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Putting diagnosis and treatment in the hands of patients
Putting diagnosis and treatment in the hands of patients
Jul 08, 2016
Connected health. Precision healthcare. Such evolving concepts promise to revolutionize patient care, and Phillips-Medisize Chairman, CEO, and President Matt Jennings believes they could serve medical device manufacturers as they work to introduce...
Helping users dial the right dose
Helping users dial the right dose
May 24, 2016
Caregivers may not always have two hands available when administering pharmaceutical liquids, so delivering accurate doses could be challenging. When it comes to syrups and suspensions for pediatric applications in particular, “we’ve heard the...
Alternatives to PVC for IV bags
Jan 20, 2016
Some companies are turning to plasticizer-free, biologically inert materials to replace the use of PVC.By Jenevieve Blair Polin, Contributing EditorThe impetus driving demand for IV bags made of materials other than polyvinyl chloride (PVC) is...
Injection safety devices tested
Injection safety devices tested
Jan 14, 2016
Drug-delivery technology provider Nemera has developed Safe’n’Sound, an open platform of add-on passive safety devices. The company will be in Booth #556 at Pharmapack Europe February 10-11 to present the platform and potential uses along with the...
Making drug-delivery devices smart and economical
Making drug-delivery devices smart and economical
Jan 14, 2016
The Internet of Things is expected to influence healthcare in numerous ways, and according to a recent article in Forbes, it offers significant market opportunities.For such connectedness to be ubiquitous enough for great change in healthcare...
Medication management solution wins MDEA silver award
Jan 05, 2016
Strict regulations and standards guide the preparation of medication at hospitals, but unfortunately, these are not always followed. In the operating room, where procedures and decisions often happen rapidly, noncompliance is especially common and...
Accelerating drug delivery
Dec 17, 2015
With a groundswell of innovation under way in noninvasive drug-delivery solutions, a new era in patient convenience and improved therapy seems to beckon. For instance, companies developing new technologies and drug formulations for needleless...
Hospira recalls multiple lots of Ketorolac Tromethamine injection
Dec 16, 2015
Particulate reported by a customer has prompted Hospira Inc. to voluntarily recall ketorolac tromethamine injection USP in the United States and Singapore, FDA is reporting on its Web site. The recalled lots were distributed from February 2013 to...
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