NovAseptic has upgraded its NovaSeptum range of disposable samplers
to reduce the level of endotoxins to a level that falls well within
strict new guidelines set down by the European Pharmacopoeia.
Colder Products, a provider of connectors to the processing and
packaging industries, has launched a new non-spill connection to
meet smaller size requirements in the chemical and other
industries.
A remote controlled camera system that provides continuous
monitoring of a key processing machine has achieved a hike in
operating efficacy at active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) and
fine chemicals company Macfarlan Smith.
Germany's MWG Biotech has launched its own line of small
interfering RNA (siRNA) reagents, siMAX, encroaching into territory
dominated by the likes of Qiagen, Dharmacon, Ambion, Proligo and
Invitrogen.
NovAseptic has launched what it claims is the first high shear
mixer that uses a magnet-driven mechanism, designed to make it
easier to clean and reduce the risk of contamination.
Drug discovery instrumentation and software developer Axon
Instruments announced today the release of its Axoporator 800A
single-cell electroporator, the first commercially available
instrument of its kind, writes Wai Lang Chu.
Neotame, a recently introduced high intensity sweetener developed
by US company NutraSweet, has been approved by the health
authorities in India for use in pharmaceutical preparations.
UK company Laminar Medica has launched a new shipping container for
pharmaceuticals that according to tests does not deviate from the
set temperature range, even after 450 intercontinental
transportations.
Malvern Instruments of the UK has launched a new system that is
intended as an entry level product for companies needing to size
particles in dry powders, suspensions and emulsions.
Despite a dip in the fortunes of the biotechnology industry,
bioinformatics firm BlueGnome has achieved profit in less than
three years since its formation. The firm's fortunes are in
contrast to similar start up firms within...
Switzerland's Chemspeed has launched a new workstation that allows
up to six reactions to be carried out in parallel, which should
speed up process R&D.
Invitrogen subsidiary Protometrix is gearing up to launch a
microarray containing nearly all the 6,200 or so proteins in the
proteome of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, a commonly
used organism in genomics research.
The UK subsidiary of Japan's Yokogawa has introduced a new FT-NIR
(Fourier transform near infrared) analyser that runs as a
stand-alone system, with no need for an attached PC, making it
easier to install in a process environment.
French drug delivery specialist Ethypharm has won a contract to
apply its melt-in-the-mouth Flashtab technology to two new
over-the-counter analgesic products that will be marketed in Japan
by Kowa.
UK encapsulation specialist BioProgress has signed a license option
deal for a liquid fill technology with the consumer healthcare
division of US drug major Wyeth. If taken to fruition, the
agreement would mark the company's...
3M will no longer manufacture triflic acid and is closing down its
electrochemical fluorination process at the company's Cottage
Grove, site in Illinois, US.
Quadro has introduced a new powder disperser designed to
incorporate difficult to wet powders into a liquid more
efficiently, cutting the amount of powder required by a third and
dramatically reducing batch times.
A number of large pharmaceutical and food manufacturers are
piloting a new data logger with radio frequency identification
(RFID) technology that is designed to track and monitor the
conditions a product is kept in.
The well established Pharmaceutical Substances database of active
pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), published by Germany's Thieme,
is now available for the first time in an online format.
Applied Biosystems has unveiled a family of reagents that speeds up
proteomics and biomarker discovery experiments by allowing up to
four peptides to be analysed in single sample, writes Wai Lang
Chu.
Rhodia, the French speciality chemicals company, has expanded its
capability to produce N-2,3-trimethyl-2-isopropylbutanamide (more
commonly known as WS-23) with the recent addition of a second
production stream at its UK facility...
A new range of connector accessories for tubing used in the
manufacture of pharmaceuticals, designed to improve the safety of
processes that need high levels of containment, has been launched
by US company Colder Products Co.
Formulatrix and Bruker AXS have pooled their resources to speed up
the process of high-throughput protein crystallography, a key
process in the identification of protein structure and function.
Innercap Technologies has developed a new capsule drug delivery
system that makes it possible to combine two incompatible drug
compounds into a single dosage unit.
Agilent Technologies has launched a microfluidics-based technology
for liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC/MS)- widely used by
scientists in protein research and pharmaceutical applications to
separate and identify biological...
An unnamed European pharmaceutical company is using time
temperature indicators (TTI) to ensure heart valves used in human
heart transplants are kept at the optimum temperature.
Dowpharma has unveiled plans to consolidate its biopharmaceutical
custom process development activities to a single site in the US
that it says will make it easier to respond to its clients' needs.
IBM has launched a new software package designed to make it easier
for small and medium-sized pharmaceutical and biotecnology
companies to cope with the compliance requirements of the US Food
and Drug Administration.
UK-based chemistry specialist Syrris has developed a new
microreactor that, it claims, can speed up the optimisation of
process reactions used in the drug industry.
German pharmaceutical and chemicals supplier Merck KGaA has set up
a new business unit to try and establish how some of the company's
pigments can be used as brand protection technologies.
UK drug delivery specialist SkyePharma received another welcome
boost yesterday with the news that its new formulation of morphine
had been approved in the US.
Banner Pharmacaps has entered into an agreement to introduce its
non-animal-derived softgel capsules in Japan for pharmaceutical and
nutritional applications.
A highly flexible automatic measuring device capable of detecting
the tiniest leaks of CO2 from protective gas atmosphere packaging
has been developed. While initially being targeted at the food
sector, its pharmaceutical applications...
A recently-introduced microstructured mixer that can provide much
tighter heat and reaction control compared to conventional systems
was showcased at the ACHEMASIA meeting last week.
UK chemicals and metals firm Johnson Matthey has opened a precious
metal process catalyst manufacturing plant in India to cater to the
growing demand from the local pharmaceutical industry and provide a
springboard into other Asian...
Switzerland's Metrohm has developed a new delivery system for
reagents used in ion chromatography that is designed to reduce
wastage, improve safety in the lab and does away with the need to
dispose of spent eluent cartridges.
France's Stedim and Integrated Biosystems have been awarded two new
patents on their Celsius line of containers, currently being
launched in Europe and US, that are used in the production of
biopharmaceuticals.
Sweden's Biotage has launched a system for carrying out microwave
synthesis reactions that for the first time is targeted at the
individual medicinal chemist.
Process chemists who want to test a number of reactions at
small-scale before ramping up to commercial production could
benefit from a new system, developed by Argonaut Technologies, that
can carry out four separate reactions in parallel.
Drug companies, distributors or wholesalers sitting on a pile of
expired medicines should be able to dispose of them safely using a
new shredding system launched by Security Engineered Machinery.
A UK-based specialist in antimicrobial coating technology, BioCote,
has entered into an agreement with Comark to develop more hygienic
handheld thermometers and data loggers. The new products are
intended for use in the pharmaceutical...
Germany's L B Bohle, a specialist in dispensing, granulating and
milling equipment, has introduced a new granulator for
pharmaceutical applications that allows for continuous throughput
of materials.
Profile Therapeutics of the UK has been granted approval from the
US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Prodose, its nebuliser
system that can improve the delivery of inhaled drugs.
Scottish pharmaceutical company Strakan has started a Phase I trial
of a testosterone product that should overcome the limitations of
delivering the drug by mouth.
Developer of disposable container systems Stedim has teamed up with
a Californian firm to bring to market an alternative to
conventional media kitchens, designed to reduce the costs of
biomanufacturing.
IntelliChem, a developer of electronic laboratory notebooks (ELN)
for the drug discovery and development industry, has launched a new
ELN platform that can be used right across any pharmaceutical or
biotechnology company.
UK-based analysis specialist LGC has signed two agreements with
Poland's Institute of Industrial Organic Chemistry (IPO),
highlighting the company's strategy of establishing partnerships to
develop outside its home market.
