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xtremepicks.com: www.Xtremepicks.Com: Xtremepicks Alerts For Tuesday, August 25, 2009 : PLX, AIS, EGI, UEC and CCTR

Tue. August 25, 2009; Posted: 01:15 PM
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Aug 25, 2009 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- UEC | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- Xtremepicks.com Alerts for Tuesday include Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc. (NYSE-Amex:PLX), Antares Pharma, Inc. (NYSE Amex: AIS), Entree Gold Inc. (NYSE Amex:EGI), Uranium Energy Corp. (NYSE-AMEX: UEC | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) and China Crescent Enterprises, Inc. (OTCBB: CCTR)

--- Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc. (NYSE-Amex:PLX) opened Tuesday at $6.28 per share on trading volume of 687,765 shares.

In a press release out on Aug 25, 2009 -- Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc. (NYSE-Amex:PLX), announced today that it has received Fast Track Designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for prGCD, the Company's proprietary plant-cell expressed recombinant form of glucocerebrosidase (GCD) for the treatment of Gaucher disease.

About Protalix BioTherapeutics

Protalix is a biopharmaceutical company. Its goal is to become a fully integrated biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of proprietary recombinant therapeutic proteins to be expressed through its proprietary plant cell based expression system. Protalix's ProCellEx(TM) presents a proprietary method for the expression of recombinant proteins that Protalix believes will allow for the cost-effective, industrial-scale production of recombinant therapeutic proteins in an environment free of mammalian components and viruses. Protalix is conducting a Phase III pivotal study for its lead product candidate, prGCD, to be used in enzyme replacement therapy for Gaucher disease, a rare and serious lysosomal storage disorder in humans with severe and debilitating symptoms. Protalix and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration agreed on the final design of the pivotal Phase III clinical trial through the FDA's Special Protocol Assessment (SPA) process. Protalix is also advancing additional recombinant biopharmaceutical drug development programs.

--- Antares Pharma, Inc. (NYSE Amex: AIS | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) opened Tuesday at $0.989 per share on trading volume of 267,904 shares.

In a press release out on Aug 25, 2009 -- Antares Pharma, Inc. (NYSE Amex: AIS | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) today announced that its partner Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Nasdaq: TEVA) has launched its new Tjet(TM) needle-free injector system for the administration of human growth hormone (hGH). The Tjet(TM) device will be available exclusively in combination with the Teva hGH product Tev-Tropin(R) [somatropin (rDNA) for injection].

About Antares Pharma (www.antarespharma.com)

Antares Pharma is a product development company committed to improving pharmaceuticals through its patented drug delivery systems. Antares has multiple development partnerships with leading pharmaceutical companies. The Company's products are designed to improve safety and efficacy profiles by minimizing dosing and reducing side effects while enabling improved patient compliance. Antares has three validated drug delivery systems: the ATDTM Advanced Transdermal Gel Delivery system, injection technology platforms including both VibexTM disposable pressure assisted auto injectors and Vision(R) reusable needle-free injectors; and Easy TecTM oral disintegrating tablets (ODT). Two of the systems have generated FDA approved products. Antares Pharma leverages its multiple drug delivery systems to add value to existing drugs and to create new products. Antares Pharma has corporate headquarters in Ewing, New Jersey, with subsidiaries performing research, development, manufacturing and product commercialization activities in Minneapolis, Minnesota and Basel, Switzerland.

About Teva

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., headquartered in Israel, is among the top 20 pharmaceutical companies in the world and is the world's leading generic pharmaceutical company. The Company develops, manufactures and markets generic and innovative human pharmaceuticals and active pharmaceutical ingredients, as well as animal health pharmaceutical products. Over 80 percent of Teva's sales are in North America and Europe.

--- Entree Gold Inc. (NYSE Amex:EGI) opened Tuesday at $1.89 per share on trading volume of 1,040,000 shares.

In a press release out on Aug. 25, 2009 -- Entree Gold Inc. (TSX:ETG; NYSE Amex:EGI; Frankfurt:EKA - "Entree" or the "Company") announces that the Company has completed due diligence and received regulatory approval for the option agreement with HoneyBadger Exploration Inc. (TSX.V:TUF - "HoneyBadger") previously announced on July 23, 2009.

About Entree Gold Inc.

Entree Gold Inc. is a Canadian mineral exploration company focused on the worldwide exploration and development of gold and copper prospects. In North America, the Company is exploring for porphyry-related copper systems in Arizona and New Mexico under agreements with Empirical Discovery LLC and now in Nevada through an option agreement with HoneyBadger Exploration Inc. The Company is a large landholder in Mongolia, where it holds three exploration licenses comprising the 179,590 hectare Lookout Hill property. Lookout Hill completely surrounds the 8,500-hectare Oyu Tolgoi project of Ivanhoe Mines, and hosts the Hugo North Extension of the Hugo Dummett copper-gold deposit and the Heruga copper-gold-molybdenum deposit. The Company continues to explore its large landholdings in Mongolia, including the coal discovery Nomkhon Bohr. Entree is also evaluating new opportunities throughout the region and elsewhere in Asia. Entree is exploring the Huaixi copper project in Zhejiang Province in China, under the terms of an agreement with the No. 11 Geological Brigade.

--- Uranium Energy Corp. (NYSE-AMEX: UEC | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) opened Tuesday at $2.27 per share on trading volume of 223,753 shares.

In a press release out on Aug. 25, 2009 -- Uranium Energy Corp. (NYSE-AMEX: UEC, the "Company") is pleased to announce that Uran Limited ("Uran"), the optionee on the Company's Grants Ridge Uranium Project (the "Project") located in New Mexico, has submitted applications for exploration permits to initiate drilling at two prospective areas of the Project.

About Uranium Energy Corp.

Uranium Energy Corp. (NYSE-AMEX: UEC | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) is a U.S.-based exploration and development company with the objective of near-term uranium production in the U.S. The Company's Goliad ISR Uranium Project in South Texas is in the final stages of mine permitting for production, and was recently issued a Final Draft Mine Permit and a Final Draft Production Authorization for Production Area 1. The Company's operations are managed by professionals with a recognized profile for excellence in their industry, a profile based on many decades of hands-on experience in the key facets of uranium exploration, development and mining. The company is well financed to execute on its key programs.

--- China Crescent Enterprises, Inc. (OTCBB: CCTR | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) opened Tuesday at $0.015 per share on trading volume of 283,425 shares.

In a press release out on Aug 25, 2009 -- China Crescent Enterprises, Inc. (OTCBB: CCTR | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) together with NuMobile, Inc. (OTCBB: NUBL) today announced launching a smartphone and mobile computing offering in China in conjunction with MobiCom 2009. China Crescent has over $40 million in annual revenue from selling technology services in China, and NuMobile has a proprietary software product offering for the smartphone and mobile computing market. China Crescent is NuMobile's exclusive partner in China helping NuMobile to expand its geographic footprint. NuMobile has already announced a contract with the National Guard as a result of early sales efforts in North America. The Chinese mobile market opportunity is substantially larger than the North American opportunity

About China Crescent Enterprises, Inc.

China Crescent Enterprises, Inc. reported over $40 million in profitable Revenue in 2008. The Company is a technology leader in the rapidly developing Chinese market specializing today in software engineering, high quality software development and digital multimedia outsourcing services delivered to customers globally. At the same time, the firm is a systems integrator and value added reseller of major global hardware brands in the Chinese domestic market. Headquartered in Dallas with operations in Shanghai and Beijing, China Crescent bridges the gap between Western and Eastern business cultures to assist Western clients in realizing the advantages of the high quality, low cost technology products and services available from China. China Crescent also assists Western clients in localizing products and services to realize the tremendous growth potential available by expanding into the Chinese Market.

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