Watson Announces Limited Recall Of Fentanyl Transdermal System

MORRISTOWN, N.J., Aug. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: WPI ), a leading specialty pharmaceutical company, announced today that one lot of 100 mcg/hr Fentanyl Transdermal System patches sold in the United States is being voluntarily recalled from who...

Echo Therapeutics and Handok Pharmaceuticals Sign South Korea License for Needle-free Symphony(TM) Transdermal Continuous Glucose Monitoring System

FRANKLIN, Mass., June 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Echo Therapeutics, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: ECTE) announced today that it has signed a license agreement with Handok Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. ("Handok"), the largest diabetes care-focused pharmaceutical company in South Korea, under which Echo g...

Non-safety-related voluntary market withdrawal of a limited portion of DAYTRANA(R) (methylphenidate transdermal system) patches announced

PHILADELPHIA, March 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Shire plc (LSE: SHP, Nasdaq: SHPGY ), the global specialty biopharmaceutical company, announced today a voluntary market withdrawal/recall of thirty-nine (39) lots of the ADHD patch DAYTRANA (the lots of DAYTRANA patches affected by this action ar...

Teikoku Pharma USA and Eisai Co., Ltd. Announce Licensing Agreement for a New 7-Day Transdermal Formulation of Donepezil.

SAN JOSE, Calif., March 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Teikoku Pharma USA Inc., the international specialty pharmaceutical company, announces that it has signed an exclusive worldwide (excluding Japan) licensing agreement with Eisai Co., Ltd. to develop and commercialize a new transdermal formulation of donepe...

PriCara(R) Recalls 50 mcg/hr DURAGESIC(R) (fentanyl transdermal system) CII Pain Patches

Other Strength Patches (12.5, 25, 75 and 100 mcg/hr) Not Affected RARITAN, N.J., Dec. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- PriCara(R), Division of Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., said today that one lot of 50 microgram/hour (mcg/hr) DURAGESIC(R) (fentanyl transdermal system) CII patches sold by Pr...

Why women should eat less, move more and consider wearing transdermal HRT patches during menopause

Weight and appetite experts from around the world met at a conference in Bangkok earlier this year to discuss sex differences in obesity. One line of discussion looked at factors leading to women's weight gain during menopause, and how it might be avoided. Co-chairs of the conference, Dr Amand...

Watson Announces Limited Recall of Fentanyl Transdermal System

CORONA, Calif., Aug. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a leading specialty pharmaceutical company, announced today that one lot of 75 mcg/hr Fentanyl Transdermal System patches sold in the United States is being voluntarily recalled from wholesalers and pharmacies. The recalled p...

Echo Therapeutics and Cato BioVentures Sign Right of First Offer Agreement for Dermatology Products and Transdermal Drug Delivery Technologies

FRANKLIN, Mass., April 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Echo Therapeutics (OTC Bulletin Board: ECTE) today announced that it has signed a dermatology product and transdermal drug delivery technology right of first offer agreement with Cato BioVentures, the venture capital affiliate of Cato Researc...

Echo Therapeutics Announces Positive Results from Symphony(TM) Transdermal Continuous Glucose Monitoring System Study at Tufts Medical Center

FRANKLIN, Mass., March 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Echo Therapeutics (OTC Bulletin Board: ECTE) today announced positive results from its clinical study of the Symphony(TM) tCGM System, a novel, non-invasive, transdermal continuous glucose monitoring (tCGM) system, conducted at the Tufts Medi...

PriCara(TM) Recalls 25 mcg/hr DURAGESIC(R) (fentanyl transdermal system) CII Pain Patches

Other Strength Patches (12.5, 50, 75 and 100 mcg/hr) Not Affected RARITAN, N.J., Feb. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- PriCara(TM), Division of Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. said today that all lots of 25 microgram/hour (mcg/hr) DURAGESIC(R) (fentanyl transdermal system) CII patches sold by...

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Shire Withdraws European Application for DAYTRANA(TM) (Methylphenidate Transdermal System)

DUBLIN, March 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Shire plc (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPGY ), the global specialty biopharmaceutical company, announces that it has decided to withdraw the European Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) for DAYTRANA(TM) (methylphenidate transdermal system) for the trea...

Positive Phase 1 Clinical Trial Results for Transdermal Lidocaine

Trial Demonstrates Increased Dermal Penetration of TPM/Lidocaine Compared to Topical Anaesthetic Xylocaine(R) MELBOURNE, Australia, Dec. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --Phosphagenics Limited ("Phosphagenics") (ASX: POH; OTCQX: PPGNY) today announced the successful completion of a phase 1 clini...

Phosphagenics Announces Initiation of Phase 1 Clinical Trial in Humans for Its Transdermal Lidocaine

MELBOURNE, Australia, Sept. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Phosphagenics Limited ("Phosphagenics") (ASX: POH; AIM: PSG; OTCQX: PPGNY) announced today that it has initiated a phase 1 human clinical trial using its patented drug delivery system, TPM, for the targeted delivery of a leading pain rel...

Echo Therapeutics Announces Positive Results of a Clinical Study of its Symphony(TM) Transdermal Continuous Glucose Monitoring System in Patients with Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes

FRANKLIN, Mass., July 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Echo Therapeutics (OTC Bulletin Board: ECTE) today announced positive results of a clinical study of its Symphony(TM) Transdermal Continuous Glucose Monitoring (tCGM) System in patients with Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes. Echo's non-invasive Symp...

Echo Therapeutics Announces Publication of Positive Clinical Data for its Symphony Transdermal Continuous Glucose Monitoring System in Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology

FRANKLIN, Mass., July 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Echo Therapeutics (OTC Bulletin Board: ECTE) today announced publication of results from three pilot clinical studies of its Symphony Transdermal Continuous Glucose Monitoring (tCGM) System in the Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology. Th...

Echo Therapeutics Initiates Clinical Study of Its Symphony(TM) Transdermal Continuous Glucose Monitoring System in Patients with Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes

FRANKLIN, Mass., July 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Echo Therapeutics, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: ECTE) announced today that it has initiated a clinical study of its Symphony(TM) Transdermal Continuous Glucose Monitoring System (tCGM System) in patients with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes. The Compan...

New Analysis in Boys and Girls Shows the ADHD Patch, DAYTRANA(TM) (methylphenidate transdermal system), Offered ADHD Symptom Control for 12 Months

WASHINGTON, May 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Shire plc (LSE: SHP, Nasdaq: SHPGY), the global specialty biopharmaceutical company, today announced findings from a new data analysis that was conducted to examine treatment differences with DAYTRANA(TM) (methylphenidate transdermal system) between ...

Echo Therapeutics Announces Positive Results with the Prelude(TM) SkinPrep System, the Next-Generation Skin Permeation Medium for its Symphony(TM) Transdermal Continuous Glucose Monitoring System

FRANKLIN, Mass., April 9, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Echo Therapeutics (OTC Bulletin Board: ECTE) today announced positive results from its human feasibility study of the Prelude(TM) SkinPrep System, Echo's next-generation, needle-free, non-invasive skin permeation medium for its Symphony(T...

Long-Term 12-Month Safety Data Presented on ADHD Patch DAYTRANA(TM) (methylphenidate transdermal system)

Study Shows ADHD Patch Provides Tolerable and Effective Symptom Control BOSTON, Oct. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Shire plc (LSE: SHP, Nasdaq: SHPGY, TSX: SHQ), the global specialty biopharmaceutical company, announced that data from a 12-month study of DAYTRANA(TM) (methylphenidate transderma...

Rotigotine Transdermal System Shows Significant Symptom Reduction and Tolerability in Patients with Restless Legs Syndrome

- Data Presented at the 132nd Annual Meeting of the American Neurological Association in Washington, D.C. - ATLANTA, Oct. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- UCB, Inc. presented results from two Phase III pivotal trials and one open-label extension trial of rotigotine transdermal system for the...

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Cellulean™ (aminophylline 2.0%) Cellulite Cream

Features:... transdermal Delivery - Cellulean uses a pharmaceutical grade transdermal carrying agent called Transcutol to shuttle the clinically proven active in...
Company:MWT, Inc.

Biomuse

Features:... signals), eye movements (EOG signals), the heart (EKG signals), and brain waves (EEG signals). These signals are acquired using standard non-invasive transdermal electrodes. The BioMuse amplifies and digitizes the biosignals, and then processes the signals using Biocontrol's library of proprietary DSP algorithm...
Company:BioControl Systems

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Therapeutic

...2001 RFA: RFA-DA-01-015 ... research aimed at improving the therapeutic efficacy and efficiency of TCs. ... Allergic Contact Dermatitis to TTSs: transdermal therapeutic systems are increasingly common, but they also produce the ideal environment for cutaneous sensitization. A therapeutic HIV vac...

Nicotine

... Nicotine is one of the most heavily used addictive drugs in the United States. ... Original Article from The New England Journal of Medicine -- transdermal Nicotine for Active Ulcerative Colitis ... and plasma nicotine and cotinine ... A man about to use a piece of nicotine gum. ... The nicot...

Estrogen

... period in a woman's life when her ovaries stop producing eggs, her body produces less estrogen and progesterone, and menstruation becomes ... transdermal delivery of estrogen does not appear to be associated with the same ... Past users of oral estrogen had a similar risk of venous thromboembolis...

Estradiol

...ng Estradiol Levonorgestrel? ... Estradiol transdermal also reduces urgency or irritation of urination. ...ethindrone are ... ( Estradiol /Levonorgestrel transdermal System) is ... both estradiol and levonorgestrel...ial cancer (cancer of ... Before you begin using transdermal estradiol , tell your doctor if you have or ... ...

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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. Wh...

Microtest Labs Adds Dissolution Testing to its Suite of Analytical and Stability Testing Services

...eparately, usually by Microtest's HPLC or UV Spectroscopy testing. Typical samples are oral dosage forms, although it can also be used on topicals and transdermal systems. In addition to dissolution testing, Microtest provides a host of analytical assays, including HPLC Assays , GC Analysis , Protei...

An 'attractive' man-machine interface

...in information from the body or the surrounding environment and activate the magnet as needed, Ingber adds. A diabetic, for example, could have a transdermal glucose sensor that controls the magnet, which then controls the insulin production by itself. In the neonatal intensive care unit, sick newborns cou...

Flu vaccine in painless skin patches under development at Emory, Georgia Tech with NIH grants

...he vaccine to themselves, perhaps after receiving it in the mail." The Georgia Tech and Emory team plans to develop and assess the effectiveness of transdermal patches that include arrays of microscopic needles containing or coated with vaccine. They hope to design patches that could be stored for long perio...

Supercomputing equipment to advance the frontiers of computational biology

...ions for prototyping medical devices in "virtual patients," with potential applications in targeted drug delivery systems such as drug eluting stents, transdermal patches, and inhalers. To be successful, these simulations must run efficiently and effectively on the latest generation of high-performance comp...

Study shows pine bark naturally decreases severe chronic venous insufficiency

...ons was found to be decreased with Pycnogenol® by 64%, whereas Daflon® was only half as effective, lowering the composite edema score by 32%. The transdermal oxygen and carbon dioxide concentration in the lower legs was estimated with small sensors attached to the skin. Pycnogenol® treatment was found to si...

New antimicrobial compound adheres to skin to promote healing

...sing an ointment made from vitamin E kept wounds from dehydrating and promoted healing. He learned that Capomacchia was also working with vitamin E in transdermal applications, and their collaboration began. Ritchie said that the bioadhesive could have numerous human applications, particularly with swimmers ...

Needle-free immunizations

...e topical application to the skin, pills, nasal sprays, injections, and others. Considerable advances have been made in the past decade, especially in transdermal (through the skin) and nasal immunization. "Unfortunately, because of the development costs of new immunization methods, use of needle-free immuniz...

Prescription Drug Patches Gaining Ground, Tackling New Therapies

...ly 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 new conditions wind their way through the development and clinical trial process. Growth in demand for prescription drug patch...

Scientists Propose Sweeping Changes to Naming of Bird Neurosystems to Acknowledge Their True Brainpower

...r the first generic version of Alza Corporation's Duragesic Patch (Fentanyl transdermal System) used to treat patients suffering from severe chronic pain that cann...ng that FDA deny or delay approval of the product. The original Fentanyl transdermal System was approved in August 1990. It is currently approved for the manage...

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Phosphagenics Announces Completion of Transdermal Patch Prototypes

- Oxycodone Successfully Delivered into the Bloodstream - Data Demonstrates Sustained Release and Increased Blood Levels of Oxycodone MELBOURNE, Australia, May 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Phosphagenics Limited ("Phosphagenics") (ASX: POH; OTCQX: PPGNY) today announced the successful com...

Non-Safety-Related Voluntary Recall of a Limited Portion of DAYTRANA(TM) (Methylphenidate Transdermal System) Patches Announced

PHILADELPHIA, June 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Shire Limited (LSE: SHP, Nasdaq: SHPGY), the global specialty biopharmaceutical company, announced today a voluntary recall of two (2) lots of the ADHD patch DAYTRANA (lots 2750211 and 2764111). Shire is taking this action because some DAYTRANA pa...

Phosphagenics Announces Successful Phase 1 Transdermal Oxycodone Clinical Trial Results

MELBOURNE, Australia, Dec. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Phosphagenics Limited ("Phosphagenics") (ASX: POH, AIM: PSG, OTCQX: PPGNY) today announced positive results of its Phase 1 clinical trial that showed its delivery technology, TPM, delivered leading pain-relief drug oxycodone through the s...

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...

Actavis Receives Approval of Fentanyl Transdermal System in the U.S.

MORRISTOWN, N.J., Aug. 22 /PRNewswire/ -. Actavis Group, the international generic pharmaceuticals company, today announced that it has received approval from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration to market Fentanyl Transdermal System. Distribution of the product will begin immediately. Fentany...

Mylan Reports Adjusted Diluted EPS of $0.32 for the Quarter Ended June 30, 2009

...lt of new product revenue of $250.1 million, mainly Divalproex, and higher volumes, partially offset by unfavorable pricing. Mylan's Fentanyl transdermal System (Fentanyl), Mylan's AB-rated generic alternative to Duragesic(R), continued to contribute significantly to both revenue and gross profit despit...

Progenitor Cell Therapy Appoints VP of Manufacturing Operations

...al Corporation. At Novartis, he was responsible for managing all North American production operations, specializing in solid dosage, raw material and transdermal systems, and oversaw a $70 million budget. Prior to Novartis, Daryl was Associate Director of Pharmaceutical Production with Sandoz Pharmaceutical Co...

Valeritas Announces Appointment of New CEO

...(TM) for the delivery of other compounds beyond insulin, the Mini-Ject(TM) Pre-Filled Needle-Free Delivery System, and the Micro-Trans(TM) Microneedle transdermal Delivery Patch. These technologies, when combined with certain compounds, are designed to provide unique products that allow precise dosing in previo...

Dey L.P. to Market EMSAM(R) Skin Patch for Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder

...L.P., a subsidiary of Mylan Inc. (Nasdaq: MYL ), today announced that it has begun to market and distribute EMSAM(R) in the U.S. EMSAM, a selegiline transdermal system, is a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI), which was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2006 for the treatment of major ...

Microtest Labs Adds Dissolution Testing to its Suite of Analytical and Stability Testing Services

...eparately, usually by Microtest's HPLC or UV Spectroscopy testing. Typical samples are oral dosage forms, although it can also be used on topicals and transdermal systems. In addition to dissolution testing, Microtest provides a host of analytical assays, including HPLC Assays , GC Analysis , Protei...

Transdermal in Biological Dictionary

Progesterone

...d natural progesterone , their effects on the breast and in the body, which is safer, ... Resource guide to natural hormone replacement therapy, transdermal cream use, menopause, hot flashes, PMS, also offers online e-book. Like most good things in life if one uses too much of the hormone cream, compl...

Collagen

...entical to human skin collagen . Why collagen ? ... entirely Natural AntiAging SkinCare Collagen Gel that is pure, ... Yes Natural Collagen transdermal Gel Collagen is specially formulated for care ... are not created using any type of active collagen derived from animals. ... eCollagen, colla...