The Alaska Division of Public Health (ADPH) and the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) have issued a health advisory relating to a recent ongoing outbreak of Campylobacter infections that have been associated with consuming raw ...
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St Jude Medical is planning to begin EnligHTNment study, designed to evaluate whether patients with hypertension treated with its EnligHTN renal denervation system can provide additional benefits beyond a reduction in blood pressure. The ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared Second Sight Medical Products' retinal prosthesis system to treat patients with late stage retinitis pigmentosa (RP). The CE-marked Argus II retinal prosthesis system, which the ...
An iOS 6.1 hack has been published online allowing users to bypass the iPhone 5‘s pin code. A security hole in the latest version of Apple‘s iOS 6.1 mobile operating system allows anyone to access voice mail, calls, contacts, ...
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Chinese authorities may be exploiting a security hole in Microsoft Office for Mac to target the Uyghur people, an ethnic group of people who live in parts of Asia and are seeking independence from Chinese rule, according to Kaspersky and ...
Germany-based Biotronik has obtained CE mark approval for its Ilesto 7 implantable cardioverter-defibrillator/cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (ICD/CRT-D) series. The Ilesto 7 series, which the company claims to include the ...
Tags: ProMRI technology, DF4 connector, MR scans
ReCor Medical has commenced a post-market Achieve study of its Gen-2 Paradise system, designed for use in patients with resistant high blood pressure. Featuring an over-the-wire 6Fr device and faster procedures, the CE-marked minimally ...
Tags: minimally invasive ultrasound device, ReCor Medical, high blood pressure
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved labeling changes to Bristol-Myers Squibb's Reyataz (atazanavir), an antiretroviral medication. The label will now include warnings about kidney and gall stones in addition to updated ...
NorthWise Services (NWS), a provider of data management, statistics, and medical writing services to the pharmaceutical industry, has entered into a collaboration agreement with Merge Healthcare for Merge's eClinical OS solution. Under ...
Esko has announced the addition of the new CDI Spark 2420 to its family of CDI flexo plate imagers. The compact system, which has been designed for narrow web label converters, combines a different image size with better plate material ...
The Packaging Conference in Atlanta February 4-6 attracted 28 exhibitors and more than 230 attendees that included me. The three-day run was characterized by stimulating presentations and several energetic speakers and content that centered ...
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Scientists at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, have developed a new method to make package Left to right: Dr Hugh Potts, Ian Muirhead and Dr Declan Diver d food safer for consumers and more long-lived on the shelf by ...
Independent testing laboratory in the US Westpak has announced an additional 5,000ft2 expansion of its Product & Package Test Laboratory in San Diego, bringing the total to a 25,000ft2. According to the company, the addition will give it ...
Adaptimmune has partnered with a North American clinical data management company SCiAN Services for SCiAN's EDCPRO solution. Under the collaboration, SCiAN will deliver a comprehensive systems and services solution for Web-based data ...
The USFDA has issued final approval to manufacture and market Aurobindo Pharma's diabetes drugs, Pioglitazone tablets and Pioglitazone Hydrochloride + Metformin Hydrochloride tablets. Pioglitazone Tablets USP 15mg, 30mg & 45mg and ...
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