Receptos, a biopharmaceutical company, has announced that Ono Pharmaceuticals has elected to amend and expand the existing collaboration agreement between the parties to include transfer to Ono of the Receptos G-protein-coupled receptor ...
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US-based SynCardia Systems has announced the implantation of the 150th SynCardia temporary total artificial heart in 2013. The 150th SynCardia temporary total artificial heart has been implanted on 26 November 2013. In 2012, a total of ...
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Echo Therapeutics, a medical device company developing its Symphony CGM system as a non-invasive, wireless continuous glucose monitoring system, has entered into a strategic collaboration agreement with Medical Technologies Innovation Asia ...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has released the final version of a voluntary plan to phase out the use of certain antibiotics in food animals. Antibiotics are added to the feed or drinking water of cattle, hogs, poultry and other ...
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U.S. regulators are working hard to keep up with the rapidly evolving digital health care sector, according to William Maisel, chief scientist of the FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health. Speaking last week during BIOMEDevice ...
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US-based life sciences venture capital firm Versant Ventures is expanding its operations into Canada in order to invest in early-stage drug discovery programs. The company has established an office in Vancouver this year and created a new ...
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Baxter International has filed an application to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a pediatric indication for Rixubis [Coagulation Factor IX (Recombinant)] to treat hemophilia B. The submission was based on a Phase II/III ...
Covagen has announced that the company has secured CHF42m in a tranched Series B financing with an option to obtain an additional CHF14m that would increase the total amount of the financing round to CHF56m. This financing will mainly ...
Women with moderate to severe may find relief by a class of erectile dysfunction drugs, U.S. researchers say. Study leader Richard Legro of Pennsylvania State College of Medicine said primary dysmenorrhea, also called PD, is the most ...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Sovaldi -- sofosbuvir -- to treat chronic hepatitis C virus infection without interferon, officials say. Dr. Edward Cox, director of the Office of Antimicrobial Products in the FDA's Center ...
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ReposiTrak has signed a deal with Food Marketing Institute (FMI), which will encourage the use of ReposiTrak food and drug safety solution among its food retail and wholesale members. ReposiTrak is a food safety solution provider, backed ...
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American Medical Systems, a provider of devices and therapies for male and female pelvic health, has obtained 510(k) approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its RetroArc retropubic sling system. Designed for the ...
CareFusion, a global medical technology company, has announced multiple new technologies across its device and software platforms to help improve the safety, efficiency and cost of intravenous (IV) medications to enhance enterprise-wide ...
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C4 Imaging, a US-based medical device company, has obtained 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Sirius MRI marker. Sirius is a positive-signal MRI marker that will be used following treatment of ...
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Druggability Technologies (DRGT) has entered into a multi-year collaboration deal with Bayer HealthCare that will deploy DRGT's proprietary Super-API platform to support Bayer HealthCare's formulation efforts directed at enhancing compound ...
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