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Futura Medical signs marketing and distribution deal with Church & Dwight

Futura Medical, a pharmaceutical group that develops innovative products for consumer healthcare, has signed an agreement with Church & Dwight Co., for the marketing and distribution of CSD500, Futura's new condom product under the Trojan brand. Under the terms of the agreement, Church & Dwight wi

Chairman and CEO of Mediterranean Oil & Gas stock up

Both the Chairman and Chief Executive of Mediterranean Oil & Gas (MOG) increased their holdings in the company on Tuesday, one day after it said it was 'pleased' with its production activities in Italy last year, setting the stage for a strong 2013. CEO William Higgs purchased 200,000 shares at 10

Future Medical places shares at tiny discount

Futura Medical, best known for its condom products which help maintain a firmer erection during sexual intercourse, is to raise funds through a placing of shares at a tiny discount to the prevailing share price. The company intends to raise £2.08m, gross, through the placing of 3.65m shares at 57p

Fall-out between Reckitt Benckiser and Futura over CSD 500

The British firm that says it has created an erection sustaining condom has fallen out with its marketing partner, Reckitt Benckiser, forcing it to go ahead with production on its own. Futura Medical says it was unable to find: "common ground acceptable to both parties in respect of their continued

Futura expects lower loss

AIM-quoted erectile dysfunction treatments developer Futura Medical says that its loss fell in 2010. Revenues generated from commercial payments from partners increased from £50,000 to £125,000. The loss fell from £1.51m to £1.32m. There is still £1m in the bank. The CSD500 condom still requir

Takeover targets named

Hold on tight, a wave of patent expiries and generic competition could spark another round of consolidation in the pharma and medical devices sector this year. Billions of dollars have been spent on takeovers or pumped into new issues in recent months as confidence in the recovery grows and cash-ri

Futura hit by more delays to CSD500

Erectile dysfunction treatments developer Futura Medical says that there will be further delays in the CSD500 condom getting its CE mark but management believes that the regulator's queries can be addressed in a relatively short period of time. The CSD500 condom helps men to maintain a firm erect

Small caps round-up: Forte Energy, Futura Medical, Hightex...

Forte Energy has completed a 7,000m drilling program at its A238 uranium anomaly in the north of its leases in Mauritania and a 1,500m diamond drilling program should be completed next month. "These initial results are from the first pass shallow drilling along strike, and confirm the presence of

London close: US spurs Footsie recovery

Footsie put its weak start behind it to close with good gains, helped by buoyant trading on Wall Street. US shares recovered from losses yesterday that snapped a recent winning streak. Among the risers here was ARM Holdings. UBS has issued a downbeat assessment of the European semiconductor mark

London afternoon: ARM in line for Samsung boost

Footsie emerged from the lunch-time session nursing a small gain, with the majority of the blue-chip index's constituents in positive territory. Chief among them was chip designer ARM Holdings. UBS has issued a downbeat assessment of the European semiconductor market but it has made an exception o

Small caps round-up: Ark Therapeutics, Alkane Energy, CPL

Speciality drug developer AGI Therapeutics posted narrower losses in the six months to June 30 and said it was on the look-out for 'external opportunities.' The company, which is developing treatments for gastrointestinal disorders and multiple sclerosis, saw pre-tax losses narrow to $3.1m from $9.

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UK SMALLCAP ROUNDUP: Resaca Exploration Shelves Share Sale

Dow Jones smallcap news is now on Twitter, allowing you to catch up on the news away from your desk. Go to http://twitter.com/DJ_UK_Smallcaps RESACA EXPLOITATION INC. (RSOX.LN), an oil and gas company, said Wednesday it postponed a planned share issue due to market conditions. Resaca planne

UK SMALLCAP ROUNDUP: HMV Strategy On Track Amid Record Sales

Dow Jones smallcap news is now on Twitter, allowing you to catch up on the news away from your desk. Go to http://twitter.com/DJ_UK_Smallcaps HMV GROUP PLC (HMV.LN) Wednesday said its strategy of diversifying its business away from CDs and DVDs remains on track, although the CD market didn't de