The European Commission (EC) has granted a €6m grant to the "FIGHT HLH" consortium of institutions to support clinical testing of NovImmune's anti-interferon gamma drug candidate, NI-0501. The FIGHT HLH consortium lead by NovImmune ...
The Science for Environment Policy by the European Commission (EC) has published a new report which presents the guidelines for environment-friendly plastic design and the development of biodegradable plastics. As large amounts of plastic ...
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The Europump ATEX Guideline, Part II (application to the pump industry of the European Commission Guidelines on Directive 94/9/EC) is available on the Europump website. “The guideline had to be revised in order to align it with the ...
A three-year groundwater quality assessment programme in Cyprus found increased arsenic levels in drinking water.A novel field-based arsenic speciation separation technique determined that arsenate was the predominant species. The ...
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The European Commission (EC) has granted marketing authorization for Meda's Zyclara (imiquimod 3.75% cream) for the treatment of actinic keratosis (AK), in the European Union. Zyclara can detect and eliminate subclinical as well as ...
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In June, the UK's pallet and packaging advisory association, Pallet Link, advised its members that the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) in China were intercepting export consignments from ...
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McCrometer’s Wafe-Cone flow meter has CE Marking for all service categories under European Pressure Equipment Directive (PED) To support McCrometer’s European customers, the Wafer-Cone flow meter meets the requirements of the ...
The European Commission(EC)and datacentre industry consortium The Green Grid are collaborating on policies to improve efficiency in datacentres. Non-profit industry lobby group The Green Grid includes datacentre users,policy ...
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The Datacentre Maturity Model(DCMM)tool can help businesses improve datacentre energy efficiency,hence their Power Usage Effectiveness(PUE),according to not-for-profit organisation The Green Grid. The free DCMM tool allows datacentre ...
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IT must move beyond just measuring a datacentre's energy efficiency and power consumption to assessing its overall environmental impact to make meaningful changes and ensure IT facilities are truly sustainable. As businesses come under ...
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The steering board of the new European Cloud Partnership(ECP)has met in Brussels,kicking off the process to build an EU Digital Single Market for cloud computing. The board,which aims to make the most of the public sector's buying power ...
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Networking hardware giant Cisco is to acquire privately held Meraki for $1.2bn (GBP 755m). Meraki, which was founded in 2006 and has offices in New York, London and Mexico, offers mid-market customers easy-to-deploy on-premise networking ...
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Crane ChemPharma Flow Solutions announced the introduction of its new Depa Nopped S4 Diaphragm for chemical processing applications. Featuring an innovative “nopped” surface, designed to create advantageous flow conditions ...
Tags: market view, Chemical Processing
The councils of Wiltshire and South Gloucestershire have awarded BT a multi-million pound contract to roll out superfast broadband. The two local authorities formed a partnership when applying for government funding for the project, which ...
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Where OEM machine building applications require ultra-compact pumps to provide highly accurate, smooth and pulse-free flows for dispensing and metering duties, MZR pumps from HNP Mikrosysteme are the ideal solution. Available from pumping ...
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