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GSK begins shipment of flu vaccines to U.S. for the upcoming 2014-15 season

GSK announced today it has begun shipping FLUARIX QUADRIVALENT (Influenza Vaccine) doses to U.S. healthcare providers. This is the first shipment of GSK’s U.S. flu vaccine supply for the flu season, following licensing and lot-release approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research.

17 Jul 2014

Novagant releases GoldenCBD oil including capsules and liquids

Novagant Corp. is pleased to announce that in this month of July it will release its GoldenCBD™ oil that will be available in several forms, including capsules and liquids. It will be the answer for those Medical Cannabis Patients living outside Washington and Colorado.

16 Jul 2014

Viewpoints: 'Tradeoffs among access, quality and costs'; Obamacare as a political issue

One of the oft-repeated arguments in favor of the Affordable Care Act is that it will reduce people's need for more intensive care by increasing their access to preventive care.

16 Jul 2014

Mylan enters into definitive agreement to acquire Abbott's branded generics pharmaceuticals business

Mylan Inc. today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Abbott whereby Mylan will acquire Abbott's non-U.S. developed markets specialty and branded generics business ("the Assets") in an all-stock transaction.

14 Jul 2014

MGC Diagnostics completes stock purchase agreement to acquire Medisoft SA

MGC Diagnostics Corporation, a leading global medical technologies company, today announced that it has completed a stock purchase agreement to acquire Medisoft SA, a Sorinnes, Belgium headquartered, privately held manufacturer of market-leading cardiorespiratory diagnostic products.

14 Jul 2014

Baxter International acquires drug candidate developed to treat sickle cell disease

A drug candidate developed by researchers at the NIH's National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences and its collaborators to treat sickle cell disease has been acquired by Baxter International's BioScience business.

11 Jul 2014

Study examines how proteins can replace fats without affecting foodstuffs' taste, texture

Low-fat cheeses and cakes that are just as tempting as full-fat equivalents could be heading for supermarket shelves, thanks to fresh insights into how proteins can replace fats without affecting foodstuffs' taste and texture.

10 Jul 2014

FDA approves Protein Sciences' strain change amendment for Flublok influenza vaccine

Protein Sciences Corporation announced today that the FDA has approved the Company's strain change amendment for its seasonal influenza vaccine, Flublok.

9 Jul 2014

Samples from Chobani yogurt contain most virulent form of fungus

Samples isolated from Chobani yogurt that was voluntarily recalled in September 2013 have been found to contain the most virulent form of a fungus called Mucor circinelloides, which is associated with infections in immune-compromised people.

8 Jul 2014

Grunenthal Group submits Marketing Authorization Application to EMA for ZALVISO

AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Grunenthal Group announced today that Grunenthal has submitted a Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) to the European Medicines Authority for ZALVISO for the management of moderate to severe acute pain in adult patients in a medically supervised environment.

7 Jul 2014

Hospira acquires API manufacturing and R&D facilities from Orchid for about $218 million

Hospira, Inc., the world's leading provider of injectable drugs and infusion technologies, today announced it has completed the acquisition of an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) manufacturing facility and an associated research and development (R&D) facility from Orchid Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd., a leading Indian pharmaceuticals company, for approximately $218 million, after settling prior advances of approximately $30 million.

7 Jul 2014

Viewpoints: Expanding Hobby Lobby decision; the faux war on women; dispute over pelvic exams

The Supreme Court wasted no time in delivering a message to anyone who thought its Hobby Lobby ruling was limited to religious objections to coverage of purported abortion methods: You're wrong.

4 Jul 2014

TxCell announces launch of POSITIVE project to automate manufacturing process for Ovasave

TxCell SA, a biotech developing innovative, personalized cell-based immunotherapies using antigen-specific regulatory T-cells (Ag-Tregs) for chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, announces today the launch of, and funding awarded to, the POSITIVE project in collaboration with the Gene and Cell therapy Unit (UTCG) developing new antiviral cell-based immunotherapies and Biosafe, a Swiss private company, a developer of innovative solutions for cell processing.

4 Jul 2014

Scientists produce drug compound with potential to block HIV transmission in women

Scientists at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Engineering's Biological Process Development Facility have successfully produced a drug compound with potential to block HIV transmission in women.

4 Jul 2014

Eurofins Genomics, AmpTec sign co-marketing agreement for IVT-RNAs

Eurofins Genomics, international market leader in genomic services, and AmpTec, internationally recognized provider of RNA technology products, have agreed on non-exclusively co-marketing AmpTec's IVT-RNAs globally.

2 Jul 2014

Study: Lead in children's' blood linked to increased emotional and behavioral problems

Emotional and behavioral problems show up even with low exposure to lead, and as blood lead levels increase in children, so do the problems, according to research funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, part of the National Institutes of Health. The results were published online June 30 in the journal JAMA Pediatrics.

1 Jul 2014

Quantum Materials secures anti-counterfeiting quantum dot detection technology

Quantum Materials Corporation (OTCQB:QTMM) announces securing 3D printing and additive manufacturing anti-counterfeiting quantum dot detection technology developed at the Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science and the Design, Research, and Education for Additive Manufacturing Systems (DREAMS) Laboratory at Virginia Tech.

30 Jun 2014

Helsinn Group grants GEN Ilaç anamorelin rights for Turkey

Helsinn Group, the company focused on building quality cancer care, today announces that rights to anamorelin, its innovative ghrelin receptor agonist, have been granted in Turkey to GEN Ilaç.

30 Jun 2014

Valent Biosciences opens new biorational manufacturing facility in Iowa

Valent BioSciences Corporation (VBC) today marked the official opening of its new $146 million biorational manufacturing facility in Osage, IA in a ceremony that included more than 130 international dignitaries, state and local VIPs, and media personnel.

28 Jun 2014

New technique improves quality of flexible, conductive, transparent glass

A new technique developed by a Binghamton University physicist and his colleagues will improve the quality of flexible, conductive, transparent glass. (The sort that's needed for Minority Report-style giant computer displays.)

27 Jun 2014

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GSK begins shipment of flu vaccines to U.S. for the upcoming 2014-15 season

Novagant releases GoldenCBD oil including capsules and liquids

Viewpoints: 'Tradeoffs among access, quality and costs'; Obamacare as a political issue

Mylan enters into definitive agreement to acquire Abbott's branded generics pharmaceuticals business

MGC Diagnostics completes stock purchase agreement to acquire Medisoft SA

Baxter International acquires drug candidate developed to treat sickle cell disease

Study examines how proteins can replace fats without affecting foodstuffs' taste, texture

FDA approves Protein Sciences' strain change amendment for Flublok influenza vaccine

Samples from Chobani yogurt contain most virulent form of fungus

Grunenthal Group submits Marketing Authorization Application to EMA for ZALVISO

Hospira acquires API manufacturing and R&D facilities from Orchid for about $218 million

Viewpoints: Expanding Hobby Lobby decision; the faux war on women; dispute over pelvic exams

TxCell announces launch of POSITIVE project to automate manufacturing process for Ovasave

Scientists produce drug compound with potential to block HIV transmission in women

Eurofins Genomics, AmpTec sign co-marketing agreement for IVT-RNAs

Study: Lead in children's' blood linked to increased emotional and behavioral problems

Quantum Materials secures anti-counterfeiting quantum dot detection technology

Helsinn Group grants GEN Ilaç anamorelin rights for Turkey

Valent Biosciences opens new biorational manufacturing facility in Iowa

New technique improves quality of flexible, conductive, transparent glass

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