Archives for February 3, 2006

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Size matters for Isopak

By  Gregory Roumeliotis

Supplier of small-scale pharmaceutical equipment Isopak has launched what it claims is the smallest vacuum mixer with cooling and heating facilities in Europe for mixing dry powder, cream, ointments, paste and lotions in batches between 0.8ml and 5ml.

Bayer CropScience to use Cresset technology

By Kirsty Barnes

Bayer CropScience will use Cresset BioMolecular Discovery's molecular field technology to identify novel early-stage active compounds to develop into new agrochemicals for the crop science industry.

ARTEL and Caliper deal enhances lab data integrity

By  Wai Lang Chu

A technology partnership between ARTEL and Caliper Life Sciences aims to enhance automated liquid delivery standards improving laboratory data integrity. The collaboration aims to manufacture technology to a level that is outlined by impending...

Agilent's new MS/LC range conquers the "need for speed"

By Kirsty Barnes

Agilent have dived in to grab a slice of the growing $1.3 bn mass spectrometry market with the launch of a series of new liquid chromatography-based mass spectrometry (LC/MS) systems that are cheaper and faster.

Investors show faith in Biopure

By  Gregory Roumeliotis

Oxygen therapeutics company Biopure has announced another $3 million (€2.5 million) public offering to boost its working capital, despite its major drug for humans, Hemopure, an artificial blood product, being licensed only in South Africa.

Pliva drops its German plant

By  Gregory Roumeliotis

Croatian drug firm Pliva has sold its Dresden production plant to Italy's Menarini Group as it tries to recover losses suffered by its failed venture in proprietor drugs and an end to most of the royalties it receives.