News & Analysis on Clinical Trial Services & Contract Research And Development
Fresh from its recent acquisition, Applied Biosystems (AB) made an appearance at the recent Analytica show in which the company demonstrated the capabilities of its products for life science research in the laboratory.
Abbott Laboratories has reached a settlement with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) after it was found not complying with leak detection and repair (LDAR) requirements for hazardous air pollutants at its manufacturing plant in North Chicago.
Swiss biopharmaceutical firm Biopartners has got the thumbs up from the European Commission for its biosimilar drug Valtropin, making it only the second biogeneric drug to have been approved in Europe after Sandoz's Omnitrope received marketing...
Chemicals and nutrition group DSM has reported strong profits for the first quarter in 2006, including in its pharma business, as higher prices and lower costs have helped it overcome the increase in raw material costs.
The move to make pharmaceutical companies more open to scrutiny has taken a new direction as the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) moves to adopt a system that will allow the electronic coding of crucial terms used in prescription drug labelling.
A new range of liquid pumps, which feature completely inert pumping heads, are causing waves within the chemical manufacturing industry, with the ability to mimic full scale production plant conditions in a laboratory environment.