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BD Veritor System for Flu A+B Featuring Alverix Technology Receives Regulatory Approval in Japan

Feb 9 | News

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alverix announced today that BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) has received approval from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare (MHLW) for the BD Veritor™ System Flu A+B Test. The BD Veritor System was developed...

Genetic variant increases risk of common type stroke

Feb 5 | News

(Wellcome Trust) A genetic variant that increases the risk of a common type of stroke has been identified by scientists in a study published online in Nature Genetics today. This is one of the few genetic variants to date to be associated with risk of stroke and the discovery opens...

Irish Medical Device Association: Vibrant Med Tech Sector in Ireland Identifies Continued Evolution & Convergence in 4 Year Plan

Feb 2 | News

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Over the last twelve months, medical technology companies publically announced the investment of approximately €170m and the creation of an estimated 875 jobs in Ireland over the coming years, according to the Irish Medical Device Association (IMDA)...

Cook Medical Launches Zenith Low Profile Endovascular Graft in Canada

Feb 1 | News

Stouffville, Ontario—Following Health Canada approval, the Zenith Low Profile AAA Endovascular Graft (Zenith AAA LP) from Cook Medical is now approved and will be launched to physicians in Canada. With a low-profile delivery system diameter of 18 Fr and simplified deployment...

Cambridge Team First to Grow Smooth Muscle Cells from Patient Skin Cells

Jan 26 | News

Singapore - (JCN Newswire) - A Cambridge University research team has for the first time discovered a method of generating different types of vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs) - the cells which make up the walls of blood vessels - using cells from patients' skin. This work could lead...

Systagenix announces CE mark and first commercial shipment of WOUNDCHEK Protease Status, making it the world’s first point-of-care diagnostic test for chronic wounds

Jan 25 | News

GATWICK, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Wound care clinicians’ calls for better diagnostic tools to aid wound assessment have today been answered with the CE marking of WOUNDCHEK™ Protease Status, the world’s first rapid, point-of-care diagnostic test developed specifically for chronic wounds.

FDA OKs Genzyme’s Framingham plant

Jan 25 | News

Less than a week after Genzyme's Framingham plant landed approval from the European Medicines Agency to manufacture Fabrazyme, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has also given the OK to produce the treatment for Fabry disease.

ACT stem cell trial in U.S. shows signs of safety

Jan 25 | News

Advanced Cell Technology Inc. today released data from a U.S. clinical trial testing the safety of treating Stargardt's macular dystrophy with human embryonic stem cell-derived retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cells.

Sunovion plans to layoff asthma drug reps

Dec 28 2011 | News

Sunovion Pharmaceuticals, which is owned by Japanese drug maker Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma, confirmed last week that it will lay off an undisclosed number of sales representatives that are responsible for selling the company’s asthma drugs.

Momenta, Baxter form potential $450M generic drug deal(3)

Dec 24 2011 | News

Momenta Pharmaceuticals Inc., a Cambridge-based developer of novel and generic drugs, has formed a $33 million collaboration deal with Baxter International Inc. that could balloon to more than $450 million with possible milestone payments included.

Momenta, Baxter form potential $480M generic drug deal

Dec 23 2011 | News

Momenta Pharmaceuticals Inc., a Cambridge-based developer of novel and generic drugs, has formed a $33 million collaboration deal with Baxter International Inc. that could balloon to more than $480 million including possible milestone payments.

Curis lands $6M pay for cancer drug review in Europe

Dec 22 2011 | News

Curis Inc. has $6 million more in its coffers from a milestone payment after its collaborator Roche submitted its small molecule cancer drug candidate, vismodegib, to the European Medicines Agency for approval in treating advanced basal cell carcinoma.

Heart disease study highlights Scottish ethnic groups most at risk

Dec 21 2011 | News

(University of Edinburgh) Scots of Pakistani origin are 50 percent more likely to be admitted to hospital with chest pain and angina than those of Indian ethnicity, a study has found.Scots of Indian and Pakistani origin also have much greater levels of hospital admissions for both...

Millennium adding two cancer programs via Intellikine buy

Dec 21 2011 | News

Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Company will add two cancer drug candidates as part of Japanese parent Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd.'s acquisition of Intellikine Inc. of La Jolla, Calif., Takeda said today.

Even limited telemedicine could improve developing health

Dec 21 2011 | News

(Inderscience Publishers) A lack of infrastructure in developing countries, and particularly in rural areas, often ensures that healthcare provision is absent. Research published in the International Journal of Services, Economics and Management by a team at Howard University in...

HIV/AIDS vaccine developed at Western proceeding to human clinical trials

Dec 21 2011 | News

(University of Western Ontario) The first and only preventative HIV vaccine based on a genetically modified killed whole virus has received approval by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to start human clinical trials.Developed by Dr. Chil-Yong Kang and his team...

Aquatic therapy soon after total knee arthroplasty improves outcomes

Dec 21 2011 | News

(Elsevier Health Sciences) According to a new study published in the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, beginning aquatic therapy just six days after total knee arthroplasty may lead to improved results, while delaying its onset an additional week may be more...

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