Archives for October 25, 2004

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PCR firm aims to cut lab time for diagnostics

Researchers in the UK have developed a tabletop DNA test laboratory that can cut the diagnosis of disease and infection from hours to 30 minutes. This new test laboratory will soon begin trials in UK hospitals.

OctoPlus, InnoCore link up on delivery platform

OctoPlus, a drug delivery and development company, and InnoCore Technologies, a supplier of biodegradable polymeric drug delivery systems, announced a joint collaboration to develop and market a novel injectable drug delivery platform.

Cambrex boosts contaminant detection tech

Cambrex has signed an exclusive license agreement that allows access to two novel, quantitative assay technologies for the detection of contaminants such as pathogens in drugs.

RFID study backs adoption by pharma

A pilot study organised by Accenture to explore the value of implementing radiofrequency identification (RFID) and electronic product code (EPC) technology in the pharmaceutical industry has concluded that there are numerous benefits.

Lemnagene extols duckweed virtues for biomanufacturing

In-Pharmatechnologist.com recently reported on the opening of a new biomanufacturing facility and laboratory by France's Lemnagene, a new company specialising in the production of recombinant proteins in duckweed. But why is duckweed such a promising...