US-based Techne has agreed to buy Bionostics Holdings and its operating subsidiary Bionostics, for $104m in cash. The deal is likely to close in the first quarter of fiscal 2014 Bionostics manufactures control solutions that authenticate ...
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Mendor, a Finland-based diabetes technology firm, has received CE Mark clearance for its diabetes management cloud-based platform, Mendor Balance. Delivering benefits to patients, health care professionals, payers and the pharma industry, ...
Nutrition Dried fruits retain most of the nutritional value of fresh fruits, and so are included with fresh fruit in dietary recommendations by U.S. and world health agencies. The specific nutrient content of the different dried fruits ...
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Israel-based flavor and fragrance company Frutarom has announced its foray into functional foods market, building on the strength of its functional ingredients in the nutraceutical market. Frutarom stated that through its flavors and food ...
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Integrity Applications, an Israel-based medical device company, has received CE Mark approval for its GlucoTrack DF-F non-invasive device. The GlucoTrack DF-F is a glucose measuring device that uses a patented combination of ultrasound, ...
Valeritas, insulin delivery devices maker, has announced that it has closed a structured debt financing with Capital Royalty which will provide the company with about $100m in order to further commercialize V-Go. Designed to be easier to ...
Finnish diabetes technology company Mendor has entered into partnership with Europe-based diagnostics company A. Menarini Diagnostics for distribution of its blood glucose monitoring system. Under the terms of the agreement, Mendor's ...
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GlucoMen, a brand of A.Menarini Diagnostics, has introduced a new smartphone app GlucoLog Lite to maintain a complete record of patients' blood glucose history without paper logbook. The GlucoLog Lite app records the results of all the ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given its approval for the marketing of Roche's Cobas Integra 800 Tina-quant HbA1cDx assay for the diagnosis of diabetes. Presently available in the market, the HbA1c tests, or A1c tests are ...
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Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma is seeking manufacturing and marketing approval of TA-7284 (generic name: canagliflozin) in Japan. The company filed a new drug application to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare in Japan for TA-7284 to ...
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US Food and Drug Administration intends to have tighter rules for apps that allow to diagnose or treat medical conditions, similar to the 2011 proposal urging for quality standards for ultrasound machines, heart stents, and several other ...
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Roche, a Swiss-based company, is looking at the sale of its blood glucose meters business as the industry is facing tough competition. The talks are in initial stages, Reuters reported, citing three people familiar with the matter. The ...
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Naturex, a France-based producer of plant-based natural ingredients, has announced the Europe launch of a new slimming ingredient, Svetol, which is a leading ingredient in the US. According to the company, Svetol is developed from ...
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Broadcom Corporation today continued the expansion of its Wireless Internet Connectivity for Embedded Devices (WICED) product family with the announcement of the immediate availability of its new WICED Smart Development Kit through ...
Abbott has received CE Mark for its Architect clinical chemistry Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) test, which may assist physicians in diagnosing and monitoring diabetes as well as identifying patients at risk for developing diabetes. The HbA1c ...