Bruker Daltonics announces the release of its MALDI Molecular
Imager, a system for in-vitro imaging of peptide and protein
biomarker distributions in tissue sections and cell clusters. The
imager addresses the need for high-sensitivity...
A member of a new class of drugs may increase survival in patients
with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), and could become the new
standard of therapy for this group of pre-cancer disorders, said
researchers.
Kreatech has launched the first complete miRNA isolation and
labelling kit, which combines the upstream isolation of small RNA
and the reagents necessary to label these DNA samples for
microarray analysis, offering a more complete...
A new method has revealed that a discovery involving menthol could
point towards new therapies to treat chronic inflammatory and
neuropathic pain indications by targeting the temperature-activated
ion channels.
Anticipating a US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval this
year, Dendreon has awarded Diosynth Biotechnology with a long-term
contract to supply the recombinant protein antigen component of its
novel vaccine for prostate cancer...
Despite a 3 per cent drop in sales to SFr8.181bn (€5.212bn),
specialty chemicals maker Clariant has posted a 29 per cent rise in
net profit for 2005 to SFr192m, thanks to lower interest charges,
currency gains and lower taxes, but...
Analytical technology company Ometric has demonstrated real-time,
in-line compliance testing of powders and instantaneous monitoring
of blending of pharmaceuticals with its SpectrInline Processware
system at the Pittcon exposition...
Glemser Technologies has released a new version of its labelling
software, designed to reduce the costs, complexity and regulatory
risk involved with producing pharma product inserts.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has linked its
Counterfeit Alert Network (CAN) to SafeMeds Alert System, an
electronic mailing list backed by pharmaceutical manufacturers that
sends warnings about fake drugs to anyone who...
Swiss QC specialist SGS has opened a laboratory in Singapore for
the contract testing of pharmaceuticals, biopharmaceuticals and
medical devices, eying a budding market which seems hungry for
outsourcing.
Tevopharm, a Bosch Packaging Technology Company, introduces a new
control platform for its Pack-2000 (BM) flow-wrapping machine. The
controller is designed to enable users to comply with GAMP and 21
CFR Part 11 regulations when feeding...
The first clinical laboratory based test for saliva-based oral
cancer detection has been developed by scientists, who believe that
the clinical value this test demonstrates, could reduce the 350,000
- 400,000 new cases recorded each...
Reforms do not come cheap, certainly not for Croatian
pharmaceutical company Pliva, whose strategy of abandoning its
proprietary drugs in favour of generics may pay off in the long
term, but, along with manufacturing consolidation...
The ReNeuron Group has announced it has completed the scale-up and
cell banking of its lead stem cell product for stroke, which gives
the Company the potential to progress this therapy without the need
to re-derive the cells from...
TimeMed Labeling Systems has acquired Automatic Business Products
(ABP), a provider of business forms and labeling solutions,
expanding both its product portfolio and its customer base.
With a 30 per cent grip on the $100m (€84m) global customer
relationship management (CRM) market from its dealings in the US,
C3i is now taking on Europe - a market that holds similar potential
to the US - and finding little competition...
FEI and Sidec have entered into an agreement to commercialise a
range of Protein Tomography solutions that could provide drug
companies with services that could increase the chances of success
in early stage drug development.
Datatrak's $18m (€15m) acquisition of ClickFind fulfills the
company's strategy of offering the broadest multi-component
eClinical capability in the clinical trials market.
Researchers in the US think they have identified a compound that
interferes with the pathogenic effects of Huntington's disease that
could lead to the development of a new treatment for the disease as
well as making an impact...
VGX and Dowpharma have signed an agreement to advance the
development of a novel cancer compound currently in pre-clinical
development that initial clinical studies will target individuals
with Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma.
Nucryst Pharmaceuticals has been granted a new patent that covers
the company's proprietary nanocrystalline silver for use in the
treatment of acne. This latest addition strengthens the company's
patent portfolio, which...
Stem Cell Sciences have launched the first complete, defined medium
that enables the large-scale, consistent production of mouse ES
cells. The announcement closely follows the formation of an
exclusive agreement completed last year...
Its upcoming inhalable insulin drug may prove a blockbuster but
Nektar's 2005 results brought the biopharmaceutical company further
in the red, with a net loss of $108.2m (€91m) in Q4 more than five
times higher than the $19.3m...
Swiss custom manufacturing firm Lonza has entered into a joint
venture with investment management company Bio*One Capital to built
a $250m (€210m) large-scale mammalian cell culture plant in
Singapore, underlying Lonza's confidence...
Chemical manufacturing giant BASF is building an alkylethanolamine
(AEOA) plant at its US site in Louisiana, as increasing American
demand pushes the company to increase worldwide production
capacities for these important intermediates...
Warwick Analytical Services has made available a service that
allows the investigation and measurement of the optical activity of
samples with an accuracy of +/- 0.002 degrees for optical rotations
of less than 1 degree.
Finnish packaging company Stora Enso and pharmaceutical group Orion
are carrying out a trial of pharmaceuticals packages equipped with
RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tags for every stage of the
supply chain using a system that...
A new laboratory method for distinguishing pathogens from harmless
relatives has been developed by scientists in the US. The
high-throughput technique will enable the quick identification of
pathogens, which could be used for bioterror...
Perceptive Informatics, a subsidiary of Parexel, has released the
latest version of its web interface for data capture, patient
randomisation and the management of study drug inventory for
clinical trials.
Agilent introduces its next generation of assay kits for its 2100
Bioanalyser Lab-on-a-Chip platform that aims to replace
labour-intensive SDS-PAGE and capillary gel electrophoresis (CGE)
methods providing faster microfluidic analyses.
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...
Velocity11 make available a benchtop microplate handling system
that claims to provide the features and flexibility of much larger
and more expensive automation platforms.
AstraZeneca has pulled the plug on a long-running service contract
with PDI, adding another blow to the company who last week reported
a dive from profit to loss in 2005, with a net loss of nearly $20m
(€16m), versus net income of...
A newly discovered process that explains how the body's nervous
system relays information, may depend on how "wet" the "kiss" is
when one neuron fires a packet of neurotransmitter across a synapse
to a receptive...
New research has suggested only seven per cent of drug applications
for treating people with rare diseases were approved in Europe
between 2000 and 2004, despite the fact that there are currently
more than 5,000 conditions needing...
Stericycle, the largest provider of medical waste management
services in the US, has stretched its reach across the Atlantic,
completing the acquisition of Ireland's Sterile Technologies Group.
Last week's approval of Erbitux in the US breaks a 30-year drought
in treatments for head and neck cancer, a disease that kills 11,000
people in the US each year. Pharma giant Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS)
and biotech company ImClone...
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...
Japan's fourth-largest pharmaceutical company, Eisai, has announced
plans for a new pharmaceutical production and formulation research
and development facility in North Carolina in anticipation of its
parenteral and intravenous...
Rising prices globally have helped Dutch chemicals manufacturer DSM
go back to profit in Q4, up to €112m (€134m) from €3m in the red a
year ago, with operating profits in its Life Science division
almost doubling to €39m, albeit thanks...
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.
Transdermal science specialist Sontra has introduced an upgrade to
its ultrasonic skin permeation system, making the application of
anaesthesia even more comfortable and less painful for the patient.
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.
India is suddenly a safer place to research and manufacture
pharmaceuticals, thanks to legal reform, raised manufacturing
standards and reduced bureaucracy. But risk still lurks in the
loopholes and protectionism.
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...
Anachem has just kicked off a unique new European-wide support and
maintenance service for scientific instruments - the first of its
kind - aimed to help instrumentation suppliers wanting to grow
their sales in Europe.
Applied Genetic Technologies Corporation (AGTC), announced today
the initiation of a Phase 1 clinical study to test the safety of
AGTC-0106, its investigational gene therapy product for patients
with Alpha-1 Antitrypsin deficiency...
GE Healthcare has announced the introduction of Ettan nanoLC, a
fully bio-inert, robust, nanoscale peptide separation system that
delivers highly reproducible performance and is ideal for 1D-liquid
chromatography (LC) proteomics applications...
Scientists have discovered a new way that drugs can attach
themselves to DNA, providing a crucial step forward for those who
are developing drugs to combat cancer and other diseases. The
breakthrough heralds a new way of recognising...
