The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted to review AstraZeneca's new drug application (NDA) for Epanova, an investigational compound for the treatment for patients with severe hypertriglyceridaemia. Omthera Pharmaceuticals, ...
GlaxoSmithKline and biopharmaceutical company Theravance have announced that the European Medicines Agency's (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has recommended marketing approval for fluticasone furoate/vilanterol ...
US-based Crosstrees Medical has obtained 510(k) approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the Crosstrees PVA pod system for percutaneous vertebral augmentation (PVA). The FDA approval for the CE marked Crosstrees PVA pod ...
Ventana Medical Systems,a member of the Roche Group, and pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim (BI) have entered into a collaboration agreement for the development of companion diagnostic tests for BI oncology programs. Companion ...
PolyNovo Biomaterials, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Calzanda, has filed 510(k) application with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for an approval to market its NovoSorb wound dressing in topical negative pressure (TNP) wound ...
US-based AngioDynamics' distribution partner Medcomp has obtained an approval from Health Canada for the Celerity tip location system for peripherally inserted central catheters (PICC). The ECG-based PICC tip confirmation technology ...
Abbott, a global healthcare company, has obtained CE Mark approval for its FreeStyle Optium Neo Blood Glucose and Ketone Monitoring System, designed to support daily diabetes management. The FreeStyle Optium Neo system has a high contrast ...
German-based JenaValve Technology has obtained CE Mark approval for its transapical transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) system, designed to treat aortic insufficiency (AI). AI, also known as aortic regurgitation, is a condition ...
Shuanghui International, a Chinese food giant, is hopeful of closing the $4.7bn acquisition of American pork producer Smithfield Foods by 26 September 2013, following the approvals from the latter's stakeholders. The American producer has ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, meat
Honeywell has announced that it has completed its acquisition of Intermec, a leading provider of mobile computing, radio frequency identification solutions (RFID), voice-enabled workflow and data-collection solutions, and printing ...
The Sherwin-Williams Company SHW has completed the acquisition of the U.S./Canada business of Consorcio Comex, S.A. de C.V. Sherwin-Williams will pay $90 million in cash and assume liabilities currently valued in the range of $75 million. ...
Tags: Sherwin-Williams, Construction
Biopharmaceutical contract manufacturer Sigma-Tau PharmaSource has entered into a manufacturing services agreement with Aradigm, a specialty pharmaceutical firm focused on the development and commercialization of drugs delivered by ...
Quidel has obtained the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for two infectious disease tests that run on Life Technologies' QuantStudioDx instrument. Life Technologies' QuantStudioDx instrument offers the advanced capabilities ...
Tags: Diagnostic Tests, Quidel
US-based medical device company Neuros Medical has obtained an investigational device exemption (IDE) approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Altius, an implantable generator that delivers high frequency Electrical ...
Tags: Implantable Generator, Medicine
Vital Access, a manufacturer of surgical and interventional technologies, has secured the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) market approval for its VWING device, a vascular needle guide developed to enable vascular access to ...
Tags: Vital Access, VWING device