Lasers make liposomes tiny test tubes
Using laser light as tweezers and a scalpel, scientists have demonstrated the use of liposomes as nanovials for ultrasmall volume chemistry.
Archives for September 29, 2003
Biomanufacturing alliance
An agreement between the UK's Procognia and US company Xcellerex promises to provide a new force in contract manufacturing of biologics drugs.
Computers lend a hand in smallpox drug screening
A consortium of companies and academic researchers has completed the first phase of a mammoth screening programme designed to discover a small-molecule drug candidate for smallpox.
Pharmacopoeial updates
The British Pharmacopoeia 2003 is due to be available in the next few days, and from today can be ordered online; updates have also been released from the European equivalent.
Bayer responds to fake drug drive
Bayer Biological Products will start shrink-banding its liquid drugs produced in vials, starting with its Gamunex IGIV product, to make them more tamper-evident and improve their safety. The move follows an FDA initiative on counterfeiting.
Tepnel cuts losses as sales climb
Tepnel Life Sciences has trimmed its losses and boosted sales in the year ended 30 June, helped by the sale last month of its first robotic Nucleopure DNA purification systems.
Pliva offers bulk SAMe
Pliva has introduced a granulate version of SAMe to its fine chemicals portfolio that will be promoted to dietary supplement companies.