Amorfix Life Sciences and CNJ Holdings have signed an agreement to identify and develop therapeutic antibodies targeting disease specific epitopes (DSEs). The collaboration will make use of Amorfix's ProMIS discovery technology and the ...
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An outbreak of e. coli in Japan, reportedly linked to pickled cabbage, has killed seven people and sickened more than 100 others. The epidemic, which has hit the prefecture of Hokkaido, has resulted in the deaths of six elderly nursing ...
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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has announced that Nadeau Poultry Farm, which is located in Madawaska County, New Brunswick, has been fined for causing injury to animals while transportation. CFIA investigations revealed that ...
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German car maker Audi has reported a 10.9%rise in its November 2012 sales to 123,600 vehicles,compared to 111,431 units sold for the same period in 2011. From January to November,the company's sales grew 12.7%to 1,344,750 cars,compared to ...
Frutarom Health BU, Switzerland, has forayed into the Latin American market with its portfolio of ingredients for the functional food, dietary supplement, pharmaceutical and cosmetics markets. Frutarom noted that Latin America is an ...
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Merit Medical Systems has gained US marketing rights for its ONE Snare Endovascular Snare system, following the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) approval. Single-loop snare system is designed to provide both accuracy and reliability ...
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Molecular diagnostics company Exact Sciences has submitted to the US Food and Drug Administration(FDA)the first module of the premarket approval(PMA)application for its stool DNA colorectal cancer screening test. The first modular ...
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GAIL and AP Government's LNG floating and processing unit near Kakinada on the east coast will be operational by December next year.This will significantly ease pressure on gas supply in the region and on power projects. Mr S Venkataraman ...
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Grocery sales in Ireland remain under pressure, with the decline in sales accelerating, data from Kantar Worldpanel has shown. Sales fell 0.5% in the 12 weeks to 10 June, figures released yesterday (25 June) said. Last month, Kantar said ...
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US retailer Family Dollar Stores has booked an increase in full-year earnings as the group continued its store openings and benefited from increased customer traffic. Net profit in the 12 months ended 25 August amounted to US$422.2m, an ...
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US retailer Save Mart has appointed Greg Hill as its CFO. Hill has spent the past 14 years serving on executive leadership teams for both private and public companies, primarily as CFO, but also in general manager and CEO positions. He ...
Apple started using Intel chips for Macs in 2005 Apple is reportedly considering to replace Intel processors in its Mac personal computers with new chips similar to the ones used in the iPad and iPhone. According to Bloomberg, Apple ...
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Better4U Foods, a producer of all natural gluten-free and thin crust pizzas, has announced that its gluten-free frozen pizzas are available at nearly 100 Winn-Dixie stores across Florida, Georgia, Alabama and Louisiana. Winn-Dixie, a ...
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Former Lactalis boss Michel Léonard has been appointed CEO of Groupe Doux, the French poultry processor that went into receivership earlier this month. Léonard, who was Lactalis president for nine years until 2009, takes the ...
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Colombo Page reported that a group of 76 Indian nationals employed in a steel mill in Madampe near Chilaw in North Western Province of Sri Lanka have commenced a strike. Indian workers of Bhuwalka Steel Industries(Sri Lanka)Limited,a ...
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