MissionIR Articles

Puget Technologies recently announced that it had completed the acquisition of B-29 Energy, Inc., an energy supplement manufacturer. Materials supplied by Puget show a sales growth in energy drinks, up 60% between 2008 and 2012,…

Leading provider of unified communications, ShoreTel announced that it has been chosen as a recipient of the 2013 Internet Telephony Excellence Awards, presented by INTERNET TELEPHONY® magazine, for its Sky® cloud-based communications solution. ShoreTel® was…

Development-stage medical device company SafeStitch Medical and privately held company TransEnterix announced they have closed SafeStitch’s previously announced acquisition of TransEnterix. It is planned that the newly combined company will be called TransEnterix, subject to…

Prospect Global Resources, which controls a superb 90k acre site (state and private leases) in eastern Arizona’s Holbrook Basin that hosts a nice, relatively shallow potash deposit (around which the company intends to construct a state-of-the-art…

Northern Merchant Services, part of the Calpian group of companies offering transaction services and technologies to merchants around the country, is considered a top provider of processing equipment and solutions for card and cardless processing,…

Transition Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics for diseases with large end markets. The company’s lead drug candidate is ELND005 for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and bipolar disorder. It is also developing…

ADDvantage Technologies Group announced the recruitment of three industry veterans to the company’s new sales management team, with aims to increase market share. Eric Himes, Tony Garling and Jerry Scheliga will each join as salespeople.…

Top Image Systems announced it has, along with its distributor Integrity Software, secured a deal with Mul-T-Lock, an international manufacturer of locking systems for commercial, residential, and automotive applications. Mul-T-Lock will be deploying eFLOW5, which…

Social media has penetrated nearly every avenue of the business world. From the release of company news and spreading brand awareness to bridging employee/employer communication and employee recruitment, the applications for social media in the…

Genetic Technologies announced this week that it has received its Clinical Laboratory Permit from the New York State Department of Health. In late July, the DoH Clinical Laboratory Evaluation Program inspected the company’s Melbourne laboratories;…

Regenerative medicine biotechnology company BioTime announced it has received approval from The Spanish Agency of Medicines and Medical Devices (AEMPS) to commence human clinical trials of Renevia. Renevia is a unique biomaterial used as a…

Swisher Hygiene is a leading provider of essential hygiene and sanitizing products and services. The company provides services globally to a range of customers through a network of company-owned operations, franchises, and master licensees. Its…

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…