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Dynarex Honors Alabama EMS Director Jamie Gray for Exemplary Community Service

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Wednesday, October 18, 2023

ORANGEBURG, N.Y., Oct. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Dynarex Corporation, a leading durable medical equipment and disposable medical products company, has honored Jamie Gray, Alabama State EMS Director, with the 2023 Dynarex EMS First Responder Caring Award (FRCA). This nationally recognized award is given to EMS professionals who show outstanding dedication to their community.

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  • During EMS World Expo in New Orleans, LA
    ORANGEBURG, N.Y., Oct. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Dynarex Corporation , a leading durable medical equipment and disposable medical products company, has honored Jamie Gray, Alabama State EMS Director, with the 2023 Dynarex EMS First Responder Caring Award (FRCA).
  • This nationally recognized award is given to EMS professionals who show outstanding dedication to their community.
  • In front of a packed house during the opening ceremony of the EMS World Expo in New Orleans, Dynarex Corporate Training & Events Director John Burns presented the FRCA to Mr. Gray in recognition of his many years of extraordinary service.

Sage Growth Partners Releases New Patient Safety Report Providing Cross-Sector Insights from Hospitals, Health Systems, Non-Profit Organizations and Technology Companies

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Tuesday, October 3, 2023

BALTIMORE, October 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Sage Growth Partners (SGP), a nationally recognized healthcare research, strategy, and marketing firm, has released a new cross-sector safety report that provides perspectives on hospital patient safety challenges, improvement opportunities and how healthcare organizations can best advance positive changes.

Key Points: 
  • BALTIMORE, October 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Sage Growth Partners (SGP), a nationally recognized healthcare research, strategy, and marketing firm, has released a new cross-sector safety report that provides perspectives on hospital patient safety challenges, improvement opportunities and how healthcare organizations can best advance positive changes.
  • The new report, Leading Through Change: Because Patients Deserve More , offers insights from industry leaders within hospitals, health systems, non-profit organizations, and technology companies.
  • Key insights and dialogue points of the report, include:
    What is the biggest patient safety gain that has occurred in the past decade?
  • While these conversations have revealed that most hospitals are prioritizing patient safety improvements, safety errors and adverse events continue to plague even the best organizations.

Euclid Chemical Receives Two Innovative Fiber Project of the Year Awards at World of Concrete

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Tuesday, February 28, 2023

Cleveland, Ohio, Feb. 28, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Euclid Chemical , a leading manufacturer of concrete and masonry construction products, is pleased to announce it received two Innovative Fiber Project of the Year (IFPY) Awards at this year’s World of Concrete (WOC) – the concrete industry’s largest event for building professionals.

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  • Cleveland, Ohio, Feb. 28, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Euclid Chemical , a leading manufacturer of concrete and masonry construction products, is pleased to announce it received two Innovative Fiber Project of the Year (IFPY) Awards at this year’s World of Concrete (WOC) – the concrete industry’s largest event for building professionals.
  • In the macrofiber category, Euclid Chemical won a first-place IFPY Award for supplying its TUF-STRAND SF synthetic macrofiber to the Tesla Gigafactory 5 project in Austin, Texas.
  • This project incorporated more than 8M ft² of floor and used 200,000 yd³ of fiber concrete.
  • In addition, Euclid donated a concrete sealer and webinar training package at the Concrete Industry Management (CIM) silent/live auction.

Heron Therapeutics Announces U.S. FDA Approval of APONVIE™ (HTX-019) for the Prevention of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting (PONV)

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Friday, September 16, 2022

SAN DIEGO, Sept. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Heron Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: HRTX), a commercial-stage biotechnology company focused on improving the lives of patients by developing best-in-class treatments to address some of the most important unmet patient needs, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved APONVIE (aprepitant) injectable emulsion, for intravenous use for the prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) in adults.

Key Points: 
  • Treatment with aprepitant resulted in approximately 50% fewer patients vomiting in the first 24 and 48 hours compared to ondansetron.
  • "With the approval of APONVIE our acute care portfolio now addresses the two most common concerns of patients and clinicians after surgery, postoperative pain and postoperative nausea and vomiting.
  • APONVIE (aprepitant) injectable emulsion is a substance P/neurokinin-1 (NK1) receptor antagonist, indicated for the prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) in adults.
  • APONVIE is the same formulation as Heron's approved CINVANTI (aprepitant) injectable emulsion formulation for prevention of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV).

Euclid Chemical Wins Two Innovative Fiber Project of the Year Awards at World of Concrete

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Thursday, February 10, 2022

CLEVELAND, Feb. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Euclid Chemical , a leading manufacturer of concrete and masonry construction products, took home two first-place Innovative Fiber Project of the Year (IFPY) Awards at this year's World of Concrete the concrete industry's largest event for building professionals.

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  • CLEVELAND, Feb. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Euclid Chemical , a leading manufacturer of concrete and masonry construction products, took home two first-place Innovative Fiber Project of the Year (IFPY) Awards at this year's World of Concrete the concrete industry's largest event for building professionals.
  • Presented by the Fiber Reinforced Concrete Association (FRCA) , the IFPY Awards recognize distinguished projects that involve the specification and/or use of fiber-reinforced concrete (FRC) by a contractor, architect, engineer, facility owner or precaster.
  • In the microfiber category, Euclid Chemical won a first-place IFPY Award for supplying its PSI FIBERSTRAND micro-synthetic fiber for the award-winning 2021 New American Home project in Winter Park, Flashowcasing the latest in net-zero, ultra-energy-efficient design and construction.
  • Euclid Chemical's expansive product line includes admixtures, fiber reinforcement, concrete repair products, flooring materials, decorative concrete systems and more.

Second Harvest providing $22.7 million of new funding to community groups across Canada to purchase food

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Tuesday, November 2, 2021

Community groups of all kinds that provide food support can apply for funding at SecondHarvest.ca/Funding, beginning October 28th to November 25th 2021.

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  • Community groups of all kinds that provide food support can apply for funding at SecondHarvest.ca/Funding, beginning October 28th to November 25th 2021.
  • As Canadas largest food rescue organization Second Harvest works with any non-profit that uses food in their programming.
  • Second Harvest is the largest food rescue organization in Canada and a global thought leader in food recovery.
  • The Second Harvest Food Rescue app connects businesses with surplus food to local non-profits, ensuring good food gets to people.

Loblaw Companies donates over 1.5 million pounds of surplus food through the Second Harvest Food Rescue App

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Friday, October 22, 2021

The Second Harvest Food Rescue App allows food businesses of any kind to donate their surplus directly to non-profits in their communities, like shelters, food banks and meal programs.

Key Points: 
  • The Second Harvest Food Rescue App allows food businesses of any kind to donate their surplus directly to non-profits in their communities, like shelters, food banks and meal programs.
  • Second Harvest launched the app across Ontario in October 2018 and expanded to lower mainland British Columbia in June 2019 with the support of Loblaw.
  • Second Harvest is the largest food rescue organization in Canada and a global thought leader in food recovery.
  • The Second Harvest Food Rescue App connects businesses with surplus food to local non-profits, ensuring good food gets to people.

Family Research Council and FRC Action Announce Pray Vote Stand Summit - the successor to the Values Voter Summit

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Wednesday, September 22, 2021

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Family Research Council and FRC Action today announced the inaugural Pray Vote Stand Summit, replacing FRC Action's previous flagship event, the Values Voter Summit.

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  • WASHINGTON, Sept. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Family Research Council and FRC Action today announced the inaugural Pray Vote Stand Summit, replacing FRC Action's previous flagship event, the Values Voter Summit.
  • For the past 15 years, FRC and FRCA held the annual Values Voter Summit which served as a forum to help inform and mobilize citizens across America to preserve our nation's bedrock values.
  • Family Research Council and FRC Action president Tony Perkins commented:
    "Pray.
  • Toward this end, Family Research Council and FRC Action are holding the first-ever Pray Vote Stand Summit in 2021.

TONIGHT: CN Tower and BC Place will be lit green to say thank you to Second Harvest supporters

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Tuesday, September 14, 2021

Keeping edible surplus out of landfill directly addresses a key driver in the climate crisis greenhouse gas emissions.

Key Points: 
  • Keeping edible surplus out of landfill directly addresses a key driver in the climate crisis greenhouse gas emissions.
  • Last year, Second Harvest recovered 22.3 million pounds of food and helped redistribute it to more than 4,300 food programs and 2,300 non-profits across Canada.
  • Second Harvest is the largest food rescue organization in Canada and a global thought leader in food recovery.
  • The Second Harvest Food Rescue App connects businesses with surplus food to local non-profits, ensuring good food gets to people.