Archives for November 24, 2004

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Patheon buys Puerto Rican rival

Contract pharmaceutical manufacturer Patheon is to buy Puerto Rican rival Mova Pharmaceuticals in a transaction that could be valued as high as $350 million in cash, stock and assumed debt.

Lab Automation show: new product round-up

The Lab Automation Europe show at London's Kensington Olympia showcased the latest laboratory equipment and technological developments which are featured in a round-up of new apparatus that could prove useful in drug discovery.

Automated HT crystallography transforms drug discovery

High throughput protein (HTP) crystallography is set to undergo key technical developments in which the development of automation in protein expression, protein engineering and crystallisation will provide the accurate screening data that has proved...

Customisable LOC construction kit attracts interest

German microfluidics company ThinXXS is to exhibit its novel modular design system, the microfluidic construction kit, a lab-on-a-chip (LOC) device that enables researchers to configure required chip functions. The feature is sure to impact on the...

New client for BioPharm-Alliance

Parexel and Sartorius have been awarded a contract to supply, validate and help operate a biologic manufacturing facility in South Korea, said to be the first of its kind in the country.

Chr Hansen planning ingredients sale

Denmark's Chr Hansen is considering breaking up into two separate entities, one focused on food and pharmaceutical ingredients and the other a pharmaceutical pure-play making allergy vaccines and asthma treatments, activities activity currently...

DSM buys stake in Chinese pharma group

Dutch chemicals and ingredients company DSM is to purchase a stake in North China Pharmaceutical Group in a move that boosts its presence in the country, writes Phil Taylor.