Archives for May 6, 2009

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CMED and Tessella team up on trials

CRO CMED and IT group Tessella are teaming up to offer adaptive trial data management and acquisition services to the drug industry.

PharmaTek OKed to make cytotoxics at San Diego plant

By Gareth Macdonald

US chemistry firm PharmaTek Laboratories has a green light to start making high potency APIs and cytotoxics at its facility in California after meeting strict safety and control rules that govern their production.

Positive Phase I for SurModics’ ocular device

By Nick Taylor

SurModics has completed the three year Phase I trial of I-vation TA (triamcinolone acetonide), which uses a novel drug delivery system capable of sustained ocular release of a therapeutic.

Medica boosts defect inspection abilities

By Nick Taylor

Medica Packaging is upgrading its label inspection capabilities through the installation of three Surfscan Technologies systems, which should eliminate customer returns by detecting defects.

Millipore launches single-use ChromaSorb

Millipore has launched its single-use ChromaSorb membrane adsorber, which binds negative impurities from host cell protein (HCP), DNA, endotoxins, and viruses at high salt concentrations.