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Europe has become a serious rival to the US in its efforts to deploy genomics and proteomics as vital tools in drug discovery and development. The push to become competitive has mainly stemmed from significant government funding and large...
Data from the first drug in a new class of antibiotics was presented at this year's ECCMID conference, which showed the drug demonstrated its efficacy against a wide variety of gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria including multi-drug-resistant bugs.
Cardinal Health has been granted its first patent for a new technology designed to make the mass production of biopharmaceuticals more efficient.
A new radio-isotope system that eliminates fraction collection and allows on-line detection of low-level HPLC peaks, suitable for pharmaceutical, agrochemical and environmental studies, has been launched by AIM Research, reports Wai Lang Chu.
Laboratory equipment supplier VWR International - recently sold by Germany's Merck KGaA - has expanded in Ireland and Puerto Rico, both hotbeds of the pharmaceutical manufacturing sector, via the acquisition of local companies, writes Phil Taylor.
Pall has launched a new gas filter that should increase safety in the production of biologic drugs that need to be made in an oxygen-enriched environment, writes Phil Taylor.
The UK subsidiary of Germany's Sartorius has launched the Sterisart New Family (NF) range of sterility testing systems for pharmaceuticals.
India now has its sights firmly set on the biotechnology industry, having already emerged as a dynamic new player in the global market for chemical-based pharmaceuticals, reports Phil Taylor.