Shake up in Caliper boardroom
A number of senior executives at microfluidics and lab automation specialist Caliper Technologies are leaving the company in a reorganisation aimed at cutting costs and breaking even in cash flow terms in 2005.
Archives for December 5, 2003
GE reorganises as Amersham buy gets go-ahead
General Electric was yesterday cleared to press ahead with its €8.1 billion acquisition of UK Amersham by the US antitrust authorities, and promptly announced a sweeping reorganisation of the business in an attempt to boost its profit growth.
De Novo exits drug discovery
De Novo Pharmaceuticals says it has refocused its business from in-house drug discovery to commercialisation of its proprietary in silico drug discovery platforms, halving its workforce in the process.
Robot speeds up ion channel research
German biotech company flyion has developed a new technology which speeds up drug development and could reduce the number of animals needed in research.
No-spill dosing from a spoon
Israeli generic pharmaceutical company Taro Pharmaceutical Industries has been granted a US patent for a means of dosing liquid medicines into a spoon without any spillages.
Tracking the cellular assay market
The worldwide cellular assays market is projected to grow by more than 50 per cent to $700 million over the next five years as pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies seek methods to increase the efficiency of their drug discovery efforts,...
Kalix launches tube feeder
French company Kalix has launched a new system called the Universal Feeder which increases the production capacity of its machines for filling and cartoning pharmaceuticals and cosmetics in tubes.