MissionIR Articles

Specialty pharmaceutical company Catalyst Pharmaceutical Partners announced that Firdapse (amifampridine phosphate), the company’s investigational product, has received “Breakthrough Therapy Designation” from the FDA for the symptomatic treatment of patients with Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome (LEMS). Firdapse…

Virtual Piggy, innovator in safe youth payments, announced earlier today that it will be providing its youth-friendly payment platform to Mobile Chilli. This partnership will allow Mobile Chilli to offer users under the age of…

RackForce Networks, Canada’s leading provider of VMware-based Hybrid Cloud and Hosting Services, will grow its highly dependable infrastructure and ICT services through a partnership with Mitel® to deliver cloud-based communications and collaboration services specifically designed…

InVivo Therapeutics Holdings is a medical technology company focused on utilizing polymers as a platform technology to develop treatments to improve function in patients paralyzed as a result of traumatic spinal cord injury. In 2011,…

Response Genetics, a CLIA-certified clinical laboratory focused on the development and sale of molecular diagnostic testing services for cancer, has acquired the core assets of Pathwork Diagnostics, including its FDA-cleared cancer diagnostic test, for a…

Public relations and social media agency Matter Communications announced earlier today that it is the Agency of Record (AOR) for LoJack Corporation, the company that pioneered the Stolen Vehicle Recovery market. LoJack selected the agency…

Through the exclusive channel collaboration (ECC) between Oragenics and synthetic biology company Intrexon, preliminary experiments are demonstrating that a genetically modified (GM) host can be engineered to produce improved titers of MU1140 – OGEN’s lead…

China Commercial Credit has amassed a considerable microcredit empire in the thriving eastern coastal province of Jiangsu. Founded only five years ago, the company now services over 360 SME (small-to-medium enterprise) clients, as well as…

Hansen Medical, one of the top companies on the planet in intravascular robotic and electrophysiology systems, reported today on the successful closure of a long-term debt agreement with San Francisco-based, SEC-registered specialty lending products and…

Leader in developing functionally and nutritionally valuable plant-based proteins, Burcon NutraScience (TSX:BU) (Nasdaq:BUR), has completed the startup and commissioning of its semi-works plant in Winnipeg for its pea protein Peazazz®, meeting initial scheduling goals. The…

CHTP has made a stellar climb in 2013. After printing new highs earlier this month, the stock has retraced back to the 50-day moving average, but is back on the climb and possibly readying to…

Diana Containerships, a shipping company specializing in owning and operating containerships worldwide, announced that, by way of a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, it accepted the delivery of the m/v “Puelo,” a 6,500 TEU capacity Post-Panamax container…

Duma Energy, accelerating its plans for rapid growth, increased revenue, cash flow and reserves, has signed a Letter of Intent to acquire 100% of the outstanding stock of Houston-based Hydrocarb Corporation. In August last year,…

Leading manufacturer and distributor of dental lasers BIOLASE announced earlier today that it has impressively reached over a 100,000 likes on its corporate Facebook page. The social media milestone is an exciting one for the…

Today, MeetMe® Inc., the public market leader in social discovery, announced that Richard Friedman will join the company as its Chief Technology Officer on September 3, 2013. Mr. Friedman previously worked for MeetMe as its…

Abakan is an emerging leader in the advanced coatings and metals formulations market. Its technology portfolio includes high-speed, large-area metal cladding technology; long-life nanocomposite anti-corrosion and anti-wear coating materials; and high-strength, lightweight metal composites. Its…

Extreme Networks, a technology leader in high-performance Ethernet switching for cloud, data center, and mobile networks, announced today that Falcon Broadband has selected the company’s high performance cloud and data center solution as the networking…

Saratoga Resources, the independent E&P focused on their 52k plus gross/net acres on transitional coastline and in-bay territory (parish and state leases) down in Louisiana, as well as the shallow Gulf of Mexico Shelf, was…

World’s Customization Engine®, CafePress, announced the strategic partnership between subsidiary of Molson Coors Brewing Company, Molson Coors Canada (NYSE:TAP), and CafePress Services. Together they currently plan to bring to market Molson Coor’s branded apparel and…

Today, Synacor announced that its SVP of Product, Michael Bishara, has been named to Broadcasting & Cable‘s 2013 Digital All-Stars list. Broadcasting &Cable’s Digital All-Stars list recognizes television industry professionals who harness the power of…