ASIP - Schweizerischer Pensionskassenverband
- Indication: The performance of Swiss pension funds in 2007 can be downloaded free of charge under: http://www.presseportal.ch/de/pm/100005511/?langid=2 - Zurich (ots) - The performance comparison carried out on behalf of the ...
- Note: The entire press release with graphics can be downloaded free of charge in pdf format at http://www.presseportal.ch/de/pm/100009835?langid=2 - Geneva and Zurich among the world's ten most expensive retail locations Zurich (ots) - Not only are high-class watch and fashion manufacturers using the high demand for luxury products as ...
Baar, Switzerland (ots) - Manas Petroleum Corporation (MNAP.OB) is pleased to announce the results of a Resource Evaluation prepared by Gustavson Associates LLC regarding Manas Petroleum's blocks A, B,D and E in Albania. The Report considers the licenses 8 primary and recognized prospects identified from ...
- Note: The entire press release with graphics (in German) can be downloaded free of charge in pdf format at http://www.presseportal.ch/de/pm/100009835 - Zurich, the city with the highest rents among German-speaking countries and the highest turnovers worldwide Zurich, Switzerland( ots) - Along ...
- The complete research study can be dowloaded free of charge as a pdf at http://www.presseportal.ch/de/pm/100013870/adecco_institute/?langid=2 - First-ever joint European-Chinese study on the Chinese Labor Market illustrates modernization ...
Zurich (ots) - Clear owner strategies and systematic equity management are prerequisites for sustainability In 2006, many Swiss banks increased the value they create for their owners. However, over a seven-year observation period only a small number succeeded in turning their capital to profitable use and achieving profitable growth. These are the findings reached by the Zurich corporate consultancy firm IFBC in ...
Freising-Weihenstephan (ots) - Pieris AG, a biopharmaceutical company developing Anticalins®, a novel class of targeted human protein therapeutics, today announced the appointment of Dr Angelika Stern as Chief Operating Officer to the Company. Pieris has also announced the promotion with immediate effect of ...
Lugano (ots) - Oral Formulations of 5-HT3 receptor Antagonists Represent Approximately 10% of the Day-of-Chemotherapy Market - Helsinn Healthcare SA, a privately owned Swiss pharmaceutical group, and its partner MGI PHARMA, INC., (Nasdaq: MOGN), a biopharmaceutical company focused in oncology and acute care, ...
Basel (ots) - Tobacco or Health. This is not a question but a revelation. Each year, over 5 million people globally die from the consequences of active and passive tobacco consumption - over 650 000 people in the European Union alone. About 8 000 people die per year in Switzerland as a consequence. What are ...
Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany (ots) - Pieris AG, a bio-pharmaceutical company developing Anticalins®, a novel class of targeted human protein therapeutics, today announced successful completion of a series of preclinical studies validating the use of Anticalins® in ophthalmologic disease. The studies reported by Pieris relate to PRS-055, an ...
IEC International Electrotechnical Commission
This news release replaces that of July 17,2007: Please note the corrected numbers in the first paragraph. Geneva (ots) - Studies in the USA indicate that the world's electrical consumption is set to rise to 30 000 billion kWh by 2030 from 15 400 billion kWh in 2006. Governments and utilities today need to plan to supply large amounts of electrical energy ...
Barcelona (ots) - New Results Represent Additional Data From a Study Showing Superior Efficacy of ORENCIA or Infliximab Compared to Placebo at Six Months Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) today announced additional study results providing evidence of the efficacy and durability of response of ORENCIA(R) (abatacept) through 12 months in adults with ...
Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) Therapy in Inadequately Responding Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Barcelona (ots) - According to a new study, it is possible to safely switch directly to ORENCIA® from anti-TNF therapy in rheumatoid arthritis patients who have had an inadequate response to anti-TNF therapy. The results were announced today by Bristol-Myers ...
Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce & The Boston Consulting Group
Zurich (ots) - One third of the Swiss GDP is at stake in the international competition around business locations. For Switzerland, five key measures are crucial to win the battle. Multinational companies, accounting for 34% of the total GDP, are very important to the Swiss economy. The Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce and The Boston Consulting Group have ...
Freising-Weihenstephan (ots) - Pieris AG, a bio-pharmaceutical company developing therapeutic products comprising of Anticalins®, a novel proprietary class of human binding proteins, announced today it has demonstrated potent anti-tumor activity of PRS-050. The positive results with PRS-050, a VEGF-specific ...
Prion proteins found in commercial milk Schlieren (ots) - In a first-time global breakthrough, a Swiss start-up firm has succeeded in detecting prion proteins in the milk of humans, cows, sheep, and goats. This again raises the question of a "mad cow disease" risk from drinking milk. Tests are underway to verify disease-causing prions in milk. Prions are known to be causes of neurological conditions such as Mad ...
DLG - German Agricultural Society
Frankfurt (ots) - DLG, the organiser of Agritechnica, has published the results of its 2006 Trendmonitor Survey of nearly 3,000 farmers in six European countries. The findings revealed marked differences in the type of bioenergy sources currently being used by farmers in individual countries and also their ...
Zurich (ots) - Only New York, Hong Kong, Paris, London and Tokyo have retail spaces more expensive than those in Zurich, a city with the world's greatest buying power, highest income per capita as well as the highest standard of living - depending on the ranking used. On Zurich's Bahnhofstrasse, rents reached a ...
The IFBC study on value creation in the Swiss banking industry highlights the importance of keeping shareholders well informed Zurich (ots) - Good corporate governance and a high level of transparency are conducive to the sustainable increase of a company's value. This also applies in the case of Swiss banks, as demonstrated in "Wertschaffung in der Schweizer Bankenbranche" (Value Creation in Swiss Banking Industry), ...
Freising-Weihenstephan/Germany (ots) - Crystallographic analysis of Anticalin® targeting CTLA-4 confirms the excellent suitability of Pieris' lipocalin scaffold to develop superior biotherapeutics Pieris AG, a biopharmaceutical company developing therapeutic products comprising Anticalins®, a novel ...
Lugano (ots) - New evidences confirm the assets of Original Nimesulide(1): multifactorial pharmacological activity, fast analgesic action, proven clinical efficacy Presented at Helsinn Satellite Symposium "A valuable common approach to the treatment of different pain conditions " 12th International Pain Clinic Congress 2006, World Society of Pain Clinicians Turin (Italy), 4-7 July 2006 New ...
- Further Information can bo downloaded at 18.00 hrs on: http://www.presseportal.ch/de/story.htx?firmaid=100010455&lang=2 - Basel (ots) - The metropolitan areas of Western Europe benefited disproportionately from the dot.com boom in the second ...
Glattbrugg (ots) - In the sport of ice hockey, every match forces players to deal with blood, sweat and tears. The lucky ones even win a national championship or two, which they promote with pride. They also wear their missing teeth with honor badges of courage for their fighting spirit. Teeth lost in the battle of sport. But, for the many who are active in biking, horse-back riding, roller-skating or other ...
21st Annual Meeting of the European Association of Urology (EAU), Paris, 5th - 8th April 2006 Treatment with degarelix results in fast, profound and sustained reductions in testosterone and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels without a testosterone surge Paris (ots) - Following the presentation today of the results of the Phase IIb programme with degarelix in prostate cancer, which are in line with previous ...
Gaithersburg, MD (ots) - Authors recommend demonstration projects to show how to best implement HPV testing as primary screen, followed by cytology An analysis of 11 European and North American studies involving more than 60'000 women, published in the April issue of the International Journal of ...
Zurich (ots) - For the first time, the pan-European television survey by UPC (published at www.cablecom.ch/wirueberuns/upc_2005_tv_survey) was conducted in Switzerland this year. The study's most conspicuous findings include high credibility for Swiss public television, as well as Switzerland's ranking as the country with Europe's lowest rate of TV consumption. To ...
Lausanne (ots) - In the Forbes' survey of the Best Business Schools, featured in the September 5 edition of the publication, IMD ranked #2 among 1-year non-US MBA programs. For 2005, the top 1-year, non-US MBA programs as ranked by Forbes were: 1. Insead 2. IMD 3. SDA Bocconi 4. Instituto de Empresa 5. Oxford (Said) The survey ranked schools based on return on investment--meaning compensation ...
Parsippany, NJ (ots) - According to a new study from research and consulting firm InfoTech, the worldwide enterprise communications market has bottomed out and will return to growth in 2004. Total TDM and IP line shipments are projected to increase 6.5% over their 2003 level. Annual growth in the 4% - 9% range is ...
Parsippany, NJ (ots) - According to a new study from InfoTech, a leading market research and consulting firm, global line shipments of IP-PBX systems increased 18% in the third quarter of 2003, compared to the same period a year earlier -- representing 29% of total lines shipped. This gain was not sufficient, ...