News & Analysis on Clinical Trial Services & Contract Research And Development
Lonza has started a SF 14 million (€9m) expansion of its biologics manufacturing facility in Slough, UK, in response to what it said was increasing demand for mammalian cell production for clinical trials, reports Phil Taylor.
The combined use of laboratory automation and laboratory information management software (LIMS) has been shown to increase productivity, reduce human error and improve tracking and traceability in a microbiology lab in a recent case study.
A new algorithim, that enables a more accurate deduction of oligonucleotide (oligo) melting temperatures under laboratory conditions, could bring improvements in primers and probe design for use in polymerase chain reaction (PCR) techniques, writes...
UK company ML Laboratories has won a new customer for its gene expression technology - UCOE - used to improve the production of proteins for drug discovery and use as therapeutics.
United Drug of Ireland has acquired TD Packaging, a UK-based company which supplies the international pharmaceutical and healthcare industries, in a deal valued at up to £11.4 million (€17.1m), reports Phil Taylor.
In-PharmaTechnologist.com presents a round-up of recent appointments in the pharmaceutical development and manufacturing arena, headed this week by senior appointments at world number one drugmaker Pfizer.