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Abbott introduces vector-borne pathogen test to detect microorganisms carried by insects
Abbott's Ibis Biosciences has introduced a new molecular assay to detect a wide variety of vector-borne microorganisms, including those known to cause Lyme Disease, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Babesiosis, Ehrlichiosis and Anaplasmosis. Vector-borne…
organ | 10 August 2011
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Treating multiorgan HCMV disease successfully
AiCuris announced that its novel HCMV inhibitor AIC246 has been used successfully to treat a patient with multi-organ HCMV disease caused by multi-resistant virus. Details are presented at the 48th IDSA meeting. “This is the first case, where H…
organ | 01 December 2010
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Reproducible organised benchtop cooling and freezing
Thermo-conductive CoolRacks from BioCision introduce critical reproducibility and instant organisation into benchtop sample cooling and freezing for the clinical, diagnostics, pharmaceutical, biotech and CRO markets. Reproducible sample collection…
organ | 05 July 2010
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Novartis Receives Approval for Organ Rejection Prevention Drug
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Zortress (everolimus) oral tablets for the prevention of organ rejection of kidney transplants in adult patients at low-to-moderate immunologic risk. The drug is to be given in combination with r…
organ | 27 May 2010
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Study Indicates Drug Effveness for Kidney Transplant Recipients
Initial results of a study conducted at 100 centers worldwide indicate that belatacept, a costimulation blocker can prevent the immune system from rejecting new organs. The results also suggest that it may provide similar patient and graft survival t…
organ | 23 April 2010
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“Lost Chemistry†Database to Aid Pharma Research
Selected Organic Reactions Database (SORD) and Advanced Chemistry Development (ACD/Labs) are offering the first version of a compound and reaction library as a commercial database that is available for use with ACD/ChemFolder or ACD/Web Librarian. …
organ | 10 March 2010
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Outsourcing in China and India: A Comparison
Contract Research Organizations (CROs) in China and India offer a low cost alternative for pharmaceutical companies that are looking to outsource R&D activities.
organ | 01 September 2009
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Membrane for Precise Filtration
The Anopore inorganic membrane (Anodisc) from Whatman is suited for a range of laboratory filtration applications. This material has a precise, nondeformable honeycomb pore structure with no lateral crossovers between individual pores. It filter…
organ | 01 June 2009
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Melbourn Scientific launches fast track formulation and analysis service
Contract research organization (CRO) Melbourn Scientific has launched an alternative approach to formulation and accelerated feasibility testing. Companies will then be able to access an integrated package of formulation, method development, analy…
organ | 26 September 2008
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Innovative Packaging Receives Award from World Packaging Organization
Bosch Sigpack Systems, a Bosch packaging technology company, received the prestigious Packaging Award WorldStar 2007 from the World Packaging Organization for its packaging concept Burgopak. A total of 30 products from companies worldwide have been a…
organ | 01 January 2008
