Sieve advances protein separation and drug development
A new technology promises to speed up the categorisation of proteins, reducing the time consuming and laborious process whilst aiding in the detection and treatment of disease.
Archives for September 14, 2006
Hope in the face of Asian competition in pharmaceutical fine chemicals
Europe's fine chemical suppliers cannot beat their Asian competitors in their own game and must seek an advantage through restructuring, innovation and specialisation in niche markets, a new report by Frost & Sullivan advises.
More Pfizer plants axed as restructuring continues
Pfizer's manufacturing reforms have claimed more casualties in two North American plants as the world's largest drugmaker battles to realign production capacity with future product mix, new technologies and cost effectiveness.
Whole-virus formulation leads to dose-sparing H5N1 vaccine
Chinese researchers may have solved the problem of vaccine shortage in the event of an avian influenza pandemic after a clinical trial showed that their formulation containing the whole H5N1 virus instead of virus particles resulted in an affective...
CROs to benefit from new trial analysis technique
Contract Research Organisations (CRO) involved in clinical trial services may benefit from a new technique that allows researchers to statistically analyse results of clinical trials.
New EU initiative to support small biotech firms
The European Union (EU) has been criticised for being more favourable to big biotech companies, at the expense of smaller firms, according to consultants within the industry.