Israel-based Protalix BioTherapeutics has signed an agreement with Pfizer to continue managing the development activities of Gaucher disease drug Elelyso. According to the clinical development agreement, Protalix will continue to manage ...
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GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), Ligand Pharmaceuticals' partner, has gained FDA priority review status for the supplemental new drug application for Promacta to treat thrombocytopenia in adult patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection. ...
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Pluristem Therapeutics, a developer of placenta-based cell therapies, is seeking FDA orphan drug status for its PLacental eXpanded (PLX) cells for the treatment of aplastic anemia. Pluristem earlier received an orphan drug status from the ...
SWOG (formerly the Southwest Oncology Group) has chosen Sequenta's LymphoSIGHT platform for the measurement of minimal residual disease (MRD) in 180-patient mantle cell lymphoma clinical trial. The patients in the SWOG S1106 mantle cell ...
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Merck has signed a licensing agreement with AiCuris for the worldwide development and commercialisation rights of candidates in AiCuris' Human Cytomegalovirus (HCMV) portfolio. The HCMV portfolio includes letermovir (AIC246), an oral, ...
UK meat processor Linden Foods has secured a deal to supply bacon to Ahold's Albert Heijn stores in the Netherlands. Linden's Kettyle Irish Foods subsidiary is to sell "sustainably-produced" bacon to Albert Heijn, founder Maurice Kettyle ...
The British Standards Institution (BSI), a notified body under the Medical Device Directive, has awarded a CE mark for the expanded clinical indication for Harvest Technologies' SmartPReP 2 Bone Marrow Aspiration Concentration System (BMAC ...
US-based Esaote has launched a new Weight-Bearing MRI system to increase diagnostic accuracy while performing musculoskeletal MRI examinations. Featuring a touch screen display on the gantry, the G-scan Brio system's tilting MRI provides ...
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In medical diagnostics,protective lead aprons,lead gloves and lead thyroid shields contain lead to shield the wearer from radiation.Lead aprons and other lead clothing are placed between the person being protected and the x-ray source(for ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared Biologic Therapies' new Bio-MAC Bone Marrow Aspiration catheter, designed to simplify and safely harvest bone marrow. The Bio-MAC catheter, which contains growth factors and adult ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared Arteriocyte Medical Systems' 50cc volume of Anticoagulant Citrate Dextrose Solution, USP (ACD-A) for use with its Magellan Platelet Separation system. The Magellan system utilizes ...
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The European Commission (EC) has awarded a conditional marketing authorization approval for Cell Therapeutics' Pixuvri (pixantrone) as monotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with multiply relapsed or refractory aggressive ...
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