Stan Yakatan, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Katan Associates, is to give a keynote presentation on the recent approval of a follow-on version of Pfizer’s Genotropin (recombinant human growth hormone), and the beginning of the end of an era where biopharmaceuticals enjoyed immunity from competition even after expiration of their patent protection at GTCbio’s Antibody Partnering & Technology Summit on October 29-30, 2009 in San Francisco, CA.

Yakatan’s session will describe many of the key scientific challenges facing the nascent “biogenerics” industry and the evolving regulatory framework that will shape its competition with innovator companies. Summit attendees with hear Yakatan describe key differences between the biogeneric and traditional generic drug business models versus the M&A activity that has was started in pursuit of the expertise and resources needed to be competitive in this commercial space. Yakatan’s address will also explore the commercial opportunities presented by recent and upcoming European patent expirations, as well as the challenges presented by competition from second generation innovator products.

After 30 years as a successful CEO, entrepreneur, and operational manager, Stan Yakatan has dedicated the last 12 years of his career to sharing his experiences with management teams interested in building technology based companies. His experience as a “C” level executive is far reaching he has served in such a capacity with: New England Nuclear, EI Dupont, ICN Pharma, New Brunswick Scientific and Biosearch. These experiences have provided him with management skills and a corporate finance acumen that he enjoys sharing with others.

Stan has founded or co-founded in excess of 15 companies in the United States, Canada, Israel, France and Germany. In many cases he has also served as the initial CEO, and Chairman of these companies. In his career, he has advised several of the world’s leading venture capital firms including TVM (Germany), Ventana (USA), MSP (USA), and Biocapital (Canada). During the decade of the 1990′s Biocapital was the most successful venture capital fund in Canada.

Bristol, 05 Nov 2008- R B Mthethwa Limited today launched a new website on anti-virus software to advise on the best and most reliable antivirus software to use.

Viruses are destructive form of software simply designed for one purpose : to wreck havoc on your computer. They destroy anything that comes into contact with them and they replicate to infect as much of the computer’s operating system or network as possible

Signs that your computer is infected include: pop-up ads that seem to be not related to the site you are viewing. Usually, spyware pop-ups are advertisements about adult content. Also if you notice your computer slowing down, its highly likely that spyware and its other components have found their way in your operating system. When your computer takes a longer time to start, its best to scan your computer for infections.

It is good to regularly update your virus or spyware scanner so that your computer is protected from the thousands of spyware and viruses in the internet. Do not be fooled by adverts claiming that their products only contain adware as they may well be adware or spyware disguised just waiting to be deployed for them to gather your information. Setup firewall systems and always block pop-up blockers to minimize computer infection and ensure the security of your computer.

Nowadays, lots of anti-virus software also provides spyware and adware scanning and removal tools. Some programs, also focus on locating and deleting spyware and adware programs. Whether its an anti-virus software or a anti-spyware dedicated scanner, they will both search your computer and identify any spyware and virus installed on your system

The newly launched Anti-virus Reviews website provides important and specific information on which antivirus software to use as computer viruses become more sophisticated as more programmers try to find methods of getting rid of their malicious computer codes providing a list of top contenders in the field. It also provides information on anti virus software, firewall, spyware blockers, adware removers and other utilities.

To learn more please visit the website

http://www.path.to/antivirus/

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