Multisorb absorbs UK active packaging firm
US firm Multisorb Technologies yesterday announced that it has bought up Silgel Packaging, a fellow manufacturer of desiccant packaging products.
Archives for April 18, 2007
ABI to speed up drug compound screening
Applied Biosystems (ABI) and MDS Analytical have released a first-of-its kind mass spectrometry (MS) platform that they claim will allow the pharmacokinetic analysis of drug libraries 25 times faster.
Pfizer's novel approach to outsourcing
Pfizer has shunned a more traditional approach to data management outsourcing by slashing its vendors to a handful and standardising them under the one business model.
Cell Genesys immunotherapy is patient specific
Positive results from trials of Cell Genesys's latest immunotherapy treatment, GVAX, show that the therapy induces a broad immune response in prostate cancer sufferers that is patient specific.
Australia on path to legalise therapeutic cloning
Australian politicians begin their first round of votes this week to decide the fate of a controversial new law that could legalise therapeutic embryonic cloning in the country for the first time.
Biovitrum, China Biopharma, Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals, Pipex Pharma and CH2M Hill - People on the move
Biovitrum, China Biopharma, Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals, Pipex Pharma and CH2M Hill have all had people on the move in the world of pharmaceutical manufacturing.
Millipore launches disposable mixing tech
A new single-use mixing system for pharmaceutical ingredients has been announced by biopharma manufacturing specialists Millipore.
ATMI LifeSciences takes joint-venture route into Asia-Pacific
ATMI LifeSciences, a Belgian company that manufactures and supplies film-based single-use packaging products for the biopharmaceutical industry, has set up a joint venture, ATMI Austar LifeSciences, Ltd, in the Shanghai area of China.