Boston Scientific has completed enrolling first patient in REPRISE II clinical trial, designed to assess the safety and efficacy of the Lotus Valve system in minimizing aortic regurgitation (leaking). The Lotus Valve system, which the ...
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Meaningful cloud computing standards are crucial to improve the maturity of cloud-based services and bring increased flexibility, security and interoperability, but too many competing standards could wreak damage, warned the Cloud Industry ...
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Demand for luxury products continues but, writes Simon Creasey, the sector’s design outlook is filtering into Recession – what recession? Recent sales figures from luxury retailers belie fears of a double dip economic ...
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Princes hopes to increase its appeal to adult consumers with the launch of a number of bean meals under the Branston brand in the UK. The company will launch bean meals that include full-size lincolnshire sausages, chorizo sausage and ...
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Lean ink management systems provider in the Netherlands, GSE Dispensing has launched the improved version of its Colorsat Slim gravimetric dispenser with optimal dosage accuracy. Designed to provide flexo and gravure ink colors for ...
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An alternative test should be developed to determine if the controversial antibiotic nitrofurazone has been used in the production of honey, according to a new review commissioned by the Food Standards Agency in Scotland (FSAS). ...
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Munich American Reassurance Company (MARC), a subsidiary of Munich Re has announced a significant enhancement to EDGE, its web-based life underwriting manual for assessing mortality risks. According to the company, the enhancement offers ...
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Hannover Life Reassurance has appointed Cliff Titcomb as vice president and chief medical director, who will form an integral part of the firm's senior risk management team. Hannover Life senior vice president and chief underwriter Kevin ...
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Moreland Insurance has signed an agreement with Hiscox to jointly launch a new policy, aimed to develop a ‘comprehensive safety net' for franchisors. Moreland director Maurice Logie said that the launch marks a significant step in ...
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US-based Zip-Pak, the global provider of materials and machinery for resealable packaging, has introduced the new Vector resealable matrix, aiming to bring a new level of consumer convenience to flexible packaging. The solution features a ...
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Chesapeake Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Packaging has acquired Pharmapost, a manufacturer of pharmaceutical leaflets, from its parent company Cegedim. The transaction was finalized on the 30 April 2012 and the other terms related to ...
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Hannover Life Reassurance Company of America, a North American life and health reinsurance subsidiary of Hannover Re Group, has announced new additions to its Financial and Mortality Solutions Teams. According to the company, Robert ...
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The global lighting market is benefiting from a "Perfect Storm" of solid-state technology development, high energy prices, economic turmoil and social factors coinciding according to analysis firm Datapoint Research. The market for ...
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The cloud played a pivotal role in separating insurance group Direct Line from parent company the Royal Bank of Scotland(RBS)to launch on the stock market. Direct Line had less than 6 months to re-engineer its HR process to prepare for an ...
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Health Canada has reaffirmed that bisphenol A(BPA)is safe to be used in food packaging and does not pose a health risk. This is the latest update by the agency,which conducted an assessment in 2008.The announcement comes when the ...
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