IBM Research has unveiled two new Watson-related cognitive technologies that are expected to help physicians make more informed and accurate decisions faster and to cull new insights from electronic medical records (EMR). The projects ...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Antares Pharma's (Antares) OTREXUP, a single-dose, disposable auto-injector for the subcutaneous (SC) once-weekly administration of methotrexate (MTX). OTREXUP is reportedly the first ...
Boehringer Ingelheim has submitted a marketing authorisation application to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for the approval of its oral triple angiokinase inhibitor nintedanib. Nintedanib to be used in combination with docetaxel is ...
Tags: Boehringer Ingelheim, Lung Cancer
Disposing of e waste following a proper procedure is very important to avoid any serious hazard to the environment and life existing on it. There are many adverse effects that are caused of e waste and even, it can also cause some deadly ...
US-based CardioKinetix has announced the successful treatment of first two Chinese heart failure patients with its Parachute ventricular partitioning device, a minimally invasive treatment for patients with heart failure caused by damage to ...
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St. Jude Medical, a global medical device company, has completed the acquisition of Nanostim, a developer of miniaturized, leadless pacemakers. St. Jude Medical and Nanostim have entered into a series of agreements in May 2011, pursuant ...
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Covidien, a provider of healthcare products, has introduced the Capnostream 20p bedside monitor, which offers enhanced features for increasing patient safety in hospitals. The Capnostream 20p bedside monitor incorporates Covidien's ...
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Led by East Asia, municipal wastewater treatment plants around the world will spend $8.35 billion for pumps in 2014. This is the latest forecasts in Pumps World Markets published by the McIlvaine Company. Nearly $6 billion will be spent ...
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Santen Pharmaceutical, a manufacturer of ophthalmic and anti-rheumatic pharmaceuticals, has introduced TAPROS MINI ophthalmic solution 0.0015%, indicated for glaucoma and ocular hypertension. TAPROS MINI ophthalmic solution contains ...
An international research group has reviewed the state of the art of life cycle assessment (LCA) in the context of wastewater treatment (WWT). They report that methodologies need to be updated to account for future challenges in the water ...
Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has developed a passivation process for aluminium gallium nitride on gallium nitride (AlGaN/GaN) high-electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs) on silicon substrates that significantly ...
Tags: Nitride HEMTs, Electrical
Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, has announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted and filed the company's supplemental biologics license application (sBLA) for subcutaneous use of Xolair (omalizumab) in ...
Biopharmaceutical firm Berg and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have entered into a pharmaceutical and diagnostic R&D deal to leverage the power of multi-omic biology and data analytics. The deal is intended to secure new ...
Danish biotechnology firm Genmab has unveiled positive results from a Phase II study of its sclerosis drug candidate ofatumumab in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS). In a randomized study of 232 patients with RRMS, treatment ...
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US-based development-stage biopharmaceutical firm Sorrento Therapeutics has acquired Sherrington Pharmaceuticals (Sherrington), a company that provides chronic pain treatment for end-stage cancer patients and other severe pain indications. ...
Tags: Drug, Chronic Pain Treatment