deltaDOT's Peregrine preys on mass spec applications
UK company, deltaDOT is awaiting the completion of its second production run of its novel high-resolution molecular analyser - the Peregrine - with over half the batch already sold.
Archives for April 16, 2007
Bobst moves Braille embossing down the production line
Switzerland's Bobst has introduced a new system for embossing Braille characters on pharmaceutical packaging that moves the process down the production line from die-cutting to the folding and gluing stage.
Reactions feel the pressure in enclosed spaces
A new high pressure microreactor has been developed that increases chemical reaction rates compared to conventional alternatives - potentially saving exploratory chemistry labs time and space.
Vertex to meet hepatitis C patients' needs?
Vertex Pharmaceuticals has released early results on its first-in-class hepatitis C drug that show it has the potential to shorten treatment times for those suffering from the hard-to-treat genotype-1.
GE pockets single-use biotech firm
GE Healthcare has snapped up specialist in disposable manufacturing technologies Wave Biotech, adding a host of new products and services for the biopharmaceutical manufacturing sector to its catalogue.
Avant cuts 30 per cent staff in 'painful' restructuring
Avant Immunotherapeutics will reduce its workforce by a third as part of a "painful" restructuring aimed at cutting operational costs, the US-based firm announced this week.
Millipore brings RFID to pharma filtration
Millipore is launching the first in a line of filtration products for the biopharmaceutical industry with embedded Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology to facilitate record-keeping and data transfer in the manufacturing environment.
Viropro inks production tech deal
Canadian firm Viropro last week announced that it has entered into an R&D collaboration agreement with products and services company Invitrogen.