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30-Sep-2003
Biomanufacturing alliance
30-Sep-2003 - An alliance between the UK's Procognia and US company Xcellerex promises to provide a new force in contract manufacturing of biologics drugs. The two companies...
Irish deputy PM to address EuropaBio
30-Sep-2003 - Mary Harney, the Irish Deputy Prime Minister and incoming President of the European Union's Competitiveness Council will speak at the opening plenary session of the...
Bayer responds to fake drug drive
30-Sep-2003 - Bayer Biological Products has unveiled plans to introduce shrink-banding across the entire range of liquid products in vials made at its facility in Clayton, North...
Pliva offers bulk SAMe
30-Sep-2003 - Pliva has introduced a granulate version of SAMe (S-adenosyl-L-methionine disulfate p-toluenesulfonate) to its fine chemicals portfolio. SAM-e is a natural compound found in every human...
Pharmacopoeial updates
30-Sep-2003 - The 2003 edition of the British Pharmacopoeia is due to be available in the next few days, and from today can be ordered online. The...
Tepnel cuts losses as sales climb
30-Sep-2003 - Tepnel Life Sciences has trimmed its losses in the year ended 30 June, following a 13 per cent increase in sales to £3.74 million (€5.36m)...
German reforms pass first hurdle
30-Sep-2003 - The government of Germany has had its controversial health reform policy voted in by the country's parliament with a comprehensive majority. German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder...
29-Sep-2003
Smiths out, says Medisys
29-Sep-2003 - Medisys has terminated its marketing agreement with Smiths Group for the Futura safety syringe after last week's falling-out. Relations between the companies broke down after...
US report on fake drugs this week?
29-Sep-2003 - The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is planning to release an additional interim report later this week on the issue of drug counterfeiting and...
Orchid blooms in China
29-Sep-2003 - Indian company Orchid Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals has started a push to expand its business into China with the commissioning of the first phase of a...
Isolast seals improved
29-Sep-2003 - Polymer seal and bearings company Busak+Shamban, part of the Smiths Group (which also features in today's news round-up), says it has developed a process which...
Cell-based screening system
29-Sep-2003 - Germany's CyBio has launched a new liquid handling and detection platform that is suitable for use in assay development, primary and secondary screening of drug...
Manufacturing Excellence Ireland: speakers
29-Sep-2003 - The speakers have been announced for a conference on batch process automation and asset management in the pharmaceutical industry, scheduled to take place in Cork,...
27-Sep-2003
Perbio agrees to $714m takeover by Fisher
27-Sep-2003 - Swedish company Perbio Science has agreed to a $714 million (€626m) takeover by Fisher Scientific International of the USA, which says that it sees the...
26-Sep-2003
Crucell broadens PER.C6 network
26-Sep-2003 - Dutch company Crucell has granted a license for its PER.C6 cell line technology to Novavax of the USA, allowing the latter company to start offering...
EU to soften REACH requirements?
26-Sep-2003 - The European Commission looks to have stepped back from requiring chemical companies from re-testing for safety of up to 30,000 chemicals already used and sold...
Futura: an even longer-term prospect
26-Sep-2003 - The future of Medisys' Futura looked to be in doubt again yesterday after the company conceded that its timetable for launch of the safety syringe...
Chiral alcohols from Wacker, JFC
26-Sep-2003 - Wacker Specialities and Jülich Fine Chemicals have started collaborating in the area of biocatalytic ketone-compound reduction to chiral alcohols. These are important building blocks for...
Tekni-Plex answers Latin call
26-Sep-2003 - Multinational packaging group Tekni-Plex has said that its Argentinian subsidiary will soon begin production of precision tubing for aerosols and other dip-tube applications at its...
Pharma adopts wait-and-see stance on toxicogenomics
26-Sep-2003 - Pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies are continually striving to identify toxicity in new drug candidates earlier in development, but so far have held back from a...
25-Sep-2003
GSK licenses 'bio-adjuvant'
25-Sep-2003 - GlaxoSmithKline has secured rights to a technology, developed in partnership with US company Advaxis, could improve the effectiveness of vaccine-based treatments for cancer. The UK-headquartered...
24-Sep-2003
Quicker route to conjugate vaccines
24-Sep-2003 - Conjugate vaccines to protect infants and young children from infectious diseases such as meningitis and invasive pneumonia will become more widely available if their long,...
Tools of the trade
24-Sep-2003 - A swathe of new products have been unveiled at the BIOPHEX/INTERPHEX meeting in San Jose, California, USA, one of the highlights of the pharmaceutical technology...
Medel wins contract - by a nose
24-Sep-2003 - Italy's Medel SpA and Kurve Technology have formed a partnership to develop new aerosol therapy devices to deliver liquid-based drugs via the nose. The terms...
Analysing copolymers
24-Sep-2003 - Viscotek, a specialist in gel permeation chromatography (GPC), has launched a new module for its OmniSEC software package for multiple detection analysis in size separation...
23-Sep-2003
Cutting sterilisation time
23-Sep-2003 - A new product from Emerson Process Management is enabling steam in place (SIP) cycle time reductions of typically 20 per cent on fully monitored plant...
Boom expected in cell culture reagents
23-Sep-2003 - The US market for media, sera and reagents used in cell culture is expected to nearly double in value to reach $1.7 billion (€1.48bn) in...
22-Sep-2003
UK benefiting from German reform?
22-Sep-2003 - With healthcare reform and cost containment initiatives taking hold throughout Europe, the UK is becoming increasingly attractive to the branded pharmaceutical sector, according to Datamonitor....
Plant production for cancer protein
22-Sep-2003 - Dow Chemical has entered into an agreement to manufacture a potential drug for cancer in transgenic plants. The deal, with Sunol Molecular, covers production of...
Specialist pharma construction
22-Sep-2003 - The US subsidiary of international construction services group Skanska AB has set up a division to help pharmaceutical and biotechnology clients build facilities that comply...
Novo expands engineering services in Sweden
22-Sep-2003 - Novo Nordisk Engineering, a consultancy firm operating as a subsidiary of Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk, has opened an office in Sweden. The company, which...
GSK sweetens Montrose plant closure
22-Sep-2003 - Pharmaceutical major GlaxoSmithKline has set aside £1 million (€1.4m) to soften the blow of selling its bulk active ingredient manufacturing facility in Montrose. GSK announced...
19-Sep-2003
Tamper-evident safety syringe
19-Sep-2003 - Safety Syringes, one of the leading manufacturers of needlestick protection devices, has launched a tamper-evident version of its UltraSafe Passive Delivery System to help prevent...
Boehringer opens €255m biopharma plant
19-Sep-2003 - A new biopharmaceutical production plant at Boehringer Ingelheim's site in Biberach, Germany, has been officially opened in a ceremony attended by German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder....
Thermo to buy Jouan for €110m
19-Sep-2003 - Thermo Electron has signed an agreement to acquire French laboratory equipment provider Jouan SA for €110.9 million in cash plus the assumption of approximately €7.1...
Gauging new product need in the drug industry
19-Sep-2003 - In sharp contrast to prevailing wisdom, a new report has suggested that an average-sized, top 20 pharmaceutical company with 3 per cent market share only...
Shellac: time for a comeback?
19-Sep-2003 - Forty years ago, most tablets on the market were coated with shellac, a natural product derived from scale insects (Laccifer lacca) with excellent film-forming properties....
Portable thermometer
19-Sep-2003 - DeltaTrak, a manufacturer of portable test instruments for the pharmaceutical and food industries, has launched a new Pen-Type Thermo-Hygrometer with several improvements such as a...
18-Sep-2003
CRO industry coming under pressure
18-Sep-2003 - Contract research organisation (CRO) revenues have been growing strongly as a result of drug developers' need to reduce R&D costs while shortening product evaluation times....
Breathe in the genes
18-Sep-2003 - New research presented at this week's British Pharmaceutical Conference has suggested that it may be possible to deliver DNA to the lung using a simple...
Centrifugal evaporator
18-Sep-2003 - Genevac of the UK has introduced a high performance Model HT-4X centrifugal evaporator for scientists in the drug discovery and medicinal chemistry sectors. The new...
17-Sep-2003
Weston injector lives on at Aradigm
17-Sep-2003 - The needle-free injector technology originated by now-defunct UK company Weston Medical has passed a new series of feasibility testing at new owner Aradigm and looks...
Packaging crucial to pharmaceuticals
17-Sep-2003 - Packaging is fast becoming an integral part of pharmaceutical medications and this is leading to more collaborations between the drug and packaging industries, according to...
Recip calls in software support
17-Sep-2003 - Sweden's Recip AB has signed a deal that will see it implement a suite of cGxP software modules that will provide real-time management of production...
Uncovering fake drugs with NIR
17-Sep-2003 - Near infrared (NIR) spectroscopy and microscopy are emerging as useful new tools for the detection of counterfeit medicines and can even identify batches manufactured at...
16-Sep-2003
Dolly firm faces the chop
16-Sep-2003 - The axe looks set to fall on Scottish biotechnology company PPL Therapeutics now that the company put itself up for sale, having failed to convince...
Vitamin to help medicine go down
16-Sep-2003 - A partnership between the UK's Celltech and Access Pharmaceuticals of the USA is focusing on the use of a vitamin-based delivery technology for monoclonal antibodies...
BMS has insulin in its sights
16-Sep-2003 - Bristol-Myers Squibb has taken another step towards building a franchise in insulin therapy to complement its existing oral anti-diabetic (OAD) drug range. The company has...
15-Sep-2003
Australian pharma woes continue
15-Sep-2003 - Earlier this year, Australia's biggest manufacturer of over-the counter medicines, Pan Pharmaceuticals, was forced to withdraw hundreds of products for failing to meet manufacturing standards....
Maiden results and new deals for BioProgress
15-Sep-2003 - Capsule technology company BioProgress has reported its first set of interim results since becoming a UK-listed company, posting a pre-tax loss of £0.4 million (€0.6m)...
Legislation drives Kyorin investment
15-Sep-2003 - Japan's Kyorin Pharmaceuticals has revealed that it will build a new formulation plant at its Noshiro facility in Akita prefecture. The company will invest around...
Swiss expansion for Ferring
15-Sep-2003 - Denmark's Ferring Pharmaceuticals has unveiled plans to build state-of-the-art production site in Saint-Prex in Switzerland. The company will invest nearly €90 million in the site...
12-Sep-2003
New edition of Argonaut catalogue
12-Sep-2003 - Argonaut Technologies has released its latest Synthesis and Purification catalogue, a technical resource for pharmaceutical chemists and others involved in all phases of drug discovery...
Balance achieved in biomanufacturing capacity
12-Sep-2003 - The notion that there is chronic undercapacity in biomanufacturing has become common wisdom, but a new study suggest that for the first time in years,...
Profile on the verge of take-off?
12-Sep-2003 - UK inhaled drug delivery specialist Profile Therapeutics has reported strong growth in sales and a reduced operating loss for the year-ended June 30 and expects...
Medrad boosts syringe production
12-Sep-2003 - US firm Medrad has installed an automated assembly line that has increased production capacity of its sterile disposables operation by over 60 per cent. Housed...
Pharma holds back H&R WASAG
12-Sep-2003 - German speciality chemicals company H&R WASAG saw its pre-tax profits halve to €3.1 million in the first six months of this year, hit by high...
Emerson wins Amersham contract
12-Sep-2003 - Amersham has signed up Emerson Process Management to automate a new plant in Norway dedicated to the production of diagnostic imaging reagents. The $61 million...
10-Sep-2003
BioProgress to ship first NROBE machine
10-Sep-2003 - BioProgress has completed the design and build of the first pilot scale version of its XGEL NROBE powdered drug coating technology and will now deliver...
Whatman sees signs of recovery
10-Sep-2003 - UK-based separations specialist Whatman saw its turnover drop in the first half of 2003, but says an ongoing restructuring effort is on track and helped...
IDC dispensing valve wins award
10-Sep-2003 - International Dispensing Corporation has received the DuPont Award for IDC's patented Aseptic Gravity Flow Valve technology. DuPont and a panel of international food and medical...
ERP software for pharma
10-Sep-2003 - A second-generation enterprise resource planning (ERP) software product targeted towards the pharmaceutical industry has been launched by ICICI Infotech. The package, called Orion@Pharma, promises to...
Merck trials process software
10-Sep-2003 - US drug major Merck & Co is conducting a pilot evaluation of Aegis's Discoverant software system in two pharmaceutical manufacturing plants to assess its impact...
CSS opens £25m plant in Northern Ireland
10-Sep-2003 - Chemical Synthesis Services, which provides chemical development and analytical services for the drug industry, has officially opened a new, £25 million (€36 million), 80,000-square foot...
08-Sep-2003
Manufacturing in the ascendancy at Intercare
08-Sep-2003 - UK pharmaceutical manufacturing and distribution company Intercare has posted a record set of results for the first half of 2003, with sales up 21 per...
Pharmachem sale on track, says Recordati chief
08-Sep-2003 - Recordati is expecting to sell off its pharmaceutical chemical operations by the end of next year or early in 2004, according to the company's chief...
Big hitters bash biogenerics
08-Sep-2003 - The threat of generic competition to the top-selling biopharmaceutical drugs has prompted biotechnology's major companies to convene a conference next month to debate this hot...
Millions wasted on hypertension drugs
08-Sep-2003 - Millions of dollars are being spent unnecessarily each year on treatments for high blood pressure says research published this week in BMC Health Services Research....
Guidant licenses stent polymer
08-Sep-2003 - Medical device multinational Guidant has paid $35 million (€32m) in cash to acquire the rights to a polymer technology from MediVas for use in its...
Wacker boosts silicone output
08-Sep-2003 - Germany's Wacker has officially inaugurated its new fumed-silica production facilities in Nünchritz, supplying material to the pharmaceutical, food and cosmetic industries. Fumed silica is a...
05-Sep-2003
Amersham helps Isis to oligo milestone
05-Sep-2003 - A production process developed by Amersham Biosciences has enabled Isis Pharmaceuticals to produce the world's largest antisense oligonucleotide synthesis scale per single run. Isis accomplished...
New TOF spectrometer from Waters
05-Sep-2003 - Waters has launched a new MALDI-TOF (time of flight) mass spectrometer at the ongoing International Mass Spectrometry Society conference in Edinburgh, Scotland. The new system...
Faster organic compound synthesis
05-Sep-2003 - US firm Fluorous Technologies has signed a licensing agreement with Sweden's Personal Chemistry covering the use of palladium catalysts in microwave reactors to dramatically reduce...
Thermo chief sees signs of pharma, but not biotech recovery
05-Sep-2003 - Companies that supply instruments and consumables to the life sciences industry have been hit hard by reined in research spending resulting from the current adverse...
FDA plans to amend 21 CFR Part 11 rules
05-Sep-2003 - The US Food and Drug Administration has issued its final guidance document describing its current thinking regarding the scope and application of 21 CFR Part...
Vacuum analyser for drug vials
05-Sep-2003 - WILCO has introduced what it claims is the first fully-automatic, 100 per cent in-line detection system to measure the partial pressure of oxygen inside a...
Pall reports sales hike in fourth quarter
05-Sep-2003 - Filtration and purification specialist Pall has reported a 10 per cent rise in sales to $471 million (€430m) in the fourth quarter, boosted by favourable...
03-Sep-2003
GSK starts energy reduction programme
03-Sep-2003 - GlaxoSmithKline has entered into partnership with a UK government organisation in a programmed aimed at reducing energy use at the pharmaceutical company's six Primary Supply...
Improved medicine dropper from Panama
03-Sep-2003 - Panamanian pharmaceutical company World Pharmaceuticals SA has been awarded a US patent for a dropping bottle for pharmaceutical liquids that overcomes some of the limitations...
Dow forges cancer collaboration
03-Sep-2003 - A collaboration between a small UK biotechnology company and Dow Chemical aims to create a series of new 'biotargeted' radiopharmaceuticals for cancer treatment. Dow will...
Hike in Gradipore sales "not enough"
03-Sep-2003 - Australia's Gradipore has reported a 65 per cent increase in sales for the year ended 30 June, but said that it was disappointed by the...
Innothera patents taste-masked iron product
03-Sep-2003 - France's Innothera has been granted a US patent for a new formulation of iron that is suitable for chewing or sucking. Most presentations of iron...
02-Sep-2003
Bruker extends TOF/TOF spectrometer range
02-Sep-2003 - Bruker Daltonics has launched a compact high-performance MALDI -TOF/TOF mass spectrometer that has an affordable price tag and requires less laboratory space than rival systems....
01-Sep-2003
Oxoid expands in Australia
01-Sep-2003 - UK-based microbiology firm Oxoid has reached agreement to acquire the prepared media and diagnostics assets of Medvet Science of Australia, a supplier of microbiology products...
Germany industry group slams reforms
01-Sep-2003 - The German government's health care system reform proposals cast fundamental doubts over Germany's future as a research location for the industry, according to Cornelia Yzer,...
Millipore improves water sampling
01-Sep-2003 - Millipore has developed a line of MicropreSure in-line filtration samplers to simplify microbiological testing of pharmaceutical water in a move designed to aid companies in...
Pan rescue bid fails
01-Sep-2003 - The creditors of Australian over-the-counter medicines and vitamins manufacturer Pan Pharmaceuticals have rejected a rescue bid for the company at a meeting held last week....
Animal groups bomb Chiron HQ
01-Sep-2003 - US company Chiron has been hit by two explosions at its headquarters in Emeryville, California. An animal rights extremist group has claimed responsibility for the...
Deal finally reached in WTO access talks
01-Sep-2003 - The World Trade Organisation's executive has finally broken deadlock in a deal to give some of the world's poorest countries access to cheap drugs. The...
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