News & Analysis on Clinical Trial Services & Contract Research And Development
Bertin Technologies makes available its solution for biological sample preparation to extract nucleic acids (DNA & RNA), and proteins - a crucial process in drug discovery and development as well as having implications in the pharmacology and...
US-based contract research organisation The Smithers Group, announced the acquisiton of UK company Rapra Technology in a deal that seals the fate of Rapra, which was forced into Administration last month.
Researchers think they have found a gene, which when disrupted interferes with the ability to absorb lipids through the intestine. The discovery has added to new insights into mechanisms behind lipid and cholesterol processing, and in turn, the...
GE Healthcare has launched a new contract offering that it claims will cut the cost of running the service operations in life science R&D labs by up to 20 per cent, at a time when pharma and biotech firms are facing intense cost pressures.
A pioneering website has been set up that enables members of the UK public to express their support for medical research that uses animals as subjects.
Discovery Partners International is offloading its unprofitable contract drug discovery operations and merging with Infinity Pharmaceuticals to create a new public company focused on cancer drug discovery and development.