The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a proposed settlement with several companies to address the Pohatcong Valley Groundwater Contamination Superfund site in Warren County, New Jersey. ...
Packaging and waste management projects do not always begin with the impulse to improve sustainability. What the PCA demonstrates in its new resource, The Business Case for Packaging Sustainability is that there are benefits in considering ...
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Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have developed a method for modifying organic molecules that significantly expands the possibilities for developing new pharmaceuticals and improving old ones. "This is a technology that ...
Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) has received Breakthrough Therapy Designation from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its investigational DCV Dual Regimen (daclatasvir and asunaprevir) for use as a combination therapy in the treatment ...
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TUESDAY Feb. 11, 2014, 2014 -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday that it will investigate possible links between the diabetes drug saxagliptin and a heightened risk for heart failure among users. In a statement, the ...
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is announcing the initiation of the Secure Supply Chain Pilot Program to enhance the security of imported drugs. In August 2013, the FDA published a notice in the Federal Register (78 FR 51192) to ...
DuPont named AnnaMaria DeSalva vice president of corporate communications. In the newly established role, DeSalva, will be responsible for leading, developing and executing the company's strategic communications and brand management around ...
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AstraZeneca (NYSE:AZN) and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE:BMY) today announced that the companies' U.S. Diabetes Alliance is providing a three-year grant to the American Diabetes Association's Pathway to Stop Diabetes program. The ...
Farxiga (dapaglifozin) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat adults with type 2 diabetes, the agency said Wednesday in a news release. The drug, to be used for blood sugar control along with proper diet and ...
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Bristol-Myers Squibb has announced a series of related changes within its senior management team. To support its ongoing success as a BioPharma leader, the company is evolving its business model, creating a global integrated commercial ...
Adding the cancer drug dasatinib to standard hormone therapy may slow the progression of advanced breast cancer, a preliminary study suggests. The drug, sold under the name Sprycel, is already approved in the United States for chronic ...
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A collaborative pharmaceutical project focused on improving the pathway for developing paediatric formulations has been given the go-ahead after successfully securing an innovation grant. The UK-wide consortium, led by Astra Zeneca, ...
Rainbow Coral and its joint venture partner, Therakine, have reached a major new milestone in the development of a revolutionary new drug delivery technology. The companies reached terms to initiate Phase II of research and analysis on a ...
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European Medicines Agency's (EMA) the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has issued positive opinion for AstraZeneca and Bristol-Myers Squibb's of Xigduo for adults aged 18 and older with type 2 diabetes mellitus. The ...
J. C. Penney Company, Inc. announced that Stephen I. Sadove, a highly respected leader and innovator in the retail industry, has been elected to its Board of Directors. Sadove is currently chairman and chief executive officer of Saks ...
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