Author: Andrew

CSA Group, a global provider of testing and certification services and leading standards development organization, opened a new laboratory for testing and certification of equipment used in hazardous locations.  The new laboratory utilises the latest equipment and techniques and is one of the most comprehensive international standards compliance testing facilities in the world.

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Closing on May 5, the 117th installment of the Canton Fair – China’s most prestigious and profitable trade event – showed encouraging year-on-year growth in the number of attending buyers from Asia, the Americas, Africa and Oceania. The number of buyers from countries relevant to China’s “One Belt, One Road” policy – which is seen as key to the country’s future growth – also continued to grow, reflecting a bright and sustained trade dynamic.

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Lighthouse Instruments, LLC, a world leader in laser test and measurement systems for pharmaceutical process monitoring, today announced a strategic business partnership with Robert Bosch, GmbH to develop and distribute a new machine series for container closure integrity (CCI) testing using Lighthouse’s laser headspace analysis (HSA) technology. The first machine will be unveiled at Achema in Frankfurt/Main, Germany on June 15, 2015.

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Evidera  a leading provider of evidence-based solutions for the healthcare industry, is pleased to announce the release of the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) draft qualification opinion on the EXACT (Exacerbations of Chronic Pulmonary Tool) and E-RS (EXACT-Respiratory Symptoms), two patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures for evaluating treatment outcomes in COPD trials. The daily symptom diary that forms the basis for these instruments was developed as part of the EXACT-PRO Initiative a multi-year, multi-sponsor project initiated and led by Evidera.

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