Melbourn Scientific, report an eventful month in which the
expansion of its range of services has resulted in the purchase of
new premises, as well as meeting requirements of good manufacturing
practice that regulate the manufacture...
Shire, Britain's third-biggest drugmaker, has won approval in the
US for Daytrana, a methylphenidate skin patch developed with
Noven's transdermal technology, making it the first non-oral
medication for the treatment of...
Impinj showcased what it claims is the world's first application of
ultra-high frequency (UHF) Gen 2 RFID technology for item-level
tagging of pharma products.
Screening and processing equipment supplier Kason, were out in
force at InterPhex 2006, with a range of products that aid the
manufacturing industry meet stringent pharmaceutical sanitary
requirements.
Thanks to a £2.7m (€3.9m) access fund from the UK's National
Biomanufacturing Centre (NBC), biotech firm Onyvax has hired
contract manufacturer organisation (CMO) Eden Biodesign to supply
it with clinical current good manufacturing...
Texas Instruments used the recent Interphex show in New York to
demonstrate its unique approach to improving the security of
budding radio frequency identification (RFID) technology.
US drug maker Bristol-Myers Squibb has said it will invest $200m
(€166m) to expand its Puerto Rico facility, driven by a thirst for
biologics that the firm is trying to quench, both in-house and
through contract manufacturing.
Olympus is gearing up to launch the two latest models in its range
of stereo microscopes, hailed as offering scientists superior
sensitivity with the highest zoom ratio and resolution on the
market.
ThermoSafe Brands has unveiled a pre-qualified, reusable shipping
system, which enables the safe transportation of bulk quantities of
pharmaceutical and vaccine substances under optimal temperatures.
Israel's TransPharma has announced the results of the first
clinical trials of human Parathyroid Hormone 1-34 fragment (hPTH
1-34), delivered with its hand-held pen-size transdermal device,
showed its system can systemically...
To increase the chance of success in IT outsourcing, companies must
increase their focus on creating and managing a successful mixture
of supplier relationships that work for them.
Wyatt Technology launches its newest addition to its Multi-Angle
Light Scattering (MALS) Detector range, boasting twice the signal
to noise ratio and 100x the dynamic range of previous Wyatt's
miniDAWN instruments.
For the first time in its 30-year history, the biotechnology
industry in 2005 surpassed $60bn (€49bn) in revenues according to
Ernst & Young's 2006 Global Biotechnology Report, an astounding
growth considering that in 1996...
Tapestry has presented data that supports the oral bioavailability
and antitumour activity of its drug candidate designed to overcome
multi-drug resistance in solid tumours that have become resistant
to taxane therapy.
Eden Biodesign and Onyvax have announced the formation of a unique
biomanufacturing contract, in which the Onyvax's development of
novel cancer therapies will be supported by Eden's cGMP clinical
manufacturing services.
The UK's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)
has said it has so far found no evidence of wrongdoing in the human
trials of the monoclonal antibody TGN1412, which US contract
research firm Parexel carried...
The Russian pharmaceutical market is giving its rivals a run for
their money, jumping 35 per cent in 2005 to $9bn (€7.3bn) -
compared to 28 per cent growth in China and 37 per cent growth in
Brazil - as foreign pharmaceutical manufacturers...
Chemical firm BASF has announced it has developed a new formulation
for its Ibuprofen DC 85, an active substance in anti-inflammatory
and analgesic products, using a nanocoating which, thanks to its
resistance to high temperature,...
US biologics contract manufacturer Omnia Biologics has announced a
master services agreement to provide drug development company
Intradigm with process development and current good manufacturing
practice (cGMP) services for cancer...
Water purification company Meco, which was nearly destroyed in
Hurricane Katrina's aftermath, showed at Interphex it can bounce
back and showcased its latest products to
In-PharmaTechnologist.com.
After branching out of the US with the opening of new facilities in
Singapore and India and a recent Eastern European acquisition,
US-based Albany Molecular Research (AMR) used Interphex 2006 to
highlight its new range of global services.
US-based MicroTest Laboratories (MTL) has won two new manufacturing
contracts after a facility expansion completed last year allowed
the company to expand into making commercial-scale products.
Court Square, a provider of IT service offerings for both large and
small biopharma firms, has seized upon what it saw as a gap in the
market to open up a dedicated life sciences division for small and
medium-sized companies (SMEs).
Researchers have been working on a better laboratory method of
detecting ovarian cancer, which is set to improve on routine
screening that is currently available to women by improving
sensitivity to detect the cancer in its earliest...
The damages caused by a patent dispute can sometimes wipe out the
assets side of a company's balance sheet - a potential death
sentence for small or medium companies - many of which aren't doing
enough to protect themselves,...
Italian packaging and processing machinery company IMA Group has
posted a net profit of €13m for 2005, down 24 per cent from 2004,
since a rise in revenues was offset by one-off charges, operating
costs and a reduction in prices as...
US filtration giant Millipore is pumping more resources into its
personnel and facilities in Asia, as outsourcing trends and new
laboratory investments in emerging markets such as China and India
are upping demand for its bioscience...
Nastech Pharmaceuticals presents data demonstrating the
effectiveness of its small interfering RNA (siRNA) therapeutics to
target and inhibit influenza viral production, which is certain to
have useful applications against current...
Scientists in the US have found out how the enzyme helps initiate
the process that leads to colorectal cancer. Their discovery of a
new molecular mechanism by which an enzyme promotes cancer spread
may provide a new target at which...
Multisorb used the recent Interphex trade show to introduce its new
range of consulting services to accompany its well-known range of
sorbent products and save customers both time and money in drug
packaging.
Manufacturers of single-use process components and systems within
the biopharma industry in the US have launched a new alliance at
Interphex to educate, standardise, and develop guidelines that
safeguard the quality of drugs produced...
A new report out today has revealed that the uptake of assays for
in-vitro diagnostics is being hindered due to a lack of knowledge
of this technology, in which its high sensitivity, specificity and
fast turn-around times has proved...
A leading scientist believes that cosmetic considerations and a
lack of patent opportunities is stopping the pharmaceutical
industry from investing in the development of a new therapy proven
to be effective in the treatment of MRSA.
Scientists have made a breakthrough in their research that may
change the way inflammatory conditions are treated by focusing on
certain nerve cell receptors in the brain that control inflammation
in the body.
Nilfisk used Interphex, New York, to showcase its new vacuum
designed to collect sub-micron particles and bring the cleanliness
and hygiene standards required in cleanrooms into a compact
machine.
Spending up to $400m (€330m), Indian drugmaker Ranbaxy has ended
the week with three acquisitions of European generic companies
under its belt, hoping a strong foothold in Europe will help it
offset its declining fortunes in the US.
Illumina has introduced two new genotyping BeadChips that offers
the highest data quality of any genotyping array currently
available, with call rates that routinely exceed 99 per cent,
reproducibility and accuracy approaching 100...
Level and flow measurement product providers, Krohne, were out in
force at Interphex 2006, showcasing a raft of products for the
manufacturing industry. Its presence within the pharma and chemical
industry has been boosted recently...
Modular optimal subsystems developer Polychromix has released what
it claims is the first data analysing all-in-one spectroscopic
unit, allowing anyone to perform chemical analysis in the field at
an unprecedented low cost.
As pharma companies tighten their belts, they are expecting more
and more cost savings from their outsourcing providers. IT services
company HCL Technologies spoke to Outsourcing-Pharma.com at
Interphex in New York to explain how...
No company likes to hire and fire unnecessarily. When used
correctly, outsourcing can be the key to maintaining the proper
balance of fixed and variable staffing and allow the right staffing
resources to be rapidly shifted to the...
Agilent has upgraded its GeneSpring GX 7.3 gene expression
informatics software, giving it new features designed to allow
researchers to understand faster what their results really mean.
ExonHit and bioMirieux have announced that scientific data
generated in the detection of breast cancer could well lead to the
development of novel diagnostic tests that will enable the early
detection of breast cancer from blood.
Despite the technological breakthroughs that have enhanced the
R&D capabilities of pharmaceutical companies, drug research and
development is facing a major problem as R&D productivity in
the last decade is at a historical...
Upstate and Cisbio have announced the launch of an assay for
Serine/Threonine kinase screening that offers simplified kinase
assay development, which allows for profiling and high-throughput
screening (HTS) on a large range of Ser/Thr...
Nypro, a large US-based provider of precision plastics injection
moulding, has been contracted to manufacture Ventaira's new
pulmonary drug delivery device.
Scientists have discovered the existence of a HIV accessory protein
that disables host immunity via receptor-protein intermediary in a
discovery that points to possible novel ways to fight AIDS, immune
disorders and sepsis.
Eriez used the recent Interphex show to launch its new
magnetically-driven vibratory feeder for large quantities of bulk
drug materials, designed to save manufacturers both time and money.
