Archives for September 8, 2003

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Mega licensing deals for biotech firms

Two $500m-plus licensing deals reveal the rewards available to biotech firms with novel drugs, but also the lengths large biopharma companies will now go to secure exclusive rights to promising candidates, even if they are in the early stages of...

Flexible head system from Tecan

Tecan has launched a new 384-channel pipetting head that is suitable for high precision dispensing of volumes - from 200nl to 50µl - in a broad range of fluid-handling applications.

Zinsser upgrades Moss system for HTS

Zinsser has launched a sample preparation system - the Moss 2002 - that makes it easier to process the hundreds and thousands of compounds used in HTS laboratories

ADMET service from NiKem

NiKem Research says it has developed its ADMET capabilities to such an extent that it can offer them as a service to customers involved in drug discovery.

Better than Viagra

A small Korean biotechnology company maps the binding site of phosphodiesterase-5, the target of Pfizer's Viagra and other drugs for erectile dysfunction.