Integra LifeSciences has received US regulatory clearance to market its Integra Titan Reverse Shoulder System, which offers greater flexibility for shoulder replacement surgery. The company plans to begin a limited market release in the ...
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Israel-based Given Imaging has secured regulatory clearance in Japan for its PillCam COLON, a video capsule that can help in the diagnosis of colonic disease in patients who are unable or unwilling to undergo colonoscopy. Given Imaging ...
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Kerecis, a medical device company focused on the treatment of tissue damage with Omega3-based regenerative technologies, has announced that its recent clinical trial found no allergenic reactions to its fish-skin-composed MariGen Omega3 ...
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Mauna Kea Technologies has received 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its AQ-Flex 19 miniprobe. AQ-Flex 19 miniprobe is used to provide real-time optical biopsies during endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine ...
Roszdravnadzor, the Russian healthcare agency, has granted regulatory approval to SpineGuard's handheld, wireless device PediGuard. Available as classic, curved and cannulated designs, PediGuard detects possible vertebral cortex ...
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US baker Flowers Foods has reached an agreement with Hostess Brands to acquire its Wonder, Nature's Pride, Merita, Home Pride and Butternut bread brands for around US$360m. Flowers has emerged as the "stalking horse" bidder that, if the ...
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US baker Flowers Foods has reached an agreement with Hostess Brands to acquire its Wonder, Nature's Pride, Merita, Home Pride and Butternut bread brands for around US$360m. Flowers will also take on 20 of Hostess' bakeries and ...
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Nestle has declined to comment on a report claiming it could sell US$1bn of assets in Latin America in order to secure final regulatory approvals for its Pfizer nutrition unit acquisition. Nestle is looking to sell the assets to ...
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The European Union has granted CE mark approval to Venaxis's blood-based test which is designed to identify patients at low risk for acute appendicitis. The APPY1 test, which is being initially developed for pediatric, adolescent and ...
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ArcelorMittal announced that it has entered into an agreement pursuant to which ArcelorMittal’s wholly owned subsidiary ArcelorMittal Mines Canada and a consortium led by POSCO and China Steel Corporation will enter into a joint ...
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Luxembourg-based global steelmaker ArcelorMittal has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary ArcelorMittal Mines Canada (AMMC) and a consortium led by South Korean steel producer POSCO and Taiwan's China Steel Corporation (CSC) will ...
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Cardica has shipped its first commercial MicroCutter XCHANGE 30 devices and cartridges to DACH Medical, its distributor for Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The MicroCutter XCHANGE 30 is a cartridge-based cutting/stapling device, which ...
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Commodity trader Glencore has said it wants to be a "true leader" in global grain trading after completing its acquisition of Viterra in a deal worth US$6bn. Glencore said this week its completion of the deal hands it "immediate critical ...
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Marissa Mayer, participating in her first Yahoo earnings conference call since becoming CEO, outlined a broad range of areas in which the company needs to improve. “It was an active and solid quarter with some nice ...
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Anaxsys has filed its respiR8 continuous respiratory rate counter's 510(k) premarket notification application with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for regulatory clearance. Electrochemical respiR8 device comprises a patented ...
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