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FDA Warns Consumers Not to Use Home-Use Diagnostic Kits Marketed by Globus Media

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers not to use unapproved home-use diagnostic test kits that have been marketed nationwide via the Internet by Globus Media, Montreal, Canada. The use of these products could result in false results that could lead to significant adverse health consequences. The illegal kits are labeled as: Rapid HIV Test Kit. * Rapid Syphilis Te...

FDA Announces Series of Changes to the Class of Marketed Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs)

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced a series of important changes pertaining to the marketing of the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory class of drugs, including COX-2 selective and prescription and non-prescription (over-the-counter (OTC)) non-selective NSAID medications. A list of these products is available on the Internet at http://www.fda.gov/cder/drug/infopage/cox2/default.h...

Biomarkers isolated from saliva successfully predict oral and breast cancer

Screening for breast cancer and the early detection of other tumors one day may be as simple as spitting into a collection tube or cup, according to recent studies by UCLA researchers. In one early study based on a risk model, presented here at the 96th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research, the UCLA scientists reported that genetic "biomarkers" isolated in saliva...

UCLA cancer researchers shake loose hidden biomarker

Using a common chemotherapy agent, researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center and the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine found a way to move an important biomarker expressed in prostate cancer, shaking it loose from one location in a cell ?where it could not be accessed by blood ?to another, easier to target area. The discovery, outlined in the cover article of May 11 editio...

Measurement Challenges In Detecting Cancer Biomarkers

Effective control of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) requires treatment of the sexual partners of infected patients. A new study shows that providing infected men with antibiotics to give their partners is more effective than traditional means of contacting and treating the partners, according to an article in the Sept. 1 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases, now available online. Men with...

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Serum Biomarker Chip from Whatman, Inc

Description:The first high-density serum biomarker chip to profile the relative abundance of cancer serum proteins. An antibody chip containing 120 human cancer serum biomarker-specific antibodies. A research tool that enables biomarker discovery scientists to study panels of biomarkers related to early detection, benefits of therapy and the likelihood of recurrence of cancer. Familiar gene expression chip f...
Company:Whatman, Inc

MSC.12 class II safety cabinet (Type A1) - CE Marked (120V / 60Hz) from Thermo Scientific

Description:The Jouan MSC series of Class II Biological Safety Cabinets provides comfortable working conditions and certification to the world's highest safety standards. Fully automatic regulation ensures that the cabinets cannot be adjusted out of safe working conditions. Natural lighting, low noise and arm rest ensure safety through comfort....
Company:Thermo Scientific

MSC.12 class II safety cabinet (Type A1) - CE Marked (230V / 50Hz) from Thermo Scientific

Description:The Jouan MSC series of Class II Biological Safety Cabinets provides comfortable working conditions and certification to the world's highest safety standards. Fully automatic regulation ensures that the cabinets cannot be adjusted out of safe working conditions. Natural lighting, low noise and arm rest ensure safety through comfort....
Company:Thermo Scientific

Mouse Anti-Quail cell marker Antibody, Unconjugated from Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank

Description:QCPN...
Company:Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank

2-D MARKER from Pierce Biotechnology, Inc.

Description:The new Pierce ready-to-use 2-D gel marker mix was designed specifically to aid the proteome analyst. This 2-D gel marker mix contains a complement of seven reduced and denatured proteins that offer important features of value to those who use markers to assess 2-D system performance or estimate pI and molecular weight values of proteins undergoing 2-D separation and analysis. A uniqu...
Company:Pierce Biotechnology, Inc.

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Mammalian Expression Vectors with Interchangeable Selectable Markers

Site-specific recombinase-based vector system Stratagene system of eukaryotic expression vectors offers unparalleled convenience. The drug-resistance genes of these vectors can be exchanged without subcloning. Through site-specific recombination, hygromycin, puromycin,...

Corn prices and ethanol: Are the markets flaky - or working as they should?

- About eight percent of the weight of a box of corn flakes is corn. Less than five percent of the price of a box of corn flakes represents the cost of the corn - the rest is transportation, packaging, Super Bowl commercials, little plastic-wrapped toys for your kids, and more. Heck, the price of the box alone probably exceeds the cost of the co...

Drug innovation beats marketing, patents and mergers

While Genentech had revenues of $4.6 b...

Quantitation of the Protein MIA as a Marker for Chondrocytes in Research Samples

MIA (Melanoma Inhibitory Activity) was cloned as asecreted protein from human melanoma cell lines [1]. MIAis expressed in and secreted from malignant melanomasand chondrocytes [2, 3]. As MIA expression in chondrocytesis dependent on the differentiation status of the cel...

MicroRNA Profiling by Array Analysis Reveals Critical BioMarkers

Jaclyn Shingara, Kerri Keiger, Ila Wolf, Jeffrey Shelton, Emmanuel Labourier, and David Brown R&D Division, Ambion, Inc. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small, siRNA-like molecules, encoded in the genomes of plants and animals,...

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ZYBAN, The smoking cessation drug marked for its adverse reactions

GlaxoSmithKline's smoking cessation drug Zyban, which is being taken by over 5 million people world wide, is held responsilble for a raise in the suspected adverse reactions due to drug intake in UK. Pharmacovigilance statistics of MCA has shown a raise of about 37% more adverse reactions so called "yellow cards" during the period of January to April 2001 compared to that of last years....

India's anti-AIDS drug market engaged in price war

The Indian pharmaceutical companies hope to strike a pot of gold by making cheap anti-AIDS drugs. This has triggered a price war that is likely to escalate in coming days. The large number of AIDS cases has lured many companies to develop anti-AIDS drugs and market it in India and abroad by adapting innovative approaches to pricing. The anti-AIDS drug market, currently dominated...

Ranbaxy joins hand with Cipla to co-market ciprofloxacin

Two of the leading pharmaceutical industries, Ranbaxy Laboratories and Cipla announced an alliance to co-market Ranbaxy’s once-a-day formulation of Ciprofloxacin. The formulation had recently received Drug Controller General of India’s (DCGIs) approval for marketing in India. Ciproloxacin is a unique dosage form of the broad-spectrum antibiotic. The domestic market for ciprofloxacin is es...

Medicis Pharmaceutical company enters pediatric market

Medicis is the leading independent pharmaceutical company in the United States focusing primarily on the treatment of dermatological conditions. Based in Wilmington, Mass., Ascent is a pharmaceutical company primarily dedicated to the specialty of pediatrics. Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation and Ascent Pediatrics, Inc. today announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agre...

Ranbaxy trying to make inroads in herbal drugs market

Ranbaxy Laboratories Chairman, Tajendra Khanna, in a recent seminar organised by Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University on 'Managing Corporate Reputation', spoke about the comapny's plan of foraying into the herbal drugs market. He said that their products would create stiff competition for the key player in the market - Dabur, which has 60 per cent market share. The company plans to m...

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Lindstrom Lasik Spatula and Marker

Description:This instrument marks the cornea for centration of the flap and provides a spatula for flap management in primary and enhancement cases. The corneal marker has a pararadial mark that is used to ensure proper alignment of the flap after treatment. The spatula may be used to atraumatically retract the flap and to flood it back into place following laser treatment. The chisel shaped end helps facili...
Company:Bausch & Lomb Storz

Surgical Markers

Description:An Ultra-Fine point marker for the surgeons exacting requirements. A Universal point that contains a fine to broad line marking system and a point which allows surgeons to angle the marker to their requirements. A Ruler, an optional convenience that is plastic, which means it will not tear or smear upon contact with liquids. The ink is gentian violet and stands up to scrubs....
Company:Accu-line Products, Inc.

TLS Surgical Markers

Description:TLS Surgical Markers allows the surgeon to effectively diagram incision sites with a scrub-resistant, gentian violet ink. All TLS Surgical Markers are provided sterile, with a ruler and are individually packaged in peel pouches. Micro tip marker for fine line intricate marking, blue barrel....
Company:Porex Surgical Products Group

SQUEEZE-MARK Surgical Markers

Description:Squeeze-mark Surgical Markers have a unique squeezable barrel that provides a continuous flow for writing over wet prep solutions. Micro tip for fine-line intricate marking. Markers with optional rulers and sterile labels are also available. They are provided sterile, packaged individually in peel pouches. Squeeze-mark, MicroTip with Ruler & Labels....
Company:Porex Surgical Products Group

Fechtner Trabeculectomy Marker

Description:Fechtner Trabeculectomy Marker...
Company:Katena Products, Inc.

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Point of Care Cardiac Analyzers Yield Rapid Cardiac Marker Results

Clinical guidelines from the disciplines of cardiology and laboratory and emergency medicine have all emphasized the importance of cardiac markers in diagnosing or ruling out acute myocardial infarction. The measurement of cardiac troponins is especially useful in the large fraction of patients presenting with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) who have...

Reaction to Avandia Warnings Stronger Among Internists Than Endocrinologists, According to Study by GfK Market Measures

EAST HANOVER, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 11, 2007 - Since the May2007 release of a New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) reportthat Avandia users are 43 percent more likely to suffer a heartattack and 67 percent more likely to die of cardiovascular causesthan non-users of Avandia, it is no surprise that physicians intendto switch many type 2 diabetes patients from Avandia to therapiesbelie...

Velcade (bortezomib) for Injection Based Induction Therapy Delivered High Post-Transplant Complete Remission Rate, a Critical Marker for Increased Overall Survival

- New Data from Phase III Intergroupe Francophone du Myelome (IFM)Trial Presented During IMW - CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 02, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today reported that new data werepresented on the comparative Phase III clinical trial evaluating aVELCADE based therapy in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (MM)patients. As induction therapy prior to stem...

An Investigational Study Released at ADA Showed that Initial Combination Therapy with Januvia (sitagliptin) and Metformin Led to Improvement in Markers of Beta Cell Function in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 25, 2007 - New data from aninvestigational study released at the American Diabetes Association(ADA) 67th Annual Scientific Sessions showed that initialcombination therapy with Januvia(TM) (sitagliptin) and metformindemonstrated significant improvement in markers of beta cellfunction in patients with type 2 diabetes. Pancreatic islet betacell function determines...

First Phase II Short-Term Study on Dapagliflozin Shows Results on Safety, Tolerability and Glycemic Markers in Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes

-- Additional Findings Reported on Glucose Homeostasis Effects inNormal and Diabetic Rats -- CHICAGO, June 25, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In a 14-day,Phase IIa study of the safety profile of multiple doses of theinvestigational compound dapagliflozin, a selective inhibitor ofthe Sodium-Glucose Transporter 2 (SGLT2) administered alone orconcomitantly with metformin in subjects with Typ...

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