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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Saladax Biomedical has received CE mark for its MyPaclitaxel and MyDocetaxel therapeutic dose management (TDM) MyCare assays, enabling commercialisation in the European Union (EU). Both paclitaxel and docetaxel are administered based on a ...
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The European Union has granted CE mark to W.L.Gore&Associates'endovascular stent-graft with a new 35 mm trunk-ipsilateral leg and 36 mm aortic extender. Inserted through a catheter-based delivery technique,the GORE EXCLUDER AAA ...
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Ortho Clinical Diagnostics' Vitros Immunodiagnostic Product 25-OH Vitamin D Total assay has received CE mark approval. The Vitros 25-OH Vitamin D Total assay is a new diagnostic blood test designed to measure levels of vitamin D2 and ...
Abbott will expand the current CE-IVD product labeling for its Vysis ALK Break Apart FISH Probe Kit to allow the test to be marketed in the European Union as a companion diagnostic. The test uses Abbott's proprietary fluorescence in situ ...
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Wolters Kluwer Health has introduced CEConnection for employer-provided continuing education (CE) content from Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW) supporting nursing and new for allied health professionals, including pharmacist. ...
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CROWN Food Europe has launched its new Smart Capper for the European food and beverage manufacturers. The machine is the latest addition to the company’s capping portfolio for food and beverage packaging and provides sealing for glass ...
The South Australian government's decision to direct schools to buy stationery and office products from Corporate Express (now known as Staples) and Office Max has created a "life threatening" situation for the state's 400 newsagencies ...
After several years as the last remaining maker of rear-projection TVs, Mitsubishi has finally told its dealers that it will no longer make the DLP sets, essentially ending the era of rear-projection television technology. The decision, ...
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Boston Scientific has completed enrolling first patient in a EVOLVE II clinical trial of its Synergy Everolimus-Eluting platinum chromium coronary stent system. The CE-marked stent features a combination of everolimus drug and ...
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Dialight has secured LED lighting orders from a manufacturer of onshore drilling rigs and the operator of a solar-thermal power plant in the California desert. LED lighting manufacturer Dialight (LSE: DIA.L) has secured two major orders in ...
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Merck Serono, a division of Merck, and Auxogyn have partnered to develop Early Embryo Viability Assessment (Eeva) test. Pursuant to the deal, Merck Serono will provide strategic, scientific and medical support for the development of ...
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The FDA has granted approval for Great Basin's first molecular diagnostic test for Clostridium difficile (C. diff). The integrated cartridge system comprises necessary reagents to perform the assay and predict the presence of ...
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Tryton Medical has completed enrolling patients in the pivotal study of its Tryton Side Branch Stent system, designed for treating bifurcation lesions. The CE-marked cobalt chromium stent uses a standard single-wire balloon-expandable ...
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St Jude Medical has implanted the first patient with its Portico Transcatheter aortic heart valve designed to treat patients with severe aortic stenosis who are at high risk of needing open-heart surgery, using the Transapical delivery ...
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