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AgenoLab first to install Roche’s new assay platform

18-Aug-2008 - German biotech and life science laboratory services firm AgenoLab has installed the first xCelligence real-time cell analysis system to bolster its assay offering to customers.

Syrris to tailor-make reactor systems

31-Jul-2008 - In response to high customer demand, leading automated chemistry systems manufacturer Syrris is now offering to build custom-made laboratory reactor systems designed to meet individual customer needs.

Start-ups shot down as credit crunches

09-Jul-2008 - The credit crunch is putting the squeeze on start-ups and established companies alike, with numerous firms struggling to obtain the financing that is their lifeblood.

Pharmaceutical manufacturing: people on the move

01-Jul-2008 - in-PharmaTechnologist.com presents its periodic round-up of personnel changes in the pharmaceutical manufacturing sector.

Pharmaceutical manufacturing: people on the move

23-Jun-2008 - in-PharmaTechnologist.com presents its periodic round-up of personnel changes in the pharmaceutical sector.

Invitrogen to buy Applied Biosystems for $6.7bn

17-Jun-2008 - Invitrogen plans to cement its place as one of the world's largest suppliers of analysis tools and reagents for the life science and pharmaceutical industries by acquiring Applied Biosystems (ABI).

Social networking for scientists

11-Jun-2008 - A company based in the US and Germany has set up what it describes as a 'Facebook for scientists', in a move that brings the phenomenon of social networking firmly into the workplace.

Pharmaceutical manufacturing: people on the move

04-Jun-2008 - in-PharmaTechnologist.com presents its periodic round-up of personnel changes in pharmaceutical manufacturing and development.

Pharmaceutical manufacturing: people on the move

28-May-2008 - in-PharmaTechnologist.com presents its periodic round-up of personnel changes in pharmaceutical manufacturing and development.

32,000 French pharmaceutical jobs at risk

20-May-2008 - A grim future awaits workers in the French pharmaceutical industry, with 32,000 jobs at risk between 2005 and 2015, according to a study commissioned by Leem, the French pharmaceutical industry body.

Pfizer closes plant earmarked for Exubera

19-May-2008 - Pfizer is planning to close its Terre Haute, Indiana manufacturing facility which had received $300m of investment to prepare it for Exubera production.

Pharmaceutical manufacturing: people on the move

15-May-2008 - in-PharmaTechnologist.com presents its periodic round-up of personnel changes in pharmaceutical manufacturing and development.

Super yeast promises 300x more protein production

14-May-2008 - Creation of complex therapeutic proteins appears to have taken a sizeable step forward after researchers increased production levels 300-fold.

Bioprocessing holds back Millipore in Q1

07-May-2008 - Continued weakness in the market for products used in the manufacture of biologic drugs was the main reason why Millipore experienced a 'challenging' quarter, according to CEO Martin Madaus.

AM Technology's continuous reactor a 'beautiful solution'

05-May-2008 - UK-based AM Technology has developed the Coflore Agitated Cell Reactor (ACR) which it claims offers significant advantages over traditional continuous stirred tank reactors.

Pharmaceutical manufacturing: people on the move

30-Apr-2008 - in-PharmaTechnologist.com presents its periodic round-up of personnel changes in pharmaceutical manufacturing and development.

Prolient takes major step forward in BSA production

30-Apr-2008 - US-based Prolient has improved its "closed loop" bovine serum albumin (BSA) manufacturing process, in what it describes as a "major step forward".

Biocatalyst specialist Codexis files IPO

23-Apr-2008 - US-based biotech company Codexis has filed an initial public offering (IPO), the first step towards becoming a public company.

Novozymes licenses fast DNA engineering technology

22-Apr-2008 - Germany-based Gene Bridges has licensed its Red/ET Recombineering technology to Novozymes for genetically engineering recombinant micro-organisms for use in industrial applications.

Collette to show "revolutionary" granulation machine

21-Apr-2008 - GEA Pharma Systems' Collette unit will present Consigma, its new continuous high shear granulation and drying system, at the Interpack exhibition in Düsseldorf later this month.

Pharmaceutical manufacturing: people on the move

09-Apr-2008 - Stiefel Laboratories, Biopharm Services, Multisorb Technologies, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, Catalent Pharma Solutions and Chromatide have all had people on the move in the world of pharmaceutical manufacturing.

Lonza breaks the mould with microbiological testing kit

08-Apr-2008 - A rapid microbial detection kit presented as the only genetic-based test on the market to quantify yeast and mould has been launched by Switzerland's Lonza.

US District finds for GSK in patent amendments case

07-Apr-2008 - GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has scored a decisive victory in its efforts to head off new US patent rules that would strike at the heart of the way the drug industry goes about protecting its inventions.

Waters Patrol keeps a close eye on PAT

02-Apr-2008 - Waters Corp unveiled a new concept in Process Analytical Technology (PAT) at Pittcon 2008 when it released the new Patrol UPLC (ultra performance liquid chromatography) process analyser, which can be incorporated directly into a process.

Microbial testing steps up a gear with Growth Direct

02-Apr-2008 - With manufacturing productivity in the pharmaceutical sector widely acknowledged as being in need of modernisation, a US firm believes it has developed a technology that could carve days off the time spent on microbial testing, a cumbersome but ubiquitous part of the quality control process.

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