Online illegal and fake ads for medicines will be the next major target for the authorities as they seek to establish a long-term mechanism to curb such ads in the wake of a three-month crackdown. Authorities have started to draft ...
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One of the world's top-selling drugs—GlaxoSmithKline PLC's $8-billion-a-year asthma treatment Advair—became more vulnerable to generic competition after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued guidance on the regulatory ...
US-based Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics (Caliber I.D.) has introduced the VivaScope 1500 multilaser system, which is suitable for a wide range of skin research applications for the evaluation of personal care products, pharmaceuticals and in ...
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ICU Medical has received the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for its ChemoLock needlefree closed system transfer device (CSTD). The CSTD is approved for pharmacy applications (product code ONB), as well as patient ...
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US-based pharmaceutical and healthcare firm WebMD Health has introduced a new version of its iPhone application, which offers a personalized and an engaging multimedia lifestyle content. The new app offers health information ranging from ...
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Unilife, a manufacturer of injectable drug delivery systems, has won a contract from French drugmaker Sanofi to supply Unifill Finesse, a customized device from its Unifill platform of prefilled syringes, for use with the anti-thrombotic ...
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An official from the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) revealed that 80% of the more than 300 types of original drugs from foreign companies supervised by government agencies are really higher than peers in South Korea, Hong ...
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Swedish biotechnology firm Karo Bio (KARO) has achieved its first milestone in a research agreement with Pfizer for the development of drugs for treatment of autoimmune diseases. The achievement of milestone in the RORgamma project ...
Japanese drugmaker Otsuka Pharmaceutical has agreed to acquire Astex Pharmaceuticals for $866m in an all-cash tender offer. Under the deal, Astex's fragment-based drug design technology called 'PYRAMID' will be integrated into Otsuka, ...
Experts have called for reforms of public hospitals and more legislation on the pharmaceutical industry, after police revealed more details on Tuesday of suspected financial violations by GlaxoSmithKline China. The British pharmaceutical ...
EPA agents are wearing body armor and carrying guns to check on Clean Water Act violations? In late August, agents of the Alaska Environmental Crimes Task Force descended on several mines around the town of Chicken, and may have been there ...
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The government and NHS will invest £1bn in technology over the next three years in a bid to improve patient care and ease pressure on A&E departments, health secretary Jeremy Hunt announced today. The move is part of ongoing efforts ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the third drug to be offered in the new BD Simplist line of ready-to-administer prefilled generic injectables. The third BD Simplist product to be introduced includes Ondansetron ...
Xi'an Janssen Pharmaceutical Ltd., the biggest subsidiary of US healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson in the Chinese mainland, is expected to see days be harder in the future. It was established by Janssen-Cilag, a subsidiary of Jonson & ...
The California State Assembly has passed a bill that restricts generic versions of medicines called biosimilars, upon their launch in the US. Biosimilars are medicines whose active drug substance is derived from living cells. They have ...
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