News & Analysis on Clinical Trial Services & Contract Research And Development
Construction of a new stem cell research and processing plant began yesterday in China’s Eastern Jiangsu province as part of a joint project between the Chinese government and Shenzen Beike Biotechnology.
Affymetrix’s service division posted a 37 per cent increase in revenues in Q1 but overall the company slumped, going from $46m (€35m) profit in 2008 to a $25m loss this year.
Research has been presented on the first Phase I trials of a systemic, non-viral, targeted nanoparticle that delivers a p53 tumour suppressor gene to combat cancer.
API maker Hovione’s manufacturing facility in Cork, Ireland was unveiled at an opening ceremony yesterday just two weeks after the previous owner, global drug giant Pfizer, formally handed over the keys.
Winpak appears to have benefited from the current economic turmoil, with lower raw material costs and favourable currency rates helping it post net earnings of $9.7m (€7.4m), up by 62 per cent on 2008.