News & Analysis on Clinical Trial Services & Contract Research And Development
Bosch Packaging Technology will be rolling out a range of new and recently launched processing and packaging solutions at the Interpack 2008 exhibition in Düsseldorf, Germany this April, including a new line for high-potency compounds.
A new consortium in Scotland is to develop a new 3D cell assay for use in drug discovery and for safety evaluation prior to clinical trials, in the hope of cutting costs and reducing the use of animals for testing.
Bayer Healthcare is to deploy a new technique, developed by Millipore, for genetically engineering cells to produce pharmaceutically useful proteins that could both increase the yield and accelerate drug production.
Novartis has lent impetus to the growing trend towards philanthropic R&D in the pharmaceutical industry by opening a new research institute in Siena, Italy "with a non-profit mission to exclusively focus on the development of vaccines for diseases of...