A new study has revealed the existence of new drug targets for
tuberculosis (TB) treatments, which could essentially dictate the
design of TB drugs of the future. The bacterium that causes TB
currently infects one person in three...
British equipment supplier Isopak has launched a new pharmaceutical
dosing filler system for powders and granules, quickly and
accurately offering the doses required.
Life sciences firm Cambrex has reported a $140.3m (€116.7m) loss in
Q4 as opposed to a profit of $4.9m in Q4 last year, hit by lower
long-term profitability projections for its Biopharma unit, as
biotech companies seem to lose their...
Complete data analysis in the time it takes many laboratories to
take the first steps. This is what Ambion is offering with its new
microRNA expression profiling service, claimed to surpass any
similar offerings in the market.
Dutch life science firm PharmaCell has hired quality control
specialist Sensitech for the cold chain management of their cell
culture products, allowing it to ensure compliance with GMP
regulations.
Looking to expand the outsourcing services it provides,
AmerisourceBergen has snapped up Canadian drug distributor Asenda
and British pharmaceutical contract-packaging manufacturer Brecon,
indicating the aggressive strengthening of...
California-based Electronic Sensor Technology, provider of fast
vapor analyzers, is benefiting from recent restrictions in
California Air Quality and Nuisance Odor laws that require
bad-odor-causing industries to measure and control...
Millipore, a maker of purification systems used in drug
manufacturing, has expanded its range of hydrophilic
Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) membranes, enabling it to offer
filters for virtually all solvents, acids, and alkaline solutions.
India is emerging as a powerhouse of pharmaceutical R&D. Backed
by a scientist president and with an army of talented scientists,
the country now has R&D capacity second only to the US, at
one-fifth of the cost.
Cambrex Bio Science has been given a contract to manufacture
Geron's GRNVAC1 telomerase vaccine for use in clinical trials and
will now transfer production to its Walkersville, Maryland
facility.
A team of forensic pathologists are believed to be the world's
first to use a new radiological laboratory approach for mass
fatality investigations that could bring to the end current lab
methods that are slow and limited in...
The global market for microfiltration (MF) membranes used in liquid
separations is set to grow at an average annual rate of 9.4 per
cent to more than $1.2bn (€1bn) by 2010 from an estimated $792m in
2005 according to a new report,...
Hospira, the leading injectable contract manufacturer in the US, is
planning to close two manufacturing plants in the US and Canada in
order to improve operational efficiencies and remain competitive in
the marketplace.
A species of frog, which may hold the key to future mosquito
repellents, is set to open up new avenues of lab research into frog
chemical ecology as researchers try to come up with alternatives to
synthetic repellents.
Analytic technology company Ometric is promising to revolutionalise
quality control with software that achieves real-time, in-line
final product testing at a rate of five tablets per second,
minimising product recalls, reducing waste...
A natural compound could become the starting molecule for the
design of drugs that prolongs lifespan and delay the onset of
aging-related traits in vertebrate organisms, supporting the
potential utility of the compound in human aging...
IT specialist ComplianceControl has a introduced a comprehensive
new directory of compliance regulations with precise and accessible
information that can be used to assist pharmaceutical companies in
co-ordinating their corporate...
A disposable two-compartment flask bioreactor designed by Swiss
company Integra Biosciences has been shown to minimise production
costs in a new study, as opposed to cell cultivation roller bottles
which are 60 per cent more expensive.
Optio Healthcare introduces a new RFID and labelling solution,
which allows healthcare facilities to generate thermal, barcode and
RFID labels that can be used to track pharmaceuticals, as well as
manage controlled substances, pathogens...
Researchers are to develop new computational diagnostic methods for
key viral pathogens, which are set to make the storage, retrieval,
and exchange of molecular and diagnostic data on viral pathogens
more efficient and effective.
Warwick Effect Polymers (WEP) have chosen R&D outsourcing
specialist Avantium to jointly develop their polyethylene glycol
PolyPEG technology for biopharmaceutical compounds, enhancing their
bioavailability and pharmacokinetics.
New data that shows the effectiveness of TTP LabTech's Acumen
Explorer for high content screening at high throughput reveals the
advances high content screening has made in applications such as
protein kinase activation, cell...
Dragon Pharmaceutical has bowed out of a development and
manufacturing contract with Austria's Polymun Scientific, selling
it instead to Swiss company AS Biotech for $1m.
Johnson Matthey, a British catalyst, precious metals and chemicals
firm with a division that provides contract manufacturing services
of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) to pharmaceutical
companies, has bought chemical technology...
SAFC, a member of the Sigma-Aldrich Group, has launched a supply
solutions business, which aims to combine its Specialties business
with the manufacturing site that was acquired from Degussa last
year. The move is the latest step...
Outsourcing specialist Celsis Laboratory Group will provide
contract testing services for drug firms Mutual and Procter &
Gamble, advancing the company's status in this market.
A new laboratory test, which enables the rapid diagnosis of urinary
tract infections with novel biosensor technology, has proved so
successful that it may replace antiquated testing methods, saving
health care costs and valuable diagnosis...
Asia is emerging as a hot spot for low-cost medical device
manufacturing as European drug companies pursue outsourcing options
or relocate production to cut costs. This increasing Asian
competition is alarming for European medical...
Packaging specialist Autopak has launched a new tablet/capsule dust
removal equipment which promises to meet the strictest of FDA
cleaning requirements at a competitive price.
The Food and Drug Administration has announced the approval of a
new laboratory test that provides preliminary results within four
hours on suspected H5 influenza samples that previous technology
required at least two to three days...
Commercial packaging and clinical trials services provider Brecon
Pharmaceuticals has completed the doubling in size of its facility
in Hereford, responding to growing demands from its pharmaceutical
customers.
Cardinal health experienced a 42 per cent jump in quarterly profit,
helped by renewed growth in its drug distribution and sterile
manufacturing operations, which have both experienced problems that
dragged down earnings in previous...
Agilent's breakthrough HPLC-Chip technology forms the basis of its
new reusable microfluidic chips, designed to compliment the
company's high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) chip/mass
spectrometry (MS) modules.
Pharmaceutical manufacturer Patheon has reaffirmed its dominant
position in the outsourcing market with the announcement of a
five-year master supply agreement with drug giant Merck.
Agilent have dived in to grab a slice of the growing $1.3 bn mass
spectrometry market with the launch of a series of new liquid
chromatography-based mass spectrometry (LC/MS) systems that are
cheaper and faster.
A technology partnership between ARTEL and Caliper Life Sciences
aims to enhance automated liquid delivery standards improving
laboratory data integrity. The collaboration aims to manufacture
technology to a level that is outlined...
On your marks, get set go! The FDA has fired the starting gun and
Pfizer is finally off and running after the long-awaited approval
of Exubera - the world's first non-injectable insulin - expected to
hit the US market by mid-year...
Scientists have reported a discovery at the cellular level that
suggests possibilities for drug therapy for kidney disease. This
discovery could open up new avenues of laboratory research into the
disease that could help the 600,000...
Researchers have come up with definitive proof that proteins can be
custom-designed for a new and pre-determined activity, signalling a
new direction in drug production as well as having relevance to the
biotechnological and medicinal...
Sirna Therapeutics has been granted a US patent covering a more
efficient process for the chemical synthesis and manufacturing of
GMP-quality ribonucleic acids (RNA), for use in RNA-based drugs.
Agilent Technologies have upped the stakes in the Liquid
Chromatography (LC) market by releasing its new 1200 series,
replacing the best selling 1100 series with what is claimed to be
the world's fastest and most comprehensive...
Drug delivery company, MedPharm, will carry out a licensed
evaluation for a variety of products in the dermatology market with
its MedSpray technology, which promises greater benefits for the
same cost as semisolid preparations.
Taiwanese generic and contract manufacturer ScinoPharm has seen its
sales almost double for the last three years, from $5 m in 2002 to
$31m in 2005, fuelled by its booming active pharmaceutical
ingredient (API) business.
Esco Micro is the first company outside of Japan to have a Class II
biosafety cabinet certified to the Japanese standard for
microbiological testing requirements, which are the most stringent
in the world.
An innovative point-of-care test has proved four times more
effective than the conventional laboratory test in detecting the
disease, which is encouraging for sufferers of the fifth most
common cancer in the US.
International Isotopes has announced the renewal of an existing
contract manufacturing agreement, which aims to continue the
production of nuclear medicine calibration and reference standards.
Bruker Optics have reached an agreement with the Chinese State Food
and Drug Administration (SFDA), which sees Bruker technology
integrated into regional Food and Drug Administration offices
aiding the fight against illegal counterfeit...
UK's Biotrace has signed a deal giving US company Pall Corporation
exclusive global marketing and distribution rights to its range of
microbiological air monitoring products for the pharma industry in
order to broaden the geographic...
