The European Commission (EC) has granted a €6m grant to the "FIGHT HLH" consortium of institutions to support clinical testing of NovImmune's anti-interferon gamma drug candidate, NI-0501. The FIGHT HLH consortium lead by NovImmune ...
The Science for Environment Policy by the European Commission (EC) has published a new report which presents the guidelines for environment-friendly plastic design and the development of biodegradable plastics. As large amounts of plastic ...
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In the new EU Industrial Policy strategy, the European Union announces its intention to focus on creative industries, such as the European fashion and high-end industry. As part of the strategy, the EU notes that "Given their economic ...
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The Europump ATEX Guideline, Part II (application to the pump industry of the European Commission Guidelines on Directive 94/9/EC) is available on the Europump website. “The guideline had to be revised in order to align it with the ...
The European Commission (EC) has granted marketing authorization for Meda's Zyclara (imiquimod 3.75% cream) for the treatment of actinic keratosis (AK), in the European Union. Zyclara can detect and eliminate subclinical as well as ...
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The European Commission has cleared an oral anticoagulant, Eliquis, developed by Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) and Pfizer. Eliquis 5mg, trade name of apixaban in Europe, is indicated as a twice-daily drug for preventing strokes and systemic ...
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Eli Lilly and Company and Avid Radiopharmaceuticals have gained positive CHMP opinion for Amyvid (Florbetapir F 18 injection) for the use as a diagnostic tool for positron emission tomography (PET) imaging of beta-amyloid plaque density in ...
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The European Commission has granted marketing authorization for AMAG Pharmaceuticals' intravenous iron therapy, ferumoxytol, to treat iron deficiency anemia (IDA) in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients. The marketing authorization is ...
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The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended SkyePharma's flutiform (fluticasone propionate/formoterol fumarate) for European marketing approval. Flutiform is a ...
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BT has started trialling a groundbreaking 10Gbit/s broadband network at Cornwall-based engineering firm Arcol UK. The proof-of-concept trial uses fibre technology called XGPON (Tens of Gigabits on a Passive Optical Network) that was ...
European Medicines Agency's (EMA) Committee for Orphan Medicinal Products has announced positive opinion for granting orphan disease designation to Aspireo Pharmaceuticals' Somatoprim for the treatment of acromegaly. Somatoprim, the ...
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has warned consumers not to eat certain peanut butter products that have been imported from the US because of possible contamination with Salmonella. Peanut butter produced by a US-based food company ...
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The European Commission(EC)and datacentre industry consortium The Green Grid are collaborating on policies to improve efficiency in datacentres. Non-profit industry lobby group The Green Grid includes datacentre users,policy ...
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The Datacentre Maturity Model(DCMM)tool can help businesses improve datacentre energy efficiency,hence their Power Usage Effectiveness(PUE),according to not-for-profit organisation The Green Grid. The free DCMM tool allows datacentre ...
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The European Union has issued notice for implementation of trade concessions package to Pakistan. The package provides duty-free access for 75 Pakistani products to the EU nations. The trade concessions package is an effort by the EU ...
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