HealthDay Reporter Latest MedicineNet News Uninsured Won't Flock to States With Medicaid No Harm From 'Scoop and Run' Police Transport Medicaid Use May Boost ER Visitstudy People Worldwide May Feel Mind-Body Connections Troubled Launch of ...
Total U.S. healthcare spending in 2012 increased by 3.7 percent -- 0.4 percentage points higher than in 2011 -- the lowest rate since 1960, U.S. officials say. An analysis by the Office of the Actuary at the Centers for Medicare and ...
IntelliCell BioSciences, a US-based regenerative medicine firm using adult autologous stromal vascular fraction cells (SVFCs) derived from the blood vessels found in adipose tissue, has received notice that its patent application has been ...
Advanced Catheter Therapies (ACT), a US-based developer of medical devices, has obtained 510(k) approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Occlusion Perfusion Catheter, designed to temporarily occlude a specific region ...
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Signaling the end of a patent battle lasting for almost three years, Korea’s Intellectual Property Tribunal (IPT) rejected an attempt to invalidate Dow Corning patent 10-976075. The patent is among Dow Corning’s rich ...
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Before the invention of the refrigerator, icehouses were used to provide cool storage for most of the year. Placed near freshwater lakes or packed with snow and ice during the winter, they were once very common. Natural means are still used ...
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Advenira Enterprises Inc., a developer of Solution Derived Nano-composite (SDN™) coating technology, today announced it has received notice from the United States Patent and Trademark office of issuance of patent US 8,506,709. This ...
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The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted a patent to specialty pharma company AMAG Pharmaceuticals, for its ferumoxytol drug, which is used to heal anemia caused by iron deficiency. The company has been given US Patent No. ...
Biotechnology company Momenta Pharmaceuticals has announced the issuance of a patent from the US Patent and Trademark Office to The Rockefeller University for sialylation technology. The patent expires in 2028 and covers methods of ...
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The Chinese State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) on Tuesday signed an agreement to start using the same patent classification system as adopted by the E.U. and U.S. patent authorities in January, the European Patent Office (EPO) ...
Canada-based pharmaceutical company Nuvo Research has received US Patent relating to compositions and methods of using WF10 and new derivative formulations for the treatment of allergic asthma, allergic rhinitis and atopic dermatitis. ...
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The Textile Effects division of Huntsman Corporation announced it has obtained a judgment from the Intermediate People's Court in Shanghai, China, against Shanghai Colva Dyestuff Industry Co., Ltd. (“Colva”), a manufacturer of ...
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Vycor Medical has obtained two new patents for its Spinal ViewSite Cervical Access System (VCAS). The patents, including 2008-518369 and 11/993280, are for the US and Japan and cover an introducer and retractor system for use in spinal ...
The USFDA has approved Amarin supplemental new drug application for Chemport as additional Vascepa active pharmaceutical ingredient supplier. The approval adds to the company's planned expansion of the Vascepa manufacturing supply chain ...
US-based biotechnology company BioTime and its subsidiary LifeMap Sciences have entered into a definitive data mining collaboration agreement. Under the agreement, BioTime will use LifeMap's computer-based tools to extract information ...
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