Applied DNA Sciences has entered into collaboration with Advanced
Coding Systems (ACS), in a deal to develop security products for
brand protection and electronic article surveillance for
pharmaceutical supply chain management.
US researchers have identified a specific pathway that causes
inflammation in lung tissue, a discovery that could help in the
design of more targeted drug treatments for patients with various
lung diseases, including cystic fibrosis,...
Balchem has acquired the encapsulation and agglomeration business
of IOI Group - part of Loders Croklaan USA - in a move that extends
its activities in the food and pharmaceutical ingredient sectors.
Batch control systems are becoming increasingly used by the
pharmaceutical and food industries as they increasingly rely on
automation to improve productivity and product quality.
The manufacturing compliance problems affecting US generic drug
manufacturer Able Laboratories, which have prompted a huge recall
of its entire product range, show little signs of being resolved,
reports Phil Taylor.
UK-headquartered pharma giant GlaxoSmithKline says it has overcome
the manufacturing problems that caused it to voluntarily withdraw
its antidepressant Paxil CR (paroxetine) and diabetes drug
Avandamet (metformin and rosiglitazone)...
Eastman Kodak has announced it will offer a virtual colonoscopy
application for use with its Kodak Directview PACS System 5,
automatically processing CT images into 3D models for viewing,
diagnosis and report generation.
US biotechnology major Genentech has provided further detail on its
plans to dramatically increase production capacity in the wake of
its $408m acquisition of Biogen-Idec's Oceanside facility.
Chiral Technologies, a wholly owned subsidiary of Daicel Chemical
Industries, of Japan, has licensed a chromatography column
technology that promises to be particularly useful for the
separation of chiral drugs.
Researchers have used new laboratorial techniques that allowed them
for the first time to derive unlimited numbers of purified
mesenchymal precursor cells from human embryonic stem cells
(HESCs). The cells can be used for regenerative...
Belgian chemicals and pharmaceuticals company Solvay has launched a
bid to acquire at least a 51 per cent stake in German
pharmaceutical and cosmetic ingredients company Girindus,
reports Phil Taylor.
Researchers, for the first time, have revealed the forms taken by
structures of tubulin during the construction of microtubules. The
discovery is of use to drug researchers and developers as tubulin
is a target for anticancer drugs,...
A new laboratory application for detecting tuberculosis, which cuts
waiting time from 24 hours to three minutes using a technique that
identifies TB antigens, has been made available by Proteome
Systems. The application is set to...
Thermo Electron has launched a new rapid method for the analysis of
lyophilised (freeze-dried) materials using ts Nicolet Antaris
FT-NIR (Fourier transform near-infrared) analyser.
US drug major Bristol-Myers Squibb has turned to Celltrion, a
company based in South Korea, for the manufacture of biologic
drugs, in another example of companies 'offshoring' production to
Asia, reports Phil Taylor.
Lonza has started a SF 14 million (€9m) expansion of its biologics
manufacturing facility in Slough, UK, in response to what it said
was increasing demand for mammalian cell production for clinical
trials, reports Phil Taylor.
UK company ML Laboratories has won a new customer for its gene
expression technology - UCOE - used to improve the production of
proteins for drug discovery and use as therapeutics.
The combined use of laboratory automation and laboratory
information management software (LIMS) has been shown to increase
productivity, reduce human error and improve tracking and
traceability in a microbiology lab in a recent case...
A new algorithim, that enables a more accurate deduction of
oligonucleotide (oligo) melting temperatures under laboratory
conditions, could bring improvements in primers and probe design
for use in polymerase chain reaction (PCR)...
According to a new study, the microscopy sector is set to
capitalise on recent technological breakthroughs, with the
large-scale digitalisation and advances in image reconstruction and
restoration having a positive effect on the market.
New drug treatments and therapies for the management of bowel
cancer is a distinct possibility after researchers made a
surprising discovery about the immune system that details how the
body expels parasitic worms.
Chiron has said it will be unable to meet its projections for flu
vaccine production this year, because it has been unable to get
production back up to speed at its manufacturing facility in
Liverpool, UK, as quickly as hoped. The...
IDBS introduces the E-Workbook, an electronic laboratory notebook,
which aims to provide a viable alternative in the way chemists,
biologists and pharmacologists record, share and report all
relevant experimental information.
Niro Phama Systems and Courtoy have developed a new module for
their range of tablet presses that solves a control dilemma that
has faced the pharmaceutical industry ever since automated tablet
presses came into use.
UK-headquartered Invensys has divested its stake in the Israeli
joint venture Foxboro NMR, which focuses the application of nuclear
magnetic resonance imaging technology in the process industries.
A new laboratory technique that displays a more effective way of
testing which mutations cause cancer and which are research
distractions has been discovered by scientists, who are hopeful
this application could become a standard...
A technique that boosts the laboratory production of human
papillomavirus by 1,000 times compared to existing methods could
accelerate research into new treatments for HPV infection, which
causes genital warts and cervical cancer,...
Varian has introduced what it says is the industry's first range of
ultra-low-bleed columns for monitoring solvent residues in
pharmaceutical preparations.
EMBiology, an online resource launched this week, aims to become
the main research library for pharmaceutical and biotechnology
companies, reports Ahmed ElAmin.
US scientists researching cancer have stumbled across a new
technique that could help them to distinguish between cancer types.
The discovery is set to change the landscape of cancer genetics by
providing laboratories with a procedure...
BioProgress has allowed the exclusive partnership with US drugmaker
Wyeth on over-the-counter applications of its SWOLLO oral dosage
form technology to lapse, reports Phil Taylor.
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology in the US have
developed a device that has the potential to reduce the time needed
to analyse proteins, shorten development times for new drugs and
bring down the overall cost of...
New anti-breast cancer drugs could be developed after latest
research suggested that Omega-3, a fatty acid found in oily fish,
could be combined with an anaesthetic to reduce the ability of
breast cancer cells to develop into malignant...
Thermo Electron has launched its new bi-directional digital
interface that promotes compliance with Good Laboratory Practice
(GLP) standards and 21 CFR Part 11 electronic records keeping
regulations.
Agilent Technologies has launched what it says is the industry's
first gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer (GC/MS) system with a
user interface that allows the electronic sharing of application
methods.
Dublin City University in Ireland and pharmaceutical major Wyeth
have started a four-year research collaboration aimed at improving
the production of biopharmaceuticals, reports Phil Taylor.
Scientists in the UK have developed a way to harness magnetic
fields in a way that allows some of the heaviest solid materials to
be levitated, raising the prospect of a new way to separate and mix
particles in the pharmaceutical...
Scientists have successfully achieved the production of a
functional humanised antibody in the whites of eggs laid by a
transgenic hen, opening the door to using transgenic flocks as an
alternative to mammalian cell culture for the...
Researchers have discovered that a certain virus appears to cloak
itself with a recently discovered gene-silencing device to evade
detection and destruction by immune cells. The study is the first
to show how a virus uses the gene...
GWC Technologies claims that its new SpotReady chips enable labs to
carry out label-free array analysis of proteins and other
biomolecules, reports Anthony Fletcher.
Niro Pharma Systems unit Courtoy has improved its MODUL rotary
tablet press range with the launch of the MODUL D, a double-sided
version that ramps up the unit's production capabilities, writes
Phil Taylor.
Upstate group has launched a new chromatin immunoprecipitation
(ChIP) product that aims to streamline and standardise routine
laboratory techniques by making testing quicker, easier and more
reproducible, reports Wai Lang Chu.
Isolagen unveils its automated cellular expansion (ACE) system,
which claims to harvest cells more cost-effectively than other cell
harvesting systems currently available. The system will reduce the
time needed by research and commercial...
Singapore contract biologics manufacturer A-Bio has added another
top pharmaceutical company to its list of customers, just over 18
months after starting operations, reports Phil Taylor.
France's AES Laboratories has developed a system for the rapid
monitoring of air in the cleanroom or pharmaceutical production
facility for microbial contamination, without having to wait days
for culturing, reports Phil Taylor.
