Archives for April 2, 2008

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Swedish hospital evaluating pyrosequencing platform

By  David Robson

The Department of Pathology at Uppsala University Hospital in Sweden is evaluating Biotage's new pyrosequencing platform to detect a genetic biomarker that indicates how well a cancer patient will respond to targetted drug therapies.

New interface ups user satisfaction for ESAs HPLC kit

By  Wai Lang Chu

ESA Biosciences has struck a deal with Waters Corp to produce a direct interface for ESA's HPLC detector that allows it to fully integrate with Waters' chromatography control and data-analysis platform.

M&A movement in India with three top firms

By  Kirsty Barnes

Three of India´s large pharmaceutical manufacturers, Dr Reddy's, Ranbaxy Laboratories and Shilpa Medicare have just announced new merger and acquisition (M&A) deals.

Bosch makes liquid filling a disposable option

By  Phil Taylor

The use of disposable manufacturing equipment in pharmaceutical production and greater need for containment equipment were recurring themes at the Interphex show in Philadelphia last week, and both were addressed by new equipment from Bosch Packaging...

Patheon talks CMO strategies for success

By  Kirsty Barnes

Steven Liberty, senior vice president of operations for Patheon's North American businesses spoke at Interphex on the strategies contract manufacturing organisations (CMOs) can use to obtain a competitive advantage.