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OTCPicks.com Daily Market Movers Digest Midday Report for Tuesday, January 6th NXHD, PGOG, ADXS, STKR, VCRT, DORB

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Our Stocks to Watch today include Nexia Holdings Inc. (OTCBB: NXHD), Perf Go Green Holdings Inc. (OTCBB: PGOG), Advaxis Inc. (OTCBB: ADXS), StockerYale Inc. (Nasdaq: STKR), Vicor Technologies Inc. (OTCBB: VCRT) and DOR BioPharma Inc. (OTCBB: DORB).

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NEXIA HOLDINGS INCORPORATED (OTCBB: NXHD)

"Up 100.00% in morning trading"

Company Profile: http://www.otcpicks.com/nexia-holdings/nexia-holdings.htm

Nexia Holdings, Inc., headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, is a diversified holdings company with operations in real estate, health & beauty, and fashion retail. Nexia owns a majority interest in Landis Lifestyle Salon (www.landissalons.com), a hair salon built around the world-class Aveda™ product line. Through its Style Perfect, Inc. subsidiary, Nexia owns the innovative retail and design firm Black Chandelier and its related brands. Black Chandelier currently operates one retail location and online store at www.blackchandelier.com.

PERF GO GREEN HOLDINGS INCORPORATED (OTCBB: PGOG)

Company Profile: http://www.otcpicks.com/perf-go-green/perf-go-green.htm

Perf Go Green Holdings, Inc. is engaged in the creation and global marketing of 100% eco-friendly, non-toxic, food-contact-compliant, biodegradable plastic products. All Perf Go Green products are made from recycled plastics and completely break down in landfill within two years, leaving no toxic or visible residue, as compared to other plastics that take hundreds of years. Perf Go Green’s corporate name reflects its "Go Green" mission to develop, market and distribute biodegradable plastic products as a practical and viable solution to eliminating plastic waste from the world environment.

ADVAXIS INCORPORATED (OTCBB: ADXS)

"Up 150.00% in morning trading"

Based in North Brunswick, New Jersey, Advaxis is developing proprietary Listeria monocytogenes ("Lm") cancer vaccines based on technology developed by Dr. Yvonne Paterson, Professor of Microbiology at the University of Pennsylvania and Chairperson of Advaxis’ Scientific Advisory Board. Advaxis is developing attenuated live Listeria-based vaccines that deliver engineered tumor antigens, which safely stimulate multiple simultaneous immunological mechanisms to fight cancer. Advaxis’ lead Listeria vaccine candidate, Lovaxin-C, targets human papilloma virus ("HPV")-associated cancers such as cervical and head and neck. Current Lm vaccines in development target prostate, breast, ovarian and other cancers. Recently, Advaxis completed a Phase I clinical trial of Lovaxin-C. A Phase II clinical trial is planned for patients with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia ("CIN"). The Lm platform also has applications in the fields of infectious disease and autoimmune disorders.

STOCKERYALE INCORPORATED (NASDAQ: STKR)

"Up 61.38% in morning trading"

StockerYale, Inc., headquartered in Salem, New Hampshire, is an independent designer and manufacturer of structured light lasers, LED modules, and specialty optical devices for industry leading OEMs. In addition, the company manufactures fluorescent lighting products and phase masks. The Company serves a wide range of markets including the machine vision, industrial inspection, defense, telecommunication, sensors, and medical markets. StockerYale has offices and subsidiaries in the U.S., Canada, and Europe.

VICOR TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED (OTCBB: VCRT)

"Up 46.15% in morning trading"

Vicor Technologies is a development-stage biotechnology company creating innovative non-invasive diagnostics employing its patented, proprietary point correlation dimension algorithm (PD2i.) The PD2i is a deterministic, non-linear measure that analyzes electrophysiological potentials to predict future pathological events with a high degree of accuracy in target populations. Vicor currently has three products employing the PD2i algorithm. The PD2i Analyzer, now in commercialization, measures heart rate variability. The PD2i VS (Vital Sign), in clinical trials under a collaborative effort with the U.S. Army Institute for Surgical Research (www.usaisr.amedd.army.mil), risk stratifies combat and civilian trauma victims. The PD2i CA (Cardiac Analyzer), in a multi-site, multi-year trial (the VITAL Trial) being conducted by the Harvard Clinical Research Institute, identifies patients at risk of suffering sudden cardiac death. Vicor anticipates additional applications employing the PD2i to enable early detection and risk stratification for a variety of other disorders and diseases. Additional information is available at www.vicortech.com. The appearance of name-brand institutions or products in this media release does not constitute endorsement by the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, the Department of the Army, Department of Defense or the U.S. Government of the information, products or services contained therein.

DOR BIOPHARMA INCORPORATED (OTCBB: DORB)

"Up 13.79% in morning trading"

DOR BioPharma, Inc. (DOR) is a late-stage biopharmaceutical company developing products to treat life-threatening side effects of cancer treatments and serious gastrointestinal diseases, and vaccines for certain bioterrorism agents. DOR's lead product, orBec® (oral beclomethasone dipropionate or BDP), is a potent, locally acting corticosteroid being developed for the treatment of gastrointestinal Graft-versus-Host disease (GI GVHD), a common and potentially life-threatening complication of hematopoietic cell transplantation. DOR expects to begin a confirmatory Phase 3 clinical trial of orBec® for the treatment of GI GVHD in 1H 2009. orBec® is also currently the subject of an NIH-supported, Phase 2, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in the prevention of acute GVHD. Oral BDP may also have application in treating other gastrointestinal disorders characterized by severe inflammation. Additionally, DOR has a Lipid Polymer Micelle (LPM(TM)) drug delivery technology for the oral delivery of leuprolide for the treatment of prostate cancer and endometriosis. Through its Biodefense Division, DOR is developing biomedical countermeasures pursuant to the Project BioShield Act of 2004. DOR's biodefense products in development are recombinant subunit vaccines designed to protect against the lethal effects of exposure to ricin toxin, botulinum toxin and anthrax. DOR's ricin toxin vaccine, RiVax™, has been shown to be well tolerated and immunogenic in a Phase 1 clinical trial in normal volunteers.

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