</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 3, 2009 - As part of its ongoing campaign to lower drug prices and increase access, &lt;a rel=&quot;nofollow...</description>
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			<title>Enabling Capabilities of Inovio Biomedical’s Electroporation Delivery Technology with SIV DNA Vaccine Confirmed in Collaborative Study With National Cancer Institute</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;SAN DIEGO-(Business Wire)-September 3, 2009 - Inovio Biomedical Corporation (NYSE Amex:INO), a leader in DNA vaccine design, development and delivery, announced today that data generated from a pre-clinical collaborative study by National Cancer Institute (NCI) and Inovio scientists were...</description>
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			<title>AHF: Pfizer Wrongdoing Echoes Viagra Case</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 2, 2009 - As part of its ongoing campaign to lower drug prices and increase access, &lt;a rel=&quot;nofollow...</description>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;MINNEAPOLIS-(Business Wire)-September 1, 2009 - E-18 Corp. (OTCBB: ETEN), through its wholly owned subsidiary, SquareOne Medical, Inc., doing business as Protectus Medical Devices (&quot;Protectus Medical Devices&quot;), today announces the release of a SmallcapInsights.com article by industry veteran, Dr...</description>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;NAPA, Calif.-(Business Wire)-August 27, 2009 - WTN Services(R) and the Winetasting Network(R) a division of 1-800-Flowers.com(R) have announced they have deepened the commitment to their existing plan of industry partnerships and projects that better the community. WTN Services(R) and the...</description>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-August 26, 2009 - &lt;b&gt;AIDS Healthcare Foundation &lt;/b&gt;(AHF), the nation’s largest non-profit HIV/AIDS healthcare provider which now provides treatment and services for more than 100,000 individuals in 21 countries worldwide in the US, Africa, Latin America/Caribbean and...</description>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;PLANTATION, Fla.-(Business Wire)-August 26, 2009 - Nutra Pharma Corp. (OTCBB: NPHC), a biotechnology company that is developing treatments for &lt;b&gt;Adrenomyeloneuropathy (AMN), HIV &lt;/b&gt;and&lt;b&gt; Multiple Sclerosis (MS)&lt;/b&gt;, has announced today that it has successfully completed a &lt;b&gt;licensing...</description>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;NEWTON, Mass.-(Business Wire)-August 26, 2009 - &lt;b&gt;Novelos Therapeutics, Inc. (OTCBB: NVLT)&lt;/b&gt;, a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of therapeutics to treat cancer and hepatitis, today announced that Novelos entered into a definitive agreement with Purdue Pharma L.P., an...</description>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;LOS ANGELES-(Business Wire)-August 25, 2009 - AIDS Healthcare Foundation: &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class=&quot; bwtextaligncenter&quot;&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;table cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;bwtablebottommargin&quot; id=&quot;t6035696_1&quot;&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td class=&quot;bwcellpaddingleft0 bwverticalaligntop bwtextalignleft&quot; id=&quot;t6035696_1_0_677600&quot;&gt; &lt;p...</description>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;BALTIMORE-(Business Wire)-August 25, 2009 - Profectus BioSciences, Inc. (Profectus), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel vaccine candidates for serious chronic infections, announced today it has entered into a research collaboration agreement with the...</description>
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			<title>HHS Secretary Sebelius Announces Intent to Appoint Dr. Helene Gayle as Chair of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS at 2009 National HIV Prevention Conference</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-August 24, 2009 - Today, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius announced her intent to appoint Helene Gayle, MD, MPH to serve as the Chair of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS. Secretary Sebelius made the announcement in Atlanta at the...</description>
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							&lt;p&gt; BioAlliance Pharma SA (Paris:BIO), a company dedicated to the treatment and supportive care of cancer and AIDS patients, today announced that Loramyc&lt;sup&gt;®&lt;/sup&gt; has obtained Marketing Authorization in Switzerland for the treatment of...</description>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;NEWTON, Mass.-(Business Wire)-August 24, 2009 - &lt;b&gt;Novelos Therapeutics, Inc. (OTCBB: NVLT)&lt;/b&gt;, a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of therapeutics to treat cancer and hepatitis, today announced that Novelos issued approximately 2,100,000 shares of its Common Stock to...</description>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;BOCA RATON, Fla.-(Business Wire)-February 17, 2009 - Nutra Pharma Corp. (OTCBB:NPHC), a &lt;b&gt;biotechnology company&lt;/b&gt; that is &lt;b&gt;developing treatments&lt;/b&gt; for &lt;b&gt;Adrenomyeloneuropathy (AMN)&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;HIV&lt;/b&gt; and &lt;b&gt;Multiple Sclerosis (MS)&lt;/b&gt;, has announced today that its wholly-owned drug discovery...</description>
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			<title>454 Sequencing Identifies Early Stage HIV Drug Resistance-- Low-level Mutations may have Significant Impact on Clinical Outcomes</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;BRANFORD, Conn-(Business Wire)-February 17, 2009 - A research study published online this week in the Journal of Infectious Disease reports that HIV resistance mutations present in as little as 1% of the viral population have a significant impact on clinical outcomes. The paper outlines the...</description>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;BURLINGTON, N.C.-(Business Wire)-February 12, 2009 - Laboratory Corporation of America&lt;sup&gt;®&lt;/sup&gt; Holdings (LabCorp&lt;sup&gt;®&lt;/sup&gt;) (NYSE:LH) announces that it is the first national clinical laboratory to offer HCV PCR testing using a newly FDA approved assay, the Roche COBAS...</description>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;WATERTOWN, Mass.-(Business Wire)-February 11, 2009 - Panacos Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: PANC), today announced the Company’s Chief Medical Officer, Scott McCallister, and the Vice President of Manufacturing Operations, John Richards, will leave Panacos on February 13, 2009. These positions...</description>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;WATERTOWN, Mass.-(Business Wire)-February 11, 2009 - New England Research Institutes, Inc. (NERI), is developing and launching a large, multi-national observational (non-intervention) registry for men with testosterone deficiency, a condition also known as hypogonadism (HG) or androgen...</description>
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			<title>BioAlliance Pharma: 2008 Consolidated Turnover: +134%</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;OAKLAND, Calif.-(Business Wire)-February 9, 2009 - Ramsell Public Health Rx, a pharmacy benefit manager and information management company, today announced the availability of the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) Data Management System, a highly configurable, web-based system designed to...</description>
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			<title>Bioalliance Pharma Presents Results on a New Quinoline Family on HIV Integrase Inhibitors at the 16Th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI)</title>
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							&lt;p&gt; BioAlliance Pharma SA (Paris:BIO), the specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of opportunistic infections in cancer and HIV, announces the presentation of its results on a new quinoline family acting as HIV integrase...</description>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;NAPLES, Fla.-(Business Wire)-February 6, 2009 - &lt;b&gt;Health Management Associates, Inc. (NYSE:HMA) &lt;/b&gt;announced today that on February 23, 2009 it will report results for its fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2008. &lt;/p&gt; 
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;SAN DIEGO-(Business Wire)-February 6, 2009 - Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) announced today that it has reached an agreement in principle for the Genome Center at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis to acquire 21 genome analyzers over the next several months to support the...</description>
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			<title>Progen-Avexa Merger Notice of Meeting and Independent Expert Report</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;BRISBANE, Australia-(Business Wire)-February 5, 2009 - The directors of Progen Pharmaceuticals Limited (“Progen”) (ASX:PGL) (NASDAQ:PGLA) today released the Notice of Meeting regarding the Avexa merger and share buy back and confirmed their unanimous recommendation for the proposed merger...</description>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;MELBOURNE, Australia-(Business Wire)-February 5, 2009 - Avexa Limited (ASX:AVX) today released the Independent Expert’s Report prepared by Lonergan Edwards &amp;amp; Associates Limited. The report was commissioned for the purposes of Avexa shareholders’ assessment of the proposed merger of...</description>
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			<title>March 15th: Actor, Activist Blair Underwood to Join Thousands for Florida AIDS Walk 2009</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla.-(Business Wire)-February 5, 2009 - AIDS Healthcare Foundation: &lt;/p&gt; &lt;table cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;bwtablebottommargin&quot; id=&quot;t5888969_1&quot;&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td class=&quot;bwcellpaddingleft0 bwverticalaligntop bwtextalignleft&quot; id=&quot;t5888969_1_0_26600&quot;&gt; &lt;p class=&quot;bwcellparagraphmargin...</description>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK-(Business Wire)-February 5, 2009 - Standard &amp;amp; Poor’s announced today that it has commenced Factual Stock Report coverage on GeoVax Labs, Inc. &lt;/p&gt; 
							&lt;p&gt; GeoVax Labs, Inc. (BB:GOVX), is a biotechnology company developing human vaccines for diseases caused by HIV-1 and other...</description>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;SAN DIEGO-(Business Wire)-February 5, 2009 - Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) unveiled a development roadmap for its Genome Analyzer system that charts a path to generate greater than 95 Gigabases of high quality data per run in 2009. This roadmap, which was presented at a user-group meeting at...</description>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.-(Business Wire)-February 5, 2009 - MEDNAX, Inc. (NYSE:MD), the national medical group providing newborn, maternal-fetal, pediatric subspecialty and anesthesia physician services, today reported earnings per share of 85 cents for the 2008 fourth quarter, or 81 cents on a...</description>
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			<title>Research and Markets: Iran Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Report Q1 2009 - In the Past Five Years Iran's Authorities Spent Around US$20mn on HIV/AIDS Control and Education</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;ROCKVILLE, Md.-(Business Wire)-February 4, 2009 - Omnia Biologics, Inc. (Rockville, MD) and Sumagen Co., Ltd. (London, ON) today jointly announced the successful completion of cGMP manufacture of Sumagen’s HIV/AIDS vaccine for a Phase I clinical trial. Safe, effective vaccines for HIV...</description>
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			<title>MEDNAX, Inc. Acquires Neonatal Practice</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.-(Business Wire)-February 4, 2009 - MEDNAX, Inc. (NYSE:MD) today announced that it has completed the acquisition of a neonatal group based in Arlington, Texas. &lt;/p&gt; 
							&lt;p&gt; Arlington Neonatal Intensive Care, P.A., is a two-physician practice that staffs the Level III...</description>
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			<title>Aethlon Medical Provides Clinical Update at International Conference on Dialysis</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;SAN DIEGO-(Business Wire)-February 3, 2009 - Aethlon Medical, Inc. (OTCBB:AEMD) disclosed today that its Chief Science Officer, Dr. Richard H. Tullis presented a clinical report on the Aethlon Hemopurifier® to Nephrologists attending the International Conference on Dialysis on January 29th...</description>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;PALO ALTO, Calif.-(Business Wire)-February 3, 2009 - Affymax, Inc. (Nasdaq:AFFY) today announced that Arlene Morris, president and chief executive officer, will present at the 11&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; Annual BIO CEO &amp;amp; Investor Conference on Tuesday, February 10, 2009, at 2:15 p.m. ET at the Waldorf...</description>
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			<title>AHF: Senate Democrats Allow HIV Testing To Be Stripped From Stimulus</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-February 3, 2009 - &lt;a rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; href=&quot;http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aidshealth.org%2F&amp;amp;esheet=5886319&amp;amp;lan=en_US&amp;amp;anchor=AIDS+Healthcare+Foundation&amp;amp;index=1&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;AIDS Healthcare Foundation&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (AHF), the...</description>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;FOSTER CITY, Calif.-(Business Wire)-February 2, 2009 - Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq:GILD) today announced the promotion of Andrew Cheng, MD, PhD to the newly created role of Senior Vice President, Development Operations. In this role, Dr. Cheng will be responsible for Gilead’s biometrics...</description>
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			<title>Cenix BioScience Signs Research Agreement with Boehringer Ingelheim for RNAi-Based Target Discovery</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;DRESDEN, Germany-(Business Wire)-February 2, 2009 - Cenix BioScience GmbH, a leading RNA interference (RNAi)-focused contract research organization, today announced that it has signed a research agreement to support Boehringer Ingelheim in its ongoing efforts to discover novel therapeutic drug...</description>
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			<title>ZOLL Announces Filing of Patent Infringement Suit Against Alsius Corporation and Alsius Medical Corporation</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;CHELMSFORD, Mass.-(Business Wire)-January 30, 2009 - ZOLL Medical Corporation (Nasdaq GS: ZOLL), a manufacturer of resuscitation devices and related software solutions, announced today that it had filed a lawsuit against Alsius Corporation (Nasdaq: ALUS) and Alsius Medical Corporation in the...</description>
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			<title>Progen-Avexa Merger Update</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;BRISBANE, Australia-(Business Wire)-January 30, 2009 - The directors of Progen Pharmaceuticals Limited (“Progen”) (ASX:PGL) (NASDAQ:PGLA) confirm their unanimous recommendation for the proposed merger with Avexa Limited (“Avexa”) (ASX:AVX). The board believes that the current merger...</description>
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			<title>AHF Applauds Senator Harkin for Championing HIV Testing in Stimulus Bill</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-January 30, 2009 - &lt;a rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; href=&quot;http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aidshealth.org%2F&amp;amp;esheet=5884185&amp;amp;lan=en_US&amp;amp;anchor=AIDS+Healthcare+Foundation&amp;amp;index=1&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;AIDS Healthcare Foundation&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (AHF), the...</description>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;LOS ANGELES-(Business Wire)-January 29, 2009 - A video parody criticizing &lt;b&gt;Abbott Laboratories Inc.&lt;/b&gt; for its AIDS drug pricing mysteriously disappeared from YouTube today after 36 hours and 902 views. &lt;a rel=&quot;nofollow...</description>
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			<title>Photo of AIDS Healthcare Foundation Advocates and Chicago-Area Activists Protesting Abbott Laboratories' AIDS Drug Prices in Mexico and Colombia is Available on Business Wire's Web Site and AP PhotoExpress</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;CHICAGO-(Business Wire)-January 28, 2009 - &lt;b&gt;AIDS Healthcare Foundation advocates, joined by Chicago-area medical student activists and the Chicago Women's AIDS Project, protested today outside the Lake Forest, IL home of Abbott Laboratories' CEO Miles D. White over the company's AIDS drug...</description>
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			<title>Orlando-based Health Initiative Wins National Award for HIV Prevention and Continuum of Care to Individuals</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;PHOENIX-(Business Wire)-January 28, 2009 - Orlando Health has been honored by the Premier healthcare alliance with the 17&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; Annual Monroe E. Trout Premier Cares Award for its Help Understand and Guide Me (HUG-Me) program, which provides comprehensive HIV care to individuals in...</description>
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			<title>Join the Twin Cities Oscar Night® America Party to Benefit the Minnesota AIDS Project</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;MINNEAPOLIS-(Business Wire)-January 28, 2009 - The excitement and glamour of Hollywood are coming to Minneapolis on Oscar Night. Twin Cities residents can experience the thrills and surprises of the 81st&lt;sup&gt; &lt;/sup&gt;Academy Awards&lt;sup&gt;® &lt;/sup&gt;on Sunday, February 22, 2009, at Minnesota’s own...</description>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;CHICAGO-(Business Wire)-January 28, 2009 - As part of an ongoing multinational campaign to lower drug prices and improve access to lifesaving AIDS treatments globally, AIDS advocates from three countries—&lt;b&gt;Colombia&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;Mexico&lt;/b&gt; and the &lt;b&gt;United States&lt;/b&gt;—are holding simultaneous...</description>
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			<title>IVAX Diagnostics Announces Appointment of Charles R. Struby as Chief Executive Officer and President</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;MIAMI-(Business Wire)-January 27, 2009 - IVAX Diagnostics, Inc. (AMEX:IVD) announced today that Charles R. Struby, Ph.D., has been appointed its Chief Executive Officer and President following the resignation of its prior Chief Executive Officer and President, Paul F. Kennedy, who resigned from...</description>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;LOS ANGELES-(Business Wire)-January 27, 2009 - &lt;a rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; href=&quot;http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aidshealth.org%2F&amp;amp;esheet=5881571&amp;amp;lan=en_US&amp;amp;anchor=AIDS+Healthcare+Foundation&amp;amp;index=1&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;AIDS Healthcare Foundation&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;(AHF...</description>
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			<title>Altarum Acquires KAI Research, Inc.</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;ANN ARBOR, Mich.-(Business Wire)-January 27, 2009 - Altarum Institute President and CEO Lincoln Smith announced today that Altarum has purchased Rockville, Maryland-based KAI Research, Inc. (KAI). KAI will become a for-profit, wholly-owned subsidiary and will continue to operate from its...</description>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;SEATTLE-(Business Wire)-January 26, 2009 - Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill &amp;amp; Melinda Gates Foundation, today released his first Annual Letter on the work of the foundation—a candid and personal appraisal of the foundation’s efforts to date that also identifies his priorities for the...</description>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;SAN DIEGO-(Business Wire)-January 26, 2009 - Aethlon Medical, Inc. (OTCBB:AEMD) announced today that it has completed the “first-in-man” study of a medical device to treat Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), the disease that causes Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). In the study...</description>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;GENT, Belgium &amp;amp; NEW YORK-(Business Wire)-January 26, 2009 - The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) and Algonomics today announced a collaboration to modify an HIV protein in order to improve immune responses elicited by HIV vaccine candidates that include the protein as an insert...</description>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-January 24, 2009 - &lt;a rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; href=&quot;http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aidshealth.org%2F&amp;amp;esheet=5879102&amp;amp;lan=en_US&amp;amp;anchor=AIDS+Healthcare+Foundation+%28AHF%29&amp;amp;index=1&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a...</description>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;ALAMEDA, Calif.-(Business Wire)-January 22, 2009 - Celera Corporation (NASDAQ:CRA) announced today that it will issue fourth quarter calendar 2008 financial results on Tuesday, February 17, 2009. Results are scheduled for release after the close of trading on the NASDAQ stock market. Kathy...</description>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla.-(Business Wire)-January 22, 2009 - &lt;a rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; href=&quot;http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aidshealth.org%2F&amp;amp;esheet=5876816&amp;amp;lan=en_US&amp;amp;anchor=AIDS+Healthcare+Foundation+%28AHF%29&amp;amp;index=1&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;AIDS Healthcare Foundation...</description>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;PHNOM PENH, Cambodia-(Business Wire)-January 22, 2009 - The Royal Government of Cambodia has awarded its prestigious &lt;b&gt;“Royal Order of Sahametrei” &lt;/b&gt;to &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Dr. Chinkholal Thangsing, Asia Pacific Bureau Chief of AIDS Healthcare Foundation.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt; The ‘Royal Order of Sahametrei’ is...</description>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;WATERTOWN, Mass.-(Business Wire)-January 21, 2009 - Panacos Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: PANC), a biotechnology company dedicated to developing the next generation of antiviral therapeutic products, today announced that Myriad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has acquired Panacos' rights and assets with...</description>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;SAN FRANCISCO &amp;amp; MELBOURNE, Australia-(Business Wire)-January 15, 2009 - &lt;a rel=&quot;nofollow...</description>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla.-(Business Wire)-January 13, 2009 - Following a competitive bid process among three potential finalists, Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) today issued an ‘intent to award’ notice regarding its ten year old Florida Medicaid HIV/AIDS Disease...</description>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;SAN DIEGO-(Business Wire)-January 12, 2009 - Illumina (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced that researchers at Duke University Medical Center will utilize Illumina’s Genome Analyzer to study the resistance to HIV infection among 50 individuals that were highly exposed to the virus, but who remain...</description>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;LOS ANGELES-(Business Wire)-January 11, 2009 - Larry Flynt is asking the taxpayers of this country to pay for his reckless, greed driven sexual exploitation of his &quot;actors&quot; and by extension, the public's lives. Flynt, the Porn King of America, is Public Health Enemy Number One regarding HIV/AIDS...</description>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind.-(Business Wire)-January 9, 2009 - Kylin Therapeutics announces plans to further develop a Purdue University technology that could allow physicians to target drug delivery for treatment of diseases ranging from AIDS to cancer. &lt;/p&gt; 
							&lt;p&gt; The life sciences firm received a...</description>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;COLUMBIA, Md.-(Business Wire)-January 8, 2009 - &lt;a rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; href=&quot;http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fosiris.com%2F&amp;amp;esheet=5866489&amp;amp;lan=en_US&amp;amp;anchor=Osiris+Therapeutics%2C+Inc&amp;amp;index=1&quot;&gt;Osiris Therapeutics, Inc&lt;/a&gt;. (NASDAQ:OSIR) today announced...</description>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;BURLINGTON, N.C.-(Business Wire)-January 6, 2009 - Laboratory Corporation of America&lt;sup&gt;®&lt;/sup&gt; Holdings (LabCorp&lt;sup&gt;®&lt;/sup&gt;) (NYSE: LH) today announced that David P. King, Chief Executive Officer, is scheduled to speak at the Goldman Sachs Healthcare Conference in New York City, NY...</description>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;SEATTLE-(Business Wire)-January 6, 2009 - ZymoGenetics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZGEN) announced today that Douglas E. Williams, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of ZymoGenetics, will provide an update on company activities at the 27th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco on Wednesday...</description>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;BETHLEHEM, Pa.-(Business Wire)-January 5, 2009 - OraSure Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:OSUR) today announced that Douglas A. Michels, President and Chief Executive Officer, will speak to the investment community at the Eleventh Annual Needham Growth Conference in New York at approximately 10:30 am...</description>
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