US-based SynCardia Systems has announced the implantation of the 150th SynCardia temporary total artificial heart in 2013. The 150th SynCardia temporary total artificial heart has been implanted on 26 November 2013. In 2012, a total of ...
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Echo Therapeutics, a medical device company developing its Symphony CGM system as a non-invasive, wireless continuous glucose monitoring system, has entered into a strategic collaboration agreement with Medical Technologies Innovation Asia ...
The government of the Indian state of West Bengal has given approval for construction of an integrated textile park in Belur in the South 24 Paraganas district and a new silk park in the Maldah district, reports The Times of India. The ...
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FISSION 3.0 CORP. ("Fission 3.0" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that the Company has completed a plan of arrangement (the "Arrangement") under Section 192 of the Canada Business Corporations Act involving Fission Uranium Corp. ...
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Manitoulin Transport is buying Vitran Corporation, making Manitoulin the second-largest carrier in Canada. TransForce remains biggest. On Today's Trucking's 2013 Top 100 listings, Vitran was number three, Manitoulin number 12. Combined, ...
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Covidien is making an $860 million bet that people would much rather swallow a pill-sized camera than undergo a traditional colonoscopy. Dublin, Ireland–based Covidien, announced over the weekend that it will pay $30 per share for ...
The institute is offering technical advice on packaging design and materials, testing facilities and food analysis in particular migration. Areas covered include competence in food and packaging and its interaction, testing facilities to ...
Founded in 1932, Zalkin has customers across a range of industries including food, beverage, pharmaceutical, consumer goods, and industrial products. The company manufactures screw, push-on, and Roll-on Pilfer Proof (ROPP) capping ...
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The Micra device is billed as the world's smallest pacemaker Medtronic is moving forward with studies on its own leadless pacemaker, the horse pill-sized Micra Transcatheter Pacing System that is only one-tenth the size of a standard ...
Baxter International has filed an application to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a pediatric indication for Rixubis [Coagulation Factor IX (Recombinant)] to treat hemophilia B. The submission was based on a Phase II/III ...
Manitoulin Group's announcement tonight that it will be purchasing all shares in major LTL player Vitran may be its biggest move of the year, but it's certainly not the first. Manitoulin, which has over 3,000 pieces of equipment and more ...
Global IPO activity should remain on a firm footing in Q1'14, following a strong uptick in listings in the last quarter of 2013 to close the year with a total of 864 deals raising around US$163.0b, according to EY Global IPO Trends: Q4 ...
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Sovaldi -- sofosbuvir -- to treat chronic hepatitis C virus infection without interferon, officials say. Dr. Edward Cox, director of the Office of Antimicrobial Products in the FDA's Center ...
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Sysco Corporation and US Foods today announced an agreement to merge, creating a world-class foodservice company. The total enterprise value of the transaction is approximately $8.2 billion and the combination has been approved by the Board ...
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Rosetta Genomics, a provider of microRNA-based molecular diagnostics, has obtained a conditional approval from the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) for its Rosetta Kidney Cancer Test for testing on patient samples from the ...
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