Archives for September 4, 2006

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Cardinal facility buyback brings Mucinex production in-house

By  Gregory Roumeliotis

After selling a manufacturing plant in Texas to Cardinal Health two years ago, Adams Respiratory Therapeutics has reacquired the facility in order to produce its expectorant Mucinex (guaifenesin extended-release), responding to a 15-fold growth in...

HemaCare acquires new research services arm

By  Kirsty Barnes

US blood products and services provider HemaCare has added a new research segment to the company with the acquisition of private US firm Teragenix for $4.8m (€3.7m).

Tripos launches improved data access software

By  Staff Reporter

Tripos has launched new software that allows scientists to access and analyse chemical and biological data from a single integrated desktop discovery environment

Hovione shows the way for Portugal's manufacturers

By  Gregory Roumeliotis

Portuguese drug producers are small and need to merge or form alliances to compete at a global level, investing more in innovation and increasing their competitiveness like custom manufacturer Hovione has done, a new report by market research firm...

RFID penetration in pharmaceuticals 'rapid'

By  Gregory Roumeliotis

The market for radiofrequency identification (RFID) tags in healthcare is set to explode from $90m (€70m) in 2006 to $2.1bn in 2016, driven by the item level tagging of drugs and the growing appeal of "smart packaging."