Abbott cuts jobs, closes plant in Ireland
Abbott is to shut its doors on its Galway, Ireland, facility - taking 500 jobs with it - as the market moves into murky waters over the future of vascular stents.
Archives for December 6, 2007
Microfluidics promises a bright future for cell-based assays
UK researchers have published results that show that microfluidic devices can provide robust quantitative pharmacological information from low numbers of single cells.
DSM and Arch go for API manufacturing deal
DSM Anti-Infectives has signed up India's Arch Pharmalabs in a multi-year contract to manufacture generic active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs).
Product news in brief - week 49
LabTechnologist.com brings you a periodic round up of new product releases from Carl Zeiss SMT, Genetix, Ludesi, Millipore, Nikon, Olympus and Wiley-VCH.
Genetic 'ID cards' enable meat traceability
A new genetic identity test that can be used to confirm the breed and origin of meat from farm animals has been developed to enable complete meat traceability.
Eisai selects Singapore as Asia trials hub
Eisai is planning to step up its clinical research presence in Asia and has chosen Singapore as a hub from which to coordinate its research activities.
Sanofi steps up Asian investment
Sanofi-Aventis has opened its first Asian research and development centre in Goa, India, signalling its ambition to further tap in to this region's budding pharma scene.
BMS reveals plans to trim the fat
Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) has finally detailed its plans to trim the fat and save cash, months after first revealing that big changes would be on the cards.