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Researchers in France and the US have used a technique known as click chemistry to discover potent new inhibitors of acetylcholinesterase, an enzyme that serves as a drug target in Alzheimer's disease, writes Phil Taylor.
New filtration products for biopharmaceutical development and production were unveiled at last week's Interphex 2004 exhibition in New York by two of the main players in the sector - Pall and Millipore.
Proposals to introduce a 'scientific visa' to facilitate movement of third country researchers to and within the EU have been adopted by the European Commission, writes Wai Lang Chu.
The opening up of the European market for thermal cyclers earlier this month has been followed swiftly by the launch of a new product in the category from Germany's MWG Biotech, reports Phil Taylor.
Belgium's Milliken Chemical and Rexam Pharma teamed up to bring a splash of colour to the often drab world of over-the-counter (OTC) drug packaging.
Researchers in the US have developed a way of self-assembling liposomes - lipid particles used to carry a drug payload - that are smaller and more uniform in size than can be achieved using current methods.