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FDA Clears the Way for Generic Versions of Transdermal Patches to Treat Chronic Pain

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval to Mylan Technologies, Inc., for the first generic version of Alza Corporation's Duragesic Patch (Fentanyl Transdermal System) used to treat patients suffering from severe chronic pain that cannot be managed with alternative analgesics. When applied to the skin, this patch technology delivers fentanyl, an opioid pain medication that is s...

Prescription Drug Patches Gaining Ground, Tackling New Therapies

Created as an alternate route of drug administration to improve patient compliance and reduce drug side effects, prescription skin patches are rapidly becoming an important healthcare product category. While quietly gaining market share for the treatment of chronic conditions such as angina, hypertension and HRT, the technology is set to make further inroads as transdermal patches for a host of n...

Prescription pain patch abuse blamed for increase in deaths

Drug abusers are increasingly turning to a slow-release form of a powerful painkiller for a quick and dangerous high, University of Florida researchers warn. The trend is raising alarm as the number of people dying from an overdose of the drug fentanyl, an opioid 100 times more potent than morphine, rises. Addicts are misusing a clear patch that transfers a controlled dose of fentanyl thro...

Blood test predicts success of quitting smoking using the nicotine patch

A blood test may enable doctors to predict which smokers using the nicotine patch are likely to experience the least amount of cravings and have the highest probability of success in quitting cigarettes, according to the results of a study in the June issus of the Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics. The blood test, which is a measure of the rate at which nicotine is metabo...

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Qpatch HT from Sophion Bioscience

Description:Sophions newly introduced QPatch HT is taking automated patch clamping to a new and even more powerful level. With its ability to generate thousands of high quality data points daily, QPatch HT is enabling new screening paradigms in ion channel drug discovery and safety testing. Automated patch clamping with the same high quality afforded by conventional patch clamping can now be applied in all p...
Company:Sophion Bioscience

QPatch 16 from Sophion Bioscience

Description:The QPatch sports 16-independent channels for automated gigaseal patch clamping. The system is used for screening against voltage-gated ion channels, such as hERG and ligand-gated channels, such as GABA channels. The four pipette heads afford more efficient assays and faster throughput for ion channel drug discovery. The glass-coated tunnels of the QPlate electrode arrays provide confidence th...
Company:Sophion Bioscience

His-Patch ThioFusion Expression System from Invitrogen

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Company:Invitrogen

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PatchMan - Test Report

The new Ependorf Micromanipulator for electro-physiology, PatchMan, was tested under practical conditions at the Max-Planck-Institute (MPI) for Biophysical Chemistry in Gttingen (Germany). Eppendorf received the following report: The Micromanipulator PatchMan w...

Windows image bug patched, but more found

Microsoft has patched the Windows vulnerability that could allow malicious programs to be installed when users viewed pictures on their computers. But security experts say the same part of Windows has even more problems than previously thought, opening up more holes. Giving in to pressure from users and security experts, some of whom were installing an unofficial fix not condoned by the...

Windows exploit worsens as stop-gap measures fill in for official patch

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Beware of the oral patch! It could be cancer!!!

Oncologists have warned that the common white patches found inside the mouth can lead to oral cancer in many cases. A simple genetic test can help pinpoint if the patches could become cancerous or not.Scientists at the University of Oslo spearheaded this research. If identified early and treated, leukoplakia, as the patches are known, can be cured and the occurrence of cancer prevented....

Emotional callers hamper speedy ambulance dispatch

People's lives are being put at risk because emergency call-takers are not adequately trained to deal with emotional callers, according to a recent study. Callers unable to communicate properly because of their emotional state caused the most difficulties but problems were also caused by people using mobile phones or pay-phones as opposed to land-lines. // The study, carried out by t...

FDA Approves Birth Control Skin Patch

For the first time, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a contraceptive skin patch for weekly use. Ortho Evra, made by New Jersey-based Johnson & Johnson, is a one-and-three-quarter-inch patch containing the hormones norelgestromin and ethinyl estradiol, designed to be an alternative to birth control pills. // The patch delivers the hormones through the skin for a 1...

FDA approves Watson Pharmaceuticals' Oxytrol patch

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new patch developed by Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc., for the treatment of an overactive bladder. The patch called Oxytrol (generic: oxybutynin transdermal system) reduces urinary urge incontinence, urinary urgency, and urinary frequency, according to the drug's maker. Oral forms of oxybutynin has been around for around 25 years but it has not been po...

Capsaicin patches help reduce post-shingles pain

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin have reported that those who sufferfrom post-herpetic neuralgia or pain following an attack of shingles can now getrelief through a patch of Capsaicin, the active ingredient of chili peppers.Shingles is caused the varicella zoster virus, which also causes chicken pox.Shingles results in the occurrence of painful rashes on one side of the body and...

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Neuro-Patch Synthetic Dura Substitute

Description:Neuro-Patch is a non-absorbable dura substitute, manufactured from highly purified polyesterurethane. Its microporous structure allows the proliferation of fibroblast, supporting tissue in-growth; the dense "weave" minimizes suture channels, resulting in decreased chance of cerebrospinal fluid leakage....
Company:AESCULAP

Ethisorb Dura Patch

Description:Ethisorb Dura Patch is a synthetic absorbable implant for the bridging of Dura Mater encephali and. spinalis defects. Ethisorb Dura Patch is pliable, regardless of being used dry or wet. Once cut to the desired shape, care must be taken, while implanting, to ensure that the smooth, violet dyed, PDS foil covered side is oriented towards the cortex or the spinal cord surface. Size given is applicab...
Company:Codman

Hemapatch Knitted

Description:InterVascular HemaPatch product line offers the vascular surgeon a range of collagen coated patches in a range of larger sizes angioplasty, or profundaplasty procedures without suture hole bleeding. With dimension 75 x 75 mm....
Company:Datascope Corp.

Webster Ref-Star with QwikPatch

Description:The NAVI-STAR catheter is specifically designed for use with our CARTO EP Navigation system. Our precision EP deflectable NAVI-STAR catheter houses a Biosense Webster sensor at the distal tip to indicate, in real time, exact location points from within the heart while simultaneously collecting local electrogram information. The NAVI-STAR electro-anatomical navigation catheter is used to acquire d...
Company:Biosense Webster, a Johnson & Johnson Company

ProOptha Eye Patch

Description:Protects the eye during or after surgery or trauma. Clear window dressing. Protects the eye allowing the patient to see....
Company:Hurricane Medical

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Iomai Dose-Ranging Trial Demonstrates Needle-Free Patch Vaccine for Travelers' Diarrhea Stimulates Immune Response Even at Low Doses

-- Data Gathered to Assist in Design of Future Trials, OtherPrograms -- GAITHERSBURG, Md. and LISBON, Portugal, April 26, 2007/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Iomai Corporation today announced resultsfrom a 400-patient, Phase 2 dose-ranging trial of its patch-basedvaccine for travelers' diarrhea. The trial was conducted to assessthe ability of a range of vaccine doses to generate an immunerespo...

Labtec’s Next Generation Pain Patch Successful in Clinical Studies

LANGENFELD, Germany, April 25, 2007-Labtec GmbH (Langenfeld,Germany), a specialty pharmaceutics company announces positiveresults from a multiple dose clinical study for their proprietarySufentanil transdermal patch. “Today, we are pleased to announce the successfulcompletion of the second clinical trial for our SufentanilTDS®. Our goal for this program was to complete th...

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