US-based LabStyle Innovations has obtained CE Mark approval for its Dario smartphone-based glucose monitor and comprehensive diabetes management system. Particularly useful for insulin-dependent patients, the system provides patients, ...
Accelrys, a US-based provider of lifecycle management solutions, has completed the roll-out of its next-generation cheminformatics suite, with the launch of Accelrys Insight and Accelrys Insight for Excel. Both the solutions will help in ...
Tags: lifecycle management, Medicine
US-based Sapheon has submitted the first module of pre-market approval (PMA) application to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its VenaSeal sapheon closure system, designed to treat venous reflux (varicose veins) disease. This ...
Tags: PMA Application, Medicine
The US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Ophthalmic Devices Panel announced that Ocular Therapeutix’s ReSure sealant is safe and effective in managing clear corneal wound leaks following cataract surgery. ReSure Sealant is ...
Tags: Ocular Therapeutix, Medicine
Greiner Packaging International has announced its decision to avoid using the chemical compound Bisphenol A (BPA) in the production of food packaging. By the end of March 2014, the company plans to replace all production lines with ...
Tags: Food Packaging, Raw Materials
Greiner Packaging International has outlined plans to ban the use of chemical compound Bisphenol A (BPA) in the production of food packaging by the end of March 2014. The company plans to change all production lines to 'BPA-free' raw ...
Tags: Food Packaging, Food
China's food watchdog has ordered an investigation into four beverage groups after claims that their juice products were being made from rotten fruit. The announcement came after four companies based in Anhui, Jiangsu and Shandong ...
Tags: Fruit Juice, Beverage
Medical device company Teleflex has introduced ARROW JACC (jugular axillo-subclavian central catheter), a small-french size antimicrobial and antithrombogenic catheter designed for both acute and long-term use, with Chlorag+ard technology. ...
A multiple-sclerosis drug that was at the center of Sanofi SA's SAN.FR +1.12% $20 billion takeover battle for Genzyme Corp. three years ago was approved for sale in Europe on Tuesday, the drug's first regulatory approval world-wide. The ...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted to review AstraZeneca's new drug application (NDA) for Epanova, an investigational compound for the treatment for patients with severe hypertriglyceridaemia. Omthera Pharmaceuticals, ...
Global clinical technology solutions provider Trifecta Clinical and SAFE-BioPharma have entered into a strategic partnership to promote use of standards-based digital identities. Under the deal, Trifecta will implement SAFE-BioPharma's ...
US-based biotechnology firm BioTime has entered into a sublicense agreement with Jade Therapeutics, a developer of ophthalmic sustained-release drug delivery platforms, for ophthalmic drug delivery applications of BioTime's HyStem ...
Tags: Health, Medicine, biotechnology
US-based Crosstrees Medical has obtained 510(k) approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the Crosstrees PVA pod system for percutaneous vertebral augmentation (PVA). The FDA approval for the CE marked Crosstrees PVA pod ...
Water is the most important raw material in the manufacture of drugs, vaccines and cosmetics. The new Loopo pharma water distribution system, developed by BWT Pharma & Biotech, provides the highest standard of hygiene safety in the ...
Ventana Medical Systems,a member of the Roche Group, and pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim (BI) have entered into a collaboration agreement for the development of companion diagnostic tests for BI oncology programs. Companion ...