Last week, Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (ACBPS) officers in NSW and Victoria seized approximately 32 kilograms of ephedrine. The drugs were detected in 14 separate consignments from Hong Kong, China, India and Ireland ...
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There are some chemicals that work as an alternative to heroin. The mephedrone is popular as an element that gives the regular high to the people who loves this state of the body and mind. The mephedrone is illegal and is not going to help ...
A new study released by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) found that more than 96% of food colors tested in selected foods were compliant with Canada’s Food and Drug Regulations. For the study, the agency tested a total of ...
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Basilea Pharmaceutica has obtained FDA orphan drug status to isavuconazole, an investigational intravenous and oral broad-spectrum antifungal, for the treatment of invasive aspergillosis. Isavuconazole is being investigated in phase 3 ...
Employee benefits unit Lockton Benefit Group has joined hands with SelectQuote Benefit Solutions to provide its clients a private insurance exchange for retiree medical benefits, known as Lockton Select Marketplace. Lockton Benefit Group ...
Drug discovery and early drug development company Trino Therapeutics has received more than €9m ($12m) funding from investors, including Fountain Healthcare Partners and founding investor, the Wellcome Trust, to advance the development ...
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Patient monitoring and respiratory care devices provider Covidien's Nellcor Pulse Oximeters has obtained 510(k) clearance with labeling from US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Nellcor Pulse Oximeters facilitates in noninvasive ...
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Traumatic injury medical devices developer iTraumaCare has obtained 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its iTClamp Hemorrhage Control System. iTClamp is designed to control severe bleeding, in seconds, and ...
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US-based contract research organization WCCT Global has announced that it is focusing more on diabetes clinical trials, with rise of the disease. For several years now, WCCT Global has been developing a patient database and has had a ...
US-based mass spectrometry products provider AB SCIEX has developed a new method to detect horse DNA in meat samples. AB SCIEX noted that this development is in response to recent reports that horse and pig DNA had been identified in beef ...
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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The Indian government has agreed to setup a world pharma trade centre at Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh as the city has emerged as a hub for pharmaceutical industry in the recent times. The decision was confirmed by the country's union ...
Sangamo BioSciences has received a $6.4m strategic partnership grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) for the development of ZFP Therapeutic for Beta-thalassemia. The application of its zinc finger nuclease ...
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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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Glenmark Generics, a subsidiary of Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, is recalling several lots of Gabapentin, Pravastatin, and Topiramate drugs from across the US markets primarily due to “odd smell.” The US Food and Drug ...
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