The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared Oramed's investigational new drug (IND) application for ORMD-0801, an oral insulin capsule, allowing the company to begin clinical trials of the drug. ORMD-0801 is an orally ingestible ...
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Voxiva, Inc.(SM) announced today that text4baby(SM), a service which provides pregnant women and new moms with critical health information, has introduced a wide range of new interactive features and evidence-based educational content. ...
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Roche, a Swiss-based company, is looking at the sale of its blood glucose meters business as the industry is facing tough competition. The talks are in initial stages, Reuters reported, citing three people familiar with the matter. The ...
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Summer sun increases the risk of age-related macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness in adults. A number of steps can help prevent that disease, as well as your risk of developing cataracts, diabetic retinopathy, and glaucoma. ...
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Abbott has received CE Mark for its Architect clinical chemistry Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) test, which may assist physicians in diagnosing and monitoring diabetes as well as identifying patients at risk for developing diabetes. The HbA1c ...
Tactio Health Group has introduced TactioDiabetes, a diabetes management tool that is used to track glucose / A1C tracking, medication tracking, insulin adjustments, carb to insulin ratio, diabetes specific health coaching and many more. ...
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Think a pill that packs two cholesterol-lowering drugs in one potent package is a good idea? The Food and Drug Administration thinks so. It recently approved the combination of the popular statin drug Lipitor (atorvastatin) with another ...
Chinese tea is a beverage from the leaves of tea plants (Camellia sinensis), which are ordinarily used for tea in China. Tea leaves are processed using traditional Chinese methods. The Chinese drink tea throughout the day, including during ...
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It's not a Star Trek tricorder, but by hooking a variety of gadgets onto a smartphone you can almost get a complete physical - without the paper gown or even a visit to the doctor's office. Blood pressure? Just plug the arm cuff into the ...
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Many retailers offer discount prices on generics that may be cheaper than your co-pay. We asked our Secret Shoppers to price common generic drugs at more than 200 pharmacies around the U.S. and they found some real deals if you use cash or ...
Abide Therapeutics and Merck, referred to as MSD outside the US and Canada, have collaborated to develop new therapies for type 2 diabetes and metabolic diseases. The collaboration will focus on the discovery, development and ...
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Insulet Corporation and Eli Lilly and Company have entered into a collaboration under which Insulet will develop a new version of the OmniPod insulin pump designed to deliver Humulin R U-500 insulin. R U-500 insulin is a regular U-500 ...
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Bioanalytical Systems (BASi) has entered into a collaboration with Pinnacle Technology for in proof-of-concept studies combining BASi's Culex NxT automated blood sampling system with Pinnacle's glucose sensor to create a new option for ...
At the pharmaceutical trade fair Interphex in New York, SCHOTT Pharmaceutical Systems will be presenting the world’s first cartridges that have been developed specifically for the use on high-speed filling lines. The new design ...
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Bruker has collaborated with the University of Victoria-Genome British Columbia Proteomics Centre (UVic GBC Proteomics Centre) for the development and validation of high-throughput assays. The assays are used to determine hemoglobin ...