Pill robot automates dispensing
Medical technology company e-pill has unveiled a new automated pill dispenser which delivers medications at the right time and in the right amount, ensuring compliance.
Archives for June 13, 2006
Tripos releases Benchware 3D Explorer updated version
Tripos has announced the release of the latest version of its visualisation platform that allows laboratory scientists to make better informed decisions based on the three-dimensional molecular information it produces.
BASF's highly pure intermediate avoids side reactions
BASF has announced it has managed to produce the chemical intermediate N-ethyldiisoproylamine (EDIPA), also known as Huenig's base, at a purity of at least 99.5 per cent, helping manufacturers to stay clear from undesirable side reactions in...
US leads attack on EU's chemicals bill
Galvanised by the US, thirteen of the EU's major trading partners have called for a reconsideration of the EU's draft chemicals legislation, calling it "potentially disruptive" to world trade.
Galapagos' DPI acquisition places firm in top three
Galapagos are to acquire the drug discovery service operations of Discovery Partners International for $6.4m in a move that cements Galapagos' BioFocus division as a top three provider in drug discovery services worldwide.
GSK to build $190m vaccine plant in Singapore
In the company's largest investment of its kind in Asia, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has decided to build a new vaccine manufacturing plant in Singapore, as several products in its pipeline approach commercialisation.
Cambrex and Cytori Therapeutics enter stem cell agreement
The Cambrex Corporation and Cytori Therapeutics have formed a collaboration that aims to provide adipose-derived stem cell products globally for use in basic and translational bioresearch.
Dairy kings strike new pharma partnership
Fonterra, New Zealand's biggest company, has received a green light from the European Commission to join with Dutch dairy group Campina to sell lactose to the pharma industry.