Archives for January 4, 2006

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First dry powder inhalation antibiotic for cystic fibrosis

By Kirsty Barnes

Forest Laboratories, having developed what it believes is the world's first dry powder inhalation system for antibiotics, is now conducting phase III trials on a new dry powder antibiotic formulation which promises to change the lives of cystic...

New cell culture plate doubles membrane surface area

By Kirsty Barnes

Millipore has introduced a new 24-well cell culture plate which has twice the membrane surface area compared with other 24-well plates, allowing researchers to utilize greater cell mass, which more closely models cell behaviour.

RFID exploding into pharma industry

By Kirsty Barnes

Adoption of RFID hardware and software throughout the pharma industry is about to explode, spurred on by the push from industry organizations such as the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to implement RFID tags to combat sales of fake drugs,...

Complex drug delivery systems fuelling NIR imaging

By Kirsty Barnes

Near-infrared (NIR) chemical imaging is emerging as the analytical tool of choice for drug formulation development, analysis and process monitoring of the increasing number of advanced drug delivery systems.

Crucell moves PER.C6 into Canada

By Kirsty Barnes

Dutch biotechnology company Crucell continues to push its PER.C6 cell line forward into the worldwide market, with a new agreement now enabling the revolutionary vaccine technology to be used to manufacture vaccines in Canada.

New fast capsule filling machines offer versatility

By Kirsty Barnes

A new range of high-speed automatic capsule filling machines has been launched by UK's Hanningfield Process Systems that are suitable for most types of hard shell capsule, and offer pharmaceutical manufacturers rapid capsule size changeover.