IDG News Service - Hewlett-Packard's bombshell revelation that it would take a $8.8 billion non-cash writedown after allegedly discovering major accounting fraud related to its Autonomy business unit has rocked the tech world. But the ...
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Infoworld - Nearly 15 years since the term "open source" was first applied, the trends driving the open source movement are not the same. Back then, price advantage, direct differentiation on licensing versus proprietary software, ...
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Two U.S. agencies have seized 686 websites accused of selling counterfeit and illegal medicines as part of an international crackdown on online sales of fake drugs. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security ...
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Ventus Medical has launched a non-invasive therapy, designed to treat mild, moderate, and severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), in the province of Ontario, Canada. Featuring MicroValve design, the Provent sleep apnea therapy uses ...
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Inscopix, a provider of in vivo cellular imaging solutions, and SRI International have entered into a collaboration agreement on neuroscience imaging R&D program. Under the agreement, SRI's Center for Neuroscience and Metabolic ...
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Isis Pharmaceuticals has obtained the US FDA fast track designation for ISIS-TTR to treat familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP). The antisense drug ISIS-TTR, a part of the Isis-GSK strategic RNA therapeutic alliance, is being developed ...
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BioCardia has announced positive results from a Phase I/II trial of its Helical Infusion system, designed to deliver donor's (allogeneic) or treated patient's (autologous) adult mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) via transendocardial stem cell ...
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Ventana Medical Systems, a member of the Roche Group, has launched a new fully-automated staining technique that allows researchers to visualize miRNAs and proteins related to cancer in the same section of tumor tissue. Detection of ...
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Regeneca has issued a voluntary nationwide recall of RegenArouse, lot number 130100, as it contains a drug not listed on the label. Tadalafil is an FDA-approved drug used as treatment for male erectile dysfunction (ED). The ...
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Regeneca has issued a voluntary recall of all lots of single capsule packet RegenErect, labeled as a dietary supplement. RegenErect is a blue capsule sold individually in foil packets with a UPC code of 816860010055. The company ...
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Bedford Laboratories has issued a nationwide voluntary hospital/user-level recall of certain lots of leucovorin calcium injection due to the discovery of visible crystalline particulate matter in a small number of vials. The particulate ...
Bedford Laboratories has issued hospital/user-level voluntarily recall of Vecuronium Bromide for Injection preservative free, Lot 2067134, because of possible health risk. The voluntary recall is being conducted due to the discovery of ...
ChiRhoClin has relaunched an orphan drug product,ChiRhoStim(Human Secretin for Injection)used to diagnose pancreatic cancer and pancreatic exocrine dysfunction. The company has received permission to market the current batch of ...
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Vivus has received NDA approval for TA-1790 (avanafil), indicated for the treatment of erectile dysfunction (ED), in the US. VIvus will market the product under the brand name Stendra in the US. Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma has ...
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PLANS to stamp out the importation of illegally-logged timber will not damage Australia's relationship with Indonesia, the federal government says. Draft legislation aims to slap fines and or imprisonment on importers who source ...
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