Phase III HCVerso™ trial design focuses on genotype-1b patients following positive Phase IIb data in this population


INGELHEIM, Germany - Thursday, January 17th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

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Today, Boehringer Ingelheim announced that the first patients have been enrolled in the company’s pivotal Phase III interferon (IFN)-free hepatitis C (HCV) clinical trial programme, HCVerso™. Boehringer Ingelheim’s IFN-free investigational polymodal* regimen combines faldaprevir (BI 201335)+, a next wave once-daily protease inhibitor, and BI 207127+, a non-nucleoside polymerase inhibitor, plus ribavirin.

The HCVerso™ clinical trial programme includes two Phase III IFN-free clinical trials that will treat approximately 1,000 treatment-naïve HCV genotype-1b (GT-1b) patients.1,2The decision to focus the Phase III trials on this patient group follows positive Phase IIb trial data from the SOUND-C studies, where B ... Read more »

ATLANTA - Thursday, January 17th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- SIPCO, LLC is pleased to announce that SmartLabs, Inc., a leader in automation and control technology, has become a proud member of the Essential Wireless MeshTMPatent Portfolio by taking a license to SIPCO’s patents, including U.S. Patent Numbers 7,103,511; 6,437,692; and 7,697,492.

About SIPCO, LLC

SIPCO is a leading innovator of mesh networking and related technology based in Atlanta, Georgia. Founded by renowned inventor T. David Petite, SIPCO developed technologies enabling robust self-organizing wireless networking and related technologies known as Wireless Mesh in conjunction with IntusIQ. Wireless Mesh is used in protocols such as ZigBee, Z-Wave, IEEE 802.15.4, WirelessHART and proprietary mesh network and in other wireless applications such as SmartGrid, building automation, industrial controls, network backhaul, smart vehicles, home appliances, home automation and entertainment, sensor ... Read more »

Reduces switching time to one-third of existing product

TOKYO - Thursday, January 17th 2013 [BUSINESS WIRE/ ME NewsWire]

Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO:6502) has launched a discrete IGBT for the strobe lighting of digital cameras that reduces switching time to one-third that of Toshiba's current product. The new IGBT, "GT5G134", was developed as a dedicated solution for photo-flash intensity control and high-speed-switching photo flash applications.
 

Key Features

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High-speed switching: tf = 0.6μs (typ.) @IC=110A

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Low saturation voltage: VCE(sat) = 2.2V (typ.) @IC=110A

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Low gate driving voltage: VGE = 4.0V (min.) @IC=110A

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Peak collector current: ICP = 110A (max)

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