First and Only Effervescent Osteoporosis Medication Approved by the FDA

Posted on April 20, 2012, 3:03 p.m.

Mission Pharmacal announced today that it has entered into a patent and technology licensing agreement with EffRx Pharmaceuticals SA, Freienbach, Switzerland, for the manufacturing and commercialization of BINOSTOTM (alendronate sodium) Effervescent Tablets in the United States and Canada. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently approved BINOSTO to treat osteoporosis in postmenopausal women and to increase bone mass in men with osteoporosis. BINOSTO will be available in the United States in late 2012.

Utilizing EffRx’s formulation technology, BINOSTO is the first and only buffered effervescent therapeutic to deliver the gold standard in osteoporosis treatment and fracture prevention of alendronate sodium in an easy-to-swallow, buffered solution. A Harris Interactive Poll concluded that up to 40 percent of American adults have difficulties with swallowing tablets. That difficulty often results in patients having to choose between injections or forgoing treatment for this chronic disease.

New Partners for 50 Year Old Law Firm

Posted on March 22, 2012, 2:24 p.m.

As Davidson & Troilo, one of San Antonio’s ten largest law firms celebrates its 50th anniversary of providing legal services to clients in San Antonio and Central and South Texas, the Firm announces the addition of two named partners, Lea Ream and Frank Garza. Ream, with the Firm over 20 years, and Garza, former City Attorney of San Antonio, contribute to the present practices of the Firm.

Ream became president of the Firm in 2008 making her the first female to serve the role. “We are now a certified woman-owned business and also a small owned business,” said Ream, “something that’s quite remarkable given the Firm’s history.”

New Leaders at Impact San Antonio Foundation

Posted on Jan. 26, 2012, 3:24 p.m.

Impact San Antonio Foundation Inc.’s Board of Directors for 2012 are: Ann Parker, President; Meg Salvadore, Vice President; Barbara Kyse, Treasurer; Pat Bridwell, Secretary; as well as board members: Jeanne Albrecht, Laura Bray, Susan Brothers, Kate Crone, Julia Eyer, Marilyn Harrington, Nicole Hensley, Michele Price and Jackie Pugh.

Impact San Antonio is an all-woman, all volunteer organization, led by a Board of Directors that recruits as many women as possible who each donate $1,000 a year. They pool that money to make one annual $100,000 grant to a worthy San Antonio area non-profit organization after a thorough grant review and voting process. Beginning in the summer, grants are accepted and then reviewed in five categories: culture, education, environment, family, and health/wellness. Founded in 2004, Impact San Antonio has now donated more than $546,000 to area non-profits since 2005.

LANA DUKE OF RUTH’S CHRIS STEAK HOUSE WINS RESTAURANTEUR OF THE YEAR

Posted on Jan. 25, 2012, 4:32 p.m.

The Ontario Restaurant, Hotel & Motel Association (ORHMA) has announced Lana Duke the recipient of the 2011-2011 Toronto “Restauranteur of the Year Award”. The ORHMA Toronto Region received nominations from the public and industry through an online polling system.

Lana became a Ruth's Chris franchise owner in 1993, opening her first restaurant in San Antonio. In 1995, Lana opened her next Ruth's Chris in Toronto. In June 2000 a second Ruth's Chris debuted in San Antonio, this time downtown. Her latest location opened in Mississauga, Ontario, in 2003. Today, Ruth's Chris Steak Houses appear on "best restaurants" lists nationwide, and Duke’s Ruth’s Chris restaurants have consistently ranked at or near the top among all Ruth’s Chris restaurants in several measures of performance. Her Canadian locations have won a number of nationwide Ruth’s Chris Steak House awards including the “Raving Fan Award” in 2007 and “Restaurant of the Year” for Mississauga in 2008. Additionally, her two Canadian restaurants won the 1997 “Restaurant of the Year” of all the Ruth’s Chris Steak Houses in the world—Lana had a clean sweep—her Mississauga location won first and Toronto won 2nd place that year! Most recently, the Toronto Executive Chef, Jess Ostlund won the 2011“Sizzling Plate Award”. Lana is especially proud that all four of her restaurants are the recipients of the prestigious DiRoNa Award—Distinguished Restaurants of North America. In addition, her locations have won Wine Spector, Reader’s Choice and many other awards from newspapers and magazines.

Ruth’s Chris Hospitality Group, headquartered in Orlando, Florida, is the largest upscale dining company in the world. It operates more than 130 franchised and corporate-owned locations worldwide, including Canada, the U.S., Mexico, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Aruba and most recently Dubai.

ALPHA HOME FINDS a HOME with WELEAD

Posted on Dec. 30, 2011, 4:10 p.m.

The 2012 Charity of the Year for WELEAD, Women Executives Leading Empowering and Developing, an affiliate of the National Association for Female Executives, is Alpha Home, Inc. It is a non-profit treatment center providing specialized services to chemically dependent women.

Alpha Home was born in 1965 from the heart of one woman, Hulene Dempsey, who wanted to make a difference in the lives of alcoholic women. With the inspiration of Hulene, Alpha Home began as a mission of Trinity Baptist Church at 208 E. Magnolia, with room to house 10 women. In the first 10 months of operation, 54 women lived and worked at Alpha Home, and then went on to lead productive lives. Today, Alpha Home serves more than 800 women annually.

Now into our 45th year, Alpha Home’s mission continues to provide spiritually based substance abuse treatment and support to women and their families in order to prepare them to become more productive members of society. We do this by instilling into staff and clients the values of spirituality, integrity, discipline, dedication, and productivity.