Bayer HealthCare has submitted VEGF Trap-Eye (aflibercept solution for injection) for regulatory approval in Japan to treat patients with myopic choroidal neovascularization (myopic CNV), one of the most common causes of eye disease. In ...
Sumitomo Life Insurance of Japan has reached an agreement to acquire 40% stake in PT Bank Negara Indonesia's life insurance business for nearly JPY36.2bn ($354m). Sumitomo Life said in a statement that the partnership with BNI and BNI ...
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QRxPharma, an Australian-based commercial-stage specialty pharmaceutical company, has resubmitted its MOXDUO new drug application (NDA). At a meeting in early October 2013, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) provided QRxPharma with ...
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French private equity firm Apax Partners has inked a deal to acquire Europe Snacks business from IK Investment Partners for an undisclosed amount. Europe Snacks is a manufacturer of savory snacks the brands of its retailing clients, ...
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Aerocrine, a medical products company, has announced that Japanese health authorities have approved the use of its FeNO-measuring device NIOX MINO as a tool for assessing patients with airway inflammation such as asthma. On 19 November ...
European Medicines Agency's (EMA) the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has issued positive opinion for AstraZeneca and Bristol-Myers Squibb's of Xigduo for adults aged 18 and older with type 2 diabetes mellitus. The ...
Century Medical, the Japanese partner of TriReme Medical, has obtained Shonin approval for the GliderXtreme PTA catheter, which is designed for the treatment of peripheral arterial blockages. GliderXtreme has a low-profile nitinol shaft ...
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Posted in Cardiovascular by Qmed Staff on November 19, 2013 The Sapien 3 could be used in a broader range of patients than earlier TAVR products introduced internationally. Edwards Lifesciences (Irvine, CA) is in the news after The ...
Valeant Pharmaceuticals North America, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, has received a notice that the new drug application for Luzu (luliconazole) cream, 1% has been approved by the US Food and Drug ...
Merck has secured priority review status from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its new drug application (NDA) for an investigational intravenous (IV) solution formulation of its antifungal agent, Noxafil (posaconazole), ...
Liberty Mutual Insurance, an American global insurer, is set to acquire Mexican surety company Primero Fianzas from private investor group Grupo Valores Operativos Monterrey. Terms of the deal, which is subject to the receipt of ...
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Synutra International, Inc. ("Synutra" or the "Company"), which owns subsidiaries in China that produce, distribute and sell nutritional products for infants, children and adults, today announced financial results for the second quarter and ...
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US-based Seventh Sense Biosystems has obtained CE Mark approval for its Touch Activated Phlebotomy (TAP) blood collection and testing system. Seventh Sense Biosystems' TAP painless blood collection platform allows the collection of ...
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UK-based mining giant Anglo American has announced that it has completed the sale of 100 percent of the Amapá iron ore operation in Brazil to Zamin Ferrous Ltd., a private international mining group that has been operating in Brazil, ...
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First Milk's partnership with cheese supplier Adams Foods could create up to 100 new jobs and would represent at least an extra 50,000t of first-year sales for Adams Foods. Kerrygold is one of Adams Foods brands Adams Foods ceo Ian Toal ...
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