Today(R) Sponge Returns to Store Shelves
BERKELEY, Calif., May 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Mayer Laboratories, Inc., a marketer of high-quality contraceptives and the exclusive distributor of the Today Vaginal Contraceptive Sponge for the US, Canada and the EU, announced today that the Today (R) Sponge has been re-launched in the United S...Mayer Labs Acquires Today(R) Sponge Distribution Rights
BERKELEY, Calif., April 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Mayer Laboratories, Inc., a marketer and distributor of high-quality contraceptive and other reproductive healthcare products, announced today that it has signed an agreement with Alvogen Group for the exclusive distribution rights of the Today Spon...Today(R) Sponge to be Distributed in Hong Kong and Macau
MEDIA, Pa., Nov. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Synova Healthcare Group, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: SNVH) announced today that it would begin distributing and selling its Today(R) Sponge non-hormonal contraceptive product in Hong Kong and Macau through Hind Wing Co, Ltd., a distributor located in ...Micro-organisms Ensconced in the Kitchen Sponge Meet Their Nemesis in a Microwave
Gainesville: This is indeed a brain wave from researchers working at the University of Florida. For all those obstinate micro-organisms clinging to your kitchen// sponge and utensils, there is a solution right here in your very kitchen. Just swirl the kitchen sponge in a microwave, and lo, you have...Synova Acquires Rights to Today Sponge Contraceptive, Plans Advertising Campaign
Synova Healthcare on Wednesday after purchasing New Jersey-based Allendale Pharmaceuticals, which markets the female contraceptive Today Sponge, //announced plans to begin an aggressive campaign to market the product, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports (Loyd, Philadelphia Inquirer, 1/17). The...Patient Safety Technologies Reports Second Quarter Results
... revenue of $936 thousand. Second quarter 2009 sales of the company's core sponge products reached $1.0 million vs. $732 thousand in first quarter 2009. This 37% increase in sponge sales reflects the continued expansion in the company's installed customer ...Scientists Reverse Muscular Dystrophy in Mice
...These include one called "muscleblind," thought to be a key factor in myotonic dystrophy. "Probably the main thing [the RNA] does is to act like a sponge and sop up some of the important proteins," said study senior author Dr. Charles Thornton, professor of neurology at the University of Rochester Medic...Triad Plus Povidone Iodine (PVP-I) Sponge Sticks
Description: Triad Plus Povidone Iodine (PVP-I) Prep Sponge Sticks are saturated with a 10% Povidone Iodine, USP solution equivalent to 1% available Iodine. Triad Plus Povidone Iodine (PVP-I) Scrub Sponge Sticks are saturated with a 7.5% Povidone Iodine, USP solution equivalent to 0.75% availabl...Oval Sponge Implants - 3.0 x 5.0 x 100 mm
Description: Size: 3.0 x 5.0 x 100 mm. Storz offers the original Scleral Sponge II line designed by Harvey A. Lincoff, M.D. The material is a closed cell sponge which is non-toxic and non-antigenic. Implants are soft with rounded edges to minimize scleral intrusion. These implants are packaged sterile and sold...Grooved Segmental Buckle and Oval Sponge Kits
Description: Size: 3.0 x 7.5 x 80 mm. Grooved buckle. Size: 2.3 x 4.0 x 100 mm. Oval sponge. Storz offers the original Scleral Sponge II line designed by Harvey A. Lincoff, M.D. The material is a closed cell sponge which is non-toxic and non-antigenic. Implants are soft with rounded edges to minimize scleral i...Oval Sponge Implants - 5.5 x 7.5 x 80 mm
Description: Size: 5.5 x 7.5 x 80 mm. Storz offers the original Scleral Sponge II line designed by Harvey A. Lincoff, M.D. The material is a closed cell sponge which is non-toxic and non-antigenic. Implants are soft with rounded edges to minimize scleral intrusion. These implants are packaged sterile and sold ...Cylindrical Sponge Implants - 5.0 x 80 mm
Description: Size: 5.0 x 80 mm. Storz offers the original Scleral Sponge II line designed by Harvey A. Lincoff, M.D. The material is a closed cell sponge which is non-toxic and non-antigenic. Implants are soft with rounded edges to minimize scleral intrusion. These implants are packaged sterile and sold five im...Cylindrical Sponge Implants - 4.0 x 80 mm
Description: Size: 4.0 x 80 mm. Storz offers the original Scleral Sponge II line designed by Harvey A. Lincoff, M.D. The material is a closed cell sponge which is non-toxic and non-antigenic. Implants are soft with rounded edges to minimize scleral intrusion. These implants are packaged sterile and sold five im...Olk Design Sponge Implants - 7.5 x 2.75 x 80 mm
Description: Size: 7.5 x 2.75 x 80 mm. Half oval. The original Scleral Sponge II line designed by Harvey A. Lincoff, M.D. has been modified by Dr. Joseph Olk with this one-half oval design. The material is a closed cell sponge which is non-toxic and non-antigenic. Implants are soft with rounded edges to minimiz...Olk Design Sponge Implants - 5.0 x 2.5 x 80 mm
Description: Size: 5.0 x 2.5 x 80 mm. Half oval. The original Scleral Sponge II line designed by Harvey A. Lincoff, M.D. has been modified by Dr. Joseph Olk with this half oval design. The material is a closed cell sponge which is non-toxic and non-antigenic. Implants are soft with rounded edges to minimize scl...Cylindrical Sponge Implants - 3.0 x 80 mm
Description: Size: 3.0 x 80 mm. Storz offers the original Scleral Sponge II line designed by Harvey A. Lincoff, M.D. The material is a closed cell sponge which is non-toxic and non-antigenic. Implants are soft with rounded edges to minimize scleral intrusion. These implants are packaged sterile and sold five im...Early family ties: No sponge in the human family tree
Since the days of Charles Darwin, researchers are interested in reconstructing the "Tree of Life", and in understanding the development of animal and plant species during their evolutionary history. In the case of vertebrates, this research has already come quite a long way. But there is still muc...Simple sea sponge helps scientists understand tissue rejection
Understanding why some transplant patients reject their new organs requires a working knowledge of how cells recognize and accept or reject each other. Xavier Fernndez-Busquets, an MBL researcher visiting from the University of Barcelona, has found the perfect ally in this quest: the red beard sea ...Marine sponge yields nanoscale secrets
The simple marine sponge is inspiring cutting-edge research in the design of new materials at the University of California, Santa Barbara. A report about these exciting new results involving the use of gold nanoparticles is the cover story of the current issue of the scientific journal, Advanced...Urban water ecology at the ESA annual meeting
..., carrying with it chemicals and debris and increasing the risk of flash floods. But the plants on greenroofs can absorb some of this water "like a sponge being saturated," says Olyssa Starry, a graduate student at the University of Maryland at Baltimore County. Starry studied a greenroof atop a Baltimor...Large sponges may be reattached to coral reefs
...enerally applied to the restoration of other large sponge species removed by human activities or storm events. 20 specimens of the Caribbean giant barrel sponge were removed and reattached at Conch Reef off of K...nd 30m. The sponges were affixed to the reef using sponge holders consisting of polyvinyl chloride piping, w...Penn medicine draws road map for elimination of central line-associated bloodstream infections
...alling off, leaving room for bacteria to enter the line they introduced a more adherent bandage and began using a new chlorhexidine (CHG) sponge. The sponge contains an antiseptic that can kill bacteria before they gain access to the bloodstream. When the staff learned that a special cap that had been u...New deep-sea coral discovered on NOAA-supported mission
...dings were a five-foot tall yellow bamboo coral tree that had never been described before, new beds of living deepwater coral and sponges, and a giant sponge scientists dubbed the "cauldron sponge," approximately three feet tall and three feet across. Scientists collected two other sponges which have not ye...New deep-sea coral discovered on NOAA-supported mission
...dings were a five-foot tall yellow bamboo coral tree that had never been described before, new beds of living deepwater coral and sponges, and a giant sponge scientists dubbed the "cauldron sponge," approximately three feet tall and three feet across. Scientists collected two other sponges which have not ye...Engineering technology pinpoints earliest signs of animal life
...ate chemical fossils discovered in sedimentary rocks in Oman. The high-precision technique has shown that these fossil steroids, remnants of a type of sponge known as Demosponges, are between 635 and 750 million years old. They date back to around the time of the Marinoan glaciation, the last of the huge ic...Innocoll, Inc. Files 510 (k) Application for CollaRx Lidocaine Sponge
ASHBURN, Va., March 31 /PRNewswire/ --- Innocoll, Inc. announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Innocoll Pharmaceuticals, has filed a US 510k application for its CollaRx(TM) Lidocaine Sponge for the management of painful wounds. It is estimated that each year 13 million patients worldwid...High-Tech 'Smart' Face Mask Helps Hong Kong Families Combat Swine Flu
...ief (QuickCloth), adhesive dry-sanitizing stickers (QuickPatch), odour-control insole (BioSole), cosmetic puffs (BioPuff) and self-sanitizing cosmetic sponge (BioSponge), will be launched later this year. The innovative personal care line will also soon be available at Park 'n' Shops throughout Hong Kong. ...Nano-Velcro Sticks With Venture Capitalists
... a new, patent-pending bio-material they're developing into two products: a sponge that is applied directly to a wound to stop hemorrhaging, and a spray that ...her develop its technology. Pre-clinical testing is underway for both the sponge and spray. Remedium's team also includes Fischell Department of Bioengine...RVX-208 Exploratory Study Illustrates Early Potential for Alzheimer's Disease
...olesterol transport, we hypothesized that RVX-208 might increase circulating A-beta40 levels through its effects on functional HDL, which can act as a sponge to draw A-beta40 from the brain to the circulation, for enhanced clearance from the body," stated Dr. Sparks. "Although it was a pilot study, with min...Baxter Announces Licensing Agreement for Innocoll's Gentamicin Surgical Implant in the United States
...icin surgical implant in the United States. The gentamicin surgical implant will be the first and only biodegradable, leave-behind antibiotic surgical sponge used as an adjunct (add-on) therapy for prevention and treatment of surgical site infections (SSIs) in the United States. This agreement is expected t...EUSA Pharma Completes Acquisition Of Cytogen Corporation
...ived Europe-wide approval. EUSA also has several products in late-stage development, notably Collatamp(R) G topical, a gentamicin impregnated collagen sponge for the prevention and treatment of infected skin ulcers, and CollaRx(R) bupivacaine implant* for local post-surgical pain control. Founded in 2006,...