Leading DNA vaccine discovery company, Inovio Biomedical Corporation announced that their Scientific Advisory Board Chairman, Dr. David B. Weiner, highlighted advances in the company’s leading electroporation-delivered SynCon™ DNA vaccines at the AIDS Vaccine 2009 Conference in Paris.

The study, led by Dr. Weiner’s team at the University of Pennsylvania, included collaborators from Inovio and Merck. The team previously reported that DNA vaccines delivered using electroporation induced dramatic increases in T-cell and antibody-based immune responses. This collaborative study was the first to directly compare a DNA plasmid-electroporation platform with a recombinant Ad5 vector in an SIV model in non-human primates.

Dr. Weiner presented pre-clinical data showing higher levels of immune responses induced by Inovio’s DNA vaccines than to those induced by the recombinant adenovirus serotype 5 (Ad5) vector. Historically, recombinant Ad5 vector has been shown to be one of the most potent viral vectors for vaccines.

In his presentation, Dr. Weiner also

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Las Vegas CRWENewswire.com is pleased to announce a stock highlight on Dana Resources (OTC.BB:DANR), Power3 Medical Products, Inc. (OTCBB:PWRM), NewMarket Technology, Inc. (Pinksheets:NWMT)

Dana Resources (OTC.BB:DANR), a US-based precious metals exploration and development company, is pleased to announce the initiation of the production program at its Collota gold deposit. Dana Resources currently owns and operates seven mining projects located in Peru’s most prolific mining regions.

About Dana Resources Dana Resources is a precious and base metals exploration company with offices in the United States and Peru. Dana’s management team possesses local knowledge, extensive international connections, a wealth of experience and technical expertise in mining, mining finance, exploration and production. Dana Resources has acquired a portfolio of gold, silver and other precious & base metal properties located in Peru’s most prolific mining regions. With Peru growing as a producer of gold, silver and other metals on the international market, Dana Resources is well

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Allstate (NYSE: ALL), the nation’s largest publicly held personal lines insurer, is reaching out to job-seekers - especially entrepreneurs investigating second careers. The company has launched a recruitment campaign to attract successful, self-motivated entrepreneurs for a career as an Allstate Exclusive Agent.

Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has developed the world’s largest infrared light-wave detector, expanding current capabilities in missile warning, environmental monitoring and astronomical research. Optimized for space applications, the new “4K-by-4K” focal plane array comprises some 16 million pixels, arranged in 4,096 rows and columns. It is four times larger than infrared detectors currently in production, giving it the ability to collect data from

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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.

Theravance [THRX: 14.54, 0.00 (0.00%)]: On 4/24/09, the FDA accepted as complete for review Theravance’s response to the February 2009 Complete Response Letter (CRL), which outlined requirements for approval of telavancin for the treatment of complicated skin and skin structure infections (cSSSI). Telavancin is

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BioNeutral Group, Inc.’s proprietary Ogiene(TM) formulation is able to entrap and deliver the active chemical environment needed to eradicate a variety of noxious and toxic gases that harm the planet and threaten all who live on it. “This is a multi billion dollar opportunity and the impact will be extremely positive for countless industries across our country,” said Dr. Andy Kielbania, Ph.D., Chief Scientist at BioNeutral Group, Inc. “You can clearly see the results of our Ogiene(TM) formulation in a toxic smoke-filled fire situation illustrated in this field test video.”

Dr. Vasu Kulkarni, Ph.D., who specializes in Chemical and Environmental engineering and is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board added, “While more studies will be required, Ogiene(TM) technology may very well prove to be one of the most important control technologies available to address toxic and hazardous gases and it may extend its reach to address the precursor gases that

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While downside risks remain, the overall outlook for the oil sector has improved in recent days, owing largely to the tentative signs of a supply response to anemic global demand. With demand falling sharply due to worldwide economic problems, inventories started building at a faster rate since last fall.In response, OPEC (which accounts for roughly 40% of all oil supplies) announced a number of production cuts. While there was ample skepticism early on regarding OPEC's ability to enforce the announced cuts, recent evidence suggests a significant level of compliance within the cartel.As such, while oil prices over the coming weeks will track the outlook for the global economy, the commodity's improved supply situation is expected to help prices consolidate around current levels.Natural gas, on the other hand, is a North American story and developments here over the coming months will determine its outlook....

Fidelity National Financial Inc (FNF) shares are experiencing unusually high trading volume. The Jacksonville-based company's stock jumped over 6% at noon.

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Orion Marine Group Inc (OMGI) shares recorded an unusually low trading volume today. Shares rose almost 1% at $12.10 in the afternoon trading.

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Highlights include Apartment Investment (AIV), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), Marriott International (MAR) and Starwood Hotels & Resorts (HOT).The specter that has been haunting the markets is the specter of deflation. Those concerns have been partially assuaged by the release yesterday of the Producer Price Index (PPI) and of the Consumer Price Index today (CPI). The CPI came in at an increase of 0.4% on a headline basis, following a 0.3% rise in January.The increase was largely the result of higher energy costs, particularly for gasoline. Prior to these back-to-back increases, the headline CPI had declined for 3 straight months, by 0.8% in December and October, and by 1.7% in November. The fears that we were headed into deflation were clearly not unfounded.However, those declines were due to the collapse in energy prices. The Core CPI, which strips out volatile ...

Allied World Assurance Holdings Ltd.(AWH) jumped nearly 5% at midday to break through a short-term level of resistance at $38.04. This Zacks#1 Rank (“Strong buy”) stock is now trading above both indicators and its natural support level at $36.74. AWH beat the consensus estimate in 3 of the last 4 quarters.

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