Given Android and iOS together control 90% of the worldwide smartphone market, what chance does Mozilla have to find success with its new Firefox OS for smartphones? Will Firefox OS even matter, given the struggles Windows Phone, ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted the new drug application (NDA)from DURECT, a specialty pharmaceutical company, for its Posidur (Saber-Bupivacaine) investigational candidate. Designed to offer up to three days of ...
US-based Ambrx and China-based Zhejiang Medicine have collaborated to develop and commercialize ARX788, an antibody drug conjugate (ADC) targeting Her2-positive breast cancer. As per the deal, both the companies will advance the product ...
Plug Power, a leader in providing clean, reliable energy solutions, has announced that Eric Prades, CEO of Air Liquide Advanced Business, will join its board of directors as a director. Prades brings more than 20 years of international ...
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In light of the expansion of the SVHC Candidate List, SGS provides an updated SVHC Screen Lite Program that helps fulfilling the REACH SVHC requirements for textile and footwear products. Addition of New SVHCs With the addition of 54 ...
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Gary Fassak MEDIA, Penn. — Foam bedding products producer FXI has named Gary Fassak, a 30-year management executive, as senior vice president for its home furnishings division. His responsibilities will include overseeing the ...
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US-based Johnson & Johnson has agreed to buy Aragon Pharmaceuticals, a discovery and development company focused on drugs to treat hormonally-driven cancers, for nearly $1bn. As per the acquisition agreeement, an upfront cash payment of ...
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The New York State Assembly on Wednesday approved a measure that allows the New York City Board of Elections to replace state-of-the art optical scanning voting machines around the city with decades-old mechanical-lever machines for the ...
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The Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Training Program (EVITP) and the National Electrical Trade Council (NETCO)—the joint training arm of the Canadian Electrical Contractors Association (CECA) and IBEW, 1st District, ...
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AstraZeneca has agreed to purchase California-based respiratory medication developer, Pearl Therapeutics, in a deal with a total potential cost of up to $1.15bn. As per the definitive agreement signed between both the parties, AstraZeneca ...
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Android smartphones and tablets are under attack, and the most popular tools developed to protect them are easily circumvented, according to new research from Northwestern University and the University of North Carolina. The researchers ...
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The Cabinet Office and Cyber Security Challenge UK have teamed up to go in search of students aged from 14 to 16 who have "the potential to become professional cyber defenders". With support from security companies including QinetiQ, ...
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The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted a patent to GenSpera for the activation of peptide prodrugs by HK2, which is an enzyme secreted by prostate cancer cells. Composition of a series of prodrugs activated by HK2 enzyme ...
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The FDA has cleared Celgene's supplemental new drug application (sNDA) for Revlimid (lenalidomide) for the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory mantle cell lymphoma (MCL). The approval follows positive data from MCL-001 phase ...
May 30, 2013 — "FROM FARM TO FASHION. The wool supply chain and the consumer" is the title of the Forum that IWTO, the International Wool Textile Organisation, is organising in collaboration with The Woolmark Company, on Friday 14 ...
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