Draper to establish bioMEMS development centre
US R&D organisation Draper Laboratory has unveiled plans to set up a new centre to develop and produce of its bioMEMS technology for therapeutic and healthcare applications.
Archives for July 30, 2008
Brown steps up pharma outsourcing probe
US Senator Sherrod Brown has fired off another broadside in his probe into pharmaceutical outsourcing, this time sending a request to Merck & Co “for further information on its heavy reliance on global outsourcing for the manufacture of pharmaceutical...
Affymetrix slumps as pharma sales fall
Affymetrix slumped to an operating loss in the second quarter of 2008, reporting flat revenues and blaming a 30 per cent reduction in sales to the pharmaceutical sector.
Artwork system may help cut generic launch times
A new packaging artwork management system will help cost-sensitive generics producers cut launch times and make increased use of outsourcing, according to US developer Precise Data (PD).
Covance chief predicts healthy sector growth in Q2 statement
US contract research giant Covance saw a strong performance across its divisions in the second quarter that lifted its revenues by 15 per cent to $462m.
Syrris to tailor-make reactor systems
In response to high customer demand, leading automated chemistry systems manufacturer Syrris is now offering to build custom-made laboratory reactor systems designed to meet individual customer needs.
Future of Lilly's Lafayette API facility in doubt
The future of Eli Lilly's API manufacturing facility in Lafayette, Indiana has been thrown into doubt by the news the company is considering selling it.
PerkinElmer goes from strength to strength
Robert Friel’s tenure as CEO of PerkinElmer continued its strong start with the firm reporting a 21 per cent increase in second quarter revenues compared to the same period last year.
Bio-Rad takes the stress out of protein purification
Bio-Rad has published several application notes describing the use of its Profinity eXact protein expression system to obtain tag-free native proteins from a cell lysate in less than an hour.