Hermes hikes production capacity
Hermes Arzneimittel buys a second pharmaceutical manufacturing site from Viatris in a move which triples the number of staff working on production.
Archives for October 12, 2003
Selecting for somatostatin receptors
Juvantia Pharma identifies small-molecule inhibitors of two forms of the somatostatin receptor - subtypes 1 and 4 - with potential in a wide range of disease indications.
New tabletting products from Natoli
Natoli launches a new software package designed to make designing tablets easier, quicker and more accurate; also unveils an automatic tablet punch polisher.
Inamed finds partner in Bayer BP
Inamed has signed up Bayer BP for its computer-controlled AKITA inhaler, designed to improve respiratory treatment by tailoring the delivery of inhaled drugs.
Thermo and Big Blue speed proteomics data-crunching
Thermo Electron has hooked up with IBM to provide a new software and hardware system for accelerated processing of complex proteomics data.
Pharma and other process industries "throwing away money"
Process manufacturing industries are not responding to a clear need to improve the information flow between the different parts of their businesses leading to costly plant shutdowns, says a new survey commissioned by BASF IT Services.
MicroRNA plays role in gene regulation
Research conducted at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory has suggested that microRNA (miRNA) - small nucleic acid sequences of 20-24 nucleotides that do not code for proteins - in fact play a key role in gene expression.