Archives for October 14, 2003

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Cambrex extends Ontak contract

Cambrex Bio Science has won an additional five-year contract to manufacture Ontak, a biopharmaceutical product developed by Ligand Pharmaceuticals.

Safety syringes booming

The market for retractable syringes designed to prevent needlestick injuries is set for explosive growth and could expand nearly seven-fold by 2006, according to a new report.

Vaccines from rabbits' milk

France's BioProtein Technologies, a biotechnology company specialising in the production of therapeutic proteins in the milk of transgenic rabbits, has extended its biomanufacturing services to include recombinant vaccine production.

Elan extends J&J collaboration

Ireland's Elan Corp has signed up another heavyweight partner - Janssen - for its NanoCrystals technology, designed to improve the solubility of drug compounds.