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Personalized knee replacement: an interview with Dr Martin, Preferred Orthopedics of the Palm Beaches

Knee replacement surgery has traditionally been performed using off-the-shelf implants because of the limitations of technology. As with most industries, evolution does occur.

25 Apr 2013

Thermo Scientific Scientific launches HyPerforma SUM DS 300 system for multiple uses

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today introduced the Thermo Scientific HyPerforma Single-Use Mixer DS 300 system, an innovative, cost-effective single-use mixer ideal for pilot-scale liquid preparations for vaccine and biologic manufacturing.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 24 Apr 2013

BD receives FDA approval for second prefilled injectable drug

BD Rx Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of leading global medical technology company BD, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the second drug to be offered in the recently launched BD Simplist line of ready-to-administer prefilled generic injectables.

From BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) 24 Apr 2013

GeneCapture developing new device with one-hour pathogen testing capabilities

A company hatched as a partnership between The University of Alabama in Huntsville and chemical engineering professor Dr. Krishnan Chittur is in the design phase for a device that can provide physicians one-hour pathogen testing capabilities.

23 Apr 2013

Aeterna enters into agreements to transfer manufacturing license for Cetrotide to Merck KGaA

Aeterna Zentaris Inc. today announced that its German subsidiary has entered into binding agreements with various partners and licensees with respect to the manufacturing rights and obligations for its Cetrotide® product.

22 Apr 2013

Pelchem and Linde team up to advance MEMS systems

Linde Electronics, the global electronics business of The Linde Group, has strengthened its material support for electronics manufacturing by announcing a strategic partnership with Pelchem, the global fluorochemicals specialist, to accelerate the development of Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS).

22 Apr 2013

DecImmune and DSM to develop proprietary antibody therapeutic

DSM Pharmaceutical Products, the custom manufacturing and technology business of Royal DSM (NYSE, Euronext: DSM KON), announced today that it has signed an agreement with venture capital funded DecImmune Therapeutics of Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

22 Apr 2013

New research on metallic implants could improve quality of life

Coronary stents have saved a lot of lives over the years, but there is a growing interest in what happens when a stent stays inside the body for too long.

22 Apr 2013

Highlights: Local Kan. program seeks to prevent readmissions with food deliveries; Conn. officials want stricter limit on insurer markup

A selection of health policy stories from Kansas, Connecticut, Oregon, the District of Columbia, Texas, Florida, Minnesota and California.

20 Apr 2013

Study finds dietary supplements accounted for more than half the Class 1 drugs recalled by FDA

Dietary supplements accounted for more than half the Class 1 drugs recalled by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration from 2004-12, meaning they contained substances that could cause serious health problems or even death, a new study from St. Michael's Hospital has found.

19 Apr 2013

IDRI, Medicago announce positive Phase I clinical trial results for avian flu pandemic vaccine

IDRI, a Seattle-based non-profit research organization that is a leading developer of adjuvants used in vaccines combating infectious disease, and Medicago Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing highly effective and competitive vaccines based on proprietary manufacturing technologies and Virus-Like Particles, today reported positive interim results from a Phase I clinical trial for an H5N1 Avian Influenza VLP vaccine candidate.

18 Apr 2013

FDA issues Complete Response Letter to Allergan's NDA for LEVADEX

Allergan, Inc. today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a Complete Response Letter to its New Drug Application for LEVADEX (dihydroergotamine) inhalation aerosol for the acute treatment of migraine in adults.

17 Apr 2013

U.S. Marshals seize food products from rodent-infested warehouse in NY, FDA reports

U.S. Marshals have seized food products at a Ridgewood, N.Y. warehouse that manufactures and distributes kosher food products, after investigators from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration found widespread rodent infestation in the facility.

17 Apr 2013

Pneumococcal vaccine: an interview with Graham Clarke, CEO ImmBio

The pathogen that we are talking about is called streptococcus pneumoniae. That is a fairly common bacteria and if you did a nasal swab you would find that quite a lot of people have this bacterium living in their nasal passages.

16 Apr 2013

Obama uses budget to inch closer to 'grand bargain' with GOP

The budget blueprint, released Wednesday, includes what the president called "manageable" curbs on Medicare spending growth, but GOP congressional leaders were dismissive, while some Democrats were unsettled.

12 Apr 2013

First Edition: April 11, 2013

Today's headlines include details regarding how Medicare and Medicaid, as well as funding for the health law's implementation, fared in President Barack Obama's budget plan.

11 Apr 2013

Method used in aeronautics may help improve safety of plastic food packaging

To prevent molecules migrating from plastic packaging into the food they contain, scientists are identifying each critical point where this phenomenon can occur, using a method inspired from aeronautics.

11 Apr 2013

Scientists demonstrate feasibility of using already-approved drugs against pathogens

In the most extensive screen of its kind, Texas Biomed scientists in San Antonio have demonstrated the feasibility of repurposing already-approved drugs for use against highly pathogenic bacteria and viruses.

11 Apr 2013

Transient electronics relieve pain, fight infection and dissolve harmlessly

Scientists today described key advances toward practical uses of a new genre of tiny, biocompatible electronic devices that could be implanted into the body to relieve pain or battle infection for a specific period of time, and then dissolve harmlessly.

9 Apr 2013

Absorption Systems, Synerzys Lifecare partner to expand use of Biopharmaceutics Classification System

The preclinical contract research organization Absorption Systems, a global leader in pharmacokinetic testing of drugs, announces that it has entered into a partnership with the Indian pharmaceutical consulting firm Synerzys Lifecare Pvt Ltd.

9 Apr 2013

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Personalized knee replacement: an interview with Dr Martin, Preferred Orthopedics of the Palm Beaches

Thermo Scientific Scientific launches HyPerforma SUM DS 300 system for multiple uses

BD receives FDA approval for second prefilled injectable drug

GeneCapture developing new device with one-hour pathogen testing capabilities

Aeterna enters into agreements to transfer manufacturing license for Cetrotide to Merck KGaA

Pelchem and Linde team up to advance MEMS systems

DecImmune and DSM to develop proprietary antibody therapeutic

New research on metallic implants could improve quality of life

Highlights: Local Kan. program seeks to prevent readmissions with food deliveries; Conn. officials want stricter limit on insurer markup

Study finds dietary supplements accounted for more than half the Class 1 drugs recalled by FDA

IDRI, Medicago announce positive Phase I clinical trial results for avian flu pandemic vaccine

FDA issues Complete Response Letter to Allergan's NDA for LEVADEX

U.S. Marshals seize food products from rodent-infested warehouse in NY, FDA reports

Pneumococcal vaccine: an interview with Graham Clarke, CEO ImmBio

Obama uses budget to inch closer to 'grand bargain' with GOP

First Edition: April 11, 2013

Method used in aeronautics may help improve safety of plastic food packaging

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