Baxter donates IVs to aid groups fighting Ebola in Africa
Baxter International has donated intravenous fluids to aid organisations treating Ebola infected patients in Liberia and Sierra Leone.
Archives for August 28, 2014
GSK and Immunovaccine: delivery techs promise to deliver Ebola vaccine
A candidate Ebola vaccine that uses Immunovaccine's formulation technology has stopped cynomolgus monkeys from catching the disease in a preclinical study.
Merck KGaA biopharma division to make small molecule drugs in China
Biopharmaceutical firm Merck Serono will make small molecule drugs at the new plant it is building in China according to a company spokeswoman, who told us the firm will supply both local and international markets.
EDC more critical in biopharma trials than small mol studies says expert
Smaller pipelines make keeping to timelines particularly important in biopharmaceutical trials according to Exco InTouch, which says this pressure is driving EDC tech adoption.
Novo Nordisk snaps up Olympus plant and rehires laid off NH workers
Novo Nordisk has bought a biomanufacturing facility earmarked for closure by Olympus Biotech and begun rehiring staff in order to support its haemophilia product pipeline.
CFDA approves BTG bead delivery device for liver cancer
BTG has received approval from the China FDA for a liver cancer treatment which uses its hydrogel product DC Beads.
Clinical trials: the technology catching cheating volunteers
Contract research organisations (CROs) are turning to technology to fight dual patient enrolment in trials, but rival service companies refuse to sync their methods, says an early-phase expert.
Breed lab mice with wild for better neuro research say scientists
The drive for homogenous animal models in preclinical research has robbed mice of useful behavioural traits, say scientists.