The Challenge of Change - Managing Excipients Control
Colorcon
16-Jan-2007 - A number of small to medium sized firms are unaware of how to use their resources effectively to comply with hazardous waste regulations, opening up an opportunity for online advice to address problems facing these companies.
16-Jan-2007 - The power of sound waves could aid the pharmaceutical industry in carrying out routine quality control of solid dosage forms, according to the company behind the technology.
15-Jan-2007 - UK-based company ProMinent Fluid Controls has launched an on-line sensor targeting the regulation of peracetic acid, a key disinfectant used in the pharmaceutical industry.
15-Jan-2007 - Aspectric's industrial infrared spectroscopy analyser, recently launched into a market valued at $1.6 billion, has been granted a new US patent.
12-Jan-2007 - PerkinElmer (PE) has continued its growth in the advanced cellular sciences sector, with the completed acquisitions of Euroscreen Products and Evotec Technologies.
11-Jan-2007 - Drug manufacturers have moved towards centralised data and information management, following a trend to prevent human errors and time-consuming tasks in response to increasing regulatory requirements.
10-Jan-2007 - Millipore has introduced a new disposable product - NovaSeal - that ties in with a shift in the bioprocess manufacturing market to the use of disposable assemblies to shorten production cycles for drugs.
10-Jan-2007 - Cellexus has introduced a technology - CellMaker Lite - that satisfies the appetite for disposable bioreactors, grows bacterial and mammalian cells efficiently and cuts production costs.
09-Jan-2007 - India's drug manufacturing industry is tipped to grow 10 per cent over the next three years as more pharma firms shift operations there to cut costs, says a research report.
08-Jan-2007 - Melbourn Scientific has invested in a light obscuration particle counter to size and count particles in liquid samples using light microscopy, to expand the company's capacity in stability testing and to increase throughput and efficiency.
05-Jan-2007 - Applera's Applied Biosystems group has filed a law suit seeking rights to Solexa's 'sequencing-by-ligation' patents.
05-Jan-2007 - A mass spectrometric (MS) technique allows rapid detection and identification of bacteria with no need for time consuming pre-treatments.
03-Jan-2007 - PerkinElmer has announced its acquisition of a line of Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA) products from UK-based firm Triton Technology in its latest move following a busy year of purchases during 2006.
03-Jan-2007 - A new radio frequency identification (RFID) tag for temperature-monitoring purposes has been developed for pharmaceutical products during transportation, where fluctuations in temperature can alert the logistics chain of impending disasters.
03-Jan-2007 - The pharmaceutical industry's first fully portable drug anti-counterfeiting device will be presented in Baltimore later this month at IFPAC, the International Forum on Process Analytical Chemistry.
02-Jan-2007 - A number of executives and technical staff at small to medium size pharmaceutical firms are unaware of how to use their resources effectively to comply with new EMEA guidelines, designed to minimise the environmental impact of compounds, according to consultancy firm Gradient.
22-Dec-2006 - GE will drop the CodeLink array system in 2007 and close a US-based production facility.
22-Dec-2006 - Thermo Fisher Scientific has bought Cohesive, an advanced sample extraction and liquid chromatography products manufacturer.
22-Dec-2006 - Analytical laboratory LGC has set up an initiative to develop a new approach to training for analysts working in molecular laboratories, with a novel e-learning tool.
22-Dec-2006 - The UK's Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has pledged its support to an ultrasound spectroscopy project conducted by LGC, to evaluate its potential as a Process Analytical Tool (PAT) for non-destructive testing, real time acquisition and potential on-line use.
20-Dec-2006 - German biotech company MediGene and Sanofi Pasteur have signed a deal to develop new monoclonal T cell receptors that the vaccine maker will use to develop and validate vaccines more efficiently.
19-Dec-2006 - Pharma company Medichem has announced it has passed a US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspection without any problem for the third consecutive time.
19-Dec-2006 - A UK based firm aims to take up the fight against drug counterfeiters with its innovative imaging and spectroscopy products. TeraView says its technology could aid regulators and law enforcement agencies screen for potentially lethal fake medicines.
15-Dec-2006 - New technology provides unprecedented opportunities for unbiased pathogen discovery.
15-Dec-2006 - Synthetic extra-cellular fluid maintains cell function and life while increasing pre-clinical trial reproducibility.