Archives for March 8, 2004

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Packaging ruling a victory for parallel traders

Companies involved in the parallel trade of pharmaceuticals have been boosted by a court ruling which gives them the right to re-box products shipped into the UK from another country in the European Union.

BioProgress buy allows expansion in US

BioProgress of the UK, which makes cellulose based films for coating tablets and capsules, is planning to buy a company which would provide a rapid route to increase production capacity in the US, and also accelerate the development of its fast...

Lab-scale freeze-drier from Buchi

Switzerland's Buchi has launched a small-scale oven for freeze-drying samples that puts the technology within reach of laboratories that might baulk at the cost of investing in a larger system.