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Suppliers see solid growth in 2007

01-May-2007 - Laboratory equipment manufacturers are having a good start to 2007, with Thermo Fisher Scientific, Applied...

Charles River's mini-lab 'out of this world'

12-Apr-2007 - Charles River Laboratories' portable endotoxin testing system, the Endosafe PTS, has been successfully used to...

Pharmatek opens new plant; Pace buys P3

11-Apr-2007 - Pharmatek has moved to a new larger lab and manufacturing facility while Pace Analytical Life...

Quintiles opens first India lab and hunts for new business

10-Apr-2007 - Quintiles has opened its first central laboratory in India and is hunting around for further...

Microtest aseptic manufacturing expansion brings new contract

27-Mar-2007 - Microtest Labs has bagged a new contract with UK-based Antisoma to make clinical quantities of...

Merck awards China's WuXi PharmaTech

21-Mar-2007 - Merck has bestowed leading Chinese R&D services firm WuXi PharmaTech with an outsourcing-provider award.

MDS Pharma profit dips further into the red

14-Mar-2007 - MDS has reported a lower first-quarter profit for its Pharma Services unit as a result...

Clinical trials in India just got cheaper

28-Feb-2007 - India's budget finance minister has today announced a tax exemption on all services carried out...

MDS Pharma closes Quebec facility following FDA probe

06-Feb-2007 - MDS pharma has ceased operations at its bioanalytical services facility in Blainville, Quebec in a...

Pfizer plans to double drug production outsourcing

02-Feb-2007 - Pfizer's latest cutbacks will provide a new outsourcing opportunity for contract manufacturing organisations (CMOs) in...

MDS sees light at end of FDA tunnel

16-Jan-2007 - MDS has announced it will help its customers confirm or repeat analyses done at its...

How to minimise biologic viral contamination

11-Jan-2007 - A new white paper has been released to help firms minimise virus contamination during biologic...

Melbourn Scientific expands parenteral testing capacity

08-Jan-2007 - Melbourn Scientific has invested in a light obscuration particle counter to size and count particles...

Dishman Pharma has its eyes set on biotech CRO companies

03-Jan-2007 - India's Dishman Pharmaceuticals & Chemicals is planning to snap up biotech and nanotech contract research...

LAB Research expands preclinical testing in Canada

03-Jan-2007 - LAB Research has completed a $12m facility expansion in Canada that will increase its preclinical...

Smaller drug firms risk non-compliance with EU environmental guide

02-Jan-2007 - A number of executives and technical staff at small to medium size pharmaceutical firms are...

MDS lose C$10m to FDA review in Q4

18-Dec-2006 - MDS has been heavily impacted by a US Food and Drug Administration procedural review of...

Xceleron to expand capabilities after 2m (3m) investment

12-Dec-2006 - Xceleron have received a further £2m (€3m) investment to fund expansion of its core US...

AAIPharma to offer 'one-stop shop' for drug development

05-Dec-2006 - AAIPharma has announced it has signed a contract manufacturing agreement with Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals Outsourcing which...

Niche providers vs full-service CROs

05-Dec-2006 - Niche providers versus full-service contract research organisations (CROs) - each have their pros and cons....

Evotec focuses on drug discovery with sale of technologies division to PE

04-Dec-2006 - Evotec AG has sold its cell analysis instrument division, Evotech Technologies, to PerkinElmer to allow...

Singapore drives pharma industry forward

22-Nov-2006 - Singapore has successfully completed the first phase of its biomedical science (BMS) initiative and is...

Albany announces major restructure at US facility

14-Nov-2006 - Albany Molecular Research (AMRI) has announced a major restructure at its struggling large scale manufacturing...

Tandem teams up with Qualia

07-Nov-2006 - Tandem Labs has announced a new alliance with Qualia Clinical Services only weeks after it...

Xoma gets EU certification for clinical trial drugs production

06-Nov-2006 - Pharma company Xoma has announced that its manufacturing facilities have received European certification for the...