Cardinal Health, a healthcare services company, has short-listed Datameer for healthcare data discovery, to help improve the lives of its customer's patients. Under the deal, Datameer will provide self-service tools required for ...
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Global healthcare company Novo Nordisk has announced plans to launch its obesity treatment drug, liraglutide, in the US by the end of 2014. Novo chief scientific officer Mads Thomsen was quoted by health24.com as saying that liraglutide ...
Tags: Obesity Drug, Medicine
A new application for the iPhone has been launched by the makers of Calpol to assist parents in managing and caring an ill child, while performing daily tasks. Launch of the new application, especially for mothers, was based on a survey ...
Helio System (TF-FA), an investigational equipment developed for use with the Sapien XT Transcatheter Heart Valve, has been deployed successfully in four patients during a feasibility trial of its use in patients with high-risk aortic ...
Tags: Aortic Insufficiency, Medicine
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance to Varian Medical's diagnostic X-ray image processing workstation that integrates radiography/fluoroscopy (RF) and digital radiography (DR) capabilities. The company's ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared Omeros' investigational new drug application (IND) for OMS824 in Huntington's disease. OMS824 is developed to selectively inhibit phosphodiesterase 10 enzyme that is expressed in areas ...
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Direct Flow Medical, a developer of novel transcatheter heart valve technologies, has met its primary endpoint in the Discover CE Mark Trial by achieving 99% freedom from all-cause mortality at 30 days. The trial had enrolled 100 patients ...
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Medtronic has completed randomizing Symplicity HTN-3, a clinical trial of the Symplicity renal denervation system for treatment-resistant hypertension. Renal denervation is a minimally invasive, catheter-based procedure that decreases the ...
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Tokyo-based Astellas Pharma’s European subsidiary has announced that it has received marketing authorization from the Netherlands Medicines Evaluation Board (MEB) for Vesomni. The marketing authorization received for Vesomni is ...
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The American Physical Society (APS), IEEE Photonics Society, Laser Institute of America (LIA), Optical Society of America (OSA), Optoelectronics Industry Development Association (OIDA) and SPIE have announced the launch of the National ...
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Some of hungry partygoers at your Memorial Day gathering this weekend might be crying out, Where's the beef!?! But from a food-safety perspective, a more salient question is, How well done is the beef? That's because some steaks and other ...
A group of researchers and scientists in the US has found that breathing vehicle tailpipe emissions can turn ‘good’ cholesterol into ‘bad’ cholesterol, contributing to clogged and hardened arteries and other related ...
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A new study has revealed that dietary exposure to phthalates that can leach from plastic packaging and mix with food is expected to result in metabolic and hormonal abnormalities in kids. The study published in The Journal of Pediatrics, ...
Specialized diagnostic kits manufacturer Corgenix has signed an agreement with Eli Lilly and Company, a US-based pharmaceutical company, to develop diagnostic technology in support of a Lilly oncology pipeline program. As per the ...
Stryker Corporation’s Orthopaedics division and OrthoSensor, a provider of intelligent orthopedics, have announced an extension of their co-marketing agreement for Stryker’s Triathlon Knee System and OrthoSensor’s ...