Occupying 1,200 square meters of space, the Evian SPA at Palace Hotel Tokyo will be the first ever in Japan — and a future must for wellness in Tokyo. Palace Hotel Tokyo opens May 17th in Marunouchi on a stunning, moat-side setting by ...
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Healthcare products company Covidien has added a new surgical device, designed to repair a torn meniscus tear in the knee, to its line of sports surgery devices. Designed for intuitive use, the AS Meniscal Repair device features needles ...
MiMedx Group, a developer of regenerative biomaterials and bioimplants, has obtained US patent for its tissue grafts derived from the placenta. The patent No.8,323,701 covers the AmnioFix brand allografts, which are produced by processing ...
NanoString Technologies has reported positive results from a second validation study of its breast cancer assay based on the PAM50 gene expression signature. The CE-marked breast cancer assay is designed to provide a subtype ...
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Galena Biopharma and Leica Biosystems have joined forces to develop a companion diagnostic for Galena's NeuVax(nelipepimut-S or E75),a breast cancer therapeutic. As part of the partnership,Leica's Bond Oracle HER2 IHC System companion ...
The US Food and Drug Administration(FDA)has approved Ethicon Biosurgery's new fibrin sealant patch to aid surgeons in stopping problematic bleeding during surgery. The fibrin sealant patch,EVARREST,comprises a coating of biologics(human ...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) approval to Medtronic's Aquamantys3 BSC 9.1S bipolar sealer with cutting, designed for use in orthopaedic surgery. By utilizing Transcollation technology, the BSC 9.1S Bipolar ...
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The European Union has granted CE mark approval to InSightec's transcranial focused ultrasound system for the treatment of essential tremor, tremor dominant Parkinson's disease and neuropathic pain. The non-invasive ExAblate Neuro ...
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Cross-stitching, a type of embroidery, involves stitching one cross after another onto a fabric grid to form different patterns. Cross-stitched handkerchiefs and clothing accessories are unsophisticated and simple yet durable. ...
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Canadian manufacturer of green packaging and tissue paper products Cascades has announced that the company will not proceed with the closure of its Norampac containerboard mill in Trenton, Ontario, as planned and announced in April 2012. ...
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The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted new patent No. #8241330 to Lanx's Aspen MIS Fusion system, designed to support posterolateral fusions and interbody fusions. The Aspen system features proprietary spiked fixation ...
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Canadian manufacturer of green packaging and tissue paper products, Cascades has announced the closure of its Norampac containerboard mill in Trenton, Ontario. Negotiations for the renewal of the agreement took place from May 2011 to ...
Lab21 has entered into a collaboration agreement to develop polymerase chain reaction-based assays on BD Diagnostics' automated BD MAX molecular system for a series of oncology markers. The two assays, which will be initially developed, ...
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Medgenics has filed an investigational new drug (IND) application with the FDA to initiate a Phase IIb multi-center, 100-patient clinical trial. The trial is designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of sustained erythropoietin (EPO) ...
Pathwork Diagnostics, a developer of oncology diagnostics assays, has named Lee McCracken as the company's new chief executive officer (CEO). Pathwork Diagnostics board chairman Peter Klemm said,"Lee, with his considerable leadership and ...
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