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Leaving aside the safety concerns surrounding nanotechnology set out in In-Pharmatechnologist.com's lead article today, a report commissioned by the UK government has claimed that a lack of foresight by both policy makers and the scientific community...
Distek has developed a new product in its range of devices for testing how well pharmaceutical tablets dissolve that does not need a water bath. The benefit? A reduction in maintenance, faster throughput and less system vibration and noise than...
Scientists atDuke University's Medical Centre in the US have discovered why certain vaccines are unable to mount an attack against cancer and have also demonstrated how to overcome this constraint by reinforcing the vaccines' tumour-seeking capability.
UK-based packaging company Rexam has provided further evidence of its commitment to the pharmaceutical sector with the purchase of Plastic Omnium Medical, a company specialising in plastic components for medical devices.
A scientist has claimed that nanotechnology - devoted to engineering tiny machines with applications as diverse as drug delivery, electronics and materials science - could pose a health hazard and should be investigated further before being widely...