Israel-based flavor and fragrance company Frutarom has announced its foray into functional foods market, building on the strength of its functional ingredients in the nutraceutical market. Frutarom stated that through its flavors and food ...
Tags: Functional Foods, Frutarom
Integrity Applications, an Israel-based medical device company, has received CE Mark approval for its GlucoTrack DF-F non-invasive device. The GlucoTrack DF-F is a glucose measuring device that uses a patented combination of ultrasound, ...
Valeritas, insulin delivery devices maker, has announced that it has closed a structured debt financing with Capital Royalty which will provide the company with about $100m in order to further commercialize V-Go. Designed to be easier to ...
Finnish diabetes technology company Mendor has entered into partnership with Europe-based diagnostics company A. Menarini Diagnostics for distribution of its blood glucose monitoring system. Under the terms of the agreement, Mendor's ...
Tags: A.Menarini Diagnostics, Blood Glucose Monitoring System
GlucoMen, a brand of A.Menarini Diagnostics, has introduced a new smartphone app GlucoLog Lite to maintain a complete record of patients' blood glucose history without paper logbook. The GlucoLog Lite app records the results of all the ...
Tags: GlucoMen, Blood Glucose History
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given its approval for the marketing of Roche's Cobas Integra 800 Tina-quant HbA1cDx assay for the diagnosis of diabetes. Presently available in the market, the HbA1c tests, or A1c tests are ...
Tags: Diabetes Diagnosis, Medicine
Roche, a Swiss-based company, is looking at the sale of its blood glucose meters business as the industry is facing tough competition. The talks are in initial stages, Reuters reported, citing three people familiar with the matter. The ...
Tags: Roche, Diabetes Device Unit
Broadcom Corporation today continued the expansion of its Wireless Internet Connectivity for Embedded Devices (WICED) product family with the announcement of the immediate availability of its new WICED Smart Development Kit through ...
Abbott has received CE Mark for its Architect clinical chemistry Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) test, which may assist physicians in diagnosing and monitoring diabetes as well as identifying patients at risk for developing diabetes. The HbA1c ...
The US food and drug administration (FDA) has approved Janssen's Invokana (canagliflozin) for the treatment of adults with type 2 diabetes. Invokana is the oral, once-daily medication available in the US demonstrating improved glycemic ...
Over 90,000 OneTouch VerioIQ blood glucose meters are being recalled by its maker LifeScan, Inc. According to the company, a unit of Johnson & Johnson, the meters can inadvertently shut off if readings are extremely high. That could lead ...
An implant to do blood tests has been developed by the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne. The implant beams its findings back by Bluetooth to a mobile phone. Researchers say it will be useful for providing continuous tracking of ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Health, Bluetooth
Echo Therapeutics, a developer of needle-free Symphony transdermal continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) system, has obtained ISO 13485:2003 certification for its quality management system. Symphony transdermal CGM system provides accurate, ...
Tags: Echo Therapeutics, quality management system, ISO certification
CMS Medical, a distributor and manufacturer of minimally-invasive medical products in Brazil, has entered into a collaboration agreement with GI Dynamics. Under the deal, CMS will distribute GI Dynamics' EndoBarrier therapy in Brazil, ...
Swiss-based medical devices firm Debiotech has entered into an exclusive partnership agreement with Valtronic for the manufacturing of the electronic Controller unit for Debiotech's insulin product JewelPUMP. The insulin pump, which is ...
Tags: insulin pump, medical devices, JewelPUMP