Roughly one out of two American women are now removing hair from their genital/bikini area according to Multi-sponsor Surveys' Study of the Women's Intimate Care Market, although this practice is most common among young women in the U.S. ...
Toshiba America Medical Systems is introducing enhancements to its Vantage Titan MR product line to help healthcare providers image patients faster and more comfortably. The new technologies improve workflow, image quality and patient ...
US-based Dynex Technologies has signed an agreement with Finland-based Biohit to distribute its two-microplate DS2, four-microplate DSX and 12-microplate Agility automated ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) processing systems, for ...
Oculus Innovative Sciences has obtained 510(k) approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its new Microcyn scar management HydroGel, intended to manage old and new hypertrophic and keloid scarring resulting from burns, ...
As of Nov. 2, far fewer marketplace healthcare insurance applicants applied for federal subsidies than the number eligible, a U.S. analysis showed. The Avalere Health analysis found 30 percent of marketplace healthcare insurance ...
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Sanofi has released results of a 24-week Phase IIIb clinical trial showing that Lyxumia (lixisenatide) met the primary endpoint of non-inferiority in blood sugar lowering (HbA1c) when administered to patients either before breakfast or the ...
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Teva Pharmaceutical has licensed rights to commercialize glatiramer acetate to Takeda Pharmaceutical in Japan as part of their agreement signed earlier in 2013. Currently both the firms are working on additional agreements for ...
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Wolters Kluwer Health, a provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, has announced that its Medi-Span Controlled Substances Drug File has been selected by Health Market Science (HMS) for integration with its ...
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As part of an AiF research project (AiF no. N 17407), scientists from the Hohenstein Institute in Bönnigheim (Germany) have, for the first time, developed a textile finishing with both an antiviral and an antibacterial function. ...
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Medical device company US Medical Innovations has completed a distribution contract with, Chesapeake Surgicala US-based sales and distribution company, on 4 December 2013. Under the new agreement, US Medical Innovations will begin ...
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Applied Silicone Corporation,a global supplier of long-term implantable silicones for the medical device and critical healthcare market, introduces Ultra-Soft LSR (Liquid Silicone Rubber) products for the implantable materials market. ...
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The influence of peers on adolescents' reward-seeking behavior may be a hardwired, evolutionarily conserved process, U.S. researchers say. Laurence Steinberg, a professor of psychology at Temple University and Jason Chein found an ...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug status for Kinex Pharmaceuticals' dual src/pre-tubulin inhibitor 'KX02' for the treatment of gliomas, which are the most common and aggressive form of brain cancer. KX02 is ...
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Roche announced has obtained 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the use of four additional specimen types with the cobas CT/NG v2.0 test to help physicians diagnose Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) and Neisseria ...
US-based TYRX has obtained an approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for expanded indications in marketing the AIGISRx N antibacterial envelope for use with spinal cord neuromodulators. Recently, TYRX has also obtained an ...