Mystic Pharmaceuticals has obtained US patent for intranasal cartridge devices based on VersiDoser and VRx2 unit dose packaging and delivery platforms. The new device technology facilitates delivery of drugs and biologics into the body ...
With cold and flu season peaking, the recall Thursday of 24 varieties of Triaminic and Theraflu Warming Relief syrups due to faulty child-resistant safety caps serves as a reminder to parents that cough and cold medications can be dangerous ...
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University are using Twitter to track what has been a particularly severe flu season across the U.S. As people take to Twitter to complain about being sick with the flu and its dreaded symptoms, researchers ...
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Vaccines aren't just for kids. There are nearly a dozen recommended vaccines besides flu shots for grownups age 19 and older to protect against preventable diseases, such as pneumococcal disease, whooping cough, and shingles. But most ...
Russia has threatened to ban imports of chilled meat from the US due to the presence of feed additive ractopamine, in the latest in a series of food safety complaints from the ex-Soviet power. Russia is considering a temporary ban on ...
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Yes, for several reasons. First, unless you were tested for the flu virus it's possible that your symptoms actually stemmed from the common cold, sinusitis, or some other respiratory illness. And even if you're certain you had the flu, this ...
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The US FDA has approved the use of Genentech's Tamiflu (oseltamivir phosphate) for the treatment of Influenza in infants aged two weeks and more. Tamiflu works by blocking the ability of the virus to replicate in the body thereby ...
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has announced the FDA approval of four-strain seasonal influenza (flu) virus vaccine, Fluarix Quadrivalent, to immunize adults and children of three years age and more, in the US. The intramuscular vaccine is ...
GenMark Diagnostics has obtained the US Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) 510(k) clearance for its eSensor Respiratory Virus Panel, designed for use on its XT-8 system. The test is intended to simultaneously detect and differentiate 14 ...
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Life Technologies has introduced a new real-time PCR based molecular diagnostic instrument for diagnostic use in the Europe. The Applied Biosystems QuantStudio Dx instrument, which is released with Quidel Molecular assay for C. difficile, ...
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Quidel has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its Quidel Molecular Influenza A+B assay for the detection of influenza A and B for use with Cepheid's SmartCycler PCR system. Quidel received FDA clearance in December 2011 to run its Quidel ...
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Fujifilm Medical Systems USA has received an ONC-ATCB 2011/2012 certification for Synapse MU 3.0. The 2011/2012 criteria support the Stage 1 meaningful use measures required to qualify eligible providers and hospitals for funding under ...
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Philippines has lifted the temporary ban on the importation of poultry and other poultry from Taiwan after global animal health authorities confirmed that the country is free of the bird flu virus. The ban has been lifted on the ...
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Takeda's wholly-owned subsidiary, Takeda America Holdings and LigoCyte Pharmaceuticals have entered into a definitive agreement for Takeda to acquire LigoCyte for an upfront payment of $60m, with future contingent consideration based on the ...
GenMark Diagnostics has received 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its eSensor Respiratory Virus Panel(RVP) for use on its XT-8 system. The eSensorRVP test simultaneously detects and differentiates 14 ...
Tags: XT-8 system, FDA, clinical technology, clinical research