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Monday October 12, 2009

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Today Central Valley Gas Storage, L.L.C., a subsidiary of Nicor Inc. (NYSE: GAS) of Naperville, Illinois, announced that it will hold a non-binding open season for firm storage services beginning April 1, 2012. The open season will begin on October 12, 2009 and extend through November 12, 2009.

Sono-Tek Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: SOTK) today announced sales of $1,683,883 for the three months ended August 31, 2009, compared to sales of $1,605,482 for the prior year period, an

SurModics, Inc. announced yesterday that it has signed an exclusive agreement with the Roche Group and Genentech for the licensing of its proprietary drug delivery system. This agreement will also establish a development process whereby a new, sustained-delivery formulation for the highly successful Lucentis® (ranibizumab) injection will be commercialized and brought to market using SurModics’ technology, logistics and expertise.

This incredibly lucrative agreement includes an initial, up-front licensing fee of $3.5 million, and an estimated $200 million in payments if development of the Lucentis formulation and other products is successful. In addition, the agreement indicates that SurModics will be used to develop and manufacture the drug. With the potential to develop other drugs in the future via this agreement, SurModics will also obtain certain undisclosed royalties on sales of developed products.

Lucentis is the only FDA-approved treatment for neovascular (wet) age-related macular degeneration (ARMD), a degenerative condition of the central retina,

Companies featured in this edition of the newsletter: CUR, CVM, ENZ, IMUC, MBCI, ONEZ, PHC, SVUL

Markets finished in positive territory yet again during this holiday shortened week despite the lack of any significant developments on either the corporate or economic fronts. All told, the Dow gained 164 points to close at 9605, up 1.7% on the week and 9.4% on the year. The Nasdaq gained 3.1% on the week, closing at 2080, up 32% on the year, while the S&P 500 and Russell 2000 gained 2.6% and 4.0% respectively on the week, up 15.4% and 18.8% on the year.

It was a slow week on the corporate side, but there were some healthy signals from the technology sector, as Texas Instruments raised its Q3 outlook, guiding for EPS of between $0.37 and $0.41, up from previous forecasts of $0.29-$0.39. Fed Ex also guided higher, citing cost management and better

ImmunoCellular Therapeutics, Ltd., a Los Angeles-based clinical-stage company that is developing immune based therapies for the treatment of brain and other cancers, recently announced that the company has entered into a research and license option agreement regarding its ICT-69 antibody with Roche Group (SWX: ROG.VX; RO.S, OTCQX: RHHBY). As one of the world’s leading research-focused healthcare groups in the fields of pharmaceuticals and diagnostics, Roche Group will pay royalties to ImmunoCellular Therapeutics based on the company’s worldwide sales of ICT-69 products.

Under the terms of the agreement, ImmunoCellular Therapeutics will license to Roche the rights to investigate the potential of ICT-69 in the diagnosis and treatment of multiple myeloma and ovarian cancer. ICT-69 is one of several monoclonal antibodies currently being developed for multiple cancer indications by ImmunoCellular Therapeutics. Following the evaluation period, Roche has the right to acquire for an option exercise payment a commercial license for ICT-69 from

Below is a summary of updates to the BioMedReports.com database of over 200 entries included in the FDA and Clinical Trial Calendars. The FDA Calendar includes companies with pending new drug, biological agent, or medical device new product decisions at the FDA sorted by their PDUFA decision deadline dates while the Clinical Trial Calendar encompasses pending clinical trial results (with a focus on late-stage, Phase 3 trials), pending new submissions to the FDA (e.g. NDA, BLA, 510k, PMA, sNDA, sBLA filings), and pending re-submissions to the FDA for complete response rulings by the agency which require more information before an approval can be granted.

Allos Therapeutics [ALTH: 7.19, -0.13 (-1.78%)]: On 5/30/09 , ALTH updated data from the Company’s pivotal Phase 2 PROPEL study of pralatrexate in patients with relapsed or refractory peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL). The overall response rate for pralatrexate as evaluated by central independent