China will lift price controls on most medicines starting from June 1, the country's economic planner said on Tuesday. Medicine prices will be decided by the market, said the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) in an online ...
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The Federation of India Export Organisations (FIEO) wants government backing to arrest falling exports.FIEO president SC Ralhan said the trade data for the month of the March, 2015 showed a decline of over 21 per cent in exports and close ...
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India’s Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has instructed manufacturers to print the track and trace system export of pharmaceuticals and drug consignments on secondary level packaging including mono cartons. As per a ...
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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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Drugs can be administered directly into the body through injections, infusion, or through other drug delivery devices. Drug delivery devices are the devices or formulations used to inject therapeutic substances in the body through a ...
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Catalent Pharma Solutions, a US-based provider of advanced delivery technologies and development solutions for drugs, biologics and consumer health products, has acquired Australian pharmaceutical packaging business, Pharmapak Technologies, ...
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Bosch Packaging Technology will be showcasing its new exterior washing machine RAN 3080 for vials, ampoules and cartridges at Achema 2015. The machines use a newly developed, high-pressure cleaning process for removing product residue ...
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Game inventor Gil Hova smashed initial goal of $8,000 in one month. A card game that puts players in control of drugs companies with awful side effects has smashed its Kickstarter goal with over $30,000 in funding. Billed by its ...
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Germany-based plastic packaging company Sanner has developed Brilliance, a new packaging solution for effervescent tablets. Sanner specializes in manufacturing plastic packaging for pharmaceutical, medical and healthcare products. ...
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The health ministry of India has developed a track and trace mechanism that will enable consumers to check the authenticity of a drug with the help of the internet. The move comes after allegations from some international markets that ...
Arkansas-based poultry producer Tyson Foods Inc. has cut out gentamicin, a key human antibiotic, from its hatcheries. The US' largest chicken producer told Reuters that gentamicin and other similar antibiotics had been removed from its 35 ...
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China will accelerate price reform this year in sectors such as electric power, head of the country's top price regulator said Thursday. The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) will further strengthen its efforts on price ...
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Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott began waging a war against red tape, even launching a website dedicated to the notion. The deregulation of the country’s medical device and pharmaceutical industries has been included in that ...
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US-based packaging components manufacturer West Pharmaceutical Services has launched a new sterile drug vial seal, the Flip-Off PlusRU seal. While these new ready-to-use seals will help pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical manufacturers ...
Posted in Mobile Health by Chris Newmarker on January 30, 2015 Why would two women who visit the doctor with identical early symptoms of multiple sclerosis have vastly different outcomes 10 years later? That’s what pharmaceutical ...