The 25th China-U.S. Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade was successfully held in Chicago, the United States, on December 16-18, 2014. Consensus has been reached by China and the United States as follows: Export Control: The ministries ...
First global probiotic health claim granted to Chr. Hansen in Korea Global bioscience and ingredients company Chr. Hansen has had its probiotic health claim for its product Urex approved in Korea. Urex is a dietary supplement that Chr. ...
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There's an old saying in China that a word is worth a thousand pieces of gold, but one anti-corruption official's accusations involving the name change of a medicinal herb may prove it can cost much more. Lu Qun, deputy director of an ...
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"This is the first time a global pharmaceutical has made the move to putting invisible, edible barcodes on medication." [Wu Xi PharmaTech & TruTag Technologies] WuXi PharmaTech is a pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device R&D ...
Samsung’s Galaxy S5 phone will launch in April and will the first smartphone to feature a dedicated heart rate monitor. Mounted near the device's flash, the monitor requires users to place a finger on the sensor to measure the pulse ...
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ReposiTrak has signed a deal with Food Marketing Institute (FMI), which will encourage the use of ReposiTrak food and drug safety solution among its food retail and wholesale members. ReposiTrak is a food safety solution provider, backed ...
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One year after more than 60 died and 750 were sickened by fungal meningitis, the U.S. Senate passed a law to help ensure compound drug safety, officials say. The Drug Quality and Security Act reflects a bipartisan, bicameral effort to ...
South Korea has imposed ban on the imports of beef from the US after finding a banned feed additive, zilpaterol, in a 22-ton meat shipment. Zilpaterol is a feed ingredient used to boost marketable meat in cattle. Due to raising concerns ...
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PointCross Life Sciences, a PointCross company, has secured a $20m indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for providing software development and life cycle management of ...
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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 ...
China's food watchdog, the State Food and Drug Administration, has released information on nearly 130 milk powder producers that are authorized to sell their products. It is also tightening regulation on the production of infant formula. ...
Eurofins Scientific, a food, environment and pharmaceutical products testing company, has inked a contract for the exclusive right to offer GE Healthcare's Cytiva Cardiomyocytes for drug discovery and early development cardio toxicity ...
Canada has rolled out the plain language labeling initiative to improve the safe use of medicines by making drug labels and safety information easier to read and understand for all health care practitioners and Canadians. Canada health ...
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End Discrimination Now issued a highly critical statement regarding the new prescription drugs laws approved this week by the NYS Senate. Characterizing the “new” law as “alarmist”, “excessive” and ...
When it comes to pallets, wood still accounts for most new and used shipping pallets in the market. However, the demand for plastic pallets continues to grow, according to Curt Most, senior product manager for pallets and bulk at Orbis ...
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