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Redefining Drug Delivery

One of the biggest problems with ­conventional drug delivery is that it is often ineffective at shuttling medicine to where it is needed in the body. For instance, the digestive system and the liver often thoroughly degrade orally delivered drugs before they can reach the bloodstream, making a variety of drugs such as those composed of proteins and peptides unsuitable for oral administration. Though injecting drugs into the body avoids the problem of first-pass metabolism, many drugs quickly decay after injection and the rate of drug absorption is typically difficult to control in that delivery route. Other drug-delivery methods face similar problems. “If you consider some of the common methods for delivery of protein and peptide drugs, you end up with a bioavailability that is often very low,” says John Santini, president and CEO of

Citrix and Akamai Collaborate to Enhance Web Application Delivery for Enterprise Customers Worldwide

Web Application Delivery Powerhouses Form Global Strategic Partnership to Provide End-to-End Application Delivery Solution

Ocado Pioneers Money-Saving 'Delivery Pass'

Online grocery retailer of the year, Ocado, has become the first grocery delivery business in the UK to offer customers a pre-paid 'Delivery Pass' that could reduce the annual household expenditure of customers who order at peak times by more than GBP300.

ZXTM Creates Extensible Java App Delivery Platform

LAS VEGAS, April 29 -- Zeus Technology, a leading provider of application delivery software, today announced the release of ZXTM 5.0 (Zeus Extensible Traffic Manager). This latest version is equipped with Java Extensions, enabling application architects, administrators, and developers to control their application delivery using policies that build on the robust, rich and powerful body of reusable Java application code.

With volume surging, certified e-mail provider Goodmail plans new services

Goodmail Systems Inc., whose CertifiedEmail system for improving e-mail delivery rolled out commercially last year, is reporting a dramatic increase in volume. And the company plans to introduce new features this year that will guarantee delivery of videos embedded in e-mail messages and delivery at specified times of day.

Mercator takes delivery of VLCC

Mercator Lines Ltd on Thursday took delivery of a 2006 built Double Hull, Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) of 299,325 DWT. This is the third VLCC under its control.

P2P Video Delivery Firm Kontiki Completes Split with VeriSign

Mountain View, Calif. - Kontiki, the developer of a managed peer delivery platform for video and digital content, said on Tuesday that it has completed its split from parent VeriSign.

FremantleMedia Enterprises Partners With Delivery Agent to Re-Launch ''American Idol'' Online Stores

SAN FRANCISCO, BUSINESS WIRE -- Delivery Agent, the leader in shopping-enabled entertainment, has signed an exclusive online agreement with FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) to manage all e-commerce needs for America's #1 Click for the lowest price on dmnobieblanktelevision');" onMouseOut="setTimeout('hideLayer()',500);" class=hotlink2>television

EC Takes Delivery Of Digital Cameras

The Electoral Commission (EC) has taken delivery of 2,500 digital cameras and batteries in readiness for the re-opening of the voters’ register for the December polls.

Fremantlemedia Enterprises Partners With Delivery Agent To Re-Launch "American Idol" Online Stores

SAN FRANCISCO, May 12, 2008 Delivery Agent, the leader in shopping-enabled entertainment, has signed an exclusive online agreement with FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) to manage all e-commerce needs for Americas #1 television show at www.americanidol.com and www.SeenON.com. Among other enhancements, the deal will provide a new, all-inclusive American Idol shopping experience for consumers to easily purchase exclusive fan gear and apparel like never before.

FremantleMedia Enterprises Partners With Delivery Agent to Re-Launch ''American Idol'' Online Stores

TMCNet: FremantleMedia Enterprises Partners With Delivery Agent to Re-Launch ''American Idol'' Online Stores

Nano RNA Delivery

An experimental and potentially powerful way to fight disease, called RNA interference (RNAi), could now be closer to reality, as researchers at MIT and Alnylam, a biotech company based in Cambridge, MA, have addressed a key obstacle to effectively delivering the treatment to targeted cells. The researchers report a method for quickly synthesizing more than a thousand different lipid-like molecules and screening them for their ability to deliver short RNA molecules to cells. They've shown that some of these delivery agents are 10 times as effective at delivering RNA than previous methods were.

NASA Extends Space Station Cargo Delivery Contract

The contract provides cargo packing for delivery to and from the space station, consisting of pressurized and unpressurized science and logistics carriers, assembly hardware and crew support. It also involves determining the most efficient way to pack the cargo, verifying the adequacy of the integrated carriers, packing the pressurized cargo into sub-carriers and returning the cargo to the providers once it returns to Earth. The contract also provides sustaining engineering for NASA carriers.

IVT patents DepoVax vaccine delivery system

ImmunoVaccine Technologies, a vaccine development company, has introduced DepoVax platform, a novel depot vaccine delivery system used to increase the efficacy and strength of vaccines. The company has also filed additional patents to protect the DepoVax concept.

Test Of Bacteria Toxin Delivery System Could Pave Way For New Antibiotic Drugs

Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have achieved a breakthrough in monitoring the toxin-delivery system of highly pathogenic bacteria -- an accomplishment that could help pave the way for new drugs that will be capable of neutralizing those germs.

Pachter: Netflix, Microsoft To Partner For Xbox 360 Video Delivery?

Pachter: Netflix, Microsoft To Partner For Xbox 360 Video Delivery? Based on comments at a Wednesday Netflix analyst event suggesting the online video rental services focus on internet-enabled video game consoles, analyst firm Wedbush Morgans Michael Pachter predicts that company has either already partnered or will partner with Microsoft to expand its online streaming capabilities.

Lemelson-MIT prize awarded to drug delivery inventor DeSimone

MIT has awarded its prestigious Lemelson-MIT $500,000 prize to Joseph DeSimone for his research developments in drug delivery, medical devices and green manufacturing.

Skinvisible granted patent in Australia for polymer delivery system

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PhonOnline.com Teams Up With Content Delivery Giant Limelight Networks

After overloading its old servers two weeks ago with enormous traffic, www.PhonOnline.com, a hot new video sharing site, partners with Limelight Networks, Inc., a mega content delivery corporation whose 1500+ clients include corporations such as iFilm, Dreamworks and MSNBC.com on a short list. The contract was signed just in time for the release of "Real Talk", PhonOnline's new video and text blog that launched this past Monday.

Google woos developers for web cloud apps delivery model

Google has held its first-ever web cloud developers conference to encourage the creation of apps around Google's web infrastructure delivery model.

ZXTM 5.0 Integrates Java Technology to Create an Application Delivery Platform

Drawing on Software Platforms Enables Zeus Technology to Enhance its Energy Efficient Application Delivery Controller

Qualcomm Honors Developers and Unveils New Products and Programs to Accelerate Content Delivery at U

Qualcomm Honors Developers and Unveils New Products and Programs to Accelerate Content Delivery at Upcoming BREW 2008 Conference


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