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FDA Advisory Committee Recommends Approval to Expand Use of LAP-BAND® Adjustable Gastric Banding System for Obese Adults
Allergan, Inc. announced the US FDA Gastroenterology and Urology Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee has recommended with an 8-2 vote that the FDA extend the currently approved use of the LAP-BAND® System, Allergan's gastric band, on...
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Baxter and Takeda Complete Agreement for Vero Cell-Based Influenza Vaccines in Japan
Baxter International Inc. and Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited announced that the parties have completed a Development, License and Technology Transfer Agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, Takeda and Baxter will expand upon their previously announced collaboration to bring...
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Life Technologies Wins Top Ten Innovations of the Year Award
LifeTechnologies Corporation announced that its Applied Biosystems Attune(TM) Acoustic Focusing Cytometer has been named one of the Top Ten Innovations of 2010 by The Scientist Magazine. On an annual basis for the past three years, the publication gathers a...
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Micell Technologies Enrolls First Patient in DESSOLVE I First-In-Human Study of MiStent DES
Micell Technologies,announced it has enrolled at Mercy Hospital in Auckland, New Zealand, the first patient in DESSOLVE I (DES with Sirolimus and a bioabsorbable pOLymer for the treatment of patients with de noVo lEsions in the native coronary arteries),...
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Selcia and Gilead Sciences Extend Liver Disease Drug Discovery Collaboration
Selcia Limited, a leading contract research organisation, announced a drug discovery collaboration agreement with Gilead Sciences, Inc. Building on an established partnership following significant progress made to date, Selcia’s chemists and biologists will continue to provide integrated drug discovery...
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BG Medicine Announces FDA Clearance of its Galectin-3 Test for Use in Patients with Chronic HF
BG Medicine, Inc., a U.S.-based life sciences company, announced that the U.S. FDA has cleared the company’s Galectin-3 test for use in conjunction with clinical evaluation as an aid to assess the prognosis of patients diagnosed with chronic heart...
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NanoString Launches First Simple and Precise Approach to Detect Hundreds of Genetic Copy Variants in a Single Multiplexed Reaction
NanoString Technologies, Inc., a privately held life sciences company marketing a complete solution for detecting and counting large sets of target molecules in biological samples, announced the launch of a novel solution for detecting genetic copy number variations (CNVs)...
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