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Pall pushes disposables

09-May-2007 - As single-use technologies become more and more popular for use in biopharmaceutical manufacturing, Pall is following market demands bolstering its product line by adding a number of disposable products to its portfolio.

Pall continues patent tussle with Entegris

08-May-2007 - The ongoing intellectual property tussle between Pall and Entegris continues with Pall claiming Entegris' Impact filter cartridge line infringes four Pall patents.

EMEA launches GMP database

08-May-2007 - An online database detailing information on all manufacturing and importation certificates and authorisations issued within the European medicines network has been launched by the European Medicines Agency (EMEA).

Genentech licenses Sangamos ZFP technology for protein production

03-May-2007 - Sangamo BioSciences has added Genentech to the list of partners for its proprietary zinc finger DNA-binding protein (ZFP) technology.

Prosonix wins award for SAX

03-May-2007 - Prosonix and Bath University in the UK have won the Royal Society of Chemistry's (RSC) Innovation award for the development of a tool that enables the manufacture of crystalline pharmaceuticals of specific sizes.

New product makes counterfeiting 'virtually impossible'

02-May-2007 - A new machine developed by US firm Vardex Laser promises to offer a unique solution to the global problem of drug counterfeiting, protecting products right down to the pill itself.

PharmaFab agrees to stop unapproved drugs production

30-Apr-2007 - US contract manufacturer PharmaFab has agreed to stop the manufacturing and distribution of some of its drugs after regulators found they were produced illegally.

e-Nose how to sniff the good from the bad

26-Apr-2007 - Alpha M.O.S. has recently released an update for its Fox electronic nose (e-Nose) to provide faster analytical analysis of samples in R&D, quality control (QC) and process monitoring settings.

Varian launches dissolution system for drug-device combinations

24-Apr-2007 - Varian has launched a new dissolution system specifically geared to testing small drug volumes in medical devices such as implants or drug-eluting stents.

E. coli offers short-cut to large-scale antibody production

24-Apr-2007 - A new method for generating large volumes of therapeutic antibodies direct from Escherichia coli bacterium could knock weeks off conventional mass-production processes that scale up to mammalian cells, US researchers believe.

Freeman Technology wins Queen's Award

24-Apr-2007 - Freeman Technology has been awarded the Queen's Award for Enterprise 2007 for Innovation and recognises the development, commercialisation and sales success of its FT4 Powder Rheometer.

Winners of Life Science Industry Awards revealed

23-Apr-2007 - The winners of this year's Life Science Industry Awards have been announced, after scientists from across the world voted for the "best-in-class" companies in the sector.

GE pockets single-use biotech firm

17-Apr-2007 - GE Healthcare has snapped up specialist in disposable manufacturing technologies Wave Biotech, adding a host of new products and services for the biopharmaceutical manufacturing sector to its catalogue.

deltaDOT's Peregrine preys on mass spec applications

17-Apr-2007 - UK company, deltaDOT is awaiting the completion of its second production run of its novel high-resolution molecular analyser - the Peregrine - with over half the batch already sold.

AAIPharma completes $2m boost to manufacturing capacity

04-Apr-2007 - AAIPharma yesterday announced that it has completed a major round of upgrades to two of its manufacturing plants in the US.

New smart hologram transforms to protect pharma

21-Mar-2007 - An innovative new platform technology with a myriad of applications has been developed by a UK firm, and promises to be a novel arrow in the quiver of the pharma industry in its attempts to shoot down drug counterfeiters.

Thermo's new way to study proteomics

16-Mar-2007 - A new piece of equipment could enable scientists to study changes in protein structure, including those necessary to cancer tumour growth, both faster and more accurately, according to its developers.

US Oncology kicks off E-pedigree protection

14-Mar-2007 - US Oncology has implemented an electronic pedigree system to protect its cancer drug distribution system, bringing it firmly in line with federal drug pedigree requirements and ensuring a more secure supply chain for the company.

Mobile phones call up counterfeits

13-Mar-2007 - A twist on an existing security technology will use enhanced mobile phones to help establish the authenticity of pharmaceutical products in developing countries.

Paraytec's David snatches silver from Goliaths at Pittcon2007

08-Mar-2007 - A two-year-old lab equipment company has beaten off competition from more established rivals to scoop an award for its new UV detector.