Israel-based ultrasound technology provider InSightec has received the approval from Health Canada for its ExAblate system designed to treat uterine fibroids and pain palliation of bone metastases non-invasively. The third generation ...
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Second Sight Medical Products has secured Medicare coverage for its Argus II retinal prosthesis system (Argus II) designed to treat the patients affected with blindness from the untreatable orphan disease retinitis pigmentosa in both the US ...
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Mylan has obtained FDA approval for its supplemental abbreviated new drug application (sANDA) for the generic version of GSK's WELLBUTRIN XL, bupropion hydrochloride extended-release tablets USP (XL), 300mg. Bioequivalence study results ...
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Japan's SAMCO Inc, a supplier of etch, chemical vapour deposition (CVD) and surface treatment systems for the semiconductor industry, says that its stock listing has been transferred from the TSE JASDAQ (Standard) market to the Second ...
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Qinghai Province-based Chinese steelmaker Xining Special Steel Co. has announced that it has received approval for its planned issue of not more than 511.335 million A shares from the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration ...
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China Geological Exploration Holdings (CGE) is planning to list some of its mining assets via a reverse take-over (RTO) of Singapore Exchange (SGX)-listed China Mining International (China Mining), the CGE said on Monday. The CGE is a ...
Woodside Petroleum will recommend Shell's floating LNG technology to its joint venture partners as the best option to develop the Browse project off Western Australia, the company said in a statement Tuesday. "The selection of FLNG as the ...
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It was usually quiet Friday morning at the Baoshan Cement Co., Ltd. factory in east China's Jiangxi Province. The factory's production lines were shut down after it was put on a list of companies designated by the Ministry of Industry and ...
MD On-Line's (MDOL) has announced that its ID Recruit, a new tool streamlines clinical trial recruitment, is helping in easy identification of the best candidates for trials in medical research. The identification is based on key criteria ...
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Tensys Medical has obtained State Food & Drug Administration (SFDA) approval for its new continuous, non-invasive hemodynamic patient monitoring system in the People’s Republic of China. The TL-300 T-Line system comprises of a ...
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Nelson Laboratories, a provider of full, life-cycle microbiology testing services, has received the European Union's Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) Compliance Certificate for its laboratory’s facilities and processes after the ...
RNAi therapeutics company Alnylam Pharmaceuticals has obtained additional orphan drug designation from US FDA for a RNAi therapeutic, ALN-AT3, to treat hemophilia A. With the additional approval, orphan drug designation for GalNAc ...
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US- based St. Jude Medical has acquired Endosense, a Switzerland-based company for a purchase price of $170m (CHF159m) up-front plus the potential for up to $161m (CHF150m) in subsequent milestone payments. While the acquisition is ...
CoAlign Innovations, a US-based medical device company, has received the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its AccuLIF XL lateral expandable interbody fusion devices. The new AccuLIF interbody system utilizes low-profile ...
C.R. Bard has entered into a definitive agreement to buy Medafor, a developer and supplier of plant based hemostatic agents, in a $200m deal. The company also agreed to future contingent payments up to an additional $80m, if Medafor ...
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