GlaxoSmithKline's (GSK) Promacta has won FDA approval as thrombocytopenia therapy in chronic hepatitis C patients. Promacta, brand name of eltrombopag in the US, will enable thrombocytopenia patients suffering from chronic hepatitis C ...
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Twenty-four specially customised Anolis ArcPad Xtreme LED wash fixtures are illuminating the stunning roof structure of new Western Concourse at Kings Cross Station in London. The fabulous lighting scheme was designed by Simon King of ...
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The Department of Health's plan for enabling the public to access their patient medical records online from 2015 needs to take into account the possibility of security being breached,and should include tough sanctions against those who fail ...
The Paragon report has revealed FDA's consideration to provide a faster pathway for obesity treatments, life-saving antibiotics and other drugs fit to offer societal benefit. Under the new pathway, the FDA is expected to allow developers ...
BD Diagnostics, a molecular diagnostic company, has launched Trichomonas vaginalis molecular detection test for use on the BD Viper system in Europe. The test, BD ProbeTec Trichomonas vaginalis Qx Amplified DNA assay, is designed for the ...
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18 October 2012 TowerJazz and UCI demo integrated 94GHz imaging transceiver with record performance in silicon Specialty foundry TowerJazz(which has fabrication plants at Tower Semiconductor Ltd in Migdal Haemek,Israel,and at its ...
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Leading users of the government's Public Services Network (PSN) have complained that the service is underdeveloped, despite the £2bn of public funds, and four years' planning, that went into the network's launch in March this year. ...
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Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon.com's cloud services division, has claimed that more than 300 government agencies and 1,500 education institutions in the US are now using AWS for a wide variety of uses including "big data" analytics, ...
The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded a contract to Berry Technology Solutions and Attain to support its Vaccine Tracking System (VTrckS). Web-based VTrckS, which is developed in SAP, delivers a scalable ...
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Xylem Inc is supplying its Sanitaire ICEAS biological technology for a new wastewater treatment plant in Brazil. The Imbirussu wastewater treatment plant,which will serve 60 000 people,is currently under construction in Campo Grande in ...
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Before you down that pint,check the shape of your glass—you might be drinking more beer than you realize.According to a new study of British beer drinkers,an optical illusion caused by the shape of a curved glass can dramatically ...
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On 31 August,Ukraine asked the to WTO set up a panel to hear a dispute on"measures concerning trademarks and other plain packaging requirements applicable to the tobacco products". Ukraine has next to no cigarette trade with Australia but ...
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(Free-Press-Release.com)August 31,2012--Cities in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Manitoba are pioneering the use of advanced flow monitoring technology supplied by Detectronic,a UK based hydrological instrument specialist.Their Multi ...
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Already approved to burn scrap tires as fuel in addition to coal and petroleum coke, CEMEX Kosmos now wants to blend in scrap plastic and wood to the fuel that fires its super-hot cement kiln in southwest Louisville, according to public ...
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Ecolab,a leader in cleaning and sanitizing within the food and beverage industry,has opened a manufacturing plant and distribution center in Taicang,China,as part of its plan to strengthen its presence in the country. The 546,000ft2 ...
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