Fiber-monitoring system to observe hydraulic fracturing - better known as "fracking" - operations in oil and shale gas prospecting. QinetiQ company OptaSense has signed a global commercialisation and framework agreement with oil giant ...
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The French parliament has voted to ban the use of bisphenol A (BPA) in baby food packaging, a chemical which is suspected to have a toxic effect on the brain and nervous system. The ban is set to take effect in 2013 for use in packaging ...
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Genmab has achieved a third pre-clinical milestone that generates a payment worth €1m as part of a collaboration with Lundbeck. The deal allows Genmab, which received €7.5m upfront payment previously, to develop human ...
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Early results from the NeuroSIPE programme 'Beyond Pain' project, in research funded by the Dutch Technology Foundation STW, demonstrate how a FLIR SC5600 thermal imaging camera has been used as an effective, non-invasive tool for ...
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Bracco Diagnostics has obtained the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for use of its MultiHance (gadobenate dimeglumine) injection, 529 mg/mL, in magnetic resonance angiography (MRA), designed to evaluate adults with known or ...
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Transgenomic has entered into a collaboration agreement to provide its next-generation genetic testing services to Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW). Under the agreement, Transgenomic will provide its Nuclear Mitome test, designed to ...
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Waud Capital Partners has completed the purchase of ProNerve, a provider of intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM) services. Under the acquisition, Waud Capital will use the IONM services including onsite technical support in the operating ...
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BioControl Medical is set to commence the second phase of its INcrease Of VAgal TonE in Heart Failure (INOVATE-HF) study, following the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval. The CardioFit system, which comprises a stimulator, a ...
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This fall, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) will vote on a proposed new regulation to require child-resistant packaging for over-the-counter (OTC) or prescription (Rx) drug products containing the equivalent of 0.08 ...
Brazil has launched a new campaign to convince importers that its beef is free from mad cow disease. A report from Brazil's Agriculture ministry had revealed that the carcass of a cow that died in 2010 in southern Brazil carried ...
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Sygnis Pharma has completed the acquisition of Spanish company, X-Pol Biotech. The annual general meeting held on 17 October 2012, has approved the acquisition of 100% of the shares of X-Pol by way of a capital increase against ...
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Aerial BioPharma, a biopharmaceutical company, has won FDA orphan drug designation for its narcolepsy drug in development. The issuance of designation from the FDA follows the completion of a Phase IIa study in which N05 demonstrated ...
The UK Food Standards Agency(FSA)is advising people that eating lead-shot game on a frequent basis can expose them to potentially harmful levels of lead.The FSA has advised frequent consumers of lead-shot game to eat less of this type of ...
Health and Disability Ethics Committee of the New Zealand Ministry of Health has granted ethical approval for Living Cell Technologies' (LCT) Phase I Parkinson's disease trials of NTCELL. The company won regulatory authorisation to ...
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The UK Food Standards Agency(FSA)has issued an urgent advise to the public to avoid a'fat-burner'substance in tablet or powder form.This warning has been issued after two deaths which have linked to the consumption of this substance. The ...