When you’re having trouble sleeping, light is the last thing you assume you need. But according to a pilot study attempting to solve insomnia among lung cancer patients led by University at Buffalo sleep researcher Grace Dean, light ...
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US packaging firm MeadWestvaco (MWV) has inked a licensing agreement with design agency Burgopak for marketing the latter's medication adherence packaging. Burgopak's package is said to boost patient's adherence to medication through ...
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Schott announced that it will continue to invest in its pharmaceutical packaging plant in Itupeva, Brazil on the occasion of its 80th manufacturing anniversary in the country. The company said that it will supply locally-produced ...
Micropacemaker is but another example of the how the trend of miniaturization is gaining momentum in healthcare. As medical devices become tinier, they may help the tiniest patients. The FDA has given humanitarian approval to the ...
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Symplicity Spyral Multi-electrode Renal Denervation Catheter (Image courtesy of Medtronic) The medtech giant isn’t giving up yet on renal denervation, if a new announcement is any indication. Chris Newmarker Medtronic is ...
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Nearly half of all Phase III pharmaceutical clinical trials fail, partly because data about patient adherence is hard to come by. That’s according to computer giant Oracle (ORCL), which has teamed with and ingestible sensor ...
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A report by Juniper Research has found that will more than treble by 2018 with over 70 million devices in-use worldwide, compared to an estimated 19 million in-use devices this year. Juniper expects fitness to remain the dominant wearables ...
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Global Factories is a worldwide provider of medicine verification techniques. The company develops unique products to make personalised medicine distribution available for everyone. Its newest development is a multi-dose blister card that ...
MeadWestvaco Corp. (MWV) has received a grant to provide its Medication Event Monitoring System (MEMS) to The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in projects to help prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS. MEMSCap Medication Event Monitoring System ...
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Folding cartons, rigid paper boxes and paperboard specialty products manufacturer Colbert Packaging Corporation has launched patient compliance packaging solutions, MedLock EZT. The new product is a child-resistant, senior-friendly and ...
It used to be that we adults just had to worry about keeping up with our children in the smarts department. (Remember the first time you had to ask your offspring to show you how to use email or Facebook?) Now, as the technological ...
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Google has lengthened its leap into medtech by acquiring Lift Labs, a San Francisco startup that makes a spoon to help prevent patients with movement disorders from spilling their food. The Internet giant will fold Lift Labs into Google ...
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A wholly-owned subsidiary of Bupa Care Homes, Stockport-based SurgiChem is a provider of medication adherence packaging to the UK care home and domiciliary care markets. The company supplies monitored dosage systems to a network of over ...
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Omnicell has completed the acquisition of UK-based SurgiChem, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bupa Care Homes (CFG), following approval from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in the UK. CFG will now be integrated with Omnicell's ...
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Packaging solution providers MeadWestvaco (MWV) have launched a software-based solution Avive Multimed system which offers multiple benefits like medication regimens syncronisation, adherence improvement and medication therapy management. ...
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