Archives for August 31, 2005

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MG2 launches capsule filling machines

By  Wai Lang Chu

Italian pharmaceutical dosing and packaging equipment manufacturer, MG2, has launched two new dosing machines for hard gelatine capsules, which can handle different dosing combinations in the same capsule, such as powder and tablet, pellets and...

Diabetes management methods determines industry drive

By  Wai Lang Chu

The limited efficacy of existing diabetes therapies is set to pose the main challenge for the European diabetes diagnostics markets as the uptake and adoption for new innovative techniques determining the future of this burgeoning sector.

Tumours targeted by stealth particles

By  Wai Lang Chu

US researchers have developed a nanoparticle-derived shell, which they believe may some day target tumour cells and deliver medication to specific locations. The polymer shell protection ensures the drug can circulate longer without being removed by...

MIT's RFID project has pharma applications

As part of its programme to develop a seamless system for tracking goods through the supply chain, MIT's Auto-ID Laboratory is in the process of building a software simulation to study how data will flow to global trading partners using radio...

Sigma-Aldrich launches DNA Polymerase kit

By  Wai Lang Chu

Sigma-Aldrich launches its DNA polymerase product for PCR amplification, which aims to minimise DNA contamination, making it ideal for researchers looking for a more accurate method in mutation scanning techniques, and wanting to prevent the...