APAC solid tumors market to reach $2.3 bn by 2019

Forecast growth due to ‘recent drug approvals and expected product launches for ovarian, pancreatic and prostate cancers,’ says GBI Research

Versatile wet/dry vacuum for healthcare facilities

Advance VL500 wet/dry vacuums provide versatile and cost-efficient cleaning performance

UK medical device market to reach $17.5 bn by 2020

British pharmaceutical market to reach $31.7 billion by 2020, GlobalData also forecasts

Real-time measurement of spinal cord myelin in MS

Breakthrough PET imaging technique provides essential molecular picture and offers first direct measurement of spinal cord myelin in multiple sclerosis (MS)

Smartphones have role in medical monitoring

Widespread adoption of mobile devices, even in low-resource settings, promises to make vital signs monitoring available anywhere and at low cost

Global type 2 diabetes market to reach $38.8 bn by 2019

Type 2 diabetes market to grow significantly and remain highly competitive as new drugs will have to ‘balance clinical efficacy with safety and tolerability profiles

Foot cream causes HIV to 'commit suicide'

Anti-fungal drug Ciclopirox is found to eradicate HIV permanently from infected cells, Rutgers researchers find

DuPont unveils brewing enzyme

New technology involving a combination of β-glucanase and xylanase is applied in this new brewing product

Cargill inaugurates integrated poultry operation in Lai’an, Anhui

The facility has the capacity to process about 65 million chickens per year, as well as 176,000 metric tonnes poultry products per year.

Datamax-O’Neil printers certified for use with Apple? gadgets

The new Apex i printer series expands the company’s B2B solutions in mobile POS, route accounting and direct store delivery applications

NPE3D printing event to debut at NPE 2015

Designers and manufacturers can see 3d printing firsthand as all NPE attendees will have access to npe3d exhibits and demonstrations

Philippine July imports rise to 7-month high on tech bounce

* Tech imports up 33.1 pct yr/yr, highest in 28 months * July trade deficit at $649 million * Jan-July trade deficit at $4.68 billion