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Saturday, December 4, 2004

Fairfield Inn Toronto Airport Hotel Introduces New 2009 Offers, Sales Team, and More

To kick off 2009, this Pearson Airport hotel features discounts for CAA, AAA, and CIBC Visa Infinite Cardholders.

Toronto, Ontario (PRWEB) December 23, 2008

From new hotel packages to new menus, exciting changes abound at the Fairfield Inn Toronto Airport Hotel (http://www. marriott. com/hotels/travel/yyzfs-fairfield-inn-and-suites-toronto-airport/). The hotel continues to provide value and exceptional stays with outstanding hotel deals in the New Year.

Among new offers, CAA and AAA members receive a 25% discount in January, February and March of 2009. The Fairfield Inn Toronto Airport Hotel has partnered with Advantex/CIBC to participate in the CIBC Infinite Hotel Program, allowing CIBC Visa Infinite card holders to secure a complimentary upgrade when they book and pay for their stay with their Visa Infinite card.

Upon arrival at the Pearson Airport hotel (http://www. marriott. com/hotels/hotel-information/travel/yyzfs-fairfield-inn-and-suites-toronto-airport/), guests will enjoy a new menu at the Fairfield Restaurant & Lounge. Introduced on December 15th, the new menu features tantalizing dishes for all tastes.

The Fairfield Inn & Suites offers an excellent venue for meetings and events near Mississauga or Toronto International Centre. Those planning meetings and events will be met with two outstanding additions to the Sales Team. Lory Vincenzi is the new Sales Manager, bringing years of experience in the travel and airline industries, while Leanne Nicholl joined the team as Director of Sales & Marketing, bringing over 8 years of sales experience in the group, corporate and extended stay markets.

For more information about this suite hotel at Toronto Airport (http://www. marriott. com/hotels/hotel-rooms/yyzfs-fairfield-inn-and-suites-toronto-airport/) or to make reservations, visit fairfieldtorontoairport. com or call 905-673-9800.

About the Fairfield Inn & Suites Toronto Airport
Located just minutes away from Toronto Congress Centre, Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott Toronto Airport hotel features 170 stylish guest rooms, including 2-room king suites and luxurious Jacuzzi suites. Complimentary continental breakfast is offered each morning, and the new on-site restaurant, Fairfield Cafe, serves decadent dinners. Amenities include an indoor swimming pool, Jacuzzi, and state-of-the-art health club, in addition to a Business Centre with complimentary wireless internet. The Pearson International Airport hotel offers 1,700 square feet of elegant banquet and meeting space, a 24-hour market place, laundry facilities and a 24-hour complimentary airport shuttle.

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Xoova to Present Profile Manager at Health 2.0 Conference: Offers Doctors the Convenience, Flexibility, and Ease of Use Found Only in Best of Class User-Generated Content Sites

Xoova (pronounced ZU-vah), a comprehensive nationwide directory of physicians and medical services, will be presenting its new Profile Manager at the Health 2.0 Conference in San Francisco today.

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (PRWEB) September 20, 2007

"We've developed a site that's as easy to use as Facebook(TM) or LinkedIn(TM), but is specifically created for doctors to share their clinical expertise and philosophy of care," says Tommy McGloin, CEO of Xoova. "As a charter sponsor of Health 2.0, we felt this would be the natural venue for us to showcase an online tool that enables user-generated content from the physician's point of view."

The Xoova Profile Manager (doctors. xoova. com) is the entry point for doctors to access and update their own profiles and offer online appointment scheduling that doesn't at all interfere or conflict with their own scheduling software. The service is free for both doctors and their patients.

"As President of the New York County Medical Society, I'm always on the lookout for effective ways to help build members' practices," says Margaret Lewin, M. D., F. A.C. P., a Manhattan-based Internist in private practice. "It has been delightful to work with Xoova, which has been most responsive to our (and our patients') needs and concerns."

"Our 34-physician practice maintains its own website, plus offers enhanced profiles on Xoova," says Dr. Bernard Katz, Co-CEO of Santa Monica Bay Physicians. "Frankly, it's becoming more and more critical for doctors to have some degree of control over what appears about them on the Internet. Because Xoova makes it so easy to update our own profiles, we're using it to ensure that our message comes through when patients search for us online."

Patients use Xoova to review content-rich profiles of local physicians that include information about the doctor's education and training, medical practice, treatments offered, types of insurance accepted and other relevant information. Xoova also offers automated reminders and allows patients to download and fill out pre-appointment paperwork in the comfort of their home or office. "With Xoova, we're empowering people with information and tools that improve their access to care," says McGloin. "In an increasingly consumer driven healthcare world, it's essential that doctors have an easy-to-use, effective way to connect with these people."

Doctors and practice managers who wish to access the Xoova Profile Manager to enhance their profiles can email Xoova at doctors@xoova. com.

About Xoova. com

Xoova (www. xoova. com) is an online marketplace for medical services that improves access to care by facilitating a faster, easier and more satisfying healthcare experience for all. Xoova is HIPAA compliant and provides the highest standards in privacy and security. Xoova was recently selected as an official 2007 Webby Award Honoree, was nominated for a "People's Choice Award" from the editors of The Health Care Blog, is affiliated with the Medical Group Management Association, and is endorsed by the Manhattan based New York County Medical Society. Headquartered in Santa Monica, Calif., the privately held company completed Series A financing from Spark Capital in September 2006.

Friday, December 3, 2004

The Secret of Getting Hundred of Low Carb Recipes for Free

The site www. low-carb-diet-recipes. com is an excellent site to find important information regarding how low carb diets can help in weight management, control diabetes and maintain good health. The site thoroughly explains advantages of a low carb diet, how the diet works, and what problems have caused over 60% of Americans to be obese.

Ferndale, WA (PRWEB) June 18, 2008

Low-Carb-Diet-Recipes. com (http://www. low-carb-diet-recipes. com (http://www. low-carb-diet-recipes. com)) has vital information for users interested in becoming healthier. On the right hand side of the homepage there is an extremely efficient topics section which consists of over 200 low carb recipes, explanations on what a low carb diet is, how it works, the type of lifestyle for which a low carb diet would not work for, and an easy to use low carb diet forum where users can discuss their experiences. Each of these sections explains the topic in depth and gives the reader all the information that is necessary for them to understand how a low carb diet works and how it can help improve their health.

One of the great advantages of the site is that it serves multiple purposes. Not only can the user find important information regarding why to use a low carb diet and how it can help them, but it also lets the user view over 240 delicious low carb recipes. The recipes are all easy to make and taste just the same if not better than a meal that is packed with carbs. These recipes are well organized into groups such as main dishes, side dishes, snacks/soups and more, which help users find the recipes that suit them best.

The site (http://www. low-carb-diet-recipes. com (http://www. low-carb-diet-recipes. com)) not only advises you on what kinds of foods are healthy to eat, but it takes it a step further by making an easy to use seven day meal plan. The meal plan features delicious breakfasts, lunches, dinners, and snacks for all seven days of the week. The dishes included in these meals are easy to make and are healthy meals that will help users lose weight, control their diabetes if necessary, and remain healthy.

Www. low-carb-diet-recipes. com is the number one place to learn about the factors that cause low carb diets to be successful;, how to make hundreds of low carb, appetizing meals, and plenty more.

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LaConner New Media sets site on seniors

(PRWEB) May 26, 2000

LACONNER, Wash. Â– LaConner New Media (LNM), producers of SeniorCenter. com and lead providers of Internet services designed for the mature Web surfer, is bridging the gap between senior citizens and the Internet with a plan designed Â“for seniors by seniors.Â”

Â“Our aim is to provide a fully integrated service that will offer relevant and interesting information and services to this underserved market, thus helping to improve their quality of life,Â” said Berry Brunk, LNM Chairman and CEO.

LNM is working to supply Internet access systems and comprehensive training to residents living in senior-focused environments nationwide. More than 1.8 million hardware units are scheduled for deployment during the next five years.

The companyÂ’s complete Internet access solution includes access to the Web from the SeniorCenter. com portal, set-top Internet appliances, remote keyboards, and training for staff and residents. This low-cost Internet access alternative makes it easy and convenient for seniors to view and navigate the Web via personal television.

Seniors are extremely eager to learn about the Internet and what it can offer. Metrics gathered from the Â“alpha deployment,Â” a six-month test of equipment, services and procedures executed on 50 seniors in two states, show the enthusiastic participants spending an average of two to four hours a day using the Internet. Sending e-mail,

Playing games, navigating for topic-specific information and shopping are popular with this group. A second deployment, the Â“beta trial,Â” will give Internet access to over 2000 seniors dwelling in 32 senior housing facilities scattered throughout eight states.

SeniorCenter. com visitors can get up-to-date news and weather; listen to big band, swing or even jazz music; learn about health and Social Security issues; order prescriptions; get legal advice; read tales of travel written by seniors; make travel arrangements; shop without worrying about credit card security; participate in senior chat or topic-based discussions; read daily horoscopes; play casino, board and word games; send e-mails; search the Web and more.

The SeniorCenter. com portal currently generates over 10,000 new visitors per week. LNM generates revenue from monthly Internet service fees, selling ad space, affiliate relationships and the sale of Internet equipment. The company leverages strong competencies in sales to the senior housing industry, Web development and innovative training methods used to accelerate seniorsÂ’ adoption rate to the Internet.

For more information about SeniorCenter. com and LNMÂ’s complete Internet access solution, call toll-free at 1-877-562-1900.

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Contact: Kim Bushor

E-mail: kimb@laconner. com

Fax: (360) 466-1919

ReferenceURLs: www. laconner. com AND www. seniorcenter. com

Wednesday, December 1, 2004

Norwich Pharmaceuticals Introduces Clinical Services Division

Norwich Clinical Services to offer complete CRO expertise, pharmacovigilance capabilities.

Norwich, NY (PRWEB) May 2, 2010

Norwich Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Norwich), a leader in full-service contract development and manufacturing, today announced the formation of Norwich Clinical Services to provide clinical testing capabilities that will further expand the company’s third party services. Norwich Clinical Services will offer a complete range of clinical research capabilities including Phase I – IV trials, bioanalytical studies and pharmacovigilance monitoring services.

“The introduction of Norwich Clinical Services underscores our strategic focus to provide customers with a comprehensive solution for all stages of product life cycle management,” said Doug Drysdale, chief executive officer of Alvogen, a company that includes Norwich Pharmaceuticals and Norwich Clinical Services. “We have assembled the highest level of professional expertise to ensure Norwich Clinical Services matches our tradition of unparalleled quality standards and delivers contract pharmaceutical services with everyday excellence.”

Dr. Saral Thangam, MD, PhD, managing director of Norwich Clinical Services, will lead an experienced team of professionals who each have at least 15 years experience in clinical research and life sciences. Dr. Thangam completed her medical training with an Internal Medicine specialization at Christian Medical College, Vellore, and her PhD in physiology was earned at St. John’s Medical College, Bangalore. Prior to joining Norwich, Dr. Thangam was the managing director of Lotus Labs.

“The Norwich reputation is well known and respected throughout the contract pharmaceutical industry for its focus on quality and customer service, and Norwich Clinical Services will meet and support that benchmark with professionalism, efficiency and stringent adherence to GCP, GLP, CFR part 11 and other applicable regulatory requirements,” commented Dr. Thangam. “Our success will be guided by a team that is highly experienced in clinical research, having completed more than 50 clinical trial programs and 2,000 bioanalytical studies.”

Leadership for Norwich Clinical Services also will include Sudhir Pai, Director, and Dr. Fjalar Kristjansson, PhD, Technical Director. Pai was recognized as Entrepreneur of the Year in 2005 by industry magazine Biospectrum, and Dr. Kristjansson holds a doctorate in Pharmaceutical Chemistry with more than 30 years of experience in life sciences. Norwich Clinical Services expects to employ nearly 100 staff during the next 12 months, including physicians, nurses, biostatisticians, quality assurance and bioanalytical specialists, medical writers and pharmacokineticists.

Norwich Clinical Services initially will offer customers pharmacovigilance monitoring supported by Oracle AERS software, bioanalytical studies utilizing API 4000 LC/MS systems, and medical writing services. An independent, 60-bed, clinical trial facility will open later this year that possesses the instrumentation and expertise to conduct pharmacokinetics in healthy volunteers, bio-availability and bio-equivalence studies, drug metabolism studies, dose proportionality studies and multiple dose studies.

Norwich has been serving the pharmaceutical industry for more than 100 years and is expanding its services to offer a full suite of product development and support services, as well as individualized client services in many areas of specialization. Since 2009, the company has successfully opened new facilities for R&D and pilot scale production.

“We are extremely pleased to be generating new products, services and opportunities at Norwich,” Drysdale said. “Norwich Clinical Services will be a pivotal component for growing our business as we continue to expand capabilities to meet the demands associated with new markets.”

About Norwich Clinical Services
Norwich Clinical Services is a contract provider for bioanalytical, pharmacovigilance and clinical research programs. Norwich Clinical Services combines the customer focus and quality reputation of Norwich Pharmaceuticals to offer a full range of services in various dosage forms including parenterals, suspensions, topical preparations and delayed release formulations. Visit www. norwichpharma. com/clinicalservices (http://www. norwichpharma. com/clinicalservices) for detailed information.

About Norwich Pharmaceuticals
Norwich Pharmaceuticals is a full-service contract development and manufacturing provider for Rx and OTC pharmaceuticals. From clinical services through commercial launch, Norwich applies more than 100 years of experience and an unparalleled compliance record to the development, manufacture, packaging, associated quality services, and distribution of solid dose, semi-solid, and liquid pharmaceutical products. Visit www. norwichpharma. com for additional information.

About Alvogen
Alvogen is a multinational, privately owned pharmaceuticals company, focused on complex generic pharmaceuticals products. The Company is committed to build the next-generation generics company through the strategic selection of products, partners and markets, and the utilization of an effective consolidated global supply chain. Robert Wessman, former CEO of Actavis Group, one of the largest generic companies in the world, is the Executive Chairman and will lead Alvogen´s global expansion. The Group´s product portfolio consists of a broad range of leading molecules for the treatment of conditions in the areas of Oncology, Cardiology, Respiratory, Neurology and Gastroenterology. Alvogen has first-class regulatory, development and manufacturing capabilities in Asia, Europe and North America. Visit www. alvogen. com for additional information.

Media and Business Inquiries:
Joseph Miller
Director, Marketing and Communications
Norwich Pharmaceuticals
Tel: 862.485.0023
E-mail: joe(dot)miller(at)alvogen(dot)com

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Tuesday, November 30, 2004

The Branding Power of Pay-Per-Call Television Advertising for Consumer Products

Performance Marketing is not just about todayÂ’s profits.

(PRWEB) November 9, 2004

Who wouldnÂ’t want to advertise on television and only pay for results? Many advertisers who have used popular pay-per-click programs on the Internet are now discovering that a similar model exists on television known as pay-per-call advertising. This model is quickly changing the face of performance-based advertising as it provides a powerful way for advertisers to generate leads while building mass brand awareness for their products and services.

Joseph Gray, CEO of REVShare, the company credited with establishing the pay-per-call television industry, points out that many companies engaging directly with consumers through the Internet are beginning to do the same through pay-per-call television. As an example, he points out that companies in the consumer goods industry are starting to utilize pay-per-call to offer coupons or free samples via television while building brand.

Â“Commercials without a call to action might be entertaining but when you add a 1-800 number or web site address in a pay-per-call campaign, you are now only paying for consumers who respond while exposing your brand to the entire television audience,Â” says Gray.

According to Gray, Procter & Gamble has used 1-800 numbers to offer discount coupons in television commercials for its Swiffer product line. Household items are a natural fit for pay-per-call advertising because they appeal to a mass market that can easily be reached through the wide diversity of television programming that is available through pay-per-call advertising. The health and beauty industry is also a perfect match for pay-per-call.

Companies that prefer to use television to build their brand but drive leads to their web sites can use a URL in their commercials instead of a 1-800 number. For some campaigns, this eliminates the high cost of call processing.

REVShareÂ’s Vice President of Marketing, Jay Levin, will share strategies for pay-per-call advertising at AD:TECH on November 10th, and at PROMO Expo on November 16, 2004.

TelevisionÂ’s largest broker of performance-based advertising, REVShare (http://www. REVSharetv. com (http://www. REVSharetv. com)) brokers guaranteed media on over 600 stations, the majority belonging to networks such as ABC, NBC, CBS, and FOX.

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James J. Dunn (Most Recently of Wilshire Associates) Named Chief Investment Officer at Wake Forest University

Wake Forest University President Nathan O. Hatch has appointed James J. Dunn as vice president and chief investment officer. He will assume his new duties July 1, 2009. Dunn will manage the university's endowment funds and other financial assets from the Reynolda Campus, Wake Forest University Health Sciences and Reynolda House. The chief investment officer works closely with the president, and also with the Trustee Investment Policy Committee. He will succeed Louis R. Morrell, vice president for investments and treasurer, who will retire June 30. Morrell has served as vice president and treasurer since 1995.

Winston Salem, NC (PRWEB) June 10, 2009

Winston-Salem, North Carolina (PRWEB) June 10, 2009 -- Wake Forest University President Nathan O. Hatch has appointed James J. Dunn as vice president and chief investment officer. He will assume his new duties July 1.

Dunn will manage the university's endowment funds and other financial assets from the Reynolda Campus, Wake Forest University Health Sciences and Reynolda House. The chief investment officer works closely with the president, and also with the Trustee Investment Policy Committee.

He will succeed Louis R. Morrell, vice president for investments and treasurer, who will retire June 30. Morrell has served as vice president and treasurer since 1995.

Most recently, Dunn has been a managing director at Wilshire Associates Incorporated and chief investment officer and portfolio manager for Wilshire Funds Management in Santa Monica, Calif. Wilshire Associates is a leading global investment technology, investment consulting and investment management firm. At Wilshire, he has been responsible for providing leadership on asset allocation, investment policy, and investment manager selection for the asset management arm of Wilshire Associates.

Dunn served from 2002-2005 as vice president of alternative investments at InvestorForce Securities and Altvest in Wayne, Pa. From 1995-2002, he served in a number of roles at the Philadelphia Brokerage Corporation. He was an equity trader, vice president for corporate finance, principal, and chief operating officer before he was named president in 2000. He also served as managing director of One Maverick Corporation.

"Jim Dunn is a talented and skillful investment manager, with a reputation for integrity and a deep understanding of the complex world of investment management," Hatch said. "We are privileged to have him coming to Wake Forest, and I look forward to working closely with him. His broad experience and proven abilities will be deeply valued here."

Dunn earned a bachelor of science in finance at Villanova University in 1995.

Dunn has been a featured speaker on investment topics such as hedge funds and asset allocation for several professional organizations and has been quoted by many national media outlets regarding investment issues.

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