The company is rolling out anti-fog lid technology on all of its PET cold deli food packaging products. The feature helps cut down lid condensation, which aids in improving product visibility in cold food merchandising displays. Produced ...
For many people (me included), football and beer go together like peanut butter and jelly. That's especially true on Super Bowl Sunday, when beer ads rule the commercial breaks. This year, Anheuser-Busch Inbev, maker of Budweiser, has ...
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The sharemarket broke a 10-day winning streak yesterday after the US Federal Reserve said the country's economy had paused recently. However, the Australian bond market found support after a wave of selling. "Being the last day of the ...
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The US FDA has granted Soligenix fast track designation for OrbeShield for the reduction of mortality associated with gastrointestinal acute radiation syndrome (GI ARS). The oral beclomethasone 17,21-dipropionate (oral BDP) earlier ...
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Genzyme and Isis have announced the FDA approval of Kynamro (mipomersen sodium) injection indicated for homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HoFH). The regulatory agency approved Kynamro 200mg subcutaneous injection per week as an ...
Solta Medical, a provider of medical aesthetics devices, has signed a definitive agreement for the purchase of Colorado-based Sound Surgical Technologies for $25.5m in common stock and $5m in cash. Sound Surgical's commercial products ...
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US-based Elite Pharmaceuticals has announced that it is currently using and shipping packaged product from its 15,000ft2 expanded facility. Elite Pharmaceuticals chairman & CEO Jerry Treppel said shipping packaged product and ...
Cook Medical has introduced an ureteral access sheath to provide urologists with continued access to the kidney. The FDA-approved Flexor Parallel Rapid Release ureteral access sheath, unlike the traditional ureteral access devices that ...
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The US FDA has accepted Genzyme Lemtrada (alemtuzumab) biologics license application (sBLA) for review for relapsing multiple sclerosis (RMS). Genzyme also reported encouraging early US launch indicators for Aubagio (teriflunomide) such ...
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Takeda Pharmaceutical has received FDA approval for three new type 2 diabetes therapies Nesina (alogliptin) and fixed-dose combinations Oseni (alogliptin and pioglitazone) and Kazano (alogliptin and metformin HCl). Takeda expects to ...
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US-based Sprouters Northwest is recalling 1953 pounds of alfalfa, clover, brocco sandwich sprouts, and spicy sprouts as they may be contaminated by Listeria monocytogenes, according to the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA). The products ...
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If you suffer from overactive bladder you now have two new options: Botox injections (yes, the wrinkle-shrinking drug), and an over-the-counter version of the Oxytrol patch, which used to require a prescription. The Food and Drug ...
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The Bavarian viscose fibre specialist Kelheim Fibres has developed the first viscose fibre with intrinsic water repellent properties; the fibre has been named Olea. In contrast to other methods of creating hydrophobic properties, Kelheim ...
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According to one survey on electronic cigarette conducted by German federal health education center, electronic cigarettes contain a large number of propylene glycol, which stimulates respiratory tract and can lead to acute symptoms. Thus, ...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) approval to Varian Medical Systems' Vitesse brachytherapy treatment planning solution. The CE-marked solution enables clinicians to plan and perform high-dose-rate (HDR) ...
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