News & Analysis on Clinical Trial Services & Contract Research And Development
The Food and Drug Administration has announced the approval of a new laboratory test that provides preliminary results within four hours on suspected H5 influenza samples that previous technology required at least two to three days to produce results.
Packaging specialist Autopak has launched a new tablet/capsule dust removal equipment which promises to meet the strictest of FDA cleaning requirements at a competitive price.
Dow AgroSciences has received the world's first regulatory approval for a plant-made vaccine for animals, which not only represents a new category of plant-made vaccines but also paves the way for human vaccines made in a bio-contained production system.
Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT), the largest supplier of custom nucleic acids in the US, has bought Texan oligonucleotide (oligo) supplier Synthegen, making further inroads into this fast-growing specialty market.
Commercial packaging and clinical trials services provider Brecon Pharmaceuticals has completed the doubling in size of its facility in Hereford, responding to growing demands from its pharmaceutical customers.
A hiatus in leadership, changes in accounting rules and a restructure in manufacturing have taken their toll on separations specialist Whatman, whose sales growth for last year appears stagnant, just 1 per cent up when adjusting for new business and...