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Toolkit helps chemist plan drug synthesis

16-Jul-2003 - A reagent kit developed by Argonaut Technologies promises to help chemists identify the best synthesis route for drug candidates in the earliest stages of drug...

Metrohm extends titrator range for routine QC

16-Jul-2003 - UK company Metrohm has launched two new titrators in its economical Titrino range designed for general quality control and assurance applications, including the analysis of...

Celsis wins long-term GSK contract

15-Jul-2003 - Celsis International, a UK-based company specialising in microbiological screening, has won a contract to provide its systems to GlaxoSmithKline as a preferred supplier. Celsis has...

Applikon to distribute Niro homogenisers

15-Jul-2003 - The Netherlands' Applikon Biotechnology has entered into an agreement with Niro Soavi, part of the GEA Group, for the distribution of lab-scale homogenisers to the...

IT consultancy branches into life sciences

15-Jul-2003 - CTG, a specialist in validation and verification information technology and good automated manufacturing practices, has set up a consultancy to serve companies in the life...

Integra culture vessel boosts MAb production

11-Jul-2003 - A range of cell culture vessels developed by Switzerland's Integra Biosciences promises to increase production yields in laboratories making monoclonal antibodies and recombinant proteins, according...

Lock offers key to Part 11 compliance

11-Jul-2003 - UK firm Lock Inspection Systems has developed a software package for use alongside its metal detection systems that will make it easier for pharmaceutical manufacturers...

DSM-Gist signs Chinese deal

09-Jul-2003 - Gist, a unit of Dutch chemicals and pharmaceuticals group DSM, has entered into an agreement with China's Guangzhou Baiyunshan General Pharma for the supply and...

Roche licenses Avastin outside USA

09-Jul-2003 - Roche has licensed exclusive marketing rights outside the USA to Avastin (bevacizumab), a drug for colorectal cancer, from Genentech. The latter company will retain all...

Schering gets EU approval for Angeliq

09-Jul-2003 - Germany's Schering has been granted approval throughout the European Union for Angeliq (oestradiol and drospirenone), its new low-dose hormone replacement therapy. The news is a...

Millipore water software helps GLP compliance

07-Jul-2003 - Millipore has launched a new suite of software that allows users to automatically record and retrieve water quality data for better compliance with Good Laboratory...

Australian BioBall for micro QC

07-Jul-2003 - Australian firm Biotechnology Frontiers has been awarded a government grant to develop a new microbiological quality control tool that can be used in the pharmaceutical...

FDA rebuffs Akzo fertility product

04-Jul-2003 - Akzo Nobel received a knock-back from the US Food and Drug Administration after the agency asked for more information before approving a ready-to-use version of...

Argonaut resin aids combichem

02-Jul-2003 - Argonaut Technologies has introduced a new resin-bound reagent, MP-TsO-TEMPO that enables medicinal chemists to introduce diversity into chemical libraries with high purity and yields. Jeff...

Safety syringe set for launch

02-Jul-2003 - The Futura Safety Syringe, developed by UK company Medisys, has successfully passed its final specification tests and should be ready for launch within the next...

GSK takes once-daily Requip into pivotal trials

27-Jun-2003 - A new formulation of GlaxoSmithKline's Parkinson's disease drug Requip (ropinirole), developed with UK drug delivery specialist SkyePharma, has entered Phase III testing. The two companies...

Eurand breaks into fast-melt sector

27-Jun-2003 - Italian drug delivery specialist Eurand has made a foray into the market for fast-melt oral tablets that dissolve quickly in the mouth without chewing or...

PhaSeal protects cancer drug handlers

27-Jun-2003 - A closed packaging system that prevents the exposure of healthcare workers to hazardous anticancer drugs, developed by Sweden's Carmel Pharma, has been introduced in the...

Bayer offers biotech capabilities to clients

25-Jun-2003 - For the first time, German chemicals and pharmaceuticals major Bayer is offering a range of products and services from its biotechnology division to third-party customers...

Brookfield launches QC rheometer

25-Jun-2003 - Brookfield has introduced the YR-1 Rheometer, designed to provide a simple to operate, low-cost alternative to full-featured laboratory rheometers for quality control applications. The new...

Nashai Biotech develops API-grade theaflavin

23-Jun-2003 - US company Nashai Biotech has developed a new process that preserves and protects theaflavins, compounds found in tea, when they are formulated into powders or...

Amarin to formulate Parkinson's drug for Acadia

23-Jun-2003 - Amarin Development of Sweden has won a new contract to apply its formulation and manufacturing services to a neurological drug candidate developed by Acadia Pharmaceuticals,...

E-logbook cuts out wrist strain

20-Jun-2003 - CT Consulting Group has developed PharmaLog, a new electronic logbook system for the pharmaceutical industry, which it says enables R&D teams and quality control laboratories...

BASF gets US patent on new polymer excipient

18-Jun-2003 - Germany's BASF has been awarded a US patent covering a new coating agent, binder and/or film-forming excipient, based on polyether-containing polymers, which can be used...

Prolab evaporator launched in UK by Presearch

18-Jun-2003 - UK-based laboratory instrumentation supplier Presearch has added a new evaporator to its product range that is claimed to allow for rapid evaporation of solvent from...