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3SBio obtains ex-China global rights to Apexigen's anti-TNF mAb technology

3SBio Inc., a leading China-based biotechnology company focused on researching, developing, manufacturing and marketing biopharmaceutical products, today announced that it has acquired the ex-China global rights to Apexigen's anti-TNF monoclonal antibody ("mAb") technology. 3SBio previously acquired the China rights from Apexigen in 2006.

23 Jun 2015

Touch Bionics introduces i-limb quantum bionic hand at ISPO Congress

Touch Bionics, a provider of world-leading prosthetic technologies, today announced a significant addition to the company's i-limb range of bionic hands at the International Society of Prosthetics & Orthotics World Congress taking place in Lyon, France. The i-limb quantum incorporates the company's patented i-mo technology and is the first upper limb prosthesis that can change grips with a simple gesture.

23 Jun 2015

Picosun provides advanced ALD coating solutions to enhance medical technology

Picosun Oy, the leading supplier of high quality Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) technology for industrial manufacturing, provides the advanced ALD coating solutions to enable the next generation of cutting-edge medical technology.

23 Jun 2015

Biolin Scientific has announced new Vice President for the Drug Discovery business unit

Biolin Scientific Holding AB has appointed Thais T. Johansen as VP of the Drug Discovery business unit (Sophion), where he replaces Morten Sunesen.

From Biolin Scientific AB 22 Jun 2015

Vaxon Biotech receives new patent in Japan for cancer vaccine candidates

Vaxon Biotech, a company specialized in anti-tumor immunotherapy, today announces that it has been granted a new patent in Japan. This patent covers a series of optimized cryptic peptides to be used in the design of the Vbx-026, a new cancer vaccine for solid tumors.

22 Jun 2015

Wockhardt obtains final approval from FDA for marketing 5mg/ 5ml of Oxycodone HCl liquid

Pharmaceutical and biotechnology major Wockhardt has received final approval from the United States Food & Drug Administration (US FDA) for marketing 5mg/ 5ml of Oxycodone HCl liquid which is used in treatment of moderate to severe acute and chronic pain. Wockhardt is launching the product soon and will be amongst the few generic versions of this product in the market.

22 Jun 2015

VG Life Sciences receives U.S. patent for combination cancer therapy

VG Life Sciences, Inc., a biotechnology company developing therapies for cancer, autoimmune and infectious diseases, announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will issue Patent No. 9073985 covering VGLS' combination therapy for treating drug-resistant cancer by combining an autophagy inhibitor with a chemotherapy drug.

22 Jun 2015

Benitec, ReNeuron collaborate to launch new exploratory cellular therapy program

Benitec Biopharma is pleased to announce the launch of a new exploratory cellular therapy program including exosome-based delivery utilising the Company's proprietary ddRNAi technology. Entry into these areas have been facilitated by the commencement of a collaboration with UK-based stem cell therapeutics company, ReNeuron.

22 Jun 2015

Ortho Clinical Diagnostics announces FDA approval of VITROS Chemistry Products HbA1c Reagent Kit for diagnosis of diabetes

Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, Inc. today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the VITROS Chemistry Products HbA1c Reagent Kit to be used on the VITROS 5600 Integrated System, VITROS 4600 Chemistry System, and the VITROS 5,1 FS Chemistry System. The test can be used for the quantitative determination of percent glycated hemoglobin A1c (DCCT/NGSP) and mmol/mol hemoglobin A1c (IFCC) in human whole blood.

From Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc. 22 Jun 2015

Advanced Cell Diagnostics raises $22 million in Series C equity financing

Advanced Cell Diagnostics, Inc., a world leader in the field of in situ nucleic acid detection for life science research and clinical diagnostics, announced today that it has raised $22 million in Series C equity financing, led by growth equity investor Summit Partners with participation from Kenson Ventures and existing investors, Morningside Ventures and New Leaf Venture Partners.

From Advanced Cell Diagnostics 22 Jun 2015

Oraya IRay Radiotherapy System for AMD treatment receives Silver award at MDEA 2015

Oraya Therapeutics Inc.and Bridge Design announced today that the Oraya IRay Radiotherapy System has won the Silver award in the radiological and electromechanical devices category of the 18 Annual Medical Design Excellence Awards (MDEA).The winners were announced at a ceremony in New York City at the Jacob Javits Center in conjunction with the MD&M East event.

22 Jun 2015

Trevelino/Keller selected as ExamMed's principal integrated PR and marketing agency

ExamMed, the only universal healthcare technology platform, offering providers an ideal patient-centered, complete model of care, both virtual and in-office, recently selected Trevelino/Keller as its principal integrated PR and marketing agency.

22 Jun 2015

Scientists identify safe repellent that protects fruits from D. suzukii

Insects destroy a very large fraction of the global agricultural output - nearly 40 percent. The spotted wing Drosophila (Drosophila suzukii), for example, feeds on ripening fruits. A nuisance especially in Northern California and Europe, it lays its eggs inside ripe berries, and, when its larvae emerge there, the fruit is destroyed.

22 Jun 2015

Researchers use different approaches to test ways to manipulate nanoparticles in medicine

Nanoparticles are the smallest particles capable of reaching virtually all parts of the body. Researchers use various approaches to test ways in which nanoparticles could be used in medicine - for instance, to deliver substances to a specific site in the body such as a tumor.

22 Jun 2015

MESA announces acquisition of Sigil

MESA Group Holdings, a Pantheon Healthcare Group company, today announced the acquisition of French diagnostic imaging service provider Sigil. Complementing MESA's recent business expansion into France with its core Multi-Vendor Service (MVS) and Managed Equipment Service (MES) offerings, the acquisition of Sigil will accelerate the development and adoption of more efficient asset management and medical equipment maintenance service solutions for public and private sector hospitals and imaging centres.

22 Jun 2015

Sysmex unveils latest series of haematology analysers at IFCC congress

The Sysmex Corporation, the global leader in haematology, unveiled its latest series of haematology analysers at the annual IFCC congress, EuroMedLab JIB in Paris today. The XN-L series follows in the footsteps of its game-changing big brother, the XN-Series. The new, smaller XN-L Series makes top quality haematology available for all.

From Sysmex America, Inc. 22 Jun 2015

New study shows how grandparental support has protective effect against child obesity

According to an English saying, it takes a whole village to raise a child. A new study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden has shown how important the support from grandparents could be. According to the study, which is being published in the journal Pediatric Obesity, emotional support from grandparents has a protective effect against child obesity, even with the presence of other risk factors.

22 Jun 2015

Jopari announces immediate availability of Jopari Attach at HFMA

"The need Healthcare Providers have to make supporting documentation available to Payers for both administrative and clinical purposes is increasing" states Steve Stevens, CEO of Jopari Solutions.

22 Jun 2015

ZEISS and University of California Berkeley launch public-private partnership to support brain microscopy Innovation Center

ZEISS announces that it is participating in a new public-private partnership with UC Berkeley as part of the Brain Microscopy Innovation Center (BrainMIC), a component of the Berkeley BRAIN Initiative.

From ZEISS Microscopy GmbH 22 Jun 2015

Researchers develop method to recreate connections between neurons from different brain areas

Mapping the human brain's network of interconnections, known as the connectome is typically done with help from computational tools because recreating interconnections between different brain regions has been challenging in the lab. Researchers at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University have developed a method to recreate connections between neurons from two different brain areas in a dish.

19 Jun 2015

Technology News and Research

3SBio obtains ex-China global rights to Apexigen's anti-TNF mAb technology

Touch Bionics introduces i-limb quantum bionic hand at ISPO Congress

Picosun provides advanced ALD coating solutions to enhance medical technology

Biolin Scientific has announced new Vice President for the Drug Discovery business unit

Vaxon Biotech receives new patent in Japan for cancer vaccine candidates

Wockhardt obtains final approval from FDA for marketing 5mg/ 5ml of Oxycodone HCl liquid

VG Life Sciences receives U.S. patent for combination cancer therapy

Benitec, ReNeuron collaborate to launch new exploratory cellular therapy program

Ortho Clinical Diagnostics announces FDA approval of VITROS Chemistry Products HbA1c Reagent Kit for diagnosis of diabetes

Advanced Cell Diagnostics raises $22 million in Series C equity financing

Oraya IRay Radiotherapy System for AMD treatment receives Silver award at MDEA 2015

Trevelino/Keller selected as ExamMed's principal integrated PR and marketing agency

Scientists identify safe repellent that protects fruits from D. suzukii

Researchers use different approaches to test ways to manipulate nanoparticles in medicine

MESA announces acquisition of Sigil

Sysmex unveils latest series of haematology analysers at IFCC congress

New study shows how grandparental support has protective effect against child obesity

Jopari announces immediate availability of Jopari Attach at HFMA

ZEISS and University of California Berkeley launch public-private partnership to support brain microscopy Innovation Center

Researchers develop method to recreate connections between neurons from different brain areas

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

Advancing Intracellular Delivery with LumiPore®

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