October 4

MELBOURNE, Australia, October 4, 2011 - Vix is pleased to announce the appointment of Graham Cole CBE, as Chairman of its UK subsidiaries and as a non-executive director for its global holding company.

GENEVA, October 4, 2011 - - Merck Serono to collaborate with Ono for the development and commercialization of ONO-4641, an oral investigational sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) receptor modulator,in Phase II in multiple sclerosis - The companies will also collaborate in Japan on the development and marketing of Stimuvax, Merck Serono's investigational cancer immunotherapycurrently in Phase III clinical development Merck Serono, a division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, today announced the signature of two separate agreements with Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan to strengthen its multiple sclerosis and cancer franchises.

MELBOURNE, Australia, October 4, 2011 - Vix Technology has announced the integration of Vix Technology, Vix ERG and VIX ACIS into one business and one brand: Vix.

SAN MATEO, California, October 4, 2011 - - First Showcase of End-to-End, Continuously Running, Smart Metering Solution in IBM's E&U Industry Solution Center in Europe; Integration with SAP Enables On-demand Provisioning and Billing Processes; Live Demonstration of World's First Smart Grid Appliance eMeter, a global smart grid software platform provider, today announced that eMeter EnergyIP meter data management software (MDMS) platform , an SAP-qualified business solution (NYSE: SAP), has been integrated at IBM's (NYSE: IBM) Energy & Utilities Industry Solution Center in La Gaude, France.

WOKINGHAM, England, October 4, 2011 - Safer, Faster and Smarter Medication Labelling Anywhere Syringes Are Prepared PRISYM ID Limited, a leading provider of labelling and identification solutions, announced today a sole distribution agreement for England, Wales and Scotland with Codonics to supply a safe labelling system - the Codonics Safe Label System SLS 500i - to healthcare organizations.