Unilever has offloaded its frozen meals business in North America to ConAgra Foods, the consumer goods giant announced today (30 July). The US$265m sale of products sold under brands including Bertolli and P.F. Chang's was part of ...
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NSF International, which develops standards as well as tests and certifies products , has completed the acquisition of Becker & Associates Consulting. Becker & Associates, a clinical and scientific consulting firm, provides regulatory ...
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Qualitest Pharmaceuticals, a generic pharmaceutical company, has won the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) for Levetiracetam extended-release tablets, 500mg and 750mg. The ...
Mount Franklin Foods is voluntarily recalling one lot of Sunrise Indian Corn Candy as the product contains milk and sulfites which are not declared on the label,according to the US Food and Drug Administration(FDA). People with an allergy ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration(FDA)is warning consumers not to eat raw or partially cooked oysters and clams(shellfish)with tags listing Oyster Bay Harbor in Nassau County,New York,as the harvest area,because the products may be ...
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ConAgra Foods has rejected allegations made in a lawsuit that products sold under its Hebrew National brand are not Kosher. The US food manufacturer produces a variety of products-form hot dogs and Polish sausages to condiments and ...
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Crux Biomedical has obtained the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its bi-directional retrieval inferior vena cava filter (VCF), designed to trap blood clots leading to fatal pulmonary embolisms. The helical shape of VCF ...
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Baxter International has received the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its 4000 IU dosage strength of Advate[Antihemophilic Factor (Recombinant), Plasma/Albumin-Free Method]. Advate is a full-length recombinant factor ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared TriReme Medical's expanded matrix of sizes for Glider PTCA balloon catheter. Torqueable angioplasty Glider PTCA balloon catheter, which utilizes tip technology, is designed for the ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration(FDA)is set to initiate a five-year project to create a public database of the gene sequences of 100,000 bacteria,as a part of its effort to rapidly identify the source of contamination and bring foodborne ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) approval to Olea Medical's Olea Sphere medical imaging enterprise software. Olea Sphere provides display, analysis and post-processing functionality for viewing perfusion ...
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Terumo Interventional Systems has completed enrolling patients in its Occlusive/Stenotic Peripheral Artery REvascularization StudY (OSPREY). The MISAGO stent comprises a nitinol stent pre-mounted on the distal portion of a rapid-exchange ...
Tags: OSPREY Trial, Misago Stent system, superficial femoral artery
Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY) and Eli Lilly (LLY) have received an approval from US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to expand the use of Erbitux in combination with the chemotherapy regimen Folfiri as an initial treatment of patients with ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted premarket approval (PMA) to Roche's new fully automated COBAS AmpliPrep / COBAS TaqMan CMV test to quantify cytomegalovirus' (CMV) DNA in human plasma specimens. The real-time ...
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US distribution deal for spectral blood sensor 03 Jul 2012 PSS World Medical to market Masimo's latest multi-wavelength spot-checker for hemoglobin,pulse rate and perfusion index. Pronto-7 oximeter Masimo Corporation,the US ...
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