Ultra/scan probe for measuring coating thickness

The Elcometer 456 coating thickness gauge enables users to automatically compare thickness values to a coating's specification, display trend graphs, store individually time and date stamped thickness readings into memory.

NUM expands CNC machine tools presence in Asia

NUM has opened a subsidiary for applications support, sales and after-sales service in Seoul, South Korea, to serve the country’s growing market for CNC machine tools.

Breakthrough in polysaccharide absorption

At the 2013 International Symposium on Chemical Glycobiology, researchers from the Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica released their latest findings on the oral absorption of polysaccharides

DKSH launches Alpecin in Hong Kong

An agreement with Dr. Wolff, a German research-based consumer health company, will provide commercial and distribution services for Alpecin brand for hair regrowth in Hong Kong

Using time-lapse data to improve IVF

Unisense FertiliTech to present large scale time-lapse data analysis to improve IVF treatment

Surgery plus chemo improves gastric cancer prognosis

Study confirms adding chemotherapy to surgery improves survival in advanced gastric cancer

High-performance tube filling

German pharmaceuticals enterprise Medice has invested in Oystar’s FP 18-1 tube filler for its popular gel and creams

Two conferences alongside MEDTEC China in September

MdiT Forum and Regulation Summit 2013 and OrthoTec China 2013 to be held concurrently

New option for Japanese with type 2 diabetes

Lyxumia is first diabetes therapy of its class approved in Japan for use in combination with basal insulin

Device could avert 2nd breast cancer surgery

Johns Hopkins graduate students design a device to make pathology exams possible whilst the patient is still in the operating room for her first lumpectomy

Equatorial Guinea donates $30m to fight hunger in Africa

Prime Minister Vicente Ehate Tomi announces donation at a summit on food insecurity held in Ethiopia

Alimentaria 2014 to be even more international

Organisers promote Spain’s leading food event in emerging Latin American, Middle Eastern and Asian markets