New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Company (NJM) has deployed Guidewire's PolicyCenter as its new underwriting and policy administration solution and Guidewire BillingCenter . Apart from this, the automobile and workers' compensation ...
The French Agency for Food Health Safety (ANSES) has urged the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) to classify BPA as a reprotoxic substance. Currently, BPA is classified under category 2 substance, which means suspected reprotoxicity. ...
Starr Companies, a global insurance and financial services company, has appointed Jeffrey Johnson as its new Global Chief Claims Officer. Johnson, who holds more than 30 years of claims leadership experience, will directly report to Starr ...
US food company Sugar Creek Packing plans to invest $28.5m to expand and upgrade a 77,000ft2 plant in Cambridge City, Indiana, which was formerly owned by Really Cool Foods. The plant, located in Indiana Gateway Industrial Park, Wayne ...
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Novartis, Incyte's strategic collaborator, has received the European Commission approval for Jakavi (INC424, ruxolitinib), an oral JAK 1 and JAK 2 inhibitor to treat patients with myelofibrosis. The oral JAK 1 and JAK 2 inhibitor ...
New Zealand-based Caffe Prima has chosen to use Econic coffee bags, which were specifically developed by converter, Convex Plastics using NatureFlex renewable and compostable films in their construction. Caffe Prima was on look out for ...
US insurance brokerage and risk management services firm Arthur J Gallagher & Co has acquired Park Row Associates in Providence, from its parent, Delta Dental of Rhode Island, for an undisclosed sum. Following the closing of transaction, ...
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Functional Neuromodulation has treated the first US patient with a deep brain stimulation(DBS)system in a randomized,double-blind,controlled trial. The trial,named Advance,has implanted the first patient at Johns Hopkins to demonstrate ...
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American General Life Companies (American General) has enhanced AG Quick Ticket, its web-based life insurance application tool, facilitating producers to complete and submit applications electronically and ensures fast turnaround times for ...
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Iverson Genetic Diagnostics has signed an agreement with Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine to license a molecular diagnostics test which determines cardiovascular risk in men and women and infertility risk in women. Under the ...
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Sri Lanka has imposed a ban on rice exports until its harvest season next March, as a part of its effort to ensure adequate rice stocks at affordable prices amid severe drought across country's major rice-producing areas. Rice is the ...
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US-based snack producer Nugo Nutrition has announced that all the five flavors of its Dark chocolate coated protein bars are now certified gluten-free by the Gluten-Free Certification Organization (GFCO). The products contain 10g of ...
CSL Behring has received FDA orphan drug designation for its recombinant fusion protein linking coagulation factor IX with recombinant albumin (rIX-FP). The designation was granted for the treatment and prophylaxis of bleeding episodes in ...
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Andesa Services, US-based insurance brokerage, has announced availability of a client portal for its ADASTAR Q+ plan administration system, to enable easy downloading and retrieval of reports and other documents. Using the newly ...
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TranS1 has obtained CE mark approval for its VEO minimally invasive lateral access fusion system for interbody fusions. The VEO lateral fusion system, featuring two-stage retraction method that focuses on nerve visualization and then ...
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