MissionIR Articles

Biotech firms Santarus and Pharming Group NV announced yesterday that they have reached agreement with the FDA on a Special Protocol Assessment (SPA) regarding design of their Phase III clinical study of their investigational drug…

CAMAC Energy is a Texas-based energy exploration, development, and production company, with oil and gas interests in Nigeria and China. Their Nigerian interests are in OML 120 and 121, offshore oil leases in deepwater Nigeria…

SMART Modular Technologies, a major driving force behind the technical evolution of advanced solid-state drives (SSDs) and high speed memory modules, designed chiefly for empowering enterprise-class storage application frameworks, reported the debut of the Company’s…

ZST Digital Networks Inc., a major developer, manufacturer and supplier of digital and optical network equipment to cable system operators and provider of GPS tracking devices and support services for transport-related enterprises in China, yesterday…

Akorn Inc., a niche generic pharmaceutical company, reported financial results for the first quarter of 2011, reflecting inclusion of revenues from the company’s Akorn-Strides LLC joint venture. Consolidated revenue for the first quarter of 2011…

D. Medical Industries Ltd., an Israeli medical device company engaged through its subsidiaries in the research, development, manufacture and sale of innovative products for diabetes treatment and drug delivery, announced today that it has worked…

Merge Healthcare, Inc. recently announced that it had been selected by West Virginia hospital Mon General for cardiology imaging and information solutions. Mon General will be replacing their current cardiology imaging systems with equipment from…

TGC Industries, Inc., a provider of seismic data acquisition services with operations throughout the continental United States and Canada, today posted its financial results for the second quarter and first half of fiscal 2011. Revenues…

Allied Healthcare International Inc., a leading homecare provider of health and social care in the UK and Ireland, announced it will be acquired by Saga Group Ltd. for $175 million, or $3.90 per share, representing…

Acorn Energy, Inc., an energy technology holding company, today announced a definitive agreement for the sale of its subsidiary CoaLogix for $101 million to funds managed by private equity firm, Energy Capital Partners (“ECP”). Acorn…

French firm Technicolor is set to acquire key Cinedigm assets and a minimum of 300 incremental satellite roof rights. The plan is part of Technicolor’s deployment of its North American digital cinema equipment and will…

Ballard Power Systems announced execution of a collaboration agreement between Delta Power Solutions of India and Ballard’s wholly-owned subsidiary Dantherm Power to market clean energy power solutions using fuel cells in India. The deal is…

Spectranetics Corp., developer of single-use medical devices for the treatment of the cardiovascular system, today reported financial results for the second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2011. Revenue for the second quarter of…

Wouldn’t an investor that owned 10-20% of a company be entitled to management’s attention? Of course he would as his or her decisions could easily have a material effect on the company’s operations and ability…

This week’s biggest IPO offered some hot trading Wednesday as shares of Dunkin’ Brands Group, the parent company of Dunkin’ Donuts, soared well past its $19 IPO price, to close at nearly $27.85, based on…

Pittsburgh-based Mastech Holdings Inc. is a nationwide provider of information technology and specialized healthcare staffing services to hospitals and other healthcare facilities. The company announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31,…

Trius Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of innovative antibiotics for life-threatening infections, today announced that Bayer Healthcare will pay $25 million upfront as well as 25 percent of…

Recently, Unilife Corp. took its Unifill® prefilled safety syringe to the APIC Conference in order to give the U.S. healthcare workers in attendance a sneak preview of this revolutionary device. Unilife was honored to have…

iPass, Inc., a company managing mobile connectivity for large enterprises and global service providers using mobility and cloud services, announced its expansion of Wi-Fi hotspot coverage in 10 Indian cities, including Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Kolkata,…

Juhl Wind, a bold and established leader in developing community based wind power projects in the US/Canada, reported today signing of a letter of intent with Montana-based sustainable/smart grid-ready energy storage solutions developer Zinc Air,…