Month: October 2010
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Trial Shows No Difference in Drugs for Macular Degeneration
Researchers from the Boston University School of Medicine and the Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System in Jamaica Plain, Massacusetts have conducted a study that failed to show a difference in efficacy between the existing commercial drugs bevacizumab (Avastin) and ranibizumab (Lucentis) for the treatment of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The study, which appears in the…
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Security Systems Developer Lands IED Detection Contract
American Science and Engineering Inc. in Billerica, Massachusetts (AS&E) says it received a multimillion dollar contract for its “Z Backscatter” system from a U.S. government agency for remote improvised explosive (IED) device detection and defeat. The company did not name the agency or the amount of the contract. The company says the system will use…