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BioMidwest

Walgreens Empowers Families to Provide Education Around the World Through Purchases of ME to WE Back-to-School Supplies

New, exclusive line of school supplies at Walgreens to help more children through partnership effort

July 30, 2018
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3 min read
Business

Summit Therapeutics Joins Antimicrobials Working Group

The Antimicrobials Working Group (AWG) announced today the addition of Summit Therapeutics plc (NASDAQ: SMMT; AIM: SUMM) (Summit) to its coalition of companies with the mission to combat drug resistant infections and spur life-saving innovations.

July 30, 2018
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3 min read
Pharm Country

Sanofi Ships First Flu Vaccines for 2018-2019 Season

Nearly 70 million doses to be manufactured this season

July 30, 2018
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10 min read
Biotech Beach

FH Foundation Announces Consensus Statement On Genetic Testing For Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH)

Multidisciplinary expert panel recommends genetic testing to accelerate diagnosis of familial hypercholesterolemia, a common but highly underdiagnosed cause of inherited cardiovascular disease

July 30, 2018
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6 min read
Policy

Statement from FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., on efforts to safeguard women’s health from deceptive health claims and significant risks related to devices marketed for use in medical procedures for “vaginal rejuvenation”

Our most fundamental obligation to the American public is providing patients with access to safe and effective medical products to meet their health care needs as well as protecting them from harmful products and deceptive medical claims.

July 30, 2018
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5 min read
Business

Vitamin World to Carry Redcon1 Starting September ’18

Starting September 1st, Redcon1 supplements will be available at all 160 Vitamin World locations across the United States.

July 30, 2018
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1 min read
BioMidwest

CareSource Successfully Cuts Opioid Use by Forty Percent

CareSource announces it has reduced the amount of opioids prescribed to its members by 40 percent in the last 18 months as a result of an innovative program working with doctors and prescribers.

July 30, 2018
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2 min read
BioMidwest

Saint-Gobain Launches New Products for Radiation Portal Monitors (RPM)

Saint-Gobain Crystals has introduced Extended Life Plastic™ detector for radiation portal monitor (RPM) applications.

July 30, 2018
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3 min read
Business

QIAGEN and Hamilton Launch New Collaboration to Improve Pre-Analytical Sample Processing for QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus

Collaboration aims to accelerate adoption and ease of use in processing single-tube sample collection version of the market-leading modern blood test for latent TB detection

July 30, 2018
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2 min read
Business

Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. Reports Fiscal 2018 Fourth-Quarter Financial Results

Webcast of analyst day on Tuesday, July 31 will begin at 9:00 AM ET with discussion of fiscal fourth-quarter results

July 30, 2018
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21 min read