Traditional Chinese medicine may be the latest sector to benefit from cosmic farming as 150 grams of space-exposed ginseng seeds were delivered to a State lab on Friday. "We hope the space ginseng will be bigger, more resistant to disease ...
Temple has expanded its recycling program to enable members of the university community to recycle mixed plastics, numbers one to seven. Newly accepted items will include yogurt cups, clamshell containers, straws, iced coffee beverage ...
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CiDrep has entered into a strategic alliance to deliver both software-as-a-service (SaaS) and client-server healthcare IT solutions for ABEL Medical Software integrated electronic health record (EHR), practice management (PM) and ...
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Reverse Medical has received the 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its MVP Micro Vascular Plug system, which is designed for peripheral artery embolization. MVP Micro Vascular Plug system is used to ...
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Denmark-based health care company Novo Nordisk has won US FDA 510(k) clearance for the insulin injection device, NovoPen Echo, combining half-unit dosing with a memory function to help patients manage their diabetes. Available to patients ...
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The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted a patent to Atlantic Pharma for its SMART/Script abuse deterrent drug delivery system. Designed to thwart dose dumping of orally delivered prescription opioids, the new drug delivery ...
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India-based Biocon is likely to launch the Swiss drugmaker Roche's Herceptin (trastuzumab) biosimilar version by the end of 31 March 2014, following the latter's decision to give up a patent fight over the breast cancer drug in the country. ...
PFM Medical, a developer and manufacturer of minimally invasive medical devices for cardio vascular technology, vascular access, surgery, and oncology, has received the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) premarket approval for its ...
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Second Sight Medical Products has secured Medicare coverage for its Argus II retinal prosthesis system (Argus II) designed to treat the patients affected with blindness from the untreatable orphan disease retinitis pigmentosa in both the US ...
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Integrated global pharmaceutical company Dr. Reddy's Laboratories has introduced divalproex sodium extended - release tablets, USP, in 250mg and 500mg strengths in the US. The new FDA approved product is the generic version of Depakote ER ...
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has granted $1.15m funding to a global public-private partnership (PPP), to develop a new pediatric formulation to fight schistosomiasis, commonly known as bilharzia, in preschool children. Formed in ...
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Oasis Medical, a US-based manufacturer and distributor of high quality disposable surgical instruments and ocular lubricating and cleansing solutions, has launched its new 6.25mm Oasis Iris Expander for pupil dilation and sustaining ...
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Johnson & Johnson has completed the acquisition of Aragon Pharmaceuticals, a pharmaceutical discovery and development company focused on drugs to hormonally-driven cancers. The Janssen Research & Development will manage compound ...
Software and scientific consulting services provider Certara has signed a research agreement with The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences, to explore the scientific benefits of using its Simcyp Simulator to drive hepatic drug exposure ...
US- based St. Jude Medical has acquired Endosense, a Switzerland-based company for a purchase price of $170m (CHF159m) up-front plus the potential for up to $161m (CHF150m) in subsequent milestone payments. While the acquisition is ...