ALFRED speeds up process R&D at Degussa
Specialty chemicals company Degussa has developed an put in place an automated workstation that should speed up process development and scale-up projects for its clients.
Archives for January 25, 2005
Nanotech could be answer to gene therapy delivery
Researchers in the US have shown that nanoparticles can be used to deliver genetic material into cells safely and effectively, potentially overcoming the primary obstacle to the development of gene therapy.
MIP taking separation tech to commercial scale
MIP Technologies, a Swedish firm specialising in polymers with binding properties, has signed a deal which could take its technology out of the laboratory sector and into the realms of large-scale production of pharmaceuticals.
Cargill to buy out plastics business
Cargill says it has agreed to acquire The Dow Chemical Company's interest in Cargill Dow LLC, the 50/50 joint venture formed in 1997 to commercialise polylactic acid biopolymers.
NIR, Raman set to drive process spectroscopy market
The global market for spectroscopic equipment used in process monitoring is tipped to grow by 30 per cent between now and 2009, helped by an increasing focus on process analytical technologies (PAT) to streamline the drug manufacturing process.