New manufacturing chief at Schering-Plough
Schering-Plough names a new head of manufacturing as part of a drive to bring control of the production supply chain under a new global organisation.
Archives for October 20, 2003
Meridica DPI gets Pfizer seal of approval
Meridica has licensed its newly-designed Xcelovair dry powder inhaler (DPI) to Pfizer in what amounts to something of a coup for the small UK start-up.
Adenoviral gene silencing
Galapagos Genomics has published details of its RNAi-based gene silencing technology, based on adenovirus vectors, that is effective in a range of cell types.
Quantum view of brain chemistry
French researchers have used a molecular scale imaging tool to track for the first time the movements of individual receptors within the membranes of cells over several minutes.
Emerson wins South Korean contract
Emerson Process Management has won a contract from Celltrion to automate the first large scale biopharmaceuticals manufacturing facility in South Korea.
Asia Pacific turning to HTS technologies
An escalation in drug discovery activities in the Asia Pacific region is likely to cause significant growth there for technologies used in high-throughput screening, according to a new report.
GSK opens UK's largest chemistry lab
GSK has opened a new high-throughput chemistry facility at its Harlow research centre in Essex, UK, that it hopes will allow it to cut down its drug development time by around two years. This and other automation projects at the company are expected...
Mixed bag of product news for Flamel
Flamel Technologies of France makes progress in its deal with B-MS on an injectable once-daily insulin, but loses a contract with GlaxoSmithKline.
Klöckner expands in Brasil
Klöckner Pentaplast says it is currently installing rigid vinyl film production capacity at its subsidiary, Pentaplast do Brasil, with production set to start in the New Year.