Archives for November 16, 2004

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Hamilton launches customisable liquid handling workstation

Hamilton Life Science Robotics has further extended its STARline liquid handling workstations by launching the microlab STARplus, which provides the opportunity to integrate third party equipment, without the need for expensive robotic arms.

Zambon exits inhaler pact

The march towards multidrug therapy of asthma has caused Italy's Zambon to pull out of a research project aimed at developing new inhaler formulations of the steroid budesonide and bronchodilator formoterol.

Molecular Devices launches cell handler at LabAutomation

Molecular Devices has unveiled for the first time worldwide a new microplate reader which advances on its SpectraMax M2 dual absorbance and fluorescence plate reader platform by offering a broader range of microtitre plate applications that are...

SemBioSys patents vaccine production tech

Canada's SemBioSys Genetics has been granted a US patent on a vaccine production system that uses genetically modified seeds as biological factories of vaccine antigens.

Emisphere makes progress with oral insulin

US drug delivery company Emisphere Technologies reported promising results last week with an oral formulation of insulin that could do away with the need for injections in people with diabetes.

EMBL, Abnova partner on MAb production

The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) has joined forces with a Taiwanese company Abnova, to develop a high-throughput system for making monoclonal antibodies (MAbs).

Millipore unveils new Steritest pump

Millipore has launched a new pump designed to improve sterility testing of materials in aseptic manufacturing. The Steritest Equinox pump is a liquid transfer pump for sterility testing in laminar flow hoods.