Amgen (NSDQ:AMGN) is partnering with West Pharmaceutical Services to integrate its SmartDose delivery platform into its Pushtronex system, the companies said today. The SmartDose technology is designed to adhere to a patient’s body, generally on the abdomen, and requires no patient operation during administration, the companies said. The technology includes integrated silicone-free Daikyo Crystal Zeniths’s cartridge […]
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BG Medicine inks another heart failure test deal | Deals roundup
BG Medicine Inc. (NSDQ:BGMD) inked another deal to develop a version of its galectin-3 test for heart failure, this time with Health Diagnostics Laboratory Inc.
The diagnostic test screens for the presence of a protein called galectin-3, which is both a predictor and the cause of a certain type of heart failure.