The US government has filed a civil fraud lawsuit against Novartis claiming the company made illegal payments to induce pharmacies to switch kidney transplant patients to its immunosuppressant drug Myfortic. Civil fraud lawsuit claimed ...
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Germany-based Activaero has extended its collaboration agreement with TransMIT, Gesellschaft für Technologietransfer, the technology transfer agency of Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, to develop the treatment of pulmonary ...
Tags: Pulmonary Hypertension, Health
Teva Pharmaceutical and Xenon Pharmaceuticals have announced the FDA orphan drug designation for analgesic XEN402 being developed to treat pain associated with erythromelalgia (EM). The novel chemical entity XEN402 is designed to inhibit ...
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Temperature-controlled packaging solutions manufacturer Intelsius has introduced the new BioCarrier, which has been designed specifically for local courier routes and multiple site sample collections. BioCarrier cases have been designed ...
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Posted by Jack Mans, Plant Operations Editor -- Packaging Digest, 4/23/2013 5:04:22 PM The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved updated labeling for Purdue Pharma L.P.'s reformulated OxyContin (oxycodone hydrochloride ...
Merck Canada will provide $4m to the Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer - Commercialization of Research (IRICoR) for future corridor projects, which are developed in association with two other Canadian Centres of Excellence for ...
Tags: Life Sciences Research, Health, Medicine
RPM International Inc. announced today that it has appointed Craig S. Morford to its board of directors in anticipation of the retirement of William A. Papenbrock. Papenbrock will retire at the company’s upcoming annual meeting on ...
Tags: RPM, RPM International, Construction
InspireMD has received approval for its investigational device exemption (IDE) application from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to initiate MASTER II clinical study of its MGuard embolic protection stent (EPS). The CE-marked ...
Tags: InspireMD, Protection Stent Study
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved BD Rx's second injectable antiemetic, BD Simplist Metoclopramide Injection, USP. BD Simplist prefilled injectables are designed to enhance patient care and safety by minimizing the ...
A dividend of EUR 0.65 per share was approved at the Annual General Meeting of Gerresheimer AG held today in Düsseldorf. The company, a leading partner to the pharma and healthcare industry, presented a strong set of results for ...
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BioFire Diagnostics has submitted 510(k) pre-market notification application to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) seeking approval for its FilmArray blood culture identification (BCID) test. The application included positive ...
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Precision healthcare equipment company Thermo Fisher Scientific has launched its new single-use Thermo Scientific Aegis5-14 Film, which is suitable for the demanding cell culture and bioprocessing applications in drug development and ...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Warner Chilcott's new oral contraceptive MINASTRIN 24 FE. MINASTRIN 24 FE (norethindrone acetate and ethinyl estradiol capsules and ferrous fumarate capsules) is indicated for use by ...
Genalice, a US-based software solutions developer for DNA analysis, will soon release the beta version of Genalice Map. The solution Genalice Map can process raw DNA data, which is produced by the sequencers, and stores the data in a ...
Tags: Genalice, Raw DNA Sequence Data
Orchid Pharma and Allecra Therapeutics have entered into a strategic partnership for the development of novel antibiotics against multi-drug resistant bacterial infections. Orchid has assigned Intellectual Property (IP) related to an ...