Archives for July 5, 2006

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New generation bar codes adopted by 2010

By  Gregory Roumeliotis

GS1, the global not-profit organisation, that designs and implements barcode standards, has announced a global adoption date of 1 January 2010 for a new bar code with Reduced Space Symbology (RSS), which can store more data in half the amount of space...

SGS joins China's pharma QC testing goldrush

By  Gregory Roumeliotis

Inspection and certification group SGS has officially launched a laboratory in Shanghai dedicated to quality control testing of pharmaceuticals, biopharmaceuticals and medical devices, as China's appetite for contract analytical services increases.

Speedel uses conference to update pipeline

By  Wai Lang Chu

The PiperJaffray conference gave biopharmaceutical company Speedel ample opportunity to inform investors of its intentions for 2006 and beyond. The company have just released promising data on a new first-in-class diabetic treatment.

UK firm producing AIDS drug enhancing technology

By  Kirsty Barnes

UK biopharma firm Adjuvantix has developed a new technology that it claims can increase the effectiveness of vaccines as well as drugs for cancer, inflammatory diseases and infectious diseases such as tuberculosis and AIDS.

New contracts return Covalent Group to profitability

By  Kirsty Barnes

Covalent Group has won several new clinical trial contracts to the tune of $2.1m (€1.7m) and said it expects the windfall to help it return to profitability for the second quarter.

Dynal launches new tool for immunotherapy

By  Wai Lang Chu

Dynal has announced today the release of a new research tool in its immunotherapy range that allow researchers to isolate and collect T cells from immunocompromised patients for ex vivo stimulation and expansion in a sterile environment.

PRA streamlines clinical data management

By  Kirsty Barnes

PRA International has been busy implementing an advanced data management system as part of a number of new internal measures aimed at improving operating efficiency and cutting the costs of clinical trials.

Blunder at Merck's biggest production site pollutes creek

By  Gregory Roumeliotis

In an incident that state and federal environmental regulators are treating as "serious," Merck released 25 gallons of a cyanide-containing chemical from its West Point facility in Pennsylvania to the sewer, killing hundreds of fish and triggering...

New Tate and Lyle excipient bypasses wet granulation

By  Stephen Daniells and Gregory Roumeliotis

Tate and Lyle has announced the launch of Meritab - a new direct compressible dextrose - that allows pharma tablet manufacturers to stop using wet granulation processes, and so offers a cost effective and simplified production process.