Archives for December 19, 2005

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Ranbaxy patent for new "floating" tablet

By  Kirsty Barnes

India's Ranbaxy Laboratories has been granted a US patent on its controlled-release drug delivery system, which takes the form of a 'floating' tablet that once swallowed, is retained in the upper gastrointestinal tract to provide maximum drug...

Merck details plan to return to profitability

By  Wai Lang Chu

Merck & Co said it would cut an additional $1 billion (€832 million) through 2010 as it struggles to regain R&D momentum after mounting lawsuits, generic competition and falling revenue and profit threaten to engulf the company, shifting the focus...

EU compiles top 100 biotech technology projects

By  Wai Lang Chu

The European Commission has profiled the top 100 biotech technology offers in a new brochure, which showcases the offers in such a way that encourages European researchers to pursue the exploitation of their own research results.

Cambridge Biostability invests £1M in spray dryer

By  Wai Lang Chu

Cambridge Biostability Limited (CBL) has commissioned the world's first commercial sterile spray dryer for childhood vaccines, in which the £1 million (€1.5 million) facility will produce clinical trial material providing a precursor for further...