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DuPont Nutrition & Health Partners with APC Microbiome Institute
World | News | 0 Comment | 30 Nov, 2017
DuPont Nutrition & Health announces the development of a significant new initiative with the creation of a Microbiome Venture to spearhead development of new microbiome science-based so...Read more
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US FDA approves first implanted lens
World | News | 0 Comment | 29 Nov, 2017
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the RxSight Inc. Light Adjustable Lens and Light Delivery Device, the first medical device system that can make small adjustments to the a...Read more
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Merck and Pfizer updated Phase III JAVELIN Gastric 300 Study for Advanced Gastric Cancer
World | News | 0 Comment | 29 Nov, 2017
Merck and Pfizer Inc. announced that the Phase III JAVELIN Gastric 300 trial did not meet its primary endpoint of superior overall survival (OS) with single-agent avelumab compared with phy...Read more
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1 in 10 medical products in developing countries is substandard or falsified: WHO
World | News | 0 Comment | 29 Nov, 2017
According to the new research conducted by WHO, An estimated 1 in 10 medical products circulating in low- and middle-income countries is either substandard or falsified. This means that pe...Read more
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Global response to malaria at crossroads: World Malaria Report 2017
World | News | 0 Comment | 29 Nov, 2017
World Malaria Report 2017 by World Health Organisation says that after unprecedented global success in malaria control, progress has stalled. There were an estimated 5 million more malaria ...Read more
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Dante Labs launches cheap DNA test kits
World | News | 0 Comment | 29 Nov, 2017
Italian biotech company, Dante Labs has developed the first DNA tests available in Europe, which will allow the public to test their health and wellbeing from the comfort of their own homes...Read more
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GE Healthcare acquires Puridify
World | News | 1 Comment | 28 Nov, 2017
GE Healthcare has completed the acquisition of Puridify, a bioprocessing start-up that is developing a nanofiber-based platform purification technology for biopharmaceutical production. GE...Read more
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Indian doctors successfully perform first ever kidney transplant in Tanzania
World | News | 1 Comment | 28 Nov, 2017
In a major step forward in the field of medical science, the first ever kidney transplant was successfully performed in Tanzania by doctors from city-based BLK Super Specialty Hospital in p...Read more
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Commercial conflict between Beckman Coulter and Quidel to Sell BNP Directly
World | News | 0 Comment | 28 Nov, 2017
Beckman Coulter Diagnostics helps healthcare and laboratory professionals provide better patient care by delivering the accurate diagnostic information whenever they need. To further these...Read more
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World | News | 0 Comment | 28 Nov, 2017
According to the fact sheet on immunization by World Health Organisation, “An estimated 19.5 million infants worldwide are still missing out on basic vaccines.” Immunization av...Read more
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Merck to set up research facility in London
World | News | 0 Comment | 28 Nov, 2017
Merck is planning to focus on early bioscience discovery and entrepreneurial innovation by establishing a state of the art life sciences discovery research facility in London. The new UK D...Read more
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The UK Government announces major life sciences venture as it unveils its industrial strategy
World | News | 0 Comment | 27 Nov, 2017
The UK Government is going to unveil its flagship industrial strategy White Paper which is aimed at improving productivity and bolstering investment. The UK’s business department has...Read more
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World | News | 0 Comment | 27 Nov, 2017
Orchard Therapeutics Limited (“Orchard) announced that, it has acquired an exclusive license to develop lentivirus-based autologous ex-vivo gene therapy for Sanfilippo syndrome type B...Read more
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Shanghai Pharma buys drug distribution unit of US-based Cardinal Health
World | News | 0 Comment | 21 Nov, 2017
Shanghai Pharma has announced that it has agreed to purchase Cardinal Health’s pharmaceutical and medical products distribution business in China. With the deal, Shanghai Pharma will ...Read more
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WHO welcomes appointment of new Executive Director of the Global Fund
World | News | 0 Comment | 16 Nov, 2017
WHO welcomes the appointment of Peter Sands as the new Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. WHO works closely with the Global Fund, providing coun...Read more
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Department of Science & Technology conducts India and Canada Technology Summit
World | News | 0 Comment | 15 Nov, 2017
With an aim of opening a new chapter in the bilateral relationships of India and Canada, Department of Science & Technology has organised a two day India-Canada Technology Summit in New...Read more
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US researchers develop a gene therapy to cure LCA
World | News | 0 Comment | 14 Nov, 2017
Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) is a rare condition that begins in infancy and progresses slowly, eventually causing complete blindness. It affects about one in 80,000 individuals. US res...Read more
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US launches clinical trial for uterine transplant
World | News | 0 Comment | 10 Nov, 2017
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine will conduct the Northeast's first clinical trial of uterine transplants, to provide women with Uterine Factor Infertility (UFI) - an irreversi...Read more
