This review paper considers the removal efficiency of treatment processes for antibiotics in urban wastewaters. The removal efficiency is dependent on antibiotics’ physicochemical properties, and on the treatment process operating ...
Hygiena International Ltd has further developed their highly successful ATP bioluminescence system to specifically measure bacterial contamination, giving results within a working day or shift. The development involves their low cost but ...
If you suffer from overactive bladder you now have two new options: Botox injections (yes, the wrinkle-shrinking drug), and an over-the-counter version of the Oxytrol patch, which used to require a prescription. The Food and Drug ...
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Hospira (HSP), a provider of injectable drugs and infusion technologies, has revamped its TheraDoc clinical surveillance system, which is designed to support hospital antimicrobial stewardship efforts. The new TheraDoc system version ...
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The biotechnology and personalized medicine company, Epistem, has gained CE mark for its in vitro diagnostic medical device (CE-IVD), Genedrive Tuberculosis (TB) test. Epistem said the registration enables to place its TB test and ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance to AngioDynamics' BioFlo peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) with a permanent and non-eluting integral polymer Endexo technology. The BioFlo PICCs is ...
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ALK has entered into an collaboration agreement to supply its FDA approved skin test for the diagnosis of penicillin allergy, PRE-PEN (benzylpenicilloyl polylysine injection USP), to HealthTrust Purchasing Group. Under the agreement, ...
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Idaho Technology, a provider of instruments for pathogen identification and DNA analysis, has initiated clinical trial of its FilmArray blood culture identification (BCID) panel. The FilmArray BCID panel, which will run on the company's ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted de novo petition to market Nanosphere's gram-positive blood culture nucleic acid test (BC-GP) on the automated sample-to-result Verigene system. Single automated BC-GP test detects ...
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Tuv India,a subsidiary of German technical provider Tuv Nord,has entered into high-end testing services by constructing a food testing laboratory in Pune,India,with an investment of€5m. The new laboratory will be involved in the ...
Basilea Pharmaceutica has submitted a marketing authorization application (MAA) under the European decentralized procedure for its novel investigational antibiotic, ceftobiprole, to treat pneumonia in hospitals. The submission of the ...
MicroPhage has gained an additional FDA 510 clearance for its KeyPath MRSA/MSSA Blood Culture Test-BT. Blood test was initially cleared to diagnose and distinguish methicillin resistant and methicillin sensitive Staphylococcus aureus ...
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An alternative test should be developed to determine if the controversial antibiotic nitrofurazone has been used in the production of honey, according to a new review commissioned by the Food Standards Agency in Scotland (FSAS). ...
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Sequella has licensed its B-SMART technology to Laboratory Corporation of America (LabCorp) to allow LabCorp to develop a new laboratory-based antibiotic susceptibility assay for Mycobacterium tuberculosis and to use the assay in the US ...
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Astellas Pharma Europe, a European subsidiary of Astellas, has introduced Dificlir (generic name: fidaxomicin) tablets in the Europe. Dificlir, indicated to treat Clostridium difficile infections (CDI), is an orally administered, ...
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