S. Korea’s Celltrion Partners with US firm Abpro for breast cancer treatment

Sep 22, 2022 23:57 pm UTC| Health Science Economy Business

South Koreas Celltrion Inc. will jointly develop and work on the market release with Abpro Corp. of the US on a breast cancer treatment candidate ABP 10 Under the deal, Celltrion will receive US$10 million in milestone...

Coca-Cola Japan to collaborate with Kirin to develop health drinks with live bacteria

Sep 13, 2022 23:43 pm UTC| Health Business Economy Life

Coca-Cola Japan and Kirin Holdings will develop health drinks that contain the live bacteria, lactococcus lactis strain plasma (LC-Plasma), an ingredient patented by Kirin that is used in the companys health...

With family doctors heading for the exits, addressing the crisis in primary care is key to easing pressure on emergency rooms

Sep 10, 2022 08:05 am UTC| Health

The Ford governments recently released plan to ease pressure on Ontario emergency rooms makes no mention of the mass exodus of physicians from family practice. With that omission, the provinces Plan to Stay Open ignores...

Front-pack nutrition info sought in US

Sep 08, 2022 23:42 pm UTC| Law Economy Business Health

A White House summit on nutrition and health to be held later this month will consider whether to mandate that nutritional information be made available on the front panel of food and beverage packages. Public health...

Kirin Beverage ordered to ensure correct labeling

Sep 07, 2022 23:42 pm UTC| Law Economy Business Life Health

Japans Consumer Affairs Agency ordered Kirin Beverage to prevent a recurrence of deceptive packaging for its juice product. Although its Tropicana melon taste juice product was labeled as 100 percent melon by Kirin...

Xampla to develop microcapsules for infusing vitamins to soft drinks, other beverages

Sep 07, 2022 23:41 pm UTC| Health Economy Business

Xampla is collaborating with Britvic to develop vitamin microcapsules that may be mircopackaged in beverages without affecting the taste and the risk of degradation during transit and storage. A microscopic droplet of...

Better COVID vaccines are on the way. What do they do? And what technology might we see in future?

Sep 05, 2022 04:27 am UTC| Health

Regulators in Australia and the United States last week approved Omicron-specific boosters, following approval in the United Kingdom in mid-August. In Australia, a Moderna Omicron booster has been provisionally approved...