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BioTech Medics' SHBAN Hand Sanitizer Solution kills H1N1 Influenza A virus

BioTech Medics, Inc. announces that it has received independent clinical testing results of its SHBAN™ Hand Sanitizer Solution to prove SHBAN™ kills the H1N1 (Swine) Influenza A virus.

15 Oct 2009

Incisionless operation for stomach ulcers may soon move into human trials

An incisionless operation to patch stomach ulcers and potentially other perforations in the digestive tract may soon move into human trials at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. Clinical investigators reported on their research experience at the 95th annual Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons.

15 Oct 2009

Integrated Environmental Technologies signs license deal with Atlas Developpement for EcaFlo equipment

Integrated Environmental Technologies, Ltd. announced today that it has executed and secured funds for its first international license agreement with a Geneva, Switzerland holding company, Atlas Developpement, S.A. for all industries except oil and gas in the country of France.

15 Oct 2009

Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Novartis ink worldwide licensing agreement for PTK 0796

Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. represented its client, Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in a worldwide licensing agreement with Novartis for its late-stage antibiotic, PTK 0796.

15 Oct 2009

Environmental Solutions launches alcohol-free hand sanitizer

Environmental Solutions International announces alcohol-free Smart & Silky Instant Foaming Hand Sanitizer and Smart & Silky Kids Instant Foaming Hand Sanitizer now are available at more than 975 OfficeMax® locations nationwide and on www.officemax.com beginning this week, in addition to nationwide Target® stores.

15 Oct 2009

Fero Industries to acquire Pyro Pharmaceuticals

Fero Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) is pleased to announce that the Company has entered into a Definitive Agreement to acquire Pyro Pharmaceuticals, Inc. of Irvine, California.

15 Oct 2009

Richmont Sciences to market PURE’s antimicrobial SDC disinfectants

PURE Bioscience announced that it has expanded its business strategy through an alliance with the Dallas-based sales and marketing team Richmont Sciences, LLC, which will begin actively selling PURE’s revolutionary new antibacterial, antiviral and antifungal hard surface disinfectant and its active ingredient.

14 Oct 2009

Ganeden Biotech and NFO announce new partnership agreement

Ganeden Biotech Inc., maker of the patented probiotic strain GanedenBC30®, today announced a new partnership agreement with the National Farmers Organization (NFO), a group marketing and price negotiation organization for the nation's farmers, ranchers and dairymen.

14 Oct 2009

Researchers identify genetic mechanisms involved in the formation and survival of L-form bacteria

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have for the first time identified the genetic mechanisms involved in the formation and survival of L-form bacteria. Their findings are described in a study published October 6 in the journal PLoS ONE.

14 Oct 2009

Research reveals the genetic basis of DispersinB enzyme substrate based biofilm formation in bacteria

Kane Biotech Inc., a biotechnology company engaged in the development of products that prevent and disperse bacterial biofilms is pleased to announce that a recent research publication from Princeton University reveals the genetic basis of poly-ß-1,6-N-acetylglucosamine (PNAG), the DispersinB® enzyme substrate, based biofilm formation in bacteria.

14 Oct 2009

Pall water filtration systems deployed for earthquake relief efforts in Indonesia

Pall Corporation (NYSE: PLL), a global leader in filtration, separation and purification, today announced that two Pall mobile military water treatment systems supplied to the Australian Army as part of a fleet of eighteen systems, have been deployed as part of "Operation Padang Assist", the Australian government’s humanitarian response to the recent earthquakes in Indonesia.

From Pall Corporation 14 Oct 2009

Older generation antibiotic for treating colon cancer

A new Tel Aviv University drug, based on an older generation antibiotic, may provide doctors with an effective and innovative method of treating colon cancer in both its incipient and full-blown stages ― and minimize the need for painful, uncomfortable colonoscopies and surgical polyp removal.

14 Oct 2009

Case Western Reserve University researchers step up to National Institutes of Health challenge

Futuristic plans to grow replacement organs, bones or muscles for soldiers maimed on the battlefield or patients suffering from debilitating disease or injury won't be anything but science fiction unless new blood vessels can grow into that tissue

14 Oct 2009

Automotive technology used to develop a high tech medical tool

Research at the University of Warwick have taken high tech gas sensors normally used to test components for premium cars and applied the same techniques to human blood, human urine, and even cow dung samples from local cow pats.

14 Oct 2009

Sequella receives Phase 1 SBIR grant for developing SQ641

Sequella, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on commercializing novel antibiotics to treat life-threatening infectious diseases, today announced that it received a $594,661 two-year Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) for the development of SQ641, Sequella's lead compound in its capuramycin series, a new class of antibiotic.

13 Oct 2009

Vioguard launches the first self-sanitizing computer keyboard

Vioguard LLC, www.vioguard.com, is introducing the world’s first self-sanitizing computer keyboard to kill MRSA and other healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) at the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (AAOMS) 91st annual meeting, October 12-17 in Toronto. The event marks the first availability of the innovative keyboard for medical market uses and consumers in Canada.

13 Oct 2009

Wood pallets tested positive for three types of food poisoning bacteria

Wood pallets used to ship food in the Washington Metropolitan Area tested positive for three types of deadly food poisoning bacteria, raising new concerns about the risks wood pallets pose to the nation's food supply.

13 Oct 2009

HAAN provides swine flu tips

While Americans anxiously await the arrival of the H1N1 Flu Vaccine in their area, many are seeking new methods to try to keep their homes germ free and their families healthy during this flu season.

13 Oct 2009

Contaminated pre-filled heparin and saline syringes cause bloodstream infections

An outbreak of bloodstream infections appears to have been caused by the contamination of pre-filled heparin and saline syringes made by a single company, according to a report in the October 12 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. The subsequent investigation revealed that the company was not in compliance with safety regulations and identified challenges and areas for improvement in medication monitoring systems.

13 Oct 2009

New RNA repair and modification system in bacteria discovered

In new papers appearing this month in Science and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, University of Illinois biochemistry professor Raven H. Huang and his colleagues describe the first RNA repair system to be discovered in bacteria.

13 Oct 2009