Simbionix Increases Product Offerings for OB/GYN Physicians

CLEVELAND and ZURICH, Switzerland - Simbionix and VirtaMed Have Joined Forces to Provide OB/GYN Surgeons
the Most Advanced Training System for Endoscopic Surgery

TriPollar(TM) POSE(TM) Introduces the Non-Invasive Home-Use Solution to a Sculpted Body

TEL AVIV - New Clinical Device for Body Generates Inch-Loss, Cellulite Reduction
and the Tightening of Lax Skin

Recession leads 1 in 3 Smokers to cut Down or Quit

LONDON - New research released to mark No Smoking Day (11 March) shows more than
one in three (36%) of the nine million smokers in Great Britain are thinking
about or planning to cut down or quit as a direct result of the economic
downturn. The poll also shows that one in ten (9%) will be taking the first
step and making a quit attempt on No Smoking Day.

“I’m In” - Duncan Bannatyne Judges “Switch Ash for Cash” Schools Competition

LONDON - With Photo

To mark this year’s No Smoking Day, three ‘mini’ entrepreneurs today went
head-to-head to win a GBP2,000 investment from TV Dragon Duncan Bannatyne. In
a re-enactment of the TV challenge, the school children faced their toughest
challenge yet when they presented their big ideas on how they could encourage
parents to give up smoking.

Shire Announces Launch of FOSRENOL(R) in Japan

DUBLIN - Availability of Non-Calcium, Non-Resin FOSRENOL(R) Gives New
Therapy Choice for the Management of Hyperphosphataemia in End-Stage Renal
Disease Patients(1) in Japan

Medical Insurance Coverage in Africa a Possible Key to Improved Healthcare Access, States Frost & Sullivan

CAPE TOWN, South Africa - The medical insurance industry in key Sub-Saharan African countries such
as Kenya, Tanzania, Ghana, Zambia, and Malawi is currently in an
introductory-to-medium growth stage. There is, however, an increasing level
of awareness of the benefits of medical insurance cover among members of the
public.

Thomson Reuters Publishes Pharma Matters White Paper, ‘The Five Myths of Generic Competition’

PHILADELPHIA and LONDON - Unique Survey Shows Much Room for Originator Pharmaceutical Companies
to Improve Their Understanding of Generic Competition

Further 100 Million Euros Allocated to Netherlands-Based R&D Targeting the Early Diagnosis and Treatment of Disease

EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands - The Center for Translational Molecular Medicine (CTMM) - the Dutch
public-private partnership committed to the research and development of new
techniques for the diagnosis and treatment of major diseases - today
announced that eight new research projects will receive funding from the
CTMM. It means that almost 250 million Euros have now been allocated to
Netherlands-based translational projects that could radically improve patient
outcomes for diseases such as Alzheimer’s, rheumatoid arthritis, sepsis,
cardiovascular disorders and the most important forms of cancer.

IEEE Celebrates Its 125th Anniversary Presenting Emerging, World Changing Technologies During Its ‘Embracing Human Technology Interactions’ Media Event

PISCATAWAY, New Jersey - Event Features Panel Discussion on Technologies That Will Change the
Way Humans Interact with Machines, the World and Each Other