The U. S. Department of Labor has published an interim final rule requiring the distribution of 401(k) type benefits for missing non-spouse beneficiaries from terminated plans to be rolled into individual retirement accounts.

CardioTech International Inc. on Thursday said it will sell its Gish Biomedical Unit after the company posted a narrower third quarter loss.

CardioTech's CEO, Michael Adams, called the biomedical unit a "great bus

Mystic Pharmaceuticals Inc. today announced expansion plans for its Cedar Park, Texas R&D center to include clinical manufacturing operations for ophthalmic and intranasal drug delivery systems and pharmaceutical products under deve

America's pharmaceutical and biotechnology research companies set a new record for biopharmaceutical research spending last year with an investment of $55.2 billion to develop new medicines and vaccines, according to a new study. <

Cytyc Corporation, a provider of surgical and diagnostic products targeting women's health and cancer diagnostics, announced that it will acquire Adeza Biomedical Corporation in a deal worth $452 million.

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BILLERICA, Mass.- Millipore announced this week it is launching a series of new products designed to provide scientists and laboratory professionals with economical and reliable sources of highly purified water.

The number of Americans telecommuting is on the rise, according to a new study.

Workers whose employer allows them to work remotely at least one day per month increased 63 percent, from 7.6 million in 2004 to 12.4

Arrowhead Research Corporation announced that its majority-owned subsidiary, Unidym, Inc., a developer of carbon nanotube electronics, has established a 7,000 sq. ft. office and lab facility in Menlo Park, California in the heart of

Companies, universities, governments, and economic development groups are all keenly focused on nanotechnology's potential to create new products and services - and the jobs that come with them, according to a new report.

The U.S. State Department's Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) has helped open a forensic lab in Tbilisi, the capital of the Russian Republic of Georgia.

Tbilisi's National Forensic Bureau

Kansas Senator Pat Roberts appeared before that state's legislature to back a plan that would allow construction of a new 500,000 square foot research facility to act as a replacement for the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility'

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) last year received a total of 75,768 discrimination charges against private sector employers, the first increase in charge filings since 2002, the federal agency r