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Taiwan's Biotech Industry Likely to Receive Significant Investment From European Countries
Nov 22, 2017Looking at the great growth potential of Taiwan's bio-technology industry, Henri Lenferink, the mayor of Leiden, a city and municipality in the Dutch province of South Holland, led a delegation to Taiwan earlier, discussing cooperation ...
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Nestle to Invest in Egypt in The Near Furture
Jan 20, 2015Nestle, Swiss food giant, is going to invest about 1 billion Egyptian pounds ($137.93 million) in Egypt in the next few years. Its North East Africa Region CEO said the kind of investments they have made over the last three to four years ...
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Nearly Half of All Phase III Pharmaceutical Clinical Trials Fail
Jan 14, 2015Nearly half of all Phase III pharmaceutical clinical trials fail, partly because data about patient adherence is hard to come by. That’s according to computer giant Oracle (ORCL), which has teamed with and ingestible sensor ...
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Posted in Mobile Health by Nancy Crotti on January 7, 2015
Jan 9, 2015Posted in Mobile Health by Nancy Crotti on January 7, 2015 A little more than a year ago, a top executive of Qualcomm Life predicted that smartphones would one day be considered medical devices. Qualcomm's 2Net Hub is a ...
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Hutchison China Meditech Had Enrolled Patients for a Study of Colorectal Cancer
Sep 11, 2014Amid daily updates from the pharmaceuticals industry on the latest clinical trials, last week's announcement by Hutchison China MediTech that it had enrolled patients for a study of colorectal cancer was hardly cause for excitement. But ...
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Electronic Cigarette Has Already Won The Heart of a Very Large Number of Smokers in France
Jun 9, 2014The electronic cigarette has already won the heart of a very large number of smokers in France but it also creates a huge controversy. Currently , the status of this innovative product is not yet determined. The electronic cigarette is not ...
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Initiation of Secure Supply Chain Pilot Program to Enhance The Security of Imported Drugs
Feb 19, 2014The 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 ...
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Association Welcomes Producers to Celebrate 60 Years at 2014 Missouri Pork Expo
Feb 10, 2014Columbia, Mo.,---- The Missouri Pork Association welcomes producers, suppliers and distributors to the 2014 Missouri Pork Expo to help us celebrate 60 years. The two-day event promotes the pork industry, educates youth and adults, and ...
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CHMP Has Issued a Positive Opinion for The Use of Novartis' Xolair as an Add-on Therapy
Feb 10, 2014The European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has issued a positive opinion for the use of Novartis’ Xolair (omalizumab) as an add-on therapy for the treatment of chronic spontaneous ...
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Mylan Announced That Its U.S. Has Launched Mycophenolic Acid Delayed-Release Tablets
Jan 10, 2014Mylan Inc. (Nasdaq: MYL) today announced that its U.S.-based subsidiary Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. has launched Mycophenolic Acid Delayed-release Tablets, 180 mg and 360 mg. This product is the generic version of Novartis' Myfortic® ...
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Covagen Announced It Has Secured CHF42m in a Tranched Series B Financing
Dec 11, 2013Covagen has announced that the company has secured CHF42m in a tranched Series B financing with an option to obtain an additional CHF14m that would increase the total amount of the financing round to CHF56m. This financing will mainly ...
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Alcon Has Launched Jetrea to Treat Symptomatic Vitreomacular Adhesion
Nov 25, 2013Belgium-based biopharmaceutical firm ThromboGenics has announced that its partner Alcon has launched Jetrea (ocriplasmin) for the treatment of symptomatic vitreomacular adhesion (VMA) in Canada. According to the company, Canada is the ...
Tags: Alcon, Vitreomacular Adhesion
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PHT Is Proud to Be a Part of This Project as The Ebook Represents Remarkable Collaboration
Nov 22, 2013Four scientists from top pharmaceutical companies have collaborated to bring together the successful strategies for implementing an electronic patient reported outcome (ePRO) system in the form of an ebook. The handbook named "How to ...
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Novartis Divest Its Blood Transfusion Diagnostics Unit to Grifols for $1.675bn
Nov 14, 2013Novartis, a Swiss multinational pharmaceutical company, has signed a definitive agreement to divest its blood transfusion diagnostics unit to Spanish company Grifols for $1.675bn. The blood transfusion diagnostics unit became part of ...
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Cannabis Biotech Is Introducing Product Research for a Transmucosal Delivery System
Oct 24, 2013Cannabis Biotech, a subsidiary of Puget Technologies, is introducing product research for a transmucosal delivery system to deliver medical marijuana through the mucous membrane of the nasal cavity. Cannabis Biotech's new project is ...
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