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RTS,S vaccine candidate can help protect African infants against malaria

International African Vaccinology Conference, Cape Town, South Africa-Results from a pivotal, large-scale Phase III trial, published online today in the New England Journal of Medicine, show that the RTS,S malaria vaccine candidate can help protect African infants against malaria.

9 Nov 2012

Leica Microsystems and TrueVision® 3D Surgical introduce digital 3D-integrated ophthalmic microscope

Leica Microsystems and TrueVision® 3D Surgical announced today that key components of the TrueVision® 3D intelligent digital visualization and guidance platform have been integrated with select future models of Leica Microsystems’ ophthalmic surgical microscopes and will be marketed under the Leica brand.

8 Nov 2012

New instrument for OINDP characterization from Malvern Instruments to be showcased at DDL23

Malvern Panalytical will showcase the new Morphologi G3-ID particle characterization system at Drug Delivery to the Lungs 23, which takes place from 5 – 7 Dec 2012 in Edinburgh, Scotland.

From Malvern Panalytical 6 Nov 2012

BioMimetic Therapeutics reports net loss of $4.6 million for third quarter 2012

BioMimetic Therapeutics, Inc. today reported its corporate highlights and financial results as of and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012. For the three months ended September 30, 2012, the Company reported a net loss of $4.6 million, or $0.16 per diluted share, compared to a net loss of $7.1 million, or $0.25 per diluted share, for the same period in 2011.

6 Nov 2012

Alnylam third quarter 2012 revenues decrease to $16.8 million

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a leading RNAi therapeutics company, today reported its consolidated financial results for the third quarter 2012, and company highlights.

6 Nov 2012

Tengion receives U.S. patent allowance titled ‘Isolated Renal Cells and Uses Thereof’

Tengion, Inc., a leader in regenerative medicine, today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a Notice of Allowance for U.S. Patent Application No. 12/617,721, titled "Isolated Renal Cells and Uses Thereof."

5 Nov 2012

Mass. adopts stricter rules, penalties for compounding pharmacies

The emergency regulations will allow the state to monitor contamination and the volume of medicines being made.

3 Nov 2012

Legislation planned to tighten oversight of compounding pharmacies

Rep. Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., will introduce legislation requiring compounding pharmacies to meet the sterility, record-keeping and manufacturing standards faced by large drug makers.

3 Nov 2012

Teva third quarter 2012 net revenues increase 14% to $5.0 billion

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. today reported results for the quarter ended September 30, 2012.

1 Nov 2012

Scientists create new microparticles that self-assemble like atoms into molecules

Scientists have created new kinds of particles, 1/100th the diameter of a human hair, that spontaneously assemble themselves into structures resembling molecules made from atoms. These new particles come together, or "self-assemble," to form structures in patterns that were previously impossible to make and hold promise for manufacturing advanced optical materials and ceramics.

1 Nov 2012

FDA: Ameridose voluntarily recalls all unexpired drug products in circulation

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today that Ameridose, LLC, based in Westborough, Mass., is voluntarily recalling all of its unexpired products in circulation.

1 Nov 2012

Powered exoskeleton provides more independence to people with severe spinal cord injuries

The dream of regaining the ability to stand up and walk has come closer to reality for people paralyzed below the waist who thought they would never take another step.

31 Oct 2012

Bayer HealthCare signs merger agreement to acquire Schiff Nutrition International

Bayer HealthCare LLC has signed a merger agreement to acquire Schiff Nutrition International, Inc., a leading company offering vitamins and nutritional supplements in the United States and other countries.

30 Oct 2012

New HIV test for babies differs from conventional test, delivers diagnosis in less than an hour

Today, mothers in Africa sometimes walk more than 10 miles to a clinic only to learn that conventional HIV test results for their babies are not available yet.

29 Oct 2012

Scientists develop new prototype ultra sensitive disease sensor

Scientists have developed a prototype ultra-sensitive sensor that would enable doctors to detect the early stages of diseases and viruses with the naked eye, according to research published today in the journal Nature Nanotechnology.

29 Oct 2012

Viewpoints: Washington Post endorses Obama; GOP Senate candidates hurting party's reach to women; 'Too much choice' in Medicare?

Mr. Obama is committed to the only approach that can succeed: a balance of entitlement reform and revenue increases. Mr. Romney, by contrast, has embraced his party's reality-defying ideology that taxes can always go down but may never go up. Along that road lies a future in which interest payments crowd out everything else a government should do, from defending the nation to caring for its poor and sick to investing in its children.

29 Oct 2012

Exploring the New Biopharmaceutical Contract Manufacturing Offering from Olympus

In this interview, News-Medical talks to Peter Gariepy, to find out about the new Contract Manufacturing Offering (CMO) from Olympus Life Science Solutions.

From Evident Corporation - Life Sciences 25 Oct 2012

BioInterface 2012 starts today at University College Dublin, Ireland

BioInterface 2012, a major international medical device conference by the US-based Surfaces in Biomaterials Foundation, starts today at University College Dublin, Ireland and runs until Thursday 25 October.

From Medtronic 24 Oct 2012

U.S. Marshals seize dietary supplements and unapproved drugs from Confidence

At the request of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Marshals recently seized dietary supplements and unapproved drugs from Confidence, Inc., of Port Washington, N.Y.

24 Oct 2012

Derma Sciences to initiate DSC127 Phase 3 program in diabetic foot ulcers

Derma Sciences, Inc., a medical device and pharmaceutical company focused on advanced wound care, today reported that based on a meeting held last week with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Company plans to begin its Phase 3 program in December 2012 in support of a New Drug Application (NDA) for DSC127 for treatment of diabetic foot ulcers.

23 Oct 2012

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RTS,S vaccine candidate can help protect African infants against malaria

Leica Microsystems and TrueVision® 3D Surgical introduce digital 3D-integrated ophthalmic microscope

New instrument for OINDP characterization from Malvern Instruments to be showcased at DDL23

BioMimetic Therapeutics reports net loss of $4.6 million for third quarter 2012

Alnylam third quarter 2012 revenues decrease to $16.8 million

Tengion receives U.S. patent allowance titled ‘Isolated Renal Cells and Uses Thereof’

Mass. adopts stricter rules, penalties for compounding pharmacies

Legislation planned to tighten oversight of compounding pharmacies

Teva third quarter 2012 net revenues increase 14% to $5.0 billion

Scientists create new microparticles that self-assemble like atoms into molecules

FDA: Ameridose voluntarily recalls all unexpired drug products in circulation

Powered exoskeleton provides more independence to people with severe spinal cord injuries

Bayer HealthCare signs merger agreement to acquire Schiff Nutrition International

New HIV test for babies differs from conventional test, delivers diagnosis in less than an hour

Scientists develop new prototype ultra sensitive disease sensor

Viewpoints: Washington Post endorses Obama; GOP Senate candidates hurting party's reach to women; 'Too much choice' in Medicare?

Exploring the New Biopharmaceutical Contract Manufacturing Offering from Olympus

BioInterface 2012 starts today at University College Dublin, Ireland

U.S. Marshals seize dietary supplements and unapproved drugs from Confidence

Derma Sciences to initiate DSC127 Phase 3 program in diabetic foot ulcers

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