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Baxter suspends production of heparin after deaths

Pfizer expands in inhaled drugs as Nektar cuts back

Tablet demand helps lift FMC BioPolymer in Q4

Smart pillbox takes on TB

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SfN outlines strategies to counter animal extremists

EC 'unlikely to support ban on primate testing'

Beckman Coulter sees earnings drop in Q4

Tufts heralds outsourcing as the way of the future

 
 

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Baxter suspends production of heparin after deaths
Baxter International has suspended the production of its blood-thinning drug heparin in multi-dose vials, following the deaths of four patients in the USA who were given the drug in high doses... Read


Pfizer expands in inhaled drugs as Nektar cuts back
Pfizer's announcement of plans to create a new €130m inhaled medicines unit at its facility in Amboise, France suggests that the firm is still intent on investing in inhalation technology, despite its disappointment... Read


Tablet demand helps lift FMC BioPolymer in Q4
Continued strong global demand for oral tablet formulations helped drive a robust performance by FMC BioPolymer in the fourth quarter of 2007... Read


Smart pillbox takes on TB
In the fight against tuberculosis in Africa a group from Massachusetts Institute of Technology has invented a smart electromechanical pill box designed to help patients comply with their treatment... Read


Contract manufacturing news in brief
DSM, Althea, Laureate Pharma, Albemarle and Patheon have all recently announced new contract manufacturing news... Read


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SfN outlines strategies to counter animal extremists
The threat of intimidation, harrassment and violence by animal extremist goups has prompted new recommendations detailing measures scientific institutions can take to protect laboratory researchers... Read


EC 'unlikely to support ban on primate testing'
The European Commission is unlikely to support an outright ban on the use of non-human primates in research, but has just published a new document which indicates that significant changes to current legislation... Read


Beckman Coulter sees earnings drop in Q4
Beckman Coulter saw its fourth quarter earnings held back by acquisition costs that overshadowed a near 11 per cent hike in revenues... Read


Tufts heralds outsourcing as the way of the future
The trend towards outsourcing and outside partnering to improve drug development is tipped to continue, with the strategy being heralded as the way of the future in new research produced by the Tufts Center for... Read


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UK Government plans will stifle innovation, say biotechs

New UK Government proposals to scrap Capital Gains Tax (CGT) relief will stifle life science innovation, according to a group of biotech small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Read



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