Pimavanserin Demonstrates Highly Significant Antipsychotic Efficacy and Maintenance of Motor Control in Parkinson’s PatientsSignificant Improvements Also Observed in All Secondary and Exploratory MeasuresConference Call and Webcast to Be Held Today, November 27, 2012, at 8:00 am Eastern TimeSAN DIEGO--(CRWENewswire)--ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq:ACAD) today announced successful top-line results from its pivotal Phase III trial evaluating the…

* Creates one of the largest North American packaged food companies and the largest North American private label packaged food business* Accelerates ConAgra Foods’ Recipe for Growth strategy and further leverages its capabilities* Expected to be accretive to EPS in Year 1, strengthen ConAgra Foods’ top-line and EPS growth potential over the long term, and…

HOLMDEL, N.J., Nov. 27, 2012 (CRWENewswire) -- Vonage Holdings Corp. (NYSE:VG), a leading provider of communication services connecting people through cloud-connected devices worldwide, today announced the grant of three new patents."These new patents relate to diverse areas of our business, covering device recognition, customized routing, and 'click to call' functionality, highlighting the breadth of our…

BEIJING, Nov. 27, 2012 (CRWENewswire) -- ChinaNet Online Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:CNET) (the "Company"), a leading B2B (business to business) Internet technology company focusing on providing online-to-offline ("O2O") sales channel expansion services for small and medium-sized enterprises ("SMEs") and entrepreneurial management and networking services for entrepreneurs in the People's Republic of China, today announced that the…

Companies Continue Successful Launch CollaborationEVRY, France and ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Nov. 26, 2012 (CRWENewswire) -- EchoStar Corp. (Nasdaq:SATS) and Arianespace, SA, have reached an agreement to launch multiple new satellites over a multi-year period from Europe's spaceport in French Guiana. The new contract will provide EchoStar with launch capacity and flexibility for its industry-leading satellite program."In…

BEIJING and CHANGGE, China, Nov. 26, 2012 (CRWENewswire) -- Zhongpin Inc. (Nasdaq:HOGS) ("Zhongpin", the "Company", "we", "us" and "our"), a leading meat and food processing company in the People's Republic of China, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement and plan of merger (the "Merger Agreement") with Golden Bridge Holdings Limited, a…

NEW YORK--(CRWENewswire)-- Leading global investment firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. (together with its affiliates, “KKR”) (NYSE:KKR) today announced an agreement to acquire Alliant Insurance Services, Inc., the nation’s largest specialty insurance brokerage firm, from Blackstone (together with its affiliates, “Blackstone”) (NYSE:BX).Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Tom Corbett, Chairman and CEO of Alliant…

NEW YORK--(CRWENewswire)--On November 21, 2012, American International Group, Inc. (“AIG”) (NYSE:AIG), The People’s Insurance Company (Group) of China Limited (“PICC Group”) and PICC Life Insurance Company Limited (“PICC Life”) entered into a non-binding term sheet with respect to the proposed establishment of a joint venture insurance agency company between AIG and PICC Life (the “Joint…

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Nov. 21, 2012 (CRWENewswire) -- Actian Corporation and Versant Corporation (Nasdaq:VSNT), both industry leaders in real-time information management, announced today that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement (the "Actian Acquisition Agreement") pursuant to which Actian will acquire all of the outstanding common shares of Versant for $13.00 per share in…

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Nov. 21, 2012 (CRWENewswire) -- OXiGENE, Inc. (Nasdaq:OXGN), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics to treat cancer, announced that its product candidate OXi4503 has been granted orphan designation by the US Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of acute myelogenous leukemia (AML). Orphan drug designation qualifies a company for…