AstraZeneca has agreed to purchase California-based respiratory medication developer, Pearl Therapeutics, in a deal with a total potential cost of up to $1.15bn. As per the definitive agreement signed between both the parties, AstraZeneca ...
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Eisai has announced the availability of Belviq (lorcaserin HCl) CIV tablets in the US, which is designed for chronic weight management in adults who are overweight with a comorbidity or obesity. Indicated for people with body mass ...
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Biopharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences has obtained priority review status for Sofosbuvir new drug application (NDA) from the FDA for the treatment of hepatitis C infection (HCV). The investigational product is an oral nucleotide ...
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Takeda Pharmaceutical Company, AMAG Pharmaceuticals' European commercial partner, has submitted a type-II variation to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for label expansion of Rienso (ferumoxytol). The approval will allow the use of ...
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Skin care company in the US, StriVectin has launched its Advanced Retinol Night Treatment product in Neopac’s Polyfoil tubes. The package takes advantage of two important features of the Polyfoil material, which include good ...
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US-based inhaled medicines provider Genoa Pharmaceuticals in collaboration with McMaster University has demonstrated advantages of the inhaled aerosol pirfenidone (GP-101) in the treatment of pulmonary fibrosis. The findings showed that ...
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Yogurt company Commonwealth Dairy has completed a $12m expansion project that commenced in November 2012. The expansion includes addition of about 23,000ft2 in new facilities as well as new machinery at its Brattleboro plant in the US, ...
Advanced Biological Laboratories (ABL) has acquired all the assets of Evivar Medical (Evivar), which includes its Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and C (HCV) web-based decision support tools and the associated viral genome analysis systems (SeqHepB ...
Tabuk Cement co has announced that it has signed an agreement to set up a second production line and a new power plant. The firm s chairman, Khaled bin Saleh Shathry, signed a deal with Chinese firm CDI worth $141m (SR: 531.5m) to design, ...
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The trade between China and Germany in recent years is more and more competitive. On June 5,the Prognos institute said, the German exports is far behind China exports in the market of emerging countries and other industrial countries beside ...
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Sand filters have been employed on the East Anglian Broads in the United Kingdom to reduce the impact of phosphates in sewage discharge. Filtration+Separation looks at achievements in managing eutrophication, and understanding its complex ...
The implementation of environmentally friendly processes benefits business and community alike. Many different kinds of projects can and do impact the environment surrounding the work area. Regardless of the specific application, be it ...
BASF is implementing its global “We create chemistry” strategy in Asia Pacific with a set of ambitious targets and a focus on sustainability. To achieve sales of €25 billion to customers in the region by 2020, BASF’s ...
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The NHS has announced that, from 2014, all NHS Trusts and providers must use patient NHS numbers as the primary identifier. The move - which seems simple, but could save a huge amount of unnecessary paperwork - means medical records can ...
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LED chip and component maker SemiLEDs Corp of Hsinchu Science Park, Taiwan, has released two new UV-LED product families, the 10-watt high-power N9 series, and the 0.17 to 0.50-watt mid-power P50N series. Based on SemiLEDs’ patented ...
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