Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: KERX) Make an Investor Relations Push

Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: KERX) is an emerging, small-cap biopharma company that has a pair of lead compounds in late-stage, Phase 3 development for the treatment of cancer (perifosine) and renal disease (Zerenex) under Special Protocol Assessment (SPA) agreements with the FDA. At September 30, 2009, the Company had cash, cash equivalents, interest receivable and investment securities of $41.0 million, as compared to $22.7 million at December 31, 2008.

Over the last two to three weeks, the New York based company has been aggressive in getting the word out to the investment community about its prospects moving forward. Next week, CEO Ron Bentsur will be presenting at the 22nd Annual ROTH Ocean County Growth Stock Conference Laguna Niguel, CA.  Keryx presented today at the Cowen and Company 30th Annual Health Care Conference in Boston, MA. 

InvestorSoup.com recently announced an investment report featuring Keryx Biopharmaceuticals Inc.

Finally Rodman & Renshaw issied coverage on March1, 2010 with a "market outperform" rating.  

The Jobs Outlook and General Employment Enterprises, Inc. (AMEX: JOB)

According to Friday's March 5^, 2010 announcement by the Labor Department, the nation's unemployment rate remains unchanged from the previous month at 9.7 percent. The number was generally greeted as good news by the media. The Wall Street Journal's headline reported Outlook Brightens for Jobless." The Los Angeles Times headline said: "Employment outlook brightens in U.S., state." But the cheeriness overlooks the fact that most of the new jobs are largely temporary, part-time jobs. And not the types of jobs workers held before the recession.

However, this should benefit General Employment Enterprises (AMEX: JOB) as they are a provider of contract and placement staffing services for business and industry, specializing in the placement of information technology, engineering and accounting professionals. The company's placement staffing services include placing candidates into regular, full-time jobs. The company's contract staffing services include placing its professional employees on temporary assignments, under contracts with client companies. Contract workers are employees of the company, typically working at the client's location for periods of three to twelve months. The Company offers a variety of staffing solutions and alternatives to client companies including direct hire, temporary staffing and a contract-to-hire approach to hiring. As part of its services the company provides job candidate reference checking, scrutiny of candidates' work experience and background checks.

While the unemployment rate held steady at 9.7 percent in February, the percent of the workforce "employed part time for economic reasons" rose from 5.3 to 5.7 percent. They work between 1 and 34 hours per week, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, "because of an economic reason, such as their hours were cut back or they were unable to find full-time jobs."

The big area of job growth has been in "temporary help-services," adding 47,500 jobs in February. But many of these jobs are only part-time. They are hardly the great jobs most people are looking for, though these temporary jobs might eventually turn into full-time, permanent jobs.

All that said, there is still some bright news, though it comes from a different set of numbers than the Obama administration and media are citing. A big problem over the last year has been that about 3 million workers simply gave up looking for work and left the labor force, thus they are no longer counted as unemployed because they aren't looking for a job. Some of these discouraged workers are returning to the labor force, even if it frequently seems to be for part-time jobs. The positive news is that in February 176,000 workers rejoined the workforce, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics Household survey, and that occurred without the unemployment rate rising.

For the period ended 12/31/09, General Employment Enterprises Inc had net revenues for the three months ended December 31, 2009 were down $915,000 (32%) from the prior year. Fortunately, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of $2,247,000 at 12/31/09. As the jobs market begins its healing process, JOBS stock price should also see better days ahead.

Scivanta Medical Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: SCVM.OB) recently announced the results of its initial clinical trial for the Scivanta Cardiac Monitoring System (SCMS)

civanta Medical Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: SCVM.OB) recently announced the results of its initial clinical trial for the Scivanta Cardiac Monitoring System (SCMS) performed at Kaleida Health/Millard Fillmore Hospital in Buffalo, New York. SCMS was formerly known as the Hickey Cardiac Monitoring System, and it is an innovative cardiac monitoring system that utilizes a two-balloon esophageal catheter to monitor cardiac performance. The current standard of care for monitoring critically ill patients suffering from various cardiovascular conditions is an invasive procedure known as pulmonary artery catheterization. That procedure requires an incision into a patient's neck or groin and the insertion of a Swan-Ganz catheter into the right atrium, the ventricle of the heart, and the pulmonary artery. That procedure must be performed in an intensive care unit. Unlike the Swan-Ganz catheter, the SCMS will provide the primary measurements of cardiac performance in a minimally invasive and more cost effective manner. It is designed to be used outside of the costly overhead of an intensive care setting.

Richard Berger, M.D., a professor of clinical cardiology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and a fellow of the American College of Cardiology, stated in the Company's press release, "Scivanta has conducted an initial clinical trial using a new technique to gather sophisticated, difficult to obtain cardiac hemodynamic information.  If the planned subsequent studies confirm the reliability of this technique, physicians will have readily available information that will surely impact positively on the treatment of numerous cardiac and non cardiac patients.  This information will be attainable with minimal risk due to the SCMS's relatively non invasive technique.  I believe that the SCMS would fit readily into the physician's office, the intensive care unit, the operating room and in all hemodynamic laboratories."

SCMS is expected to provide the primary measurements of cardiac performance in a minimally invasive and cost-effective manner. As medicine moves farther away from the cost associated with hospitals and ICU's, the SCMS would appear to have real potential both clinically and economically. Market opportunities for the SCMS include anesthesiologists in surgical settings where patients have risks of cardiac events, emergency room departments, out-patient and in-office monitoring of cardiac patients, and in-hospital monitoring of cardiac-challenged patients.

SCMS also has some distinct, patent-protected advantages over existing technologies:

• It can monitor the patient anywhere, as the patient is not restricted to ICU;
• It can monitor the patient anytime: does not need to be removed for eating, drinking or sleeping;
• Nurses can rapidly insert and position the SCMS, reducing medical expenses;
• It has a low-cost disposable catheter which should create a recurring sales model.

$ACCP.OB: Collaborators Validate Oral Delivery of Insulin in Preclinical Studies

Access has developed a nano-polymer drug delivery system for the oral administration of large molecules that are currently administered as injections (e.g. insulin, human growth hormone or hGH, erythropoietin or EPO, fertility drugs, parathyroid hormone/PTH, RNA-based therapeutics (sRNAi), and monoclonal antibodies).This drug delivery technology involves coating a nano-particle with a vitamin B-12 analog (cobalamin) that binds to intrinsic factor in the gut and triggers binding to cellular receptors which absorb the entire package, resulting in exponential increases in absorption through the gut of large molecule drugs / hormones typically administered by injection.

Earlier this morning, Access announced that it received reports from its two bio-pharmaceutical collaborators for oral insulin, which independently confirmed previous results by the Company for oral bio-availability in preclinical animal models of greater than 80% as compared to subcutaneous injections of insulin. Access reported several ongoing negotiations with additional companies that are interested in its Cobalamin Oral Drug Delivery Technology while simultaneously evaluating options for advancing oral insulin to proof-of-concept studies in humans as soon as possible.

Based upon previous guidance, Access may initiate proof-of-concept (Phase 1 equivalent) studies for oral insulin in humans in Eastern Europe or India during 2H10 (with expected duration of 3-5 months and cost of $250-300,000).

MSNBC Report - The NFL bring football to China and China Youth Media catches the football wave

MSNBC had an interesting video report on efforts to bring NFL football to China. The report talks to young fans that do color-commentary for the games, and how they go about translating the nature of the game to a Chinese audience. "We relate it in some ways to the art of war, and the strategy and the tactics that are inherent in the game," the Managing Director for NFL China says. "And that really resonates with our Chinese fans because they become fascinated by the fact that after every play the teams huddle up to strategize."

The National Football League is the most popular sport in the U.S. and the NFL recently announced plans to stage games in China in the coming years. "The development of high-class stadiums in big Chinese cities like Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Shanghai has laid a solid foundation for us to bring games here," said Michael Stokes, Managing Director of NFL China. While Stokes did not reveal specific details about any forthcoming games, he said they would be part of the NFL's strategy to cultivate the Chinese market.

"We will first introduce flag football leagues on Chinese university campuses and weekly viewing parties at sports bars to offer exciting touch points to potential fans," Stokes said. Flag football leagues, which give US youngsters the chance to emulate their NFL heroes, will be staged at Guangzhou University in April, according to Stokes. "We are aiming to create Chinese fans and are focusing on males aged 18-30," he said. This really fits in with China Youth Media’s rights agreement with Xinhua Sports and Entertainment. The NFL is streamed live on China Youth Media’s Koobee.com, a dedicated Intranet Television Network and media portal targeted to China’s 30 million plus college students.

Stokes said the upcoming Guangzhou Asian Games, which will include American football, would also help develop Chinese interest in the sport.

China Youth Media ($CHYU) Taps Multiple Revenue Streams

 

The young people of China are like no others in the world. Most were brought up as an only child-under the 1979 Chinese mandate that limited urban couples to a single offspring. As a result, these affluent children benefitted from "six pockets" (two parents and four grandparents) while growing up. Now they are young adults with discerning tastes for new products and immense purchasing power.

 

In 2010, China's population of young consumers is one of the largest in the world-with more than 250 million between the ages of 15 and 29. These young people are less tradition-bound and are quicker to accept new products and experiences than older members of Chinese society.

 

They love McDonald's hamburgers and ice cream; are major fans of roller coasters and video games; and they crowd Hollywood premieres-anxious to know the winners of the Cannes Film Festival and the Oscars. They love music and sports, are fashion conscious and almost all use mobile phones, the Internet, digital cameras and other electronic gadgets.

 

The most affluent are gathered on college campuses throughout China, where television is scarce and most broadband connectivity is limited. Yet, this is a group easily influenced by advertising and direct marketing activity.

 

China Youth Media (CHYU) is a China-focused youth marketing and media company  and these young Chinese are their target market for media and advertising. CHYU reaches the 45 million Chinese youth living on campus through a combination of exclusive high-speed online media, mobile phone transactions and direct guerilla marketing on campus. CHYU connects with this notoriously hard to reach demographic like no other company in the world.

 

Koobee, their Internet TV network, is deployed on a large-scale fiber optic platform and distributed to Chinese campuses by the China Education and Research Network (CERNET), the government-run education and research network. Because the servers reside on this fast network, students can view CHYU's streaming media content reliably-unlike other public web sites which run much slower.

 

CHYU's premier broadband distribution allows content providers certainty that their programming reached this affluent market of students. Plus, CHYU offers accurate ad tracking so buyers of commercials know exactly who watched their advertising. From popular music programming to the world's most compelling live sports events, China Youth Media has become an essential part of these student's lives.

 

However, China Youth Media doesn't stop there. They offer other key differentiators that make them unique in marketing to this exclusive group of young people. First, CHYU  knows its audience. They have studied their culture and understand what they like and don't want. When an advertising message is consumed, CHYU knowsexactly who consumed it.  No competitor can match that.

 

China Youth Media is also exclusive to its audience. If the NFL seeks CHYU's audience for football games, the only way the youth of China can see it is through CHYU. It's the same with all of the Company's content. This is because CHYU  enjoys a unique and preferred media platform on campus.

 

In addition to advertising, China Youth Media has in-person representatives on about 180 campuses in China. These guerilla street teams help seal the deal-by posting billboards, handing out flyers and extending the Company's marketing outreach person-to-person.

 

Since most of the youth in China own and use mobile phones, CHYU  also employs these powerful devices as part of ther marketing strategy. From selling-tickets, football jerseys, books etc.-to urging students to vote for candidates on American Idol or to guess the next player to score in a sporting event, Chinese youth use their mobile phones in ways they do not use the online service. China Youth Media turns each mobile phone transaction into revenue.

 

China Youth Media is a key to this powerful new market. CHYU monetizes unique content in multiple ways as they unlock one of the world's hardest to reach populations of consumers. More than just selling measured advertising to unique content, China Youth Media  has developed a variety of revenue streams through online, mobile telephony and on-campus that differentiates them from others.

For more information on CHYU including our Disclaimer, please go to www.proactivenewsroom.com    

 

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Top 10 Reasons Your Company Is Not Ready For Social Media

This is a great article for all companies to read - public or private 

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