Sewage is full of drugs, says study
UK study finds sewage treatment is effective in removing pharmaceutical and personal care product chemicals,although there some facilities are better than others.
Archives for August 19, 2003
Catalyst deal for Materia and Sigma
Sigma-Aldrich has negotiated an exclusive contract to distribute a range of catalysts that are used in pharmaceutical discovery and fine chemical production.
Fisher extends Perbio offer
Fisher Scientific has extended its SK5.3 billion (€573m) offer for Perbio Science after failing to win the support of more than 90 per cent of Perbio's investors.
The end of the blockbuster?
A new report from Datamonitor predicts the end of the pharmaceutical industry's blockbuster product model, pointing to a dramatic shortfall in growth rates for billion dollar-plus products out to 2008.
BioProgress makes first system sales
BioProgress of the UK, which specialises in delivery mechanisms for the pharmaceutical oral dosage markets, has sold the first two machines in its line of systems for tablet coating based on its proprietary coloured cellulose film.