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Oncothyreon 2010 net loss decreases to 15.6 million

Oncothyreon Inc. today reported financial results for the year and quarter ending December 31, 2010.

10 Mar 2011

Medtronic resolves FDA warning letters over Mounds View, Juncos facilities

Medtronic, Inc. today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has informed the company that issues noted in two warning letters -- one from November 2009 regarding the company's Mounds View, Minnesota facility and another from June 2009 regarding the company's manufacturing facility in Juncos, Puerto Rico -- have been resolved.

10 Mar 2011

Medtronic opens new manufacturing facility in Singapore

Medtronic, Inc., the global medical technology leader, announced today the official opening of its new manufacturing facility, Medtronic Singapore Operations. The facility will enhance the company's manufacturing capabilities to meet the future expected growth of cardiac devices in Asia.

10 Mar 2011

Israel grants patent to Kamada's Transferrin for use in Pharmaceutical Compositions

Kamada, a biopharmaceutical company developing, manufacturing and marketing specialty life-saving therapeutics, announced today it has received an Israeli Patent for its Ultrapure Transferrin to be used in Pharmaceutical Compositions.

10 Mar 2011

Adamis submits APC-100 IND to FDA for treatment of prostate cancer

Adamis Pharmaceuticals Corporation announced today that it has recently submitted to the FDA an Investigational New Drug application for APC-100 to treat prostate cancer.

9 Mar 2011

Also in global health news: Rights abuses in Myanmar; Indian malnutrition; Mali Global Fund grant; shift in USAID's programs in Afghanistan; Gates Foundation grant for vaccines

Human Rights Abuses Impacting Health Situation In Parts Of Myanmar, Study Says.

9 Mar 2011

Patrys succeeds in obtaining commercial yields for its anti-cancer antibody therapeutic

Patrys Limited (ASX: PAB), which is developing a new class of antibody molecules for the treatment of cancer, is pleased to announce success in obtaining commercial production yields for natural human antibody PAT-SC1, facilitating the advancement of this promising product toward a second human clinical trial for the treatment of cancer.

8 Mar 2011

Conflicts in medical management of hemophilia

Hemophilia is a medical disorder that is part of our genetic load as humans. It will never disappear. Therefore, the only way to live with it is to receive adequate medical management. Its effects on those males who have inherited the disorder that affects their blood clotting without treatment includes recurrent hemorrhages (bleeds) into joints as well as internal bleeding. The bleeds are painful, resulting in disuse, disability and crippling. The first signs usually appear in early childhood. A child who suffers a mouth bleed can slowly lose enough blood to result in death.

8 Mar 2011

Neoprobe reports positive feedback from FDA for RIGScan development

Neoprobe Corporation, a diversified developer of innovative oncology surgical and diagnostic products, today announced that it has completed a successful pre-IND meeting with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on the development of RIGScan CR, the Company's proprietary radiopharmaceutical for the detection of colorectal cancer tumors.

8 Mar 2011

Alliqua completes transdermal pain patch initial in vitro study for treatment of PHN

Alliqua, Inc., an advanced biomedical products company focused on the development and manufacturing of proprietary drug delivery and liver health technologies, announced today the successful completion of its initial in vitro permeation study for its transdermal pain patch project.

8 Mar 2011

FDA's action impacts Elite pharma drugs

Elite Pharmaceuticals, Inc. advises that the US Food and Drug Administration announced that it intends to remove approximately 500 cough/cold and allergy related products from the U.S. market.

7 Mar 2011

Oxford Instruments patents to be auctioned off at ICAP Ocean Tomo's Spring 2011 Live IP Auction

The Oxford Instruments patents will be auctioned off at ICAP Ocean Tomo's Spring 2011 Live IP Auction on March 31, 2011 in New York City. Oxford Instruments has determined that these patents are not strategic for its ongoing business. The lots include: a concept for the use of magnetic particles for targeted cancer treatment, advanced sterilization techniques, an advanced imaging system, and an advanced microbolometer.

5 Mar 2011

Vanns Spices named winner of seventh annual Progressive Manufacturing 100 Awards

SYSPRO, the leading provider of visionary, pragmatic ERP software, today announced that SYSPRO customer Vanns Spices Ltd., has been named a winner of the seventh annual Progressive Manufacturing 100 Awards, selected by Managing Automation Media, a Thomas Publishing Company, LLC publication.

5 Mar 2011

CDI announces publication of footprint-free iPSCs production method in PLoS ONE journal

Cellular Dynamics International, the world's largest producer of human tissue cells for drug discovery and safety testing, today announced the publication of research demonstrating an efficient and scalable method of creating DNA integration-free, or footprint-free, induced pluripotent stem cells under a feeder-free condition using chemically defined media.

5 Mar 2011

Bovie settles patent infringement ligation with Salient Surgical and Medtronic

Bovie Medical Corporation, a manufacturer and marketer of electrosurgical products, today announced a settlement to the June 10, 2010, action brought by Salient Surgical Technologies, Inc. and Medtronic, Inc. against the Company.

5 Mar 2011

Grifols receives FDA approval for Alphanate to treat vCJD

Grifols, a global healthcare company and biopharmaceutical manufacturer based in Barcelona, Spain today announced that it received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration for revised labeling for Alphanate Antihemophilic Factor/von Willebrand Factor Complex indicating that certain manufacturing steps have been shown to reduce the infectivity of a experimental TSE agent that is a model for variant Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease.

5 Mar 2011

Gates Foundation makes $10M PRI in Liquidia to support development of vaccines, therapeutics

Liquidia Technologies today announced the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has made a $10 million program-related investment in the company to support the development and commercialization of safer and more effective vaccines and therapeutics. This follows recent announcements of the first Liquidia clinical trial of its lead seasonal flu candidate (LIQ001) and a collaborative agreement with the PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative.

5 Mar 2011

IMMY, University of Nevada, Reno collaborate to make new blood test for Cryptococcosis

A new, rapid blood test that could lead to early diagnosis and potentially save the lives of hundreds of thousands of people stricken with fungal meningitis, a leading cause of AIDS-related deaths in developing countries, is getting closer to market with a recent collaboration between the University of Nevada, Reno and Immuno-Mycologics in Oklahoma.

5 Mar 2011

Initial Microcutter surgical cutting, stapling device receives CE Mark certification

Cardica, Inc. today announced that an initial Microcutter surgical cutting and stapling device developed by Cardica has received CE Mark certification.

4 Mar 2011

Prism Medical revenues in fiscal 2010 is $66.6 million

Prism Medical Ltd. today announced its results for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2010. Revenues in fiscal 2010 were $66.6 million compared to $65.7 million in fiscal 2009.

4 Mar 2011

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Oncothyreon 2010 net loss decreases to 15.6 million

Medtronic resolves FDA warning letters over Mounds View, Juncos facilities

Medtronic opens new manufacturing facility in Singapore

Israel grants patent to Kamada's Transferrin for use in Pharmaceutical Compositions

Adamis submits APC-100 IND to FDA for treatment of prostate cancer

Also in global health news: Rights abuses in Myanmar; Indian malnutrition; Mali Global Fund grant; shift in USAID's programs in Afghanistan; Gates Foundation grant for vaccines

Patrys succeeds in obtaining commercial yields for its anti-cancer antibody therapeutic

Conflicts in medical management of hemophilia

Neoprobe reports positive feedback from FDA for RIGScan development

Alliqua completes transdermal pain patch initial in vitro study for treatment of PHN

FDA's action impacts Elite pharma drugs

Oxford Instruments patents to be auctioned off at ICAP Ocean Tomo's Spring 2011 Live IP Auction

Vanns Spices named winner of seventh annual Progressive Manufacturing 100 Awards

CDI announces publication of footprint-free iPSCs production method in PLoS ONE journal

Bovie settles patent infringement ligation with Salient Surgical and Medtronic

Grifols receives FDA approval for Alphanate to treat vCJD

Gates Foundation makes $10M PRI in Liquidia to support development of vaccines, therapeutics

IMMY, University of Nevada, Reno collaborate to make new blood test for Cryptococcosis

Initial Microcutter surgical cutting, stapling device receives CE Mark certification

Prism Medical revenues in fiscal 2010 is $66.6 million

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