Sorrento Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, has announced a definitive agreement to acquire US-based Concortis Biosystems. This acquisition provides Sorrento Therapeutics with a comprehensive technology platform for ...
Electronic cigarette use doubled among U.S. middle school students from 0.6 percent in 2011 to 1.1 percent in 2012, health officials say. A report in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report ...
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High levels of acrylamide have been found to cause cancer in animals, and scientists say it is likely to cause cancer in humans, U.S. health officials say. Lauren Robin, a chemist with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, said ...
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High levels of acrylamide have been found to cause cancer in animals, and scientists say it is likely to cause cancer in humans, U.S. health officials say. Lauren Robin, a chemist with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, said ...
US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has urged manufacturers to replace the label and packaging of certain over-the-counter (OTC) topical antiseptic products to improve safety. The move is part of the ongoing evaluation of infrequent ...
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Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) subsidiary Janssen Biotech and Pharmacyclics (PCYC) have won approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for their breakthrough therapy Imbruvica (ibrutinib) to treat patients with mantle cell lymphoma ...
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France-based Synapse Biomedical has obtained the Health Canada approval for its NeuRx diaphragm pacing system (DPS) for ventilator-dependent spinal cord injury (SCI) patients who lack voluntary control of their diaphragms. Synapse ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for review US-based biopharmaceutical firm NPS Pharmaceuticals' supplemental new drug application (sNDA) for Gattex (teduglutide [rDNA origin]) for injection. In the US, Gattex is ...
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Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, a RNAi therapeutics company, announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted fast track designation to patisiran (ALN-TTR02) for the treatment of transthyretin (TTR)-familial amyloid ...
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Glass Onion Catering in Richmond, Calif., recalled about 182,000 pounds of salads and wraps after 26 people got sick eating their products, officials say. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service said Sunday ...
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Treating the elderly didn't drive the U.S. increase in healthcare cost from 2000; 91 percent was from professional services, drugs and devices, researchers say. Dr. Hamilton Moses III of the Alerion Institute in North Garden, Va., and the ...
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Alphaeon, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Strathspey Crown Holdings, has acquired an exclusive US license from Schwind eye-tech solutions to market the AMARIS excimer laser system, for an undisclosed amount. The laser system, launched in ...
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Volcano, a developer and manufacturer of precision guided therapy tools, has announced the commercial release and initial implantations of its new Crux vena cava filter (VCF) in patients at risk for recurrent pulmonary embolism (PE). It ...
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Health insurance has long been one of the biggest obstacles to early retirement, but the Affordable Care Act may solve that, U.S. retirement experts say. The Employee Benefit Research Institute says only 18 percent of current ...
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US-based CEL-SCI has obtained an approval from the Health Protection Administration, Ministry of Health, of the Croatian Republic to begin patient enrollment in Phase III clinical trial of its investigational cancer immunotherapy treatment, ...