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Get the Answers You Need to Shape Your Strategy SS is an autoimmune disease that affects multiple organs in the body. What isknown about the causes of SS How is the disease diagnosed What are the mostcommon symptoms of the disease SS is one of the most prevalent autoimmune diseases. What is the prevalence ofSS How will the patient population grow over the next ten years SS has no cure. What treatments are available for SS What do rheumatologistschoose as first line therapy What are the strengths and drawbacks of availabletreatments The large SS patient population has prompted significant development for thedisease.

What agents are in development for SS How do these agents compare withexisting therapies What level of adoption should drug developers anticipate foremerging agentsScope Primary research: We surveyed more than 50 U.S. rheumatologists to ascertaintheir current prescribing practices and their opinions of emerging agents. Overview: Disease definition, etiology, diagnosis, symptoms Epidemiology: Patient population for 2007 through 2017. Current therapies: Allergan/Inspire Pharmaceuticals' Restasis, Eisai/KisseiPharmaceutical's Salagen, Daiichi Sankyo's Evoxac, punctal plugs,hydroxychloroquine, methotrexate, azathioprine Emerging therapies: Biogen Idec/Genentech/Chugai Pharmaceutical/ZenyakuKogyo/Roche's Rituxan/MabThera, UCB/Immunomedic's epratuzumab,Centocor/Schering-Plough/Mitsubishi Tanabe's Remicade, Amgen/Wyeth/TakedaPharmaceutical's Enbrel, Allergan/Santen/Inspire Pharmaceuticals' Prolacria,Ista Pharmaceuticals' ecabet sodium, Acucela/Otsuka Pharmaceutical's rebamipide,TorreyPines Therapeutics' NGX-267 Autoimmune Disease Series: In 2007, sales of agents used to treat autoimmunedisorders exceeded $20 billion. Still, for many of the more than 80 identifiedautoimmune disorders, treatment options are limited.

Targeting underservedautoimmune diseases offers drug developers the opportunity to introduce theiragents into the autoimmune market while taking advantage of minimal competitionand an expedited regulatory process.Some of the Companies mentioned: Abbott Laboratories Acucela Allergan Amgen Biogen Idec Centocor Chugai Pharmaceutical Genentech GlaxoSmithKline Immunomedic Inspire Pharmaceuticals Ista Pharmaceuticals Kissei Pharmaceutical Sanofi -Aventis Santen Pharmaceutical Schering-Plough Takeda TorreyPines Therapeutics UCB Wyeth Zenyaku KogyoFor more information visit http:// WoodSenior Fax from USA: 646-607-1907Fax from rest of the world: 353-1-481-1716 Copyright Business Wire 2009. A party full of post-game links and coverage to give you every over-analyzed angle in hopes of making your Blazers IQ that much greater. One less player and coach and the exact same result we've come to expect: uncontested jumpers, uncontested layups, easy bucket after easy bucket, predictable offensive sets, inconsistent play from role players, large deficits, a disappearing Aldridge in the clutch, excuses, etc.....annoyingly etc.At some point you have to start questioning everything don't you Is Brandon Roy the right guy to lead this franchise How big of a mistake was signing LaMarcus Aldridge to an almost-max deal Has the coaching staff lost this team Is Kevin Pritchard too close to his players and afraid to move themObviously I understand the fact that this same team won 54 games last year and is still sitting at 13-9, but with their play of late, they might be 13-21 by the end of December. They are 1-4 in their last 5 games and have trailed by double figures in all of them; most by 20 or more.Does Dr. Phil do NBA teamsRecap. Box Score...Coverage...Blazers still blaming everything but themselves. 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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Jan 07 (MARKET WIRE) The competition among financial institutions to woo customers signing upfor the newly introduced tax free savings account just got hotter withCoast Capital Savings' introduction of the nation's first high interestsavings account offering full, no-strings-attached access to financialtransactions, for free.While Canadian financial institutions offer various types of highinterest savings accounts, these accounts either exclude popular featuressuch as debit card purchases and in-branch transactions, or where thesetransactions are available, charge a fee-per-use of up to $5.Lloyd Craig, Coast Capital Savings' president and CEO, says theHigh-interest, No-fee Savings Account gives customers full access to allthose common financial transactions at no cost, and will be particularlyattractive to those looking for a flexible way to take advantage of thegovernment's new tax free savings account, which became available January1. "It includes unlimited day-to-day transactions like debitcard purchases and in-branch transactions, as well as withdrawals on2,300 ATMs across Canada. The best part is that unlike other highinterest savings accounts, there are no service fees for all thesetransactions."The introduction of the new Coast Capital product coincides with therelease of the results of a national Ipsos Reid survey commissioned bythe credit union that found that nearly 60 per cent of Canadians areactively looking for ways to reduce service fees charged by financialinstitutions and 65 per cent are paying more attention to service fees.Also, 75 per cent of Canadians said they'd open an account with featuressimilar to Coast Capital's new savings account (See attached backgrounderfor more survey highlights).The interest rate on Coast Capital's new savings product places it in thetop-tier of high interest savings accounts in Canada, beating currentrates offered by the big five banks.Below is a chart that compares Coast Capital's High-interest, No-feeSavings Account to similar accounts from three leading competitors, as ofJanuary 7, 2009.-CoastFinancial Capital Royal Bank ofInstitution Savings BankMontrealING-Account nameHigh-interest,RBC Premium InvestmentNo-feeHigh Interest RateSavingsSavings Account eSavingsSavings-Minimum $ required for interest $0$0$0$0-Interest rate 2.75 2.5Tiered, 2.7 (flat)0.75 to 1.75,dependingon balance-Monthly fee $0$0$0$0-Debit card purchases$0$5Not available Not available-In-branch withdrawals$0$5$5Not available-Home ATM withdrawals$0$5Not applicable$0-Mike Bushore, Coast Capital's Chief Innovation Officer, said thesavings account is part of the financial institution's continuing focuson meeting the ever-rising expectations of consumers."Coast Capital's High-interest, No-fee Savings Account is another step inour commitment to bring value and savings to customers," Bushore said."We know that the value proposition of this account will resonate verystrongly with customers and likely even more so, given that the currenteconomic climate is forcing everyone to take a closer look at how theymanage their money.

Customers want a secure place to put their funds andto be better able to manage expenses and we believe our new product willdeliver on our commitment to provide the public with simple financialhelp."Bushore said the new product will also be appealing to small businessesbecause it provides cost-savings on their day-to-day transactions, whilepaying a rate that is higher than what is typically offered by financialinstitutions on small business accounts.Coast Capital Savings' national Ipsos Reid survey, conducted in December2008, revealed 62 per cent of Canadians are more likely to open a taxfree savings account because of current economic conditions At 68 percent, B.C. residents are even more likely to do so, compared to otherCanadians. Among Canadians likely to open a tax free savings account, themost preferred product for the account was a high interest savingsaccount, at 48 per cent. British Columbia residents were even more likelythan other Canadians to select a high interest savings product for thetax free savings account, at 55 per cent."Our survey shows 56 per cent of Canadians are planning to save more, incase they or another income earner in their household loses their job,and among British Columbians the figure is 63 per cent," said LawrieFerguson, Coast Capital's senior vice president, marketing, adding that75 per cent of Canadians indicated a high interest savings account wouldmotivate them to save more."Clearly, given the current market uncertainties, many Canadians are fastbeginning to realize the importance of having secure savings andinvestments and so combining the benefits of the tax free savings accountwith a product like ours makes it an even more attractive choice for theconsumer," Ferguson said.The Ipsos Reid survey of 906 Canadians (effective base size of 516 due toweighting) has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.3 per cent, nineteentimes out of twenty The B.C. sample of 463 respondents has a margin oferror of plus or minus 4.6 per cent, nineteen times out of twenty.Coast Capital Savings is Canada's second largest credit union with totalassets under administration of $11.9 billion, 380,000 members and 51branches in the Metro Vancouver, Fraser Valley and Vancouver Islandregions of British Columbia. Product innovations from Coast CapitalSavings include Canada's first free chequing account from a full-servicefinancial institution and the first business account in the country tooffer unlimited transactions for a flat fee.