News & Analysis on Clinical Trial Services & Contract Research And Development
Genetics-based drug discovery company CompleGen is to supply Berlex Biosciences, a US affiliate of German company Schering, with a high throughput assay system for discovery of compounds active against a novel target identified by Berlex.
Cardinal Health is to house the new manufacturing machine from UK company Phoqus Pharmaceuticals at its advanced facility in Swindon, UK.
US Steris Corporation has extended operations in Europe with the announcement today that it has acquired Swiss provider of washing/decontamination systems Hamo Holding.
The European Federation of Biotechnology (EFB) is setting up a trade office in Aarhus, Denmark for its activities in innovation and functional genomics, reports Biotech Denmark on its website.
Iceland-based deCODE genetics announced this week that AstraZeneca has entered into an agreement to purchase its RoboHTC automated protein crystallography platform, earmarked for AstraZeneca's drug discovery sites in Alderley Park, UK and Molndal, Sweden.