The new Automated Emitted Dose (AED) system from Astech allows for
in-line emitted dose testing of inhalers, saving time and money by
generating results from the production line which determine whether
full batch production should...
Laureate Pharma, a full service biopharmaceutical development and
protein production company, has been given a new contract by
Bradmer Pharmaceuticals to develop and manufacture its novel brain
cancer treatment for Phase III clinical...
Kendle, who has been expanding its reach across the globe,
targeting the emerging Asia Pacific and Latin American markets, has
announced the acquisition of Latin American-based contract research
organisation, International Clinical...
Responding to surging demand for its flu drug Tamiflu, Roche has
announced it is expanding its external contractors to fifteen in
nine different countries, as its needs for intermediates and
finished product increase.
According to a new report, the pharmaceutical market grew seven per
cent, to $602 billion (€501 billion) in 2005. The report
highlighted the emerging markets including China, Korea, Mexico,
Russia and Turkey, which experienced double-digit...
Outsourcing-Pharma Focus: Cutting the cost of clinical trials
Patient recruitment consumes more time than any other clinical
trial activity, costing the industry millions of dollars. However,
recruiting patients on the Internet can slash recruitment times and
bring drugs to market faster.
BioTrove and Blue Sky Biotech announce a collaborative effort to
provide a unique service solution, utilising mass
spectrometry-based high-throughput screening assays on previously
unscreenable drug targets.
A new discovery paves the way for new laboratory cancer research
after scientists have been able to explain just how a gene variant
carried in 15 per cent of the population may increase the risk of
developing cancer.
The European Union has approved new alternatives to animal testing
of drugs and chemicals, which will not only reduce the number of
animals needed for testing, but will also increase the accuracy of
the tests, thereby making the products...
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated and Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Therapeutics, (CFFT) have announced they have entered into a
collaboration to develop a novel, oral drug candidate for the
treatment of cystic fibrosis (CF).
An innovative technology derived from plants, which is designed for
the production of new pharmaceuticals is to form the basis of a new
company that is to focus on (bio)pharma firms involved in the
discovery, development, production,...
Analytical instrumentation supplier Malvern has introduced a new
inhalation cell for its Spraytec system for particle size analysis
of aerosols and sprays, allowing the rapid characterisation of
systems such as dry powder inhalers...
Unlike with active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), there are no
clear governmental good manufacturing practice (GMP) guidelines for
excipients in the US, Europe or China. Now the International
Pharmaceutical Excipients Council...
British gene therapy firm Oxford Biomedica has licensed its VSV-G
viral envelope technology for gene delivery to American biotech
company VIRxSYS which hopes it can use it to successfully produce
its promising anti-HIV/AIDS product...
The European Association of Pharmaceutical Full-line Wholesalers
(GIRP) has outlined measures it is taking to keep counterfeit
medicines out of the legitimate supply chain while urging
pharmaceutical manufacturers and pharmacists...
The US Congress has asked the country's National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) to conduct research on the
connection between vaccines containing mercury and neurological
disorders, further battering public...
The Pharmaceutical Institute, provider of specialised knowledge for
the pharma industry, is now providing custom research services to
cater for those with complex research needs.
Shimadzu have introduced its latest emission spectrometer, which
has been designed for use in pharmaceutical research and
development whilst reducing reduced running-costs and high
sensitivity and low contamination.
Ventiv Health has spent the last month buying up companies. After
buying Aheris in February, the company has since agreed to acquire
US clinical services provider Synergos, as well as Canadian
healthcare marketing and communications...
The drug trial catastrophe, which has endangered the lives of six
male volunteers of which two are still in a coma, could've been
avoided after a similar study conducted last year yielded similar
side effects.
Researchers have constructed a model of an axon, which they have
used to reproduce a change in the axon's shape that is
characteristic of neurodegenerative disorders. The model provides a
new road to discovering new kinds of...
Drug discovery outfit, Tripos, has announced details of a
collaboration with Abbott, which is to concentrate on chemical
design and synthesis in a deal that mirrors, those announced
earlier in Q1 with Genzyme, GSK Research and Development...
NicOx and Merck have signed an agreement to collaborate on the
development of new antihypertensive drugs. The agreement follows
the successful completion of the companies' research collaboration,
which has generated promising...
Sigpack Systems have announced a range of pharmaceutical
applications that include integrated solutions for secondary
blister packaging and a system for packaging pharmaceutical powders
that make their debut at Achema 2006.
Millipore are to showcase a range of filtration, chromatography,
process monitoring and water purification solutions that are a part
of Millipore's response to an increase in lab investments from
pharma companies, and the emergence...
As a fever of consolidation continues to sweep the generics market,
Iceland's Actavis Group has offered to buy out Croatian rival Pliva
in a proposal which values it at $1.6bn (€1.31bn) and aims to
create the world's third...
A consortium of British private companies and a university facility
has been awarded $2.6m (€2.13m) by the UK's Department of Trade and
Industry (DTI) to produce a slow release vaccine which will
eliminate the need for booster...
Analytical technology specialists Waters Corporation and Bruker
BioSciences have entered into a collaboration agreement to provide
greater integration and connectivity between their products,
looking to increase efficiency in pharmaceutical...
Princeton Instruments/Acton has unveiled its new sensor technology
that it claims will revolutionise the world of spectroscopy and
triple the speed of current devices.
Robin Engineering Services has made its first foray into selling
machinery exclusively for the pharma industry in a deal with Indian
manufacturer Chamunda. The partnership will slash the cost of
tableting machinery and fluidised bed...
Analytical instrument maker Thermo is promising to make separation
more efficient with its new Sorvall RC-6 Plus centrifuge, which
offers 4-L capacity and operating at speeds of up to 22,000 rpm,
enabling extremely fast processing...
Chemical companies Solvay and Akzo Nobel have coughed up $72.8m
(€59.7m) to settle a lawsuit from the US Justice Department while
having to plead guilty of fixing prices for sodium perborate, an
oxidising agent used mainly in detergents,...
At the Achema exhibition in Frankfurt this May, UK powder
instrumentation company Freeman Technology will unveil software
upgrades for its FT4 Powder Rheometer that allow 'real time' bulk
density measurement, improving QC...
Canadian drug outsourcing company Patheon has reported its first
quarterly loss since its inception in 1974, swinging from a net
profit of $6m (€4.9m) in Q1 of 2005 to a net loss of $11.5m in Q1
of 2006, as problems with production...
Oracle has introduced a new software program to help pharma
companies integrate clinical data from multiple sources and
streamline regulatory compliance in the clinical development
process. Pharma giant Boehringer Ingelheim is the...
Parexel, one of the world's leading clinical research organisations
is under investigation after six men in a UK drug trial being run
by the company were admitted to intensive care on Tuesday.
Medidata Solutions, a global provider of e-clinical data capture,
management and reporting solutions, benefited from the drive from
paper to electronic technology in clinical trials, picking up
several lucrative contracts and expanding...
Researchers in the UK think that knowledge of 'movement routes' is
the key to predicting patterns of spread of infectious diseases in
humans, which would enable scientists to administer effective drug
therapies that are...
Thermo has upped the stakes at the Pittcon exposition taking place
this week in Orlando by unveiling QuickQuan, a fully automated,
high-throughput software solution for the analysis of chemically
diverse compounds, speeding up the...
ChemAxon and FMC has announced a global all product license
acquisition of ChemAxon's complete product line and the switching
over to JChem cheminformatics platform.
Bayer Healthcare has selected Genedata's Bioinformatic platform for
its target research and biomarker activities in which the deal will
involve the mechanistic analysis of cardiovascular and cancer
biomarker genes.
Filtration systems specialist Pall's net profit barely moved in Q2
compared to the similar period last year, up only $400,000
(€331,328) to $32.4m, still its Biopharmaceuticals business, driven
by a steady demand in consumables,...
Looking for an advantage in the high-value generics market and a
boost to its contract development services for research-driven
pharmaceutical companies, Swiss chemicals and pharmaceuticals group
Schweizerhall has bought German drug...
In its first venture outside the subcontinent, though certainly not
the last of its kind for India pharma companies, contract
pharmaceuticals manufacturer Kemwell has bought for an undisclosed
sum Pfizer's production plant in...
A new laboratory method, which looks for a spinal fluid protein,
may identify people with the earliest stages of multiple sclerosis
(MS), greatly increasing the effectiveness of drug therapies to
treat the 10,000 Americans, who are...
In what is shaping up to be a new promising area in the
verification of drugs, Analytical Spectral Devices (ASD) has
received another patent for its RxSpec technology which uses near
infrared spectroscopy (IR), as rival company CDEX...
A $30.1m drop in licence and research revenue and the expensive
removal by rebel shareholders of its former CEO Gerard Soula last
June have taken drug delivery company Flamel from a net profit of
$12.5m (€10.3m) in 2004 to a net loss...
As the outsourcing craze continues to sweep the pharma industry,
those participating should learn the secrets to establishing and
managing successful outsourcing relationships and be aware of the
key legal issues. A new guide to pharma...
Phoenix Data Systems has recently launched an interactive voice
response (IVR) system and a range of new services to accompany its
current electronic data capture (EDC) technology.
German drug maker Schering has rejected Merck's unsolicited
takeover offer of €14.6 billion ($17.4 billion), claiming the deal
undervalued the company.
