Cobra wins Adenovirus contract in buoyant EU biotech sector
01-Sep-2009 - Cobra Biomanufacturing’s new Adenovirus manufacturing and process services contract is further evidence of the health...
Nanostructure catalysts could save pharma time & money
01-Sep-2009 - Researchers believe they are a step closer to creating superefficient industrial catalysts after a team...
Mantecorp installs tech to cut energy use
26-Aug-2009 - Mantecorp is using the Control and Communication Link (CC-Link) open fieldbus network to improve the...
GEA wins €15m order from China’s Hisun Pharmaceutical
20-Aug-2009 - GEA Lyophil, part of GEA Pharma Systems, has won a contract to supply Chinjese drugmaker...
Sani-Tech tubing could be boost for bio
12-Aug-2009 - Biotech processes will be improved by using Sani-Tech Ultra tubing, according to its manufacturer that...
Downstream demand helps Millipore’s Q2
10-Aug-2009 - Demand for downstream processing products from biotechs drove the continued recovery of Millipore’s bioprocessing division...
SAFC and SSB step towards “totally disposable factory”
16-Jul-2009 - SAFC’s bioscience unit and Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB) have teamed up to create a...
ISO 9001 accreditation a “huge step” for Prosonix
07-Jul-2009 - Ultrasonic particle engineering specialist Prosonix has been accredited under the ISO 9001:2008 quality scheme,...
Pfizer plans Irish process lab, shelves SF unit and sells skin drugs to Graceway
07-Jul-2009 - Pfizer will invest €11m ($15.3m) in a new kilo technology R&D laboratory at its...
Novasep buys to get big in bio
06-Jul-2009 - Novasep has bolstered its upstream processing capabilities by acquiring Henogen, a Belgium-based CMO that...
TFS and Siemens hope to have process analysis down PAT
01-Jul-2009 - US group Thermo Fisher Scientific and industrial engineering giant Siemens have teamed up to offer...
TFC forms JV to boost DMSO output
30-Jun-2009 - Rising demand in China has led to Toray Fine Chemicals (TFC) establishing a joint...
Sanyo claims H202 steralised incubator is industry first
25-Jun-2009 - Sanyo Biomedical and Environmental Solutions claims the H202 steralisation approach used by its Steisonic...
Helsinn plans for HPAPI manufacture
23-Jun-2009 - Swiss drugmaker Helsinn has unveiled plans to add high-potency API R&D and manufacturing capacity...
Millipore’s Massachusetts Mobius plant open for business
22-Jun-2009 - Millipore has ramped up capacity for its Mobius range of single use bio-processing and...
Lonza’s GS system wins Elusys anthrax Ab contract
16-Jun-2009 - Swiss life sciences solutions firm Lonza has been contracted by US biotechnology group Elusys...
Alfa hopes to make industrial chemistry an ART
11-Jun-2009 - Sweden’s Alfa Laval says ART PR49, its combined chemical reactor and heat transfer plate,...
FDA revises ICH Q8 guidance
10-Jun-2009 - The FDA has revised its guidance on ICH Q8, adding an annex that clarifies the...
Sanofi swoops for Pfizer insulin plant, scuppering MannKind's bid
09-Jun-2009 - Sanofi Aventis will pay Pfizer €30m ($41m) for a former Exubera manufacturing plant in...
Kemwell & Boehringer collaborate on biologics
09-Jun-2009 - CMO Kemwell is receiving technical assistance from Boehringer Ingelheim for the construction of its...
Upfront boasts 60% yield boost in processing step
25-May-2009 - CMO Richter-Helm BioLogics has achieved a 60 per cent increase in yield using technology...
Telstar unveils vial unloading system at Achema
18-May-2009 - Telstar unveiled a range of products at Achema 2009 in Frankfurt, Germany last week, including...
Orbital bioreactors set to shake up mammalian cell culture sector
13-May-2009 - ExcellGene’s OrbShake 250L mammalian cell culture bioreactor has equalled biomass productivity and oxygenation levels...
News in brief
Boost for Belgian biomanufacture “fundamental” says Genzyme
11-May-2009 - Biotechnology group Genzyme will boost biomanufacturing capacity at its plant in Geel, Belgium in...
PharmaTek OKed to make cytotoxics at San Diego plant
07-May-2009 - US chemistry firm PharmaTek Laboratories has a green light to start making high potency...


