Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announces financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2009

... and the recent FDA approval of our Option(TM) inferior Vena Cava Filter leave us optimistic about the ... for sales in other countries. Option(TM) inferior Vena Cava Filter. In June 2009, we announced that ... had granted 510(k) clearance for the Option(TM) inferior Vena Cava ("IVC") Filter, for use in both ...

Angiotech Pharmaceuticals announces FDA 510(k) clearance of the Option(TM) Inferior Vena Cava Filter

... has granted 510(k) clearance for the Option(TM) inferior Vena Cava (IVC) Filter in the United States, for ... a minimally invasive procedure, into the body's inferior vena cava to prevent PE. Option is specifically ... marketed IVC filters. About the Option(TM) inferior Vena Cava Filter The Option IVC filter, ...

Angiotech and Rex Medical announce exclusive licensing and distribution agreement for the "Option(TM)" inferior vena cava filter

... rights to market and distribute the Option(TM) inferior vena cava (IVC) filter, a medical device that is implanted into the body's inferior vena cava to prevent pulmonary embolism (PE). ... were not disclosed. About the Option(TM) inferior Vena Cava Filter The nitinol, Option(TM) IVC ...

PDL BioPharma Announces Significant Strategic and Portfolio Changes to Focus on Antibody Discovery and Development

... phase 3 program in ulcerative colitis due to insufficient efficacy and an inferior safety profile in the visilizumab arm compared to IV steroids alone. In ... 45-day primary endpoint. The analysis showed insufficient efficacy and an inferior safety profile in the visilizumab arm compared to IV steroids alone. The ...

Novel handheld device detects anthrax with outstanding accuracy and reliability

... require longer and more complex processing to distinguish anthrax from other substances (between 30 minutes and three days), their accuracy is inferior to the Ceeker and the sample is typically destroyed during testing. The new data will be presented on June 26, 2009 at Biodetection Technologies ...

Independent U.S. Study Confirms Veritide's Ceeker(TM) Handheld Device Detects Anthrax With Outstanding Accuracy and Reliability

... require longer and more complex processing to distinguish anthrax from other substances (between 30 minutes and three days), their accuracy is inferior to the Ceeker and the sample is typically destroyed during testing. The new data will be presented on June 26, 2009 at Biodetection Technologies ...

New one-of-a-kind technology will fly on 2 NASA missions

... sent back to Earth. "If we didn't produce these chips, instruments on the MMS satellites would have to greatly reduce science data return or use an inferior technique with less performance," Yeh said. The third chip the Low Density Parity Check encoder, adds redundancy information to data before it is ...

New one-of-a-kind technology will fly on two NASA missions

... sent back to Earth. "If we didn't produce these chips, instruments on the MMS satellites would have to greatly reduce science data return or use an inferior technique with less performance," Yeh said. The third chip the Low Density Parity Check encoder, adds redundancy information to data before it is ...

Dry Eye Survey: Ophthalmologists Cite Treatment Limitations/Gaps in Treatment of Moderate to Severe Dry Eye

... gap between artificial tears and more aggressive treatments for moderate/severe dry eye. Lacrisert is administered by the patient into the inferior cul-de-sac of the eye, where it gently dissolves to provide lubrication and protection to the surface of the eye. Lacrisert provides practitioners ...

Peripheral Vascular Device Market Insights Webinar

... on the use of stents -- Highlights of PV practice trends for interventional cardiologists, interventional radiologists, and vascular surgeons inferior Vena Cava Filter Market -- Market impact of product developments and launches by existing and new competitors -- Results of supportive clinical ...

AstraZeneca's Zactima to Earn Almost Five Percent Patient Share in the Treatment of Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer by 2016

... some therapies in development for advanced NSCLC hold promise, most have efficacy, safety and tolerability, and/or delivery features that merit inferior scores compared with the Avastin/Taxol/Paraplatin regimen," said Andrew Merron, Ph.D., analyst at Decision Resources. "A therapy's effect on overall ...

Aton Pharma Introduces Expanded Distribution of Lacrisert(R) (hydroxypropyl cellulose ophthalmic insert) at Hawaiian Eye

... Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment.' "One of the advantages of Lacrisert is that it is preservative- free." Lacrisert is administered into the inferior cul-de-sac of the eye, where it gently dissolves to provide lubrication and protection to the surface of the eye. In some patients, Lacrisert may ...

Genta Completes Appeal of FDA Decision for Genasense(R) in CLL

... criteria that reflected their responsiveness to prior chemotherapy. The CR/nPR response to Flu/Cy alone was both equally poor (6-7%) and numerically inferior in all stratification groups. Clear trends, evident across all strata, suggested that the best response to Genasense occurred in patients who had ...

Astellas and Theravance Report Additional Telavancin Data at 47th Annual ICAAC

... clinical and preclinical studies, the potential that results of clinical or preclinical studies indicate product candidates are unsafe, ineffective, inferior or not superior, delays or failure to achieve regulatory approvals, and risks of collaborating with third parties to develop and commercialize ...

Improving RNA Amplification

... from HeLa S3 cells (HeLa) and human inferior temporal cortex (brain) were amplified. ... Total RNA (200 ng) from human inferior temporal cortex (brain) was amplified and ... the same RNA source, either inferior temporal cortex from human brain ...

measurement of green fluorescent proteins and a red fluorescent protein in live cells in the Analyst GT multimode reader

... AcGFP and ZsGreen: 485/510 (485- 20 nm/530-25 nm gave inferior results) DsRed: 550/590 (550-10 nm/580-10 nm gave inferior results) The Analyst GT parameters in the present study ...

Why file for trademark protection?

... those well known marks. Tarnishment occurs when the mark is, well, tarnished. This usually occurs when a mark is used by another in connection with inferior or unseemly products or services. A common example would be the use of a well know mark (or a mark similar to a well know mark in connection with a ...

With flawed schools exposed, real-world experience is needed

... they had a job in corporate America, they would be getting paid so much more money would be superfluous. They would be let go for cranking out an inferior product that they wasted a huge amount of resources to make. Superintendents who view themselves as CEOs should see that CEOs dont get a raise if ...

Is traditional voice quality an oxymoron with today's cellular, VoIP?

... the copper wires of the network infrastructure. Subscribers were more fearful of switching carriers because they thought they would be getting inferior quality on voice calls. Quality of service on voice calls was actually a big selling point in the day. Companies wouldn't change carriers if they ...

Damn the incumbents, and full speed ahead

... realize that you are going to have to spend some money to have the best network infrastructure. You are also not going to tolerate anything that is inferior to someone else's network. Second best is not acceptable, nor should it be sold in the United States as the next generation of network solutions. ...

Protecting your business against online brand abuse

... products are taken down when reported, many go unnoticed. Not only do you lose revenue to fake products marked new, but customers who receive inferior products, thinking they are yours, may trust your brand less. Start by typing your brand names into eBay and any secondhand sales websites ...

H-1B jobs: Where is the shortage of skilled workers?

... car anymore. The common concern that I have heard from many seems to be if money is not coming in as it used to, I cannot take a chance on buying an inferior product that won't last me as long. Real impact The longer the mainstream media does not put an objective spotlight on these issues and the ...

Research Tools for Analysis of ZAP-70

... 4. Wiestner, A. et al. (2003) ZAP-70 expression identifies a chronic lymphocytic leukemia subtype with unmutated immunoglobulin genes, inferior clinical outcome, and distinct gene expression profile. Blood 101:4944-4951. 5. Rassenti, L.Z. et al. (2004) ZAP-70 compared with ...

Increase Your Organizations Productivity with LabVIEW

... the requirements for your project, you may consider performance the most important. To guarantee solid performance, a company may accept inferior software in terms of ease of use, cost, or openness. However, this perception of performance may not equal reality, and the trade-off could prove ...