The UK biotechnology and personalized medicine company Epistem has received Good Clinical Laboratory Practice (GCLP) accreditation for its contract research division's histology and immunohistochemistry (IHC) laboratories. The contract ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance to Dallen Medical's Compressyn Staple, designed for use in rigid small bone fixation, specifically in foot, ankle, and hand applications. Using the company's patented ...
Neurim Pharmaceuticals has announced positive results from a phase II clinical study reviewing the efficacy and safety of piromelatine. The novel investigational multimodal sleep medicine has been developed for the treatment of patients ...
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analytica China closed at Shanghai New International Expo Center on October 18, 2012. A total of 580 leading exhibitors presented at the trade fair, increasing by 24% and reaching a new record high. The 3-day trade fair also received a ...
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A world’s first education and research initiative announced on January 16th will see the UK spearhead a collaborative global search for more ethical, human-relevant alternatives to animal testing. To be led by The Dr Hadwen Trust ...
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In January, the consumer price index (CPI) went up by 2.0 percent year-on-year. The prices grew by 2.0 percent in cities and 2.2 percent in rural areas. The food prices went up by 2.9 percent, while the non-food prices increased by 1.6 ...
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IBM's Watson supercomputer has gone from game show king to doctor's office helper. You may recall the epic man vs. machine battle two years ago in which the supercomputer beat former champions on the show Jeopardy. Well, now there's a ...
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Regenerative therapies company Cytomedix has received clearance from the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) to commercialize its Angel cPRP system in Australia. The approval allows the company to use the system in the clinic or ...
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St Jude Medical has presented additional data from RESPECT trial of its double-disc Amplatzer PFO Occluder device. Comprised of Nitinol mesh and polyester fabric, the transcatheter patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure device is designed to ...
The Duke of York visited the Churchill Hospital in Oxford during December to commemorate the opening of a new building that includes an integrated Cancer and Haematology Centre and provides a base for many NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research ...
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China Instrument Manufacturers Association is a nationwide industrial organisation voluntarily composed of instrument manufacturers, institutes, universities and colleges. At present, China Instrument Manufacturers Association (CIMA) has ...
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Contrary to what you might expect from all the news about gun violence, accidental deaths from guns in the home are relatively uncommon, and have actually gone down slightly in recent years, according to a new study. But other deadly ...
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Just in time for Valentine's Day comes this, ahem, uplifting tidbit from our director of health research, who stumbled upon it while looking into the erectile-dysfunction drug sildenafil (Viagra) for entirely work-related purposes. It seems ...
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European food researchers from 27 member EU states are set to meet in Brussels, Belgium, to establish plans to address the horsemeat mislabeling scandal. The EU Standing Committee on the Food Chain will outline plans to implement ...
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TissueGen® Inc., developer of a cutting-edge absorbable polymer technology for implantable drug delivery across a wide variety of therapeutic applications, today announced that its patented extrusion technology enables absorbable fibers ...
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