INDIANAPOLIS and ROCKVILLE, Md., Jun. 14 - More than 300 wounded military service members in 11 states will benefit from rehabilitation programs in sports and recreation through a one year, $150,000 grant from the WellPoint Foundation to Disabled Sports USA (DSUSA). The grant will support DSUSA's military sports rehabilitation program, including the Wounded Warrior Disabled Sports Project (WWDSP), which provides year-round sports programs free of cost to injured service members and their families with individualized adaptive instruction, as well as competitive and recreational events.
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Thursday, 02 June 2011 12:58
Merck
WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J., Jun. 02 - Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the U.S. and Canada, announced today that it has signed on to the CEO Water Mandate, an initiative of the United Nations Global Compact designed to assist companies in the development, implementation and disclosure of water sustainability policies and practices.
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BAGSVAERD, Denmark, May 25 - In recognition of their rapid response to last year's devastating floods in Pakistan, employees from Novo Nordisk Pakistan were voted the 2010 TakeAction award winners. The award, given to the most impressive employee volunteer activity of the year, was announced at Novo Nordisk's International Management meeting held from May 11 - 13.
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BRIDGEPORT, Conn., Mar. 29- Wholesome Wave, a Connecticut-based, national nonprofit organization dedicated to nourishing neighborhoods across America by increasing access to and affordability of healthy, fresh locally grown food, announced today that it has received a $600,000 grant from Kaiser Permanente. The funding will be used primarily to support its Double Value Coupon Program (DVCP), which provides fresh food incentives to encourage low-income consumers to increase their purchase of nutritious produce through local farmers markets.
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DUBLIN, Ohio, Mar. 03- Cardinal Health today announced that it has joined the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) SmartWay® Transport Partnership, an innovative collaboration between the EPA and industry to significantly reduce greenhouse gases and air pollution.
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Monday, 21 June 2010 18:03
Merck
WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. and REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Jun. 21- Merck and Codexis, Inc. (NASDAQ:CDXS) today announced that they have jointly been awarded the annual Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the development of a novel biocatalytic method for the synthesis of sitagliptin. In addition, a paper co-authored by Merck and Codexis scientists and published online June 17 in the peer-reviewed journal Science, details how an enzyme was systematically customized using Codexis technology to perform the key chemical step in the sitagliptin synthesis process. This process showed improved efficiency and significantly decreased chemical waste byproducts.
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Friday, 04 June 2010 16:38
Bayer
PITTSBURGH, Jun. 03- Sylvia Gong, an eighth grader at Hopkins Junior High School in Fremont, Calif., received the top North American prize in the United Nations Environment Programme's (UNEP) 19th annual International Children's Painting Competition (ICPC). Her painting addresses the theme, "Biodiversity - Connecting with Nature."
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