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Membrane Extraction Technology has launched a new version of its METcell - a chemically-resistant high pressure stirred cell used in development laboratories in the pharmaceutical and chemical industry - that can cope with more corrosive compounds.
The global generics industry is growing at such a rate that it can now support billion dollar companies, with activities crossing into active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) production and R&D. This shift in the sector - from a national to an...
A team of researchers in the US has developed a technique that overcomes one of the bottlenecks in research into the immune system - identifying the antigens in a disease that stimulate attack by the immune system.
Two medical charities - Cancer Research UK and the Netherlands Cancer Institute - have completed the first stage of a pioneering initiative to systematically uncover the function of human genes.
Two Dutch researchers have developed a method for managing batch productions - widely used in the pharmaceutical industry - which has the potential of improving yields and reducing the number of lost batches.
3M has launched an updated version of its Integrated Packaging Tool software that brings it into compliance with the US Food and Drug Administration's 21 CFR Part 11 regulations on electronic record-keeping, used to generate audit trails in the drug...
UK fine chemical company Ultrafine is to be acquired by Sigma-Aldrich of the US in a move aimed at strengthening the latter's offerings for the pharmaceutical and biotech industry.