Patients with advanced pancreatic cancer, one of the most deadly malignancies, may live a little longer when treated with two therapeutic vaccines, new research suggests. In a study of 90 patients, this combination approach -- GVAX ...
Posted in Cardiovascular by Chris Newmarker on January 15, 2014 Boston Scientific CEO Mike Mahoney remains optimistic about renal denervation and the company’s Vessix platform, even though Medtronic’s Symplicity system failed ...
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Medtronic willfully infringed on an Edwards Lifesciences’ patent with its CoreValve transcatheter heart valve, and owes Edwards nearly $394 million in damages and patent royalties, a federal jury in Delaware found Wednesday. Edwards ...
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A new gene therapy that successfully treated a rare eye disease in clinical trials could prove the key to preventing more common inherited causes of blindness, researchers say. In six male patients, doctors used a virus to repair a ...
Foster Wheeler AG (Nasdaq:FWLT) (“Foster Wheeler” or the “Company”) today confirmed that, following a comprehensive review of strategic alternatives, it has provisionally agreed with AMEC plc (“AMEC”) on ...
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Iroko Pharmaceuticals, LLC, a global specialty pharmaceutical company dedicated to advancing the science of analgesia, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for review the Supplemental New Drug Application ...
Marking a milestone in the evolution of fully-bioresorbable drug-eluting scaffolds for interventional cardiology, the first commercial implant of Elixir Medical's CE Mark-approved DESolve Novolimus Eluting Coronary Scaffold was performed in ...
Nearly 40 percent of preschoolers with autism are getting some kind of complementary or alternative therapy for their condition, with nutritional supplements and special diets being the most common things parents try, a new study shows. ...
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Teens are notorious for taking more risks than adults, and a new imaging study suggests it's because the adolescent brain is hypermotivated when it comes to receiving rewards. A study published online Jan. 13 in Proceedings of the ...
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After two years of difficult and meticulous work examining, refurbishing, and testing the aging workhorse watt balance called NIST-3, PML researchers have used the instrument to obtain their latest measured value of the Planck constant ...
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Vacuum skin packaging (VSP) for meat officially entered the UK market this week. Linpac Packaging trialled VSP last year, working with machine manufacturer, Mondini and film producer, Bernis, to create a pack that combines the extended ...
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Black Lab, LLC, a custom blender of granular and aggregate materials for industrial applications, has significantly extended the shelf life of its products while safeguarding product quality by converting to an advanced valve bag packaging ...
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The Humane Society of the United States recently ranked Colorado's animal-protection laws among the top 10 for overall effectiveness. But, this past Friday, the Weld County Prosecutor's Office determined that timing provisions in those laws ...
Almost one in 10 people will someday experience a kidney stone, which creates what is described as the most intense pain imaginable. This increasingly common condition leads to hundreds of thousands of surgeries in the United States each ...
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Monday, Jan 13, 2014 Gazprom Neft, operator of the Badra oilfield, Iraq, has reported the successful completion of well-testing at its BD4 appraisal well at the end of December, 2013. Potential production capacity was tested through the ...
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