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31-Oct-2003
Scottish start-up to build imaging business
31-Oct-2003 - A company has been set up in Scotland to provide medical imaging services to companies involved in drug development, as well as diagnostic services. The...
30-Oct-2003
West Pharma launches barrier film
30-Oct-2003 - The company claims that stoppers equipped with West Fluro Tec film have barrier properties that can significantly reduce leachables, extractables and particulates that result from...
Cardinal offers $400m for Intercare
30-Oct-2003 - Cardinal Health has entered into a $400 million deal to acquire Intercare Group of the UK that would provide it with a significantly-expanded presence in...
Smoother lipid delivery
30-Oct-2003 - The healthcare division of UK-based speciality chemicals maker Croda Chemicals Europe used the CPhi exhibition in Frankfurt this week as a platform to launch two...
Closer EU/US ties
30-Oct-2003 - The march towards a harmonised system of reviewing medicines took a small step forward this week after the European Medicines Evaluation Agency and US Food...
New Envirotainer set for 2004 take-off
30-Oct-2003 - Envirotainer, a specialist in freight containers for pharmaceuticals and other temperature-sensitive goods, unveiled a mock-up of its latest thermostat-controlled product at the CPhI conference in...
29-Oct-2003
Funding for Phase I at FeRx
29-Oct-2003 - San-Diego based FeRx has received a slice of funding to support research to evaluate the use of its MagneTarg drug delivery system in the site-specific...
Tablet pressing, the Italian way
29-Oct-2003 - An Italian-designed single punch automatic tablet press machine is now under distribution from UK equipment supplier Isopak. Targetted at small batch runs, the stainless steel...
Development services shake-up for Rhodia
29-Oct-2003 - After a difficult period which has seen the departure of its chief executive and first-half loss of €150 million, Rhodia took the opportunity presented by...
CPhI debut for Amberzyme technology
29-Oct-2003 - The recently-formed Advanced Biosciences unit of Rohm and Haas has introduced the first product in a new line of functionalised resin systems for the immobilisation...
28-Oct-2003
Patheon leads Europe in lyophilisation
28-Oct-2003 - Canada-headquartered contract manufacturing company Patheon is now offering the largest capacity in Europe for Lyophilisation, following the completion of a €60 million investment programme at...
Quest for multiple chiral centres
28-Oct-2003 - US life sciences company Cambrex has linked up with UK Dextra Laboratories to look into new pathways to chiral molecules used in active pharmaceuticals ingredients...
Novo Nordisk on track for FY2003
28-Oct-2003 - Danish chemical group Novo Nordisk - with a market capitalisation of DK72.0bn - will likely deliver a 'lacklustre' set of results for the first nine...
Merck ramps up custom synthesis capacity
28-Oct-2003 - Germany's Merck KGaA has almost completed the construction of a €200 million plant that will provide a significant increase in the company's organic synthesis business,...
27-Oct-2003
Stanelco license deal
27-Oct-2003 - UK-based Stanelco has licensed rights to a non-gelatine encapsulation process developed by its subsidiaries Adept Polymers and Stanelco Fibre Optics to Isracaps, an Israeli company....
Peptides from Solutia
27-Oct-2003 - Under-pressure speciality chemicals company Solutia has launched an offensive on the outsourced peptide synthesis market with the formation of a new business group in Switzerland...
Don't ride the Crestor wave, says Lancet
27-Oct-2003 -
Purification market getting crowded
27-Oct-2003 - The market for protein and DNA purification kits is maturing, and the pace of technological innovation has slowed, leaving dozens of companies fighting for market...
EU microencapsulation institute
27-Oct-2003 - A European Union-funded project has launched the first ever European virtual microencapsulation institute, aimed at turning technologies in this field into viable business products. Microencapsulation...
Pharma tech shines at Cardinal Health
27-Oct-2003 - Cardinal Health posted higher earnings in the first quarter of fiscal 2004, on the back of increased demand in its prescription drug wholesale business but...
23-Oct-2003
Sales flat but profits rise at PE
23-Oct-2003 - PerkinElmer today reported third-quarter revenues of $367.1 million (€311m), at around the same level as the same period of 2002, but cost-cutting helped net income...
EU IPO rush to follow US?
23-Oct-2003 - October has seen a rush by US biotechnology companies to list on the stock markets, bringing to an end an Initial Public Offering (IPO) drought...
Bar code buy for McKesson
23-Oct-2003 - McKesson has purchased the packaging operations of privately-held Sky Pharmaceuticals Packaging, a supplier of unit dose bar coded packaging solutions. The deal sets up McKesson...
GMP on the agenda
23-Oct-2003 - AustraIian Pharmaceutical Industries has been given the go-ahead to restart production of therapeutic goods at its Kingsgrove facility in New South Wales, which was shut...
Off-the-peg LIMS
23-Oct-2003 - The worldwide market for Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) is expected to grow at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.8 per cent over...
Biovitrum bolsters contract business
23-Oct-2003 - Biotechnology company Biovitrum has established a new business unit, Biovitrum Biopharmaceuticals, to strengthen its position as a supplier of process development and contract manufacture of...
22-Oct-2003
Legal challenge hits gelatine-free capsule sector
22-Oct-2003 - BioProgress has started legal proceedings against Stanelco Fibre Optics alleging ownership of several patents related to processes used in gelatine-free encapsulation. A subsidiary of the...
Thermo back to profit growth
22-Oct-2003 - Thermo Electron has reported a rise in net income in the third quarter after two consecutive quarters of contracting profits. The improvement came about as...
New contracts for EPPS
22-Oct-2003 - EaglePicher Pharmaceutical Services (EPPS) of the USA says it has received $1.8 million (€1.5m) in late-stage development contracts for active pharmaceutical ingredients (API). The company...
Takeda shuffles pharma production
22-Oct-2003 - Japan's Takeda Chemical Industries is to invest approximately Y15.0 billion (€117m) in its plant at Hikari City, in anticipation of the closure of its Shonan...
Medical device alliance
22-Oct-2003 - An alliance has been forged between two chemicals giants - Dow Corning and Rohm and Haas - to develop new materials for topical and transdermal...
21-Oct-2003
New manufacturing chief at Schering-Plough
21-Oct-2003 - USA-based pharmaceutical major Schering-Plough has pressed ahead with previously-announced plans to create a global manufacturing supply chain and has named a former Merck & Co...
GSK opens UK's largest chemistry lab
21-Oct-2003 - GlaxoSmithKline today opened a new high-throughput chemistry facility at its Harlow research centre in Essex, UK, that is hopes will allow it to cut down...
Emerson wins South Korean contract
21-Oct-2003 - Emerson Process Management has won a contract from Celltrion to automate what is thought to be the first large scale biopharmaceuticals manufacturing facility in South...
High-throughput screening set to grow in Asia Pacific
21-Oct-2003 - An escalation in drug discovery activities in the Asia Pacific region is likely to cause significant growth for technologies used in high-throughput screening, according to...
Klöckner expands in Brasil
21-Oct-2003 - Klöckner Pentaplast of America says it is currently installing rigid vinyl film production capacity at its subsidiary, Pentaplast do Brasil. The 12,000 sq. m. site...
Meridica DPI gets Pfizer seal of approval
21-Oct-2003 - Meridica has licensed its newly-designed Xcelovair dry powder inhaler (DPI) to Pfizer in what amounts to something of a coup for the small UK start-up....
Mixed bag of product news for Flamel
21-Oct-2003 - For French drug delivery company Flamel Technologies, this week has so far been a case of 'win one, lose one.' It secured the go-ahead for...
20-Oct-2003
€500m charge as Degussa restructures
20-Oct-2003 - Germany's third-largest chemicals company Degussa has been forced to take a €500 million charge in its fine chemicals business unit as it copes with the...
Cambrex re-jigs Rutherford deal
20-Oct-2003 - US life science chemicals company Cambrex has altered the terms of its agreement to sell Rutherford Chemicals and will make a slightly higher loss on...
BioProgress to sell off NROBE system
20-Oct-2003 - UK-based BioProgress has elected to sell the rights to one of its non-gelatine film technologies after deciding that the program would benefit from being in...
Pharma M&A in decline as biotech rises
20-Oct-2003 - A new study from PharmaVentures notes that merger and acquisition activity among pharmaceutical firms worldwide has declined radically over the past seven years, while biotech-biotech...
Labelling better than direct tube printing?
20-Oct-2003 - Advanced Labelling Systems (ALS) has launched the T-series tube labeller, which is claimed to offer a cost effective alternative to direct tube printing for pharmaceutical...
17-Oct-2003
Sartorius/KMI go global
17-Oct-2003 - Sartorius North America and KMI/Parexel International have formed an alliance that will improve the geographic reach of their biopharmaceutical production and consultancy services. The new...
Medarex works on its Abs
17-Oct-2003 - Medarex of the USA, a specialist in producing fully-human antibodies, has entered into two new agreements aimed at improving the properties of its drug candidates....
Measuring small RNA sequences
17-Oct-2003 - An explosion in interest in RNA-based tools for drug discovery has taken place in the last couple of years, and researchers are still working out...
Spectral searching made easy
17-Oct-2003 - Spectral searching, or the use of databases of spectroscopy data for materials identification or research, is used in a broad range of industries, including pharmaceuticals....
Akzo profits down, as expected
17-Oct-2003 - Dutch pharmaceuticals, chemicals and coatings group Akzo Nobel has reported a 23 per cent decline in third-quarter earnings, roughly in line with expectations, on the...
16-Oct-2003
Millipore benefits from biotech upturn
16-Oct-2003 - Millipore has reported a hike in third quarter sales and profits on the back of a revival in the biotechnology industry's fortunes, but said this...
Hike in profits at H&R Wasag
16-Oct-2003 - H&R Wasag is expecting to beat its own profit forecasts for 2003 after putting in a good financial performance in the third quarter. The company...
Ignore packaging at your peril, warns 3M
16-Oct-2003 - Packaging is one of the last remaining unclaimed frontiers for manufacturing companies, including those in the pharmaceutical industry. Tackling the operations and integration of this...
New Lutrol product from BASF
16-Oct-2003 - A new product in BASF's Lµtrol range of poloxamer excipients, designed to improve the solubility of poorly-soluble actives, will be introduced at the CPhI exhibition....
Huntingdon suppliers get legal protection
16-Oct-2003 - The UK High Court has issued injunctions against a number of individuals found to be involved in the harassment of staff working for UK-based Japanese...
Pump makers under pressure
16-Oct-2003 - Escalating inflation rates and price pressures are hitting the profit margins of positive displacement pump manufacturers and holding back R&D for new product technology development,...
15-Oct-2003
Elan extends J&J collaboration
15-Oct-2003 - Ireland's Elan Corp has signed up another heavyweight partner for its NanoCrystals technology, designed to improve the solubility of drug compounds. It is estimated that...
Cambrex extends Ontak contract
15-Oct-2003 - Cambrex Bio Science, a subsidiary of Cambrex Corp, has won an additional five-year contract to manufacture a biopharmaceutical product developed by Ligand Pharmaceuticals. The new...
Safety syringes booming
15-Oct-2003 - The market for retractable syringes designed to prevent needlestick injuries is set for explosive growth and could expand nearly seven-fold by 2006, according to a...
Vaccines from rabbits' milk
15-Oct-2003 - France's BioProtein Technologies, a biotechnology company specialising in the production of therapeutic proteins in the milk of transgenic rabbits, has extended its biomanufacturing services to...
Keeping it clean
15-Oct-2003 - Particle Measuring Systems has launched a new testing station for ensuring that biomedical devices are free of surface contamination due to particles. The Surfex-100 measures...
14-Oct-2003
Applera sues Roche over PCR
14-Oct-2003 - Switzerland's Roche is subject to a fresh legal challenge over its patent position in polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing, used in both clinical diagnosis and...
Chugai to claim top spot for bio production
14-Oct-2003 - Japan's Chugai Pharmaceutical is planning to add a further two 10,000L bioreactors to the original construction plans of biological drug substance production facilities at the...
Towards harmonisation in chemical analysis
14-Oct-2003 - Leaders from Europe's major Certified Reference Materials (CRM) producers last week met to sign a Memorandum of Understanding for the new European Reference Materials (ERM)...
Pyrosequencing buys Biotage in US
14-Oct-2003 - Sweden's Pyrosequencing has entered into an agreement to buy Biotage, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dyax of the USA, for approximately $35 million in cash. The...
Ireland's DPS sets out on European charge
14-Oct-2003 - An Irish engineering firm which specialises in providing services to the pharmaceutical sector says it is planning to create 250 jobs over the next five...
Tentacle tech from Merck
14-Oct-2003 - Germany's Merck KGaA introduced a new process media for the capture of viruses, proteins, antibodies and DNA at last week's Biotechnica meeting in Hanover. The...
Roche to build $155m PCR facility
14-Oct-2003 - Switzerland's Roche is planning to spend $155 million (€133m) on a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) manufacturing centre at its Branchburg, New Jersey site. The first...
13-Oct-2003
General Electric to share Amersham vision
13-Oct-2003 - Amersham confirmed on Friday that the mystery suitor for the company was General Electric, the front runner amongst the companies put forward by the rumour-mongers...
Hermes hikes production capacity
13-Oct-2003 - Germany's Viatris sold its Austrian production site in Wolfsberg to Hermes Arzneimittel on 8 October, raising the latter's manufacturing capacities at a stroke. Hermes manufactures...
Inamed finds partner in Bayer BP
13-Oct-2003 - German drug delivery company Inamed has signed up the first partner for its computer-controlled AKITA inhaler, designed to improve respiratory treatment by tailoring drug delivery...
New tabletting products from Natoli
13-Oct-2003 - Natoli Engineering has launched a new software package designed to make designing tablets easier, quicker and more accurate. TabletCad is able to design any standard...
Pharma and other process industries "throwing away money"
13-Oct-2003 - The process manufacturing industries in Europe are suffering from a costly productivity gap caused by a 'disconnect' between commercial demands and production capacity. Moreover, while...
10-Oct-2003
SNP database goes public
10-Oct-2003 - Affymetrix has released a tranche of genotype data covering 120,000 validated single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) into the public domain. The company said that the database...
Liquid handling from KNF
10-Oct-2003 - The lab division of German company KNF Neuberger has announced the UK release of a new 3-in-1 liquid handling device. The new product, KNFLab Tower,...
09-Oct-2003
Erweka launches dissolution tester
09-Oct-2003 - Germany's Erweka has introduced a new dissolution tester that it says is more accurate and easy to use than rival products. The Offline Dissolution System,...
Amersham soars on takeover bid
09-Oct-2003 - Amersham yesterday confirmed that it had received a bid from an unnamed suitor wishing to buy the entire company. The company's shares rose more than...
EU fines Aventis for price-fixing
09-Oct-2003 - Aventis has had its knuckles rapped by the European Union for its alleged involvement in a cartel to control the price of sorbates, used as...
MG exits chemicals business
09-Oct-2003 - German manufacturing firm MG Technologies has set aside its 'twin-track' strategy of tackling both the engineering and speciality chemicals sectors. The company said it will...
Price hike for propionates
09-Oct-2003 - Organic acid salts manufacturer Verdugt Bv of the Netherlands has announced a 3.75 cents per pound price increase for calcium and sodium propionates, effective 1...
07-Oct-2003
Human Epigenome Project gets going
07-Oct-2003 - Epigenomics and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute are to press ahead with the first phase of the Human Epigenome Project following the successful completion of...
06-Oct-2003
Rhodia CEO quits
06-Oct-2003 - Food and pharmaceutical ingredients company Rhodia has announced a major restructuring drive that has coincided with the departure of its chairman and chief executive Jean-Pierre...
Flamel to raise $62m in share offering
06-Oct-2003 - France's Flamel Technologies has started a drive to raise funds in the USA via a placement of shares aimed at raising $62.1 million. The company's...
FDA task force issues counterfeiting report
06-Oct-2003 - A US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) task force on counterfeiting of drugs issued its preliminary report on schedule at the end of last week,...
DSM culls US pharma plant
06-Oct-2003 - DSM has said that it has decided to decommission manufacturing of pharma chemicals at its location in Greenville, US. Production operations will cease in the...
Clear benefits from new Multicheck V
06-Oct-2003 - Erweka has introduced a completely redesigned version of its Multicheck machine for full automatic measurement of sample weight, thickness, diameter and hardness for round, irregular-shaped...
03-Oct-2003
Mixed reaction to Council stance on pharma reform
03-Oct-2003 - The European Union Council of Ministers has agreed on a 'Common Position' aimed at improving the regulatory framework for human medicines in Europe, sparking the...
France boosts research budget
03-Oct-2003 - The French ministry responsible for research and technology has announced a series of measures to boost research and development in the country, according to the...
Cardinal Health buys Gala
03-Oct-2003 - Cardinal Health is to acquire 100 per cent ownership of protein production specialist Gala Biotech for $15.5 million (€13.2m) in a move to bolster its...
02-Oct-2003
Power to the people at BASF
02-Oct-2003 - BASF has started construction work on a new combined heat and power plant at its site in Ludwigshafen, Germany. It is due to come on-line...
Biometric solution for pharma firm
02-Oct-2003 - SAFLINK, a US company that develops biometric security products has made its first sale of the technology to an unnamed pharmaceutical client. The $1 million...
Lab-scale milling from Quadro
02-Oct-2003 - Ytron-Quadro officially launched its new Quadro Comil model U5, a scaleable laboratory model conical screen mill, at last week's PPMA 2003 show in Brimingham, UK....
01-Oct-2003
BioFocus extends Roche alliance
01-Oct-2003 - UK company BioFocus has entered into an agreement with Switzerland's Roche for the design of a several custom compound libraries for use in the latter's...
Elan in pact with BMS
01-Oct-2003 - Irish pharmaceutical group Elan got a lift yesterday when its drug delivery business unit, NanoSystems, signed an agreement with US pharmaceutical major Bristol-Myers Squibb for...
Silica venture in Japan
01-Oct-2003 - A new joint venture company in Japan has entered the market for precipitated silica, silica gel and matting agents, used as additives in a number...
Chemicals follow crops as Bayer reorganises
01-Oct-2003 - Germany's Bayer has continued the revamp of its business units by setting up its chemicals, technology services and healthcare activities as three separate legal entities....
CTD creates review backlog in UK
01-Oct-2003 - The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has admitted to delays in the processing of marketing applications because of a huge number of files...
Casburt unveils in-house tablet press
01-Oct-2003 - UK company Casburt has introduced a new own-brand, medium-output range of tabletting machines under the Technipress banner. The smaller machine in the range is the...
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