Delivery in Biological Technology

Cardiogenesis Corporation Makes Pre-IDE Submission for PHOENIX Combination Delivery System

IRVINE, Calif., July 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cardiogenesis Corporation (Pink Sheets: CGCP), a market leader in laser transmyocardial revascularization (TMR), today announced that it has submitted a pre-IDE (Investigational Device Exemption) to the Food and Drug Administrat...

Sundia Shortens CRO Shipment Delivery Time with Express Customs Clearance in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, July 22 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Since the implementation of Express Customs Clearance on a trial basis a month ago for Sundia MediTech Company and 2 other CRO companies in Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park in Shanghai, the customs clearance time for Sundia's CRO shipments has been shortened from ...

Sumavel(TM) DosePro(TM) (sumatriptan injection) Approved by FDA for Acute Migraine and Cluster Headache: First Product Featuring Novel DosePro Needle-Free Delivery System

SAN DIEGO, July 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Zogenix, Inc. ("Zogenix"), a privately held pharmaceutical company, today announced that it has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its New Drug Application (NDA) for Sumavel DosePro (sumatriptan injection) needle...

DOR BioPharma Announces Issuance of European Patent for its LPM(TM) Oral Drug Delivery Technology

PRINCETON, N.J., July 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- DOR BioPharma, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: DORB) (DOR or the Company), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company, announced today that it has received a European patent which addresses its Lipid Polymer Micelle (LPM(TM)) technology for the improved oral...

FDA Clears Boston Scientific's SpyScope(R) Access and Delivery Catheter for Use in Endoscopic Procedures Throughout Pancreatico-Biliary System

SpyGlass(R) Direct Visualization System can now be used for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures for pancreatic disease NATICK, Mass., May 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX ) today announced that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and D...

Frost & Sullivan Recognizes Covidien for Its CT Contrast Delivery System With RFID Enabled Intelligence

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Based on its recent analysis of the radio-frequency identification (RFID) based biological delivery systems market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Covidien with the 2008 North American Frost & Sullivan Product Innovation Award for developing a c...

Home Delivery Medical Offers New Glucose Meter With State-Of-The-Art Technology

Arkray Glucocard X-Meter, Dubbed The iPod Of Glucose Monitoring Systems, Is Just What Diabetics Have Been Waiting For. The Sleek, Bold And Simple New Look Of the Meter Is Taking The Diabetic Market By Storm. Greenville, SC (PRWEB) February 27, 2009 -- For years, the di...

Historic Seed Delivery Made in Illinois for First New Soybean Varieties With the Greater Yield Potential of Roundup Ready 2 Yield(TM)

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Illinois, a state that hosted the first field trial of biotechnology crops more than two decades ago, made history again this week with the first delivery to a dealer of the next generation of higher yielding soybean technology. The technology, Mons...

Cephalon Appoints Sarma P. Duddu as General Manager and Vice President of Drug Delivery Technologies for CIMA LABS

FRAZER, Pa., Feb. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cephalon, Inc . (Nasdaq: CEPH ) announced today that Sarma P. Duddu, Ph.D., has been appointed as General Manager and Vice President of Drug Delivery Technologies of CIMA LABS, Inc. In this role, Dr. Duddu will lead all aspects of the Cephalon drug...

Nektar Announces Closing of Sale of Specific Pulmonary Delivery Assets to Novartis for $115 Million

SAN CARLOS, Calif., Dec. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nektar Therapeutics (Nasdaq: NKTR ) today announced that it has successfully closed the divestiture of specific Nektar pulmonary delivery assets, technology, and intellectual property to Novartis for $115 million in cash. The transaction ...

Probiotic Delivery Technology Awarded Third International Patent

REDMOND, Wash., Dec. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- The Australian Patent Office has issued Nutraceutix, Inc. a patent for BIO-tract. It is the third international patent, from many patents pending, that the technology has been awarded based on BIO-tract's ability to protect sensitive ingredients like probiot...

MonoSol Rx and Midatech Group Enter Collaboration Agreement to Unite Nanoparticle and Thin Film Drug Delivery Technologies

Potential to Develop New Oral Drug Candidates with Superior Efficacy, Safety, Convenience, and Commercial Potential WARREN, N.J. and OXFORDSHIRE, England, Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- MonoSol Rx, the developers of PharmFilm(R) technology and a drug delivery company specializing in dissolving thin f...

Beckman Coulter Signs Agreements with Adventist Health; Broad Product Offering Enhances Delivery of Quality Patient Care

ORANGE COUNTY, Calif., Oct. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Beckman Coulter, Inc. (NYSE: BEC ), announced today that it has signed new sole source agreements with Adventist Health to provide a broad range of core laboratory systems and supplies valued at approximately $36 million over six years....

CEL-SCI Takes Delivery of New Manufacturing Facility

VIENNA, Va., Oct. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CEL-SCI Corporation (NYSE: CVM ) announced today that it has taken delivery of the new manufacturing facility for its lead drug Multikine(R). This dedicated facility, located in the Baltimore area, will produce the Multikine that will be used for ...

Spherics, Inc. Announces Sale of Novel Proprietary Bioadhesive Polymers and Oral Drug Delivery System

WELLESLEY HILLS, Mass., Sept. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Joseph F. Finn, Jr., C.P.A. ("Finn"), Assignee of the assets of Spherics, Inc. ("Spherics") for the benefit of creditors, announced today that all oral drug delivery intellectual property will be sold at a sealed bid auction on October 10, 2008. ...

Senesco Signs a Supply Agreement for Polyplus-transfection's Delivery System

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., July 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Senesco Technologies, Inc. ("Senesco" or the "Company") (Amex: SNT ) announced today that it has contracted with Polyplus-transfection (Illkirch, France) to supply Polyplus's "in vivo-jetPEI" for systemic delivery of Senesco's combination ...

QLT reports initial proof of concept data for punctal plug delivery technology

Small study supports the potential for QLT's drug elution technology to reduce and sustain intraocular pressure VANCOUVER, May 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - QLT Inc. (NASDAQ: QLTI; TSX: QLT) announced today results from a proof of concept trial conducted by QLT's wholly-owned subs...

NorthPoint Domain and NYU Vascular Associates Partner to Develop New Generation of Care Delivery Informatics Instruments

BOSTON, May 5 /PRNewswire/ -- NorthPoint Domain, an IC Sciences company, announced today a partnership with New York University Vascular Associates at NYU Langone Medical Center to develop a comprehensive suite of Internet informatics instruments for advanced specialty care delivery. Based on ...

FDA Approves MIXJECT(TM), a Convenient, Easy-to-Use Drug Delivery System For Watson Pharmaceutical's TRELSTAR(R) DEPOT and TRELSTAR(R) LA

- New system addresses the needs of the medical community; builds on proven efficacy and safety of TRELSTAR(R) - CORONA, Calif., April 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: WPI ), a leading specialty pharmaceutical company, announced today that the U....

Susan G. Komen for the Cure(R) Announces Largest Grants Slate Ever: $100 Million to Speed Delivery of Breast Cancer Discoveries, Cures

'Promise Grants' Offer Individuals, Corporations Unique Opportunities to Invest in Significant Collaborative Research Ventures DALLAS, April 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Susan G. Komen for the Cure(R), the world's largest breast cancer organization, today announced the awarding of more than $100...

Another industry first enabled by Benchmark Biolabs - Peros' oral delivery platform and vaccine facility licensed by the USDA

LINCOLN, NE, April 15 /PRNewswire/ - The acceptance of Peros' oral delivery platform and vaccine facility by the USDA marks another significant achievement by Benchmark Biolabs, a full service biopharmaceutical product development firm. Benchmark Biolabs designed, constructed and oversees th...

Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News (GEN) Presents Exclusive Podcast with Robert Langer, Ph.D. on New Polymeric Drug Delivery Systems

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y., April 9, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News (GEN), http://www.genengnews.com will present a podcast with Robert Langer, Ph.D., on New Polymeric Drug Delivery Systems, on Thursday, April 10, 2008, 4 p.m. EDT Dr. Langer is institute professor,...

Bavarian Nordic Update - 2007 Annual Results, IMVAMUNE(R) Delivery Contract, Strategy Process

WASHINGTON DC, April 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Bavarian Nordic, the Danish-based biopharmaceutical company, recently published its 2007 Annual Report. Below is an extract of the most significant matters in the report as well as events after the balance sheet date. Bavarian Nordic's revenue...

Epeius Biotechnologies Awarded U.S. Patent for Targeted Injectable Gene Delivery In Vivo

SAN MARINO, Calif., March 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Epeius Biotechnologies Corporation announced today the issue of U.S. Patent No. 7,347,998 for Targeted Gene Delivery in vivo. This patent provides additional intellectual property protection for the platform of highly advanced biotechnologies embodi...

ESBATech's Antibody Fragments Demonstrate Penetration into the Eye with Topical Delivery via Eye Drops

Preclinical results to be presented at two international scientific meetings ZURICH, Switzerland, Feb. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- ESBATech AG, a leading developer of antibody fragment therapeutics, today announced that it has achieved high concentrations of its antibod...

Edwards Lifesciences Receives FDA Approval to Add Transapical Delivery System to U.S. Clinical Trial of Transcatheter Heart Valve

IRVINE, Calif., Jan. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Edwards Lifesciences Corporation (NYSE: EW ), the world leader in the science of heart valves, today announced that it has received conditional approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a revised design to the U.S. pivotal ...

Cell Genesys Announces Sale of Lentiviral Gene Delivery Technology for $12 Million

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., and GREENWICH, Conn., Dec. 20 /PRNewswire- FirstCall/ -- Cell Genesys, Inc. (Nasdaq: CEGE ) and GBP IP, LLC, an affiliate of GBP Capital, the majority shareholder in privately held Lentigen Corporation, today announced that the two companies have entered into an a...

BAI Retail Delivery Conference Softpro Presents Next Generation Signature Tablet

First Customer is Berliner Sparkasse in Germany - Large Interest of US Banks LAS VEGAS, Nevada, November 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Signature Verification and Fraud Detection Detection Solution Specialist Softpro presents its Next Generation Signature Tablet at BAI Reta...

Patent on Technology for the Delivery of Stem Cells to the Human Heart Issued to CellCyte Genetics Corp. of Washington

KIRKLAND, Wash., Nov. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CellCyte Genetics Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: CCYG) announced today that is has received notice of the issuance of a U.S. patent (U.S. Patent No. 7,282,222) for its unique methods and compositions approach to deliver and direct stem cells ...

Sigma-Aldrich Introduces N-TER Nanoparticle siRNA Transfection System for Delivery of siRNA Into Difficult-to-Transfect Cell Types

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sigma-Aldrich (Nasdaq: SIAL) announced today the global release of the N-TER(TM) Nanoparticle siRNA Transfection System. N-TER allows researchers to reproducibly interrogate gene function, via siRNA transfection, in model cell types that have previo...

Baxter and Novation Sign Multi-Year Contract Extension Valued at Over $200 Million for Medication Delivery Products

Extension Provides Members of University HealthSystem Consortium With Broad Portfolio of IV Products DEERFIELD, Ill., Oct. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Baxter International Inc. (NYSE: BAX ) announced today that Novation, the University HealthSystem Consortium's (UHC) cont...

Valeritas Hires Senior Account Management Industry Expert for the Launch of the h-Patch(TM) Disposable Insulin Delivery Device

Jim Slevin Joins from CV Therapeutics as Senior Director of Account Management, Integrated Healthcare Management PARSIPPANY, N.J., Oct. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Valeritas, LLC, a medical technology company committed to the development and commercialization of innovative drug delivery s...

Valeritas Hires Trade and Distribution Industry Expert for the Launch of the h-Patch(TM) Disposable Insulin Delivery Device

Kathy Lang Joins from Auxilium Pharmaceutical as Director, Trade Relations PARSIPPANY, N.J., Sept. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Valeritas, LLC, a medical technology company committed to the development and commercialization of innovative drug delivery solutions, announced today that it has hired Kathy La...

Carrington Subsidiary DelSite Biotechnologies Enters into Technology Evaluation Rights License Agreement for Transdermal Delivery of Vaccines

Application Would Expand Versatility of DelSite cGMP Polymer IRVING, Texas, Sept. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Carrington Laboratories, Inc. (Pink Sheets: CARN) today announced its wholly-owned subsidiary, DelSite Biotechnologies, Inc., entered into a technology evaluation rights license...

Anesiva Grants Specific-Use License of Its Needle-Free Drug Delivery Technology to Particle Therapeutics for Diabetes Drug

License Exemplifies Broad Applicability of Anesiva's Needle-Free Technology SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., and OXFORD, England, Aug. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Anesiva, Inc. (Nasdaq: ANSV ) and Particle Therapeutics Limited today announced that they have entered into an agreement granting Parti...

ImmunoVaccine Technologies Partners With Scancell to Advance DNA Vaccine Delivery

HALIFAX, NS, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire/ - ImmunoVaccine Technologies Inc. (IVT), a Canadian vaccine development company, has signed an agreement with UK-based Scancell Ltd., the operating company of Scancell Holdings Plc (SCLP.PL), which is developing therapeutic cancer and infectious disease vaccines. T...

New England Journal of Medicine Study Highlights Need for Rapid, PCR-based Group B Streptococcus (GBS) Testing at Time of Admission for Labor and Delivery

SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cepheid (Nasdaq: CPHD ) today noted that a new article, Evaluation of Universal Antenatal Screening for Group B Streptococcus, published in the June 2009 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine concluded that rapid, PCR-based testing at...

Targeting Metastatic Cancer From the Inside: Epeius Biotech Reveals a New Generation of Tools for Medical Gene Delivery

SAN MARINO, Calif., Oct. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Epeius Biotechnologies Corporation today announced the publication of another landmark paper describing recent technological advances in medical gene delivery. The latest scientific paper, entitled "Targeting metastatic cancer from the inside: A new g...

Spherics, Inc. Offers Once Daily Extended Release Formulation for Sustained and Stable Pramipexole Delivery

WELLESLEY HILLS, Mass., Sept. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Joseph F. Finn, Jr., C.P.A. ("Finn"), Assignee of the assets of Spherics, Inc. ("Spherics") for the benefit of creditors, announced today that all pharmaceutical intellectual property will be sold at a sealed bid auction on October 10, 2008. Wi...

Patient Experience Expert to Present 'The Power of Wow!' in Health Care Service Delivery

SOUTH BEND, Ind., March 27 /PRNewswire/ -- As hospital leaders prepare for the public release of patient experience data as mandated by Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services ( http://www.cms.hhs.gov ) ; patient experience improvement expert Mary P. Malone is offering insights about how to i...