New insight into what causes the uncontrolled movement and noises (tics) in people with Tourette syndrome may lead to new non-drug treatments for the disorder, a new study suggests. These tics appear to be caused by defective wiring in ...
Vector Capital, private equity firm focused on value-oriented investments in technology companies, has sold Certara, a provider of drug development software and services, to Arsenal Capital Partners, a US-based based private equity firm. ...
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Zetes has developed a packaging execution software (PES), 'ZetesAtlas' that can be used to identify products in the supply chain process. According to the Belgium-based firm, the software is helpful for packaging firms in managing, ...
A US trade panel decided on Tuesday to extend antidumping and countervailing duties on hot- rolled steel products from five foreign countries after the second five-year review of the measures imposed initially in 2001. The US ...
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Flexible plastic packaging company Chantler Packaging has expanded its portfolio with the introduction of the new EnduroPouch. Available with a reinforced handle that is made using less plastic packaging, EnduroPouch also has a slider ...
The European Commission has published a report on the possibility to extend mandatory origin labeling for all meat used as an ingredient. The report, based on an external study completed in July 2013, noted the feasibility of launching ...
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Americas Styrenics LLC will raise its polystyrene pricing 3 cents/lb ($66.14/mt) January 1, according to a letter the company sent to customers Tuesday and Platts obtained Thursday. Higher feedstock styrene pricing has caused the push for ...
The most-recognized anti-infective brand in North America is Cipro. The brand was most-recognized by 7 percent of physicians in a survey conducted by Brand Institute Inc. during the second quarter of 2013. Cipro, comprising ciprofloxacin, ...
Spot prices of 98.5% 553-grade silicon metal in Asia rose this week as sellers raised offer prices due to output cuts in South China. Platts assessed the Chinese export spot price at $2,040-2,060/mt FOB China Thursday, up from ...
Although oil demand will continue to increase globally, it will become the fuel with the slowest consumption growth because of structural changes in the energy sector, experts said. China will surpass the United States, becoming the ...
The Netherlands-based Royal Philips has obtained 510(k) approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the spectral breast density measurement application for use with its MicroDose SI full-field digital mammography (FFDM) ...
Israel-based medical device company Brainsway has obtained an investigational device exemption (IDE) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to initiate a clinical trial for assessing the efficacy of its Deep TMS ...
Thinking about remodeling or building something from scratch? Chances are that you may have considered the integration of reclaimed timber from deconstructed homes into your final product, for reasons ranging from wanting to be ...
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AtriCure, a provider of Atrial Fibrillation (Afib) medical device, and Endoscopic Technologies, d/b/a Estech, have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which AtriCure has agreed to acquire Estech. Under the agreement, AtriCure ...
Roche NimbleGen and Kapa Biosystems have announced a partnership to provide an optimized next-generation sequencing (NGS) target enrichment workflow solution. Kapa Biosystems will custom manufacture NGS library preparation products for ...
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