Pfizer to continue with manufacturing cuts
US drug giant Pfizer plans to close or sell off an additional 13 manufacturing facilities as part of an effort to cut its number of production plants to 44 by the end of 2009.
Archives for April 21, 2008
Scientists shoot molecular motion on film
You'll be unlikely to see them at your local cinema, but molecular animations created using highly accurate information from X-ray scattering images, will help explain how proteins and organic molecules behave in a solution.
Chiltern makes latest CRO move into Russia
Chiltern has become the latest in a growing number of contract research organisations (CROs) to establish a foothold within the clinical sleeping giant that is Russia.
Novozymes licenses fast DNA engineering technology
Germany-based Gene Bridges has licensed its Red/ET Recombineering technology to Novozymes for genetically engineering recombinant micro-organisms for use in industrial applications.
FDA China presence imminent; DIA sets up in India
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has revealed it will be operating on the ground in China imminently, while the Drug Information Association (DIA) has just planted itself in Asia's other pharma don, India.