Archives for July 31, 2006

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India's pharma market says: "Enter the Dragon"

By  Kirsty Barnes

Chinese company Dragon International has fought its way into its first packaging materials distribution deal in the burgeoning Indian pharmaceutical market.

Japanese deal for French logistics firm

By  Kirsty Barnes

French Healthcare logistics firm DGX Pharma has won a new multi-year contract from Japan's Sankyo Pharma to provide logistics and distribution services for its drug products in the French market.

Premier Research poised for US infiltration

By  Kirsty Barnes

Premier Research has strengthened its presence in the US with the recent purchase of Philadelphia-based clinical research organisation (CRO) Scirex Corporation.

Overcoming bottlenecks in the manufacturing of biologics

By  Gregory Roumeliotis

Most pharmaceutical companies know little about how to make biopharmaceuticals on a large scale and so they need to develop in-house expertise as well as outsource several steps in their production chain, advises the head of chemistry and production...

PerkinElmer acquisitions expands maternal diagnostics arm

By  Wai Lang Chu

PerkinElmer has announced the acquisition of Macri Technologies and NTL Laboratories in a deal that means the Health Sciences and Photonics company take charge of a novel screening test for first-trimester prenatal risk assessment.