Swiss drugmaker Roche has entered into a license agreement with Polyphor for the development and commercialization of its investigational macrocycle antibiotic, POL7080, to treat patients suffering from bacterial infections caused by ...
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Synta Pharmaceuticals has announced the publication of the company's first patent application covering its proprietary Hsp90-inhibitor drug conjugate (HDC) platform, which leverages the company's expertise in chaperone biology and medicinal ...
Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) and Select Milk Producers have inked an agreement with AMP Americas to convert their fleets to compressed natural gas (CNG) -powered trucks. As per the agreed terms, AMP-Trillium, the joint venture between ...
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The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)'s Experimental Therapeutics Centre (ETC) and Swiss biopharmaceutical firm Debiopharm Group (Debiopharm) have signed an exclusive research collaboration to develop oral small molecules ...
Tags: Cancer Drugs, Medicine
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of Bayer, has obtained two separate orphan drug designations from the US Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Office of Orphan Products Development for its investigational, oral medication ...
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Bentley believes its upcoming SUV, confirmed to go on sale in 2016, will create a new class in the segment and have Range Rover-matching off-road capability. Speaking to industry journal Automotive News Europe at last week's Frankfurt ...
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By blending their expertise, two materials science engineers at Washington University in St. Louis changed the electronic properties of new class of materials — just by exposing it to light. With funding from the Washington ...
Tags: Semiconductor, Metal
Navistar International's losses continue to mount, though the company says its order board is strengthening and the addition of the Cummins ISB mid-range engine sets its medium-duty business up for a turnaround. The company this morning ...
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Attaboys aplenty to California, Arizona cotton industry Too many straws have emptied the bucket Managing food safety risks on the orchard floor If there was one ray of sunshine from a recent regulatory convention I attended it was that ...
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After a month delay and a price drop, Nvidia has started shipping the $299 Shield handheld gaming console via its website and online retail stores. Shield looks much like a traditional gaming controller, but it has a 5-inch pop-up screen ...
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Pfizer's rheumatoid arthritis treatment, tofacitinib, has obtained approval in several additional countries globally, including Switzerland, Argentina, Kuwait, UAE and Russia for patients with inadequate response to current therapies. The ...
Battered by the nonstop onslaught of media tablets, the mobile PC market in 2013 delivered the worst second-quarter performance in 11 years, according to preliminary data provided by a PC Dynamics Market Brief from information and analytics ...
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A new program launched by The American Trucking Associations (ATA) wants to help educate young, up and coming trucking executives. Called "Lead ATA", the program is also sponsored by PeopleNet, and aims to ensure that tomorrow's trucking ...
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Sectra has registered Sectra DoseTrack, a new class 1 software medical device, with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Sectra DoseTrack is a web-based solution to monitor patient radiation doses and check whether they are kept as ...
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The USFDA has accepted Pfizer's supplemental new drug application (sNDA) to expand labeling of rheumatoid arthritis medication Xeljanz (tofacitinib citrate) to include inhibition of structural damage progression. The data from ORAL Start ...
Tags: FDA, Pfizer sNDA, Xeljanz Labeling