Five pharmacies in Beijing started using vending machines equipped with tracking systems to sell baby formula on Saturday, but sales on the first day did not go as well as expected. Zhang Dawei, who is in charge of business operations at ...
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Pentair Ltd. announced third quarter 2013 sales of $1.8 billion. Sales were down 2 percent compared to adjusted pro forma sales for the same period last year. Adjusted third quarter 2013 earnings per diluted share ("EPS") were $0.86, up ...
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The Environmental Protection Agency of the Chinese city of Tianjin has announced that it plans to eliminate 1.4 million mt and 2.29 million mt respectively of outdated steel and cement production capacities in the city before the end of the ...
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US-based Abbott Laboratories has obtained an approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its MitraClip device, designed to treat patients with significant symptomatic degenerative mitral regurgitation (MR) who are at ...
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South Korea-based insurance conglomerate Hanwha Life has forayed into Indonesian insurance market with a strategy to gain 1.5% share of the country’s insurance market. The expansion follows the acquisition of 80% stake of PT ...
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Antares Pharma, a provider of self-injection drug delivery technology, has received a US Patent, entitled 'Prefilled Syringe Jet Injector', which will help in protecting its auto injector technology and product pipeline including the VIBEX ...
Medical device company LDR Holding has announced the presentation of 48-month safety and efficacy data of both one-level and two-level cervical disc replacement with Mobi-C when compared to anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF). ...
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Rising domestic demand provides firm basis for expansion in the industrial sector British bank HSBC Holdings Plc said that China's manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index will rise to a seven-month high of 50.9 in October, up from 50.2 ...
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An agreement amounting more than 500 million U.S. dollars between Greek- Swiss pharmaceutical and clinical research group Sellas Clinicals Holding and Chinese pharmaceutical conglomerate Fosun Pharma for the development and marketing of two ...
US-based Boston Scientific has obtained Chinese Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its Alair bronchial thermoplasty system, designed for patients suffering from severe asthma. The Alair system uses mild heat to reduce the ...
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Allergan has received a positive opinion for its Vistabel (botulinum toxin type A) from France's National Security Agency of Medicines and Health Products (ANSM) to treat moderate to severe crow's feet lines in adult patients. The ...
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The US FDA's Antiviral Drugs Advisory Committee has recommended approval for Medivir's investigational protease inhibitor simeprevir (TMC435) 150mg capsules for the treatment of genotype 1 chronic hepatitis C in adult patients with ...
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The European Union has started implementing a tough new safety regulation on biocides in coatings and other applications that is likely to result in the withdrawal from the European market of large numbers of coatings chemicals for dealing ...
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Baxter International has announced the introduction of HEMOPATCH sealing hemostat, a collagen-based resorbable hemostatic device used for surgical procedures when control of bleeding by pressure, ligature or conventional procedures is ...
On October 24, Chinese steelmaker Baosteel announced that five of its products have been officially approved by Anglo-Dutch oil multinational Royal Dutch Shell, marking a significant advance for Baosteel's supplies of high-grade line pipe ...
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