PFM Medical, a developer and manufacturer of minimally invasive medical devices for cardio vascular technology, vascular access, surgery, and oncology, has received the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) premarket approval for its ...
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Digirad, a provider of in-office nuclear cardiology imaging and ultrasound services, has inked an exclusive international distribution agreement with Dilon Diagnostics, a developer of molecular breast imaging equipment, covering ...
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TUV SUD America, a testing, inspection and certification organization, has completed its stage 2 ISO 13485 audit with Solos Endoscopy on August 16, 2013. Solos Endoscopy will be certified to ISO 13485:2003, the internationally-recognized ...
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Israel-based ultrasound technology provider InSightec has received the approval from Health Canada for its ExAblate system designed to treat uterine fibroids and pain palliation of bone metastases non-invasively. The third generation ...
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Second Sight Medical Products has secured Medicare coverage for its Argus II retinal prosthesis system (Argus II) designed to treat the patients affected with blindness from the untreatable orphan disease retinitis pigmentosa in both the US ...
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Canada-based Sun Life Financial has forayed into the Malaysian insurance market with the launch of a new joint venture between Khazanah Nasional and CIMB Group Holdings to offer services in the country. Sun Life Malaysia Assurance and Sun ...
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UK-based Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon, has opened its new office at Cambourn Business Park in Cambridge. As part its domestic expansion plans, the firm has also expanded its existing offices in St Albans ...
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Ascent Underwriting, a trading division of insurance broker Safeonline, has launched a general liability coverage extension for small and mid-market business clients, as part of its new coverage initiatives. The new coverage, which ...
Wohl Associates, a processing and packaging company, announced that it acquired an inventory of used tablet processing and packaging machines, including tablet counters and presses, coating pans, and packaging machines. Proquip tablet ...
US-based cream cheese manufacturer Franklin Foods has opened a new manufacturing facility - Franklin Foods West - in Casa Grande, Arizona. The facility expands the company's growing food service, industrial, retail private label and ...
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Mylan has obtained FDA approval for its supplemental abbreviated new drug application (sANDA) for the generic version of GSK's WELLBUTRIN XL, bupropion hydrochloride extended-release tablets USP (XL), 300mg. Bioequivalence study results ...
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Clinical-stage company OncoMed Pharmaceuticals has announced the issuance of US patent for methods of treating cancer with its antibody vantictumab (OMP-18R5) through 2029. Targeting and inhibiting the Wnt pathway, Vantictumab was ...
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Tianli Agritech, a Chinese producer of breeder hogs, market hogs and black hogs, has inked an agreement with Wushang Mart to sell cuts of its Tianli-Xiduhei black hog meat through three of the retail outlets located in Wuhan City, Hubei ...
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US Cold Storage (USCS), a provider of refrigerated storage services to the food industry, plans to invest $15m to establish a new refrigerated cold storage logistics facility in Lake City, Florida, US. The new facility is expected to ...
Dairy giant Fonterra has temporarily closed its operations in Sri Lanka, including its plants and office, due to the unstable situation in the country. This move of the company is to protect its people and farmer shareholders' assets from ...