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PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Vivo Ventures, a healthcare investment firm with offices in Palo Alto, California, Shanghai, and Chengdu, China, announced the final closing of Vivo Ventures VII ("Vivo VII") at $375 million, which brings the firm's total funds under management to more than $1 billion. Vivo plans to invest the capital primarily in later development stage pharmaceutical and medical device companies in the U.S. and in revenue stage healthcare...

CHENGDU, China, Dec. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Tianyin Pharmaceutical Co., Inc. (NYSE Amex: TPI, or the "Company"), a pharmaceutical company that specializes in patented biopharmaceutical medicine, modernized traditional Chinese medicine, branded generics and active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) today announced the approval of the Company's operating subsidiary, Chengdu Tianyin Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd's ("Chengdu Tianyin") application for the renewal of its High Tech...

CHENGDU, China, Dec. 23, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Tianyin Pharmaceutical Co., Inc. (NYSE Amex: TPI), a pharmaceutical company that specializes in patented biopharmaceutical medicine, modernized traditional Chinese medicine, branded generics and other pharmaceuticals, has been invited to present at the Second Annual China Forum of the Fifth Annual OneMedForum San Francisco 2012 on January 9, 2012, at Sir Francis Drake Hotel at 450 Powell Street, San Francisco, CA 94102. About...

BEIJING, Dec. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- The Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding (hereafter "Chengdu Panda Base") today announced the beginning of a new Giant Panda rehabilitation project. The announcement marks a major milestone in the 50-year plan to return the world's largest artificially-bred population of giant pandas to their natural habitat. The first batch of six giant pandas will be introduced into the transitional Dujiangyan Research Center of Giant Panda Breeding and...

CHENGDU, China, Dec. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Tianyin Pharmaceutical Inc. (NYSE Amex: TPI), a pharmaceutical company that specializes in the research, development and sale of patented biopharmaceutical medicine, modernized traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), branded generics and active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) announced that the Company will be attending the 30th J.P. Morgan Healthcare conference which is to take place on January 9th till 12th, 2012 at the Westin St....

CHENGDU, China, Dec. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Starting January 5, Air China's southwest offshoot will open rotations from Chengdu to Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, also known as the "City of Temples", giving culture enthusiasts an additional travel option. The introduction of the new services will bring the number of foreign destinations served by Air China's flights to and from Chengdu up to six and further cement the city's position as a regional hub of the carrier. (Logo:...

BEIJING, Dec. 15, 2011, /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Air China officially launched direct daily rotations between Beijing and Lhasa on December 15, the first time that direct scheduled flights between the two cities are available. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080625/CNW017LOGO ) Air China uses its A319s which have been retrofitted to acclimatize to the plateau conditions on the route. The crew has rich experiences of flying over the Roof of the World. The flights are operated on a...

CHENGDU, China, Dec. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Maersk Global Service Centres Chengdu ("GSC Chengdu"), located in Chengdu Tianfu Software Park, since its launch in March 2010, has reached a total employee headcount of approximately 1,100 within one and a half year's operations, as the latest of Maersk's five GSCs, of which three are located in India (Mumbai, Pune and Chennai) and one in Manila. The center in Chengdu is the fastest growing center of all GSCs, The GSC in Chengdu performs...

CHENGDU, China, Dec. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Connected World Forum 2011-- focusing solely on next-generation mobile communications technology and business trends, organized by Chengdu hi-tech zone and Chengdu Tianfu Software Park, has successfully been held in Chengdu, China, and attracted worldwide major telecommunication personnel from China Telecom, China Mobile, China Unicom, Deutsche Telekom, NTT Docomo, and Korea Telecom. Chengdu, located in West China, the capital of Sichuan...

CHENGDU, China, Dec. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- On December 12, 2011, Zhou Hongyi, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Qihoo attended the Second China Original Web Game Summit jointly organized by Chengdu Tianfu Software Park held in Chengdu. During the conference Mr. Zhou pointed out that web gaming has gone through high-speed development in recent years. In the just-released Qihoo 360 financial report, the revenue from web games accounted for nearly 30% of the company's total...