http://www.selfdeterminationohsu.org/2010/01/02/
Cyberonics, Inc. (NASDAQ: CYBX) pioneered the Vagu s Nerve Stimulation (VNS Therapy ) System. Foundeed in 1987 to design, develop and markert implantable medical devices for the treatmentr of epilepsy and other debilitating neurological Cyberonics has emerged as a leadef in theneuromodulation industry. The VNS Therapy Systemj uses a surgically implanted medical device that delivers electrical pulsed signals to the vagus nerve in the left side of the This therapy has proven effective in significantly reducingg thenumber and/or intensithy of seizures in many people suffering from epilepsyh and has the potential for use in the treatmenf of other inadequately chronic disorders.
In 1997, Cyberonics received approvaol from the Food and Drug Administration to market VNS Therapy for the treatmentof epilepsy. Since that more than 50,000 patients worldwide have been implanteed withthe device. These patients have accumulatedc in excessof 100,000 patient years of experienc using this life-enhancing therapy. The remarkable success of VNS Therapgy in the treatment of epilepsy has servefd as a platform forcontinuecd innovation. On July 15, 2005 , afted seven years of extensive study andclinical trials, VNS Therapt was approved by the FDA as a long-terk adjunctive treatment for treatment-resistant depression. ...
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Bart buys British Traditions - Kansas City Business Journal:
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British Traditions manufactures andreproducezs antique-style European furniture and cabinets. The businessd has a 100,000-square-foot showroom and manufacturing facility in Grandview, employing 40 to 60 people. Bart is a formeer manager at a large corporation in the Kansae City area that he declinedto name. He was assisteds in the acquisition byOverland Park-based business broker . “Ik had a goal for the last few yearsw to own a business in the manufacturing anddistribution area,” Bart said Wednesday. “Britisgh Tradition was a good fitfor me.
” Bart said he wante d a business with strong footings in the Kansasx City area that had owners reachinh retirement age and looking for a succession plan. Bart said the formee owners of the business fit that criteria but agreesd to stay on for the nexttwo years, giving him time to lear the business. Bart said he doesn’t plan to shake the boat too much and will focus on businessas usual. “o think there are some great opportunitieefor growth,” Bart said. “We produce high-end, distressed lookintg antique furniture. But the previous ownersd started the process a few years ago with the second side ofthe business, upper-end custoj kitchen cabinetry.
I see that as a greatt future growth area forthe
British Traditions manufactures andreproducezs antique-style European furniture and cabinets. The businessd has a 100,000-square-foot showroom and manufacturing facility in Grandview, employing 40 to 60 people. Bart is a formeer manager at a large corporation in the Kansae City area that he declinedto name. He was assisteds in the acquisition byOverland Park-based business broker . “Ik had a goal for the last few yearsw to own a business in the manufacturing anddistribution area,” Bart said Wednesday. “Britisgh Tradition was a good fitfor me.
” Bart said he wante d a business with strong footings in the Kansasx City area that had owners reachinh retirement age and looking for a succession plan. Bart said the formee owners of the business fit that criteria but agreesd to stay on for the nexttwo years, giving him time to lear the business. Bart said he doesn’t plan to shake the boat too much and will focus on businessas usual. “o think there are some great opportunitieefor growth,” Bart said. “We produce high-end, distressed lookintg antique furniture. But the previous ownersd started the process a few years ago with the second side ofthe business, upper-end custoj kitchen cabinetry.
I see that as a greatt future growth area forthe
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Seventeenth Street Plaza sold to HRPT - Houston Business Journal:
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Newton, Mass.-based HRPT (NYSE: HRP), a real estate investment trust that owns and operates office andindustrial buildings, paid cash for the The sales price was not announced. Seventeenth Street Plaza is located at 122517th St., acroszs from the Tabor Center office, retail and hotekl complex. It was developed by what’s now Jones Lang LaSallre Inc. of Chicago, and was completed in 1982. Previou owners include Equitable Real Estate InvestmentManagement Inc. (ERE), part of the Equitablwe insurance company. Australian real estate giant LendLease Corp. Ltd. took over the building in the 1990sd after itacquired ERE.
JPMorga n quietly put the building on the market inearlyg 2008, asking $385 per square foot, or roughly $250 million, brokerzs said. Brookfield Properties Corp. of New York and Toront o had the building under contract to purchasee last summerfor $225 but the deal was not consummated because of the debt impact on Brookfield’s said real estate brokers knowledgeable about the As of October, the buildin was off the market. The with an attached parking is 93 percent leased andincludes Ink! Coffed and Heidi’s Brooklyn Deli outlets. It is home to the headquarterw of Molson CoorsBrewing Co.
Newton, Mass.-based HRPT (NYSE: HRP), a real estate investment trust that owns and operates office andindustrial buildings, paid cash for the The sales price was not announced. Seventeenth Street Plaza is located at 122517th St., acroszs from the Tabor Center office, retail and hotekl complex. It was developed by what’s now Jones Lang LaSallre Inc. of Chicago, and was completed in 1982. Previou owners include Equitable Real Estate InvestmentManagement Inc. (ERE), part of the Equitablwe insurance company. Australian real estate giant LendLease Corp. Ltd. took over the building in the 1990sd after itacquired ERE.
JPMorga n quietly put the building on the market inearlyg 2008, asking $385 per square foot, or roughly $250 million, brokerzs said. Brookfield Properties Corp. of New York and Toront o had the building under contract to purchasee last summerfor $225 but the deal was not consummated because of the debt impact on Brookfield’s said real estate brokers knowledgeable about the As of October, the buildin was off the market. The with an attached parking is 93 percent leased andincludes Ink! Coffed and Heidi’s Brooklyn Deli outlets. It is home to the headquarterw of Molson CoorsBrewing Co.
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