News & Analysis on Clinical Trial Services & Contract Research And Development
A new device is set to shorten drug development times by incorporating a method that details protein structure and interactions with drugs and medical devices. The device will be useful for the pharmaceutical industry, particularly in laboratories...
An inhaled formulation of the widely-used immunosuppressant drug cyclosporine has been deemed safe by a US Food and Drug Administration advisory committee, but the jury is still out over the efficacy of the treatment, reports Phil Taylor.
EMBiology, an online resource launched this week, aims to become the main research library for pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, reports Ahmed ElAmin.
UK-based Stanelco has acquired Biotec, a company based in Germany that makes starch-based polymer packaging for the pharmaceutical and food industries.
Pharmaceutical company Novartis has started building a pilot plant at its Stein site near Basel in Switzerland to supply sterile dosage forms for clinical trials.
US scientists researching cancer have stumbled across a new technique that could help them to distinguish between cancer types. The discovery is set to change the landscape of cancer genetics by providing laboratories with a procedure that could lead...
An opportunity to develop drugs by targeting a recently discovered, and potentially vulnerable, intermediate stage of the viral life cycle, could result in a new pharmaceutical treatment in the fight against HIV and other similar microbes.