Lonza wins biopharma contract from UCB
Lonza has won a major new contract for its biopharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Visp, Switzerland, making bulk actives for Belgian company UCB, reports Phil Taylor.
Archives for May 12, 2005
Researchers discover new way to fight asthma
Researchers may have found a novel way to fight asthma by targeting a protein that is centrally involved in the bronchial inflammation and airway constriction that prompts asthma's hallmark symptoms. The antibody treatment is one of a new class of...
FDA finds new evidence for cross border fakes
The discovery of a new batch of counterfeit drugs circulating in the US market adds urgency to ongoing efforts to improve traceability in the medicines supply chain, and will also lend weight to arguments against parallel trade in pharmaceuticals,...
Integration of dual autosampler optimises HPLC system
Eksigent Technologies introduces a new range of software drivers and hardware accessories that ensure sample delivery at a pace that improves the throughput of its eight-channel HPLC system.
Japanese to penetrate US packaging machinery sector
Japanese packaging machinery firm Shibuya Kogyo is close to finalising its acquisition of Hoppmann, a move that will expand the firm's presence within the lucrative US market.
Codexis moves closer to API marketing
US firm Codexis and Shasun Chemicals and Drugs of India have signed a manufacturing and supply agreement for a pharmaceutical intermediate for a generic drug.
DSM to close vitamin C plant in US
DSM is to close down production of bulk vitamin C in the US and cut costs at its plant in Dalry, Scotland, as part of a series of measures to ease pressure on its vitamin business, reports Dominique Patton.