US-based pharmaceutical firm Merck has received Breakthrough Therapy designation from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its investigational oral combination regimen MK-5172/MK-8742 for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus ...
The fourth annual Tour de Pink West Coast bike ride concluded this past weekend with more than 120 riders completing a three-day, 200-mile trip along southern California's coast and raising thousands of dollars for the Young Survival ...
Boehringer Ingelheim has obtained marketing approval for Striverdi Respimat (olodaterol), a long-lasting bronchodilator indicated for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), in the UK, Denmark and Iceland. This approval is based ...
The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced the addition of clinical trials intelligence to the Thomson Reuters Cortellis suite, a comprehensive information solution for drug discovery and development. ...
Bayer HealthCare has announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared its CONTOUR next link blood glucose monitoring (BGM) system as a component of Medtronic's new MiniMed 530G with Enlite, a breakthrough diabetes ...
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Capgemini, a provider of consulting, technology and outsourcing services, has announced a partnership with MammaCare, the recognized quality-standard for physical examination of the breast. MammaCare was developed with the support of the ...
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US-based Integra LifeSciences has announced the launch of Licox brain tissue oxygen monitoring system, which continually monitors brain oxygen partial pressure (PtO2) in patients who have sustained a traumatic brain injury or cerebral ...
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Foundation Medicine, molecular information company, has announced that results from a 24-month, multi-institution collaboration demonstrating the analytic validation of its cancer genomic profiling assay, FoundationOne, were published in ...
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Chinese specialty pharmaceutical firm Eddingpharm has received an exclusive, royalty-bearing license from Ablynx to develop and commercialize its anti-RANKL Nanobody, ALX-0141, in China, the Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative ...
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Canada will continue to welcome Chinese investment and has taken concrete steps to facilitate capital inflow to further strengthen economic interdependence with China, Canadian Governor General David Johnston said on Saturday. A ...
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Epsilon Imaging, a provider of workflow enhancing solutions for cardiology, has introduced EchoInsight visualization and analysis platform, a new application for right ventricle (RV) assessment. The EchoInsight visualization and analysis ...
Picofemto, a biomedical software company specializing in neuroanalytics and personalized medicine, has announced the deployment of its first product, EEG decision support, based on its proprietary cloud-based biomedical engine, Cliniscan. ...
New studies performed in 2013 on Venuceane, Sederma's anti-ageing active that offers ultraviolet (UV) protection, demonstrate it to be also highly efficient against infrared (IR)-ageing. Sponsored Links Acute Pain Management Training ...
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Using LED light sources as a medium for light therapy devices can stimulate the human body’s metabolism rate and greatly reduce medical risks associated to conventional light therapy, such as laser and intense pulse light, said Simon ...
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US-based Heart Imaging Technologies (Heart IT) has announced the launch of OsiriX interface for the WebPAX image management system. OsiriX is an open-source software package for advanced post-processing of medical images and is the latest ...