Tag: Europe
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European Approval Sought for Daily HIV Treatment
Gilead Sciences Inc. of Foster City, California is seeking approval to market a combination of its Truvada drug with Tibotec Pharmaceuticals’ TMC278 as a single-dose daily treatment for HIV infection. If approved, the new single-tablet regimen would be only the second product that contains a complete antiretroviral treatment regimen in a single once-daily tablet, according…
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Platelet Transfusion System Trial Shows Favorable Results
Cerus Corporation in Concord, California says a multi-year trial of its INTERCEPT-treated platelet components conducted at the Red Cross Blood Center in Basel, Switzerland had a successful outcome. The INTERCEPT Blood System is a treatment designed to protect against transfusion-transmitted diseases. The open label study — where patients and researchers know which drug is being…
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Collaboration Finds Cryptography Flaw, Creates Countermeasure
Two European universities, one research institute, and a computer security company developed a technique to exploit imperfections in quantum cryptography systems, then created a countermeasure for it. Quantum cryptography allows the distribution of a cryptographic key across an optical network, then applies the laws of quantum physics to guarantee its secrecy. The technique uses the…
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Patent Allowance Granted for Microwave Peptide Synthesis
CEM Corporation, a maker of microwave lab instruments in Matthews, North Carolina, says the European Patent Office now allows the company’s patent claims for its process of microwave peptide synthesis. Peptides are amino acid compounds found in proteins. The company says allowance covers the process of using microwave energy to accelerate two key steps in…
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Clearing the Air with Nanotech Concrete
Germany’s Fraunhofer-Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology (IME) in Munich, together with the German city of Fulda, and pavement manufacturer F. C. Nüdling Basaltwerke GmbH, also in Fulda, have tested a new paving material that reduces the amount of nitrogen oxide pollutants in the air. High levels of nitrogen oxide in urban areas are…
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Ambient Car Lighting Aids Driver Perceptions, Functions
Engineers at BMW in Munich, Germany and researchers from the Lighting Engineering Group at Ilmenau University of Technology in Ilmenau, Germany found ambient, rather than direct, lighting improved drivers’ perceptions of their cars’ interiors. The study, published online today in the journal, Lighting Research and Technology, found that ambient lighting has several significant positive influences…
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CE Mark Awarded for Male Urinary Health Device
American Medical Systems (AMS) of Minnetonka, Minnesota, announced today it has received the Conformité Européenne (CE) Mark for AdVance XP, an implant for the treatment of male stress urinary incontinence (SUI). The CE marking certifies that a product has met EU health, safety, and environmental requirements, which ensure consumer safety. Male SUI is a common…
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Coronary Stent Approved for Sale in Europe
Devax Inc., a medical device developer in Lake Forest, California says it received the Conformité Européenne (CE) mark for its AXXESS stent system designed for the treatment of coronary and vascular bifurcation lesions. The CE mark certifies that a product has met EU health, safety, and environmental requirements, allowing the company to market the stent…
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Research Funding Boosted in Europe, Targets Small Business
The European Commission (EC) announced today nearly €6.4 billion of investment in research and innovation. The funding, its largest to date, covers a vast range of scientific disciplines and commercial sectors, with a special emphasis on smaller businesses. The EC says this funding will increase European competitiveness and address critical policy issues, with some €800…