Sanofi India will commercially launch the first Indian-manufactured re-usable insulin pen, AllStar, in India, in October 2012. Developed especially for patients in emerging markets, AllStar is meant for insulinized patients using Sanofi's ...
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ViaCyte has received a $10.1m strategic partnership award from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) to develop VC-01, which is a regenerative medicine, consisting of pancreatic beta cell progenitors in a durable ...
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Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals,a wholly owned subsidiary of Ranbaxy Laboratories(RLL),has launched authorized generic pioglitazone hydrochloride tablets in the US market under an agreement with Takeda Pharmaceuticals US. Pioglitazone ...
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Agntech has agreed to distribute Revolutions Medical's safety blood drawing device in Brazil,following the certification from the Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency(Anvisa). The device,RevVac auto-retractable vacuum safety syringe,uses ...
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PHOENIX (Nov. 5, 10:30 p.m. ET) -- Flambeau Medical Markets Group is investing in excess of $2.5 million and moving into the medical device contract manufacturing business as part of its plan to grow sales of the group to $100 million by ...
Glass production is a heat-intensive process.To produce glass from sand,soda and limestone,the furnace has to deliver constant temperatures of over 1,500 degrees Celsius.That's why the furnaces have to be replaced at 8-10 year intervals.The ...
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Diabetes patients using Hypurin Porcine Isophane insulin cartridges have been urged to check their medication is correct by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) after a packaging error came to light The issue ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the supplemental new drug application (sNDA) of Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals and Eli Lilly and Company for Tradjenta (linagliptin) tablets for use as add-on therapy to insulin. ...
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded two-year small business innovation research (SBIR) grant of $582,473 to Biodel to develop a concentrated ultra-rapid-acting insulin formulations for use in closed loop pump system, also ...
Medtronic has presented two years of follow-up study results of its Resolute drug-eluting stent (DES). The study, which enrolled 878 standard risk2 diabetes patients and 1,903 patients without diabetes, will compare the clinical ...
Oramed, a wholly owned Israeli subsidiary of Oramed Pharmaceuticals, has received government grant of NIS2m (approximately $540,000) in Israel. The funds will be used to support R&D and clinical studies on the company's oral insulin ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Novo Nordisk's Levemir (insulin detemir [rDNA origin] injection) for a pregnancy Category B classification. The approval indicates that Levemir, when used in pregnant women with ...
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The FDA has approved Novo Nordisk Levemir (insulin detemir [rDNA origin] injection) for use in children with type 1 diabetes. The basal insulin analog is approved for type 1 diabetes patients from age two through adulthood and adult ...
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Engel Holding GmbH will have record sales of about 740 million euros ($1 billion) in fiscal year 2011-2012, which will end March 31 of next year, according to Peter Neumann, president and CEO. That would be a 20 percent increase over ...
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The Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt,National Design Museum will celebrate outstanding achievement in design this fall with its 12th annual National Design Awards program.Today,Cooper-Hewitt Director Bill Moggridge announced the winners and ...
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