News & Analysis on Clinical Trial Services & Contract Research And Development
Encapsulation specialist RP Scherer, part of the Cardinal Health group, has been granted a patent on a technology that could be used to reduce the amount of flavours and sweeteners used in fast-dispersing dosage forms.
Danish biotechnology company LifeCycle Pharma has won a contract with Italy's Recordati to develop an improved formulation of Zanidip (lercanidipine), used for the treatment of hypertension, reports Phil Taylor.
Daiichi Pharmaceutical is to set up a new manufacturing subsidiary in a bid to profit from forthcoming Japanese legislation that makes it easier for firms to produce drugs for third parties.
A new technique for engineering protein crystals is helping scientistsfigure out the three-dimensional structures of some important biological molecules, including a key plague protein whose structure has eluded researchers until now.