Cubist Pharmaceuticals has entered into two separate agreements to acquire Optimer Pharmaceuticals and Trius Therapeutics, as part of the company's Building Blocks of Growth strategy to strengthen its presence in acute care and hospital ...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared Theravance's Vibativ (telavancin) for the treatment of hospital-acquired and ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia (HABP/VABP). With a dual mechanism of action, the bactericidal, ...
Tags: Health&Medicine, FDA, US
Demand for disinfectant and antimicrobial chemicals in the U.S. is forecast to rise 6.1 percent annually to $1.6 billion in 2017. A rebound in building construction activity, in conjunction with an improving U.S. economy, will drive strong ...
Tags: Disinfectant, Antimicrobial, 2017
This year, the Ceramics of Italy Tile Competition, an annual awards program sponsored by Confindustria Ceramica (the Italian Association of Ceramics) and the Italian Trade Commission, attracted the most competitive pool of projects in the ...
Tags: Ceramics, Construction, Decoration, Tile
FHN, a non-profit organisation, is utilising Xenex Healthcare Services' Xenex robot to disinfect patient rooms, operating rooms and other areas. Requiring only 5-10 minutes to disinfect a room, the Xenex system is considered to be the ...
Tags: Patient Rooms, FHN
With nightmarish superbugs threatening the lives of patients and healthcare workers, hospitals are taking considerable precautions to track who is and who isn't washing their hands. For example, Summerville Medical Center, a 94-bed ...
Tags: Sensor Tag, Camera, Hand Washing
TaiGen Biotechnology has submitted New Drug Application (NDA) for the oral formulation of nemonoxacin with the Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) and China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA). Nemonoxacin is the first ...
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Last fall I flew halfway across the country to go grocery shopping with Everly Macario. We set out from her second-story apartment in Hyde Park near the University of Chicago and walked to the supermarket to buy a couple of?rib?steaks?that ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
The UK’s Health Protection Agency (HPA) has published the results of the fourth HCAI Point Prevalence Survey. The report provides a snapshot of the levels of healthcare-associated infections (HCAI) in Autumn 2011. ...
Tags: Construction, Health Protection Agency, HPA
Posted by Jack Mans, Plant Operations Editor -- Packaging Digest, 4/16/2013 3:38:26 PM Engineering researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new method to kill deadly pathogenic bacteria, including listeria, in food ...
Tags: Packaging, Packaging Industry
In recent decades, China has seen a rapid development in technology, from the space industry to consumer goods such as underwear used in space, which implies a higher level of technology in the nation. CLEANCOOL, a brand of underwear from ...
Tags: Cleancool Innerwear, Innerwear, Apparel
Clinigen has acquired Cardioxane (dexrazoxane) from Novartis for $33m, which is payable in two tranches. As per the agreement, Clinigen will manufacture, register, distribute, and commercialize the product in countries where current ...
Tags: Clinigen, Cardioxane, Medicine
With eye-catching graphics and an ergonomic design, ITW Professional Brands has launched new packaging for its Dymon brand aerosol products. The new "bullet can" packaging makes the products easier to grip and spray, minimizing stress on ...
Canada-based biotechnology company Kane Biotech announced that DispersinB-Gentamicin combination wound gel spray has passed the primary skin irritation tests. The test was aimed at determining the dermal irritation potential of the spray ...
Tags: Dispersinb Combination, Skin Irritation Tests, Medicine
Microbes lurk almost everywhere, from fresh food and air filters to toilet seats and folding money. Most of the time, they are harmless to humans. But sometimes they aren't. Every year, thousands of people sicken from E. coli ...