On Friday, Neuralstem, Inc. (NASDAQ:CUR)’s shares declined -6.22% to $1.81.
Neuralstem, Inc. (CUR), a biopharmaceutical company using neural stem cell technology to develop small molecule and cell therapy treatments for central nervous system diseases, declared that principal investigator, Eva Feldman, MD, PhD, will give an update on NSI-566 Phase I and Phase II trial data in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) at the American Neurological Association Annual Meeting in Chicago, Il on Monday, September 28, 2015.
Dr. Feldman will review the current state of cell-based therapies being studied for the treatment of neurological disorders, counting Neuralstem’s NSI-566, an investigational spinal cord-derived stem cell therapy in development for ALS, in “The Current State of Stem Cell Therapies” session. The Phase I and II trials are the first in the world to use intraspinal stem cell transplantation. She will also talk about NSI-532.IGF, Neuralstem’s next-generation cell therapy for Alzheimer’s disease, at the meeting as part of the “Dementia and Aging” special interest group symposium. Dr. Feldman is Director of the A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute and Director of Research of the ALS Clinic at the University of Michigan Health System, and an unpaid consultant to Neuralstem.
Neuralstem, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the development and commercialization of regenerative medicine treatments based on its human neuronal stem cells and small molecule compounds.
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP)’s shares gained 0.34% to $79.64.
Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. (CHKP), the largest pure-play security vendor globally, declared it has joined the AirWatch® Mobile Security Alliance as a founding member. Together, Check Point and AirWatch will drive new ways for customers to protect the growing number of devices accessing corporate data and netoperates, and delivers a complete solution for stopping mobile threats before they start.
In the last decade, mobile devices not only have represented one of the largest accelerators of business, but also the largest threat to their security. According to Check Point’s 2015 Security Report, 91 percent of all those surveyed stated an enhance in the number of employee-owned mobile devices connecting to the corporate network. Alarmingly, nearly half of these organizations are doing nothing to manage and protect these devices. The study further reveals existing solutions have left IT vulnerable, with limited security controls and no ability to detect advanced threats and proactively remediate them.
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. develops, markets, and supports a range of software, combined hardware, and software products and services for information technology (IT) security worldwide. It offers a portfolio of network security, endpoint security, data security, and administration solutions.
At the end of Friday’s trade, MRC Global Inc (NYSE:MRC)‘s shares dipped -1.31% to $12.02.
MRC Global Inc. (MRC) declared that it will release its third quarter 2015 results on Thursday, November 5, 2015 after the market closes. In conjunction with the release, the Company has planned a conference call, which will be broadcast live over the Internet, for Friday, November 6, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern / 9:00 a.m. Central.
MRC Global Inc., through its auxiliaries, distributes pipes, valves, fittings, and related products and services to the energy and industrial sectors in the Unites States, Canada, and internationally.
Expedia Inc (NASDAQ:EXPE), ended its Friday’s trading session with -0.37% loss, and closed at $120.05.
Expedia, Inc. (EXPE) declared that it has accomplished its acquisition of Orbitz Worldwide, Inc., counting all of its brands and assets, for US$12.00 per share in cash, representing an enterprise value of about US$1.6 billion. With the completion of the transaction, Orbitz Worldwide, Inc. stock is no longer being traded on the New York Stock Exchange.
Expedia, Inc., together with its auxiliaries, operates as an online travel company in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Leisure and Egencia.
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