Archives for June 12, 2006

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Anachem provides green solution to plastic waste

By  Wai Lang Chu

Liquid handling specialists Anachem has made available a recycling programme for the waste polypropylene racks produced by its new range of high quality robotic tips designed to fit Tecan, Qiagen, Beckman or Gilson Robotic Platforms.

Invitrogen and Solexa enter genome analysis deal

By  Wai Lang Chu

Invitrogen has formed a collaboration to supply reagents for Solexa's Genome Analysis System, a sequencing technology that has the potential to generate over a billion bases of DNA sequence data per run.

etrials launches new and improved eDiary software

By  Kirsty Barnes

eClinical software and services firm etrials has launched the latest version of its eDiary technology, which the company claims will lead to cost savings and increased efficiency in the clinical trial process.

Avecia spoilt for vaccine formulation choice

By  Gregory Roumeliotis

After receiving a grant of $3.9m (€3m) from the US government, British biotechnology firm Avecia has put together a consortium of four companies to develop a version of its anthrax vaccine with increased stability so it works without the need for the...

Domino pushes pharma package printing forward

By  staff reporter

UK firm Domino Printing Sciences has launched a new data print solution that will allow the late stage customisation of printing on pharmaceutical packages.

TAGSYS develops two new RFID readers

By  Kirsty Barnes

TAGSYS have developed two new item-level radio frequency identification (RFID) readers that it claims will improve pharmaceutical inventory management.

Outsourcing-Pharma.com focus on: cutting the cost of clinical trials

What can drug companies do to choose high-quality CROs in India?

By  Kirsty Barnes

Outsourcing-Pharma.com sheds some light on how pharma companies can make sure they are choosing a contract research organisations (CRO) that will stick to the rules of ethics when running clinical trials in poorly-regulated countries such as India.

A nudge but no push towards RFID from the FDA

By  Gregory Roumeliotis

While praising the benefits of radio-frequency identification (RFID), the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has refrained from demanding its implementation in new measures it unveiled to combat counterfeit drugs, asking instead for a "pedigree"...

BioMedica select Ghana to manufacture cheap lab equipment

By  Wai Lang Chu

BioMedica Diagnostic is to open a manufacturing facility in Ghana that will produce affordable laboratory equipment whilst meeting the need for a home grown African diagnostic solution for the Continent's medical problems.