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IDT’s CRISPR/Cas9 online resource for all your genome editing needs

Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) has pooled its expertise in genome editing into a free web resource dedicated to providing researchers a hub of information on the very latest in using the CRISPR/Cas9 system.

From Integrated DNA Technologies 9 Mar 2015

Particle Sciences to expand sterile manufacturing for complex products and particulates

Particle Sciences, Inc (PSI), the leading CDMO for micro and nano-particulates is expanding its sterile and aseptic manufacturing capacity generally and specifically for nano-milled drug products.

9 Mar 2015

Phico Therapeutics gets £2.25M Translation Award to develop SASPject PT4 antibiotic for E. coli, K. pneumoniae

Phico Therapeutics, a biotechnology company developing a novel platform technology for a new generation of antibiotics aimed at overcoming antibacterial resistance, has been awarded a £2.25M Translation Award by the Wellcome Trust to develop its SASPject PT4 antibiotic, aimed at Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae.

9 Mar 2015

Investment in science and engineering can make UK a successful nation

The UK needs to increase its investment in science and engineering research if it is to continue to be a successful nation.

9 Mar 2015

Mallinckrodt enters into definitive agreement to acquire Ikaria

Mallinckrodt plc, a leading global specialty biopharmaceutical company, and Ikaria, Inc. a privately-held critical care company, announced today that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which a subsidiary of Mallinckrodt will acquire Ikaria, Inc. from a Madison Dearborn-led investor group in a transaction valued at approximately $2.3 billion.

5 Mar 2015

Halyard Health's net sales increase 2% to $439 million in fourth quarter 2014

Halyard Health, Inc. today reported year-end 2014 results and provided its 2015 outlook and related key planning assumptions.

4 Mar 2015

Apollo signs license option deal with Case Western to develop point-of-care blood analyzer

A blood test yields a wealth of information crucial to a person's health. What's needed is a device that is small and inexpensive, yet capable of quickly providing a thorough analysis using a very small sample.

4 Mar 2015

American Biosurgical announces acquisition of MTI

American Biosurgical, LLC a privately owned, custom medical cable manufacturer actively engaged in the design, development and production of innovative medical interconnect technologies for the world's leading medical device companies has announced the acquisition of MTI Corporation, a high precision, low volume custom medical cable manufacturer based in North Carolina.

3 Mar 2015

Bielefeld University chemists develop copper molecule that could help prevent spread of cancer

Chemists at Bielefeld University have developed a molecule containing copper that binds specifically with DNA and prevents the spread of cancer. First results show that it kills the cancer cells more quickly than cisplatin - a widely used anti-cancer drug that is frequently administered in chemotherapy.

2 Mar 2015

PTI Launches Game-based Learning for the Pharma, Biotech and Medical Device Industries

Pharmaceutical Training International (PTI), the leading supplier of online and public, event-based training courses for the pharma, biotech and medical device sectors, has launched a range of game-based e-learning courses.

From Pharmaceutical Training International 2 Mar 2015

WuXi applauds TaiMed for receiving FDA breakthrough therapy designation for ibalizumab

WuXi PharmaTech (Cayman) Inc., a leading open-access R&D capability and technology platform company serving the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device industries with operations in China and the United States, congratulates our partner TaiMed Biologics for receiving breakthrough therapy designation from the U.S. FDA for ibalizumab (TMB355).

28 Feb 2015

Perceived cost affects placebo response in Parkinson’s disease

Patients with Parkinson’s disease may gain a greater benefit from a placebo treatment if they believe it to be expensive, research suggests.

27 Feb 2015

TxCell invited to speak at largest US meeting for investors in emerging growth companies

In the presentation, Damian Marron will provide an overview of TxCell and its personalized T cell immunotherapy platform ASTrIA. Additional details will also be provided to institutional investors in one on one meetings at the conference.

27 Feb 2015

ChartSpan Medical Technologies raises $1.7 million in capital round

ChartSpan Medical Technologies announced it has successfully raised a capital round of $1.7 million dollars. Since becoming the most downloaded iPhone and iPad medical app in the U.S. in December, ChartSpan continues to disrupt healthcare with innovative technology empowering patients to manage their own healthcare records and information.

27 Feb 2015

HeartWare International's revenue increases 38% to $73.2 million in Q4 2014

HeartWare International, Inc., a leading innovator of less invasive, miniaturized circulatory support technologies that are revolutionizing the treatment of advanced heart failure, today announced revenue of $73.2 million for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2014, a 38% increase compared to $53.1 million in revenue for the same period of 2013. For the fiscal year 2014, the company generated revenue of $278.4 million, a 34% increase compared to revenue of $207.9 million in 2013.

26 Feb 2015

Gates Foundation awards $2.5 million to support development of vaccine-filled microneedles

The Georgia Institute of Technology and Micron Biomedical have been awarded $2.5 million in grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to advance the development of dissolvable microneedle patches for polio immunization. The patches will be studied to evaluate their potential role as part of the worldwide efforts to eradicate polio.

25 Feb 2015

Patients battling sleep apnea find relief from Zzoma device

Thousands of patients in the U.S. and Europe battling positional obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are finding relief from Zzoma, an FDA-cleared medical device designed by physicians at Sleep Specialists, LLC.

25 Feb 2015

Two Glenmark manufacturing facilities in India win Greentech Environment Gold Award - 2015

Two manufacturing facilities of Glenmark located in Goa and Nashik bagged the prestigious 'Greentech Environment Gold Award - 2015' for Excellence in Environment Management at a ceremony in Kolkata recently. Greentech Environment Awards are presented ever year to companies/units in India demonstrating the highest level of commitment to Environmental Management across different sectors.

25 Feb 2015

Accuray, Lancaster announces commercial availability of InCise MLC for CyberKnife M6 System

Accuray Incorporated and Lancaster General Health announced today that the first commercially available InCise Multileaf Collimator (MLC) for the CyberKnife M6 System has been received by Lancaster.

24 Feb 2015

Tekni-Plex Europe plans to acquire Gallazzi's Italian-based businesses

Tekni-Plex Europe NV is announcing today that its plan to acquire Gallazzi's Italian-based pharmaceutical blister film (Tradate, Varese, Lombardia) and adhesive tape substrate film (Gallarate, Varese, Lombardia) businesses has been approved by the Italian authorities supervising the sale.

23 Feb 2015

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IDT’s CRISPR/Cas9 online resource for all your genome editing needs

Particle Sciences to expand sterile manufacturing for complex products and particulates

Phico Therapeutics gets £2.25M Translation Award to develop SASPject PT4 antibiotic for E. coli, K. pneumoniae

Investment in science and engineering can make UK a successful nation

Mallinckrodt enters into definitive agreement to acquire Ikaria

Halyard Health's net sales increase 2% to $439 million in fourth quarter 2014

Apollo signs license option deal with Case Western to develop point-of-care blood analyzer

American Biosurgical announces acquisition of MTI

Bielefeld University chemists develop copper molecule that could help prevent spread of cancer

PTI Launches Game-based Learning for the Pharma, Biotech and Medical Device Industries

WuXi applauds TaiMed for receiving FDA breakthrough therapy designation for ibalizumab

Perceived cost affects placebo response in Parkinson’s disease

TxCell invited to speak at largest US meeting for investors in emerging growth companies

ChartSpan Medical Technologies raises $1.7 million in capital round

HeartWare International's revenue increases 38% to $73.2 million in Q4 2014

Gates Foundation awards $2.5 million to support development of vaccine-filled microneedles

Patients battling sleep apnea find relief from Zzoma device

Two Glenmark manufacturing facilities in India win Greentech Environment Gold Award - 2015

Accuray, Lancaster announces commercial availability of InCise MLC for CyberKnife M6 System

Tekni-Plex Europe plans to acquire Gallazzi's Italian-based businesses

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