The European Commission has approved Sanofi Pasteur's 6-in-1 pediatric vaccine Hexyon/Hexacima (DTaP-IPV-Hib-HepB vaccine) for primary and booster vaccination of infants from six weeks of age. The EC decision follows the European ...
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US-based medical devices manufacturer Varian Medical and Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) have collaborated to further advance the motion management techniques for proton therapy. Focused on optimizing treatment strategies for cancer in the ...
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Healthcare products company Covidien has launched a new cuffless product to enhance patient care and safety within the hospital and home care environments. The product, which forms part of the company's Shiley neonatal and pediatric ...
Activaero has reported the positive results from its phase II trial in children with mild to moderate asthma. The proof-of-concept trial was conducted with Activaero's drug-device combination consisting of budesonide in liquid formulation ...
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Students at four District #210 Lincoln-Way high schools are participating in a program designed to make their local community a better environment in which to live, work and learn. T.E.A.M. Asset, an acronym for Teaching Everyone Assets ...
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Canada’s most prominent surrogacy consultant Leia Picard, founder of Canadian Fertility Consultants, has weighed in on the high profile US surrogacy case. Ms. Picard stated, “I think this case clearly illustrates the need for ...
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The United States District Court for the District of New Jersey has ruled that AstraZeneca's US patent protecting Pulmicort Respules in the US, is invalid. The Court also said that the generic defendants involved in the litigation do not ...
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Mission Pharmacal Company has introduced new flavored Prednisolone Sodium Phosphate Oral Solution 25mg/5mL for asthma patients in certain US markets. The company expects to make the flavored asthma medicine, with grape taste and higher ...
Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) has announced the FDA approval of first drug, diphenhydramine hydrochloride injection, USP, to be offered in BD Simplist line of prefilled generic injectables. Diphenhydramine Hydrochloride Injection, ...
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The US FDA has cleared Eisai's ACIPHEX Sprinkle (rabeprazole sodium) as 12-week gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) therapy for use in children between one to eleven years age. The approval was based on positive data from multicenter, ...
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US-based biotechnology firm DART Therapeutics is developing a selective androgen receptor modulator (SARM) drug candidate for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). DMD is a pediatric rare disease that affects approximately one in 3,600 boys ...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted six months pediatric exclusivity for Hospira's Precedex (dexmedetomidine HCl) injection in the US. Precedex, an alpha-2 agonist, is approved for use only in adults and the US regulator ...
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Groundbreaking educational partnership with several of the most experienced laser dentistry educators Syneron Dental Lasers the leading provider of innovative dental laser technologies is pleased to announce the launch of its global ...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Orphan Drug Designation to SOV Therapeutics' oral testosterone undecanoate, a pro-drug of testosterone, for the treatment of Constitutional Delay of Growth and Puberty (CDGP) in ...
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Galderma Laboratories has gained US marketing rights for its Epiduo (adapalene 0.1%/BPO 2.5%) Gel, designed for the treatment of acne in children as young as nine years old, following the approval from the US Food and Drug Administration ...