Archives for April 27, 2003

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Cautious 2003 for DSM

The global economic downturn marked 2003 first quarter results for Dutch based life science company DSM but strong autonomous volume growth boosted figures to higher than 2002.

Pill protect answers child resistance need

A UK-based company has become the first to offer a blister packaging product for pharmaceuticals that meets the BS 8404 standard, which covers packs that are child-resistant but also allow easy access for the elderly and others who may have...

GI-Tract modelling collaboration

The Netherlands-based organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) has signed an agreement with GlaxoSmithKline to collaborate in the development and use of TNO's in vitro models of the human gastrointestinal (or "GI") tract, and so...

Irish research sound, but more funding required

Ireland is developing a sound research base in the areas of biotechnology and information and communication technologies (ICT), despite institutional and funding barriers, concludes a recent report by the national policy and advisory board for...

Meeting GMP standards

Invensys APV, a supplier of process equipment to the pharmaceutical industry, will demonstrate its new technologies at the upcoming Achema 2003 exhibition in Frankfurt, Germany.