The Challenge of Change - Managing Excipients Control
Colorcon
14-Nov-2006 - Millipore has introduced a new size of its single-use prefilter for clarification steps in mammalian cell culture that is capable of processing smaller bioreactor batches.
14-Nov-2006 - A liquidation sale will be held to offload unwanted manufacturing equipment at a plant formerly owned by Pfizer - much of which is new and was never turned on or certified.
13-Nov-2006 - Valois has made two major instrument investments that will allow it to dramatically increase productivity as it dons the diving suit to undertake environmental testing in its cleanrooms.
13-Nov-2006 - Wyeth has boosted production at the US plant it has earmarked for closure while it is dealing with ongoing manufacturing deficiencies in its Puerto Rico facility.
10-Nov-2006 - Asterand is to make available novel research materials to be used in the investigation of rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, cancer and other diseases making available a range of cell material that is currently difficult to obtain.
09-Nov-2006 - DSM Biologics, the biopharma arm of DSM group, has signed a manufacturing deal with Japanese UMN Pharma based on the firm's novel recombinant protein manufacturing platform.
09-Nov-2006 - Scientists have discovered that a bacteria protein secretion path, unexploited until now, could be key in the production of anti-infective biopharmaceuticals.
08-Nov-2006 - Drug developers are increasingly turning to Pseudomonas-based expression technology for their hard-to-express proteins, according to contract manufacturer Dowpharma.
08-Nov-2006 - Germany's Vetter Pharma-Fertigung has announced its plan to expand its services by adding vial filling for lyophilised - or freeze-dried - products to its portfolio.
07-Nov-2006 - A new improved range of urethane-based floor systems that is claimed to help pharma manufacturers reduce the level of bacteria contamination in their production environment has been launched.
07-Nov-2006 - Diosynth Biotechnology has bagged a deal for the process development, scale-up, and clinical manufacturing of Viron Therapeutics' lead compound.
06-Nov-2006 - A new method of preventing bioreactor contamination when sampling has been unveiled by UK firm Cellexus Biosystems.
06-Nov-2006 - Pharma company Xoma has announced that its manufacturing facilities have received European certification for the production of medicines used in clinical trials.
01-Nov-2006 - According to the international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), the World Health Organisation (WHO) has failed to address the emergence of extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis.
27-Oct-2006 - A year after it published its five-year strategy: Vision 2010 - Building on Strengths - DSM's commitment is showing no sign of slowing as is continues to invest in the expansion of its pharmaceutical production capabilities around the globe.
26-Oct-2006 - Cambrex has stripped itself to the core after selling two of its three business units and two further manufacturing facilities this week.
26-Oct-2006 - The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has designed a portable "lab on a chip" diagnostic device, which the researchers say could identify biological or chemical weapons faster and easier than current methods.
26-Oct-2006 - Lab equipment supplier Aspectrics is expanding its products distribution to the Asian market thanks to a new deal signed with South Korean analytical instrument provider Young Lin.
25-Oct-2006 - Curalogic, a Danish biotechnology company, has appointed SAFC's Pharma business segment to provide protein isolation, extraction and purification services as part of its product development to treat Allergic Rhinitis.
25-Oct-2006 - O'Hara Technologies chose the recent CPhI in Paris to show off the world's only dedicated continuous coating machine for pharmaceutical tablets.
23-Oct-2006 - Minimising the risk of cross-contamination in the production of medicines for use in clinical trials is a major challenge for manufacturers, who need to implement safety measures in order to avoid production failure.
20-Oct-2006 - Two new drug manufacturing facilities have been launched in global areas that don't usually see much pharmaceutical manufacturing activity - Bangladesh and The Gambia.
19-Oct-2006 - Using a processing technique described as "revolutionary," DSM is accelerating its activity in the anti-infective arena and targeting new active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) that it can develop into cost-competitive generic versions.
18-Oct-2006 - Applied Biosystems has announced the availability of the first laboratory system that uses mass spectrometry to perform amino acid analysis, greatly improving the effectiveness and reliability of the data obtained.
18-Oct-2006 - Sigma-Aldrich Group member SAFC made its presence felt at the recent CPhI in Paris with announcements regarding its expansion activities in transgenic manufacturing and India.