Cynthia Pussinen knew she wanted to work in STEM fields by the time she was a teenager, she received a full scholarship to study nuclear engineering but after two years changed to chemistry for her major.
Scientists say a modified plant extract traditionally used as an arrow poison in eastern Africa could inhibit sperm cells’ ability to swim, and lead to the development of a male contraceptive pill.
BASF has set up a pharmaceutical technical laboratory in Navi Mumbai, India citing Asia’s fast growing generic drug manufacturing sector as its target customer base.
This month’s round up includes a new chief manufacturing officer at Brammer Bio and an executive hire at PPD who will help guide the CRO’s laboratory services.
Butterworth Laboratories Ltd has secured an additional facility in Hampton, Middlesex as it aims to increase capacity by 60% over the next three years.
ChemDiv is providing Janssen Research & Development with access to its small molecule discovery platform resources as part of a hit identification collaboration.
A synthetic short cut could make it easier and cheaper to produce nitrile-containing compounds, a group which includes dozens of marketed and pipeline drugs.
W.R. Grace has opened a pharma quality control laboratory at its manufacturing facility in Albany, Oregon and predicted higher drug intermediates sales in the second half of the year.
WuXi AppTec has adopted Elsevier’s technology as the company begins to focus less on point solutions, and more on provider partnerships, says VP of procurement.
Researchers studying chemical reactions in urine have created an adhesive gel for drug delivery applications that they say is cheaper and easier to make than hydrogel-based carriers.
Unchained Labs has acquired Freeslate, a provider of high-throughput solutions for biologics formulation development and small molecule chemistry – marking the company’s 4th acquisition in 12 months.
AstraZeneca says it had no worries about giving rival Sanofi a potential blockbuster drug when the two exchanged compound library molecules this month.
A manganese-based catalyst invented by chemists in Illinois could transform the solubility of drug candidates and improve their therapeutic properties.
EAG (Evans Analytical Group), an independent laboratory network, has acquired Missouri-based Analytical Bio-Chemistry Laboratories (ABC Labs). Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Novasep has signed two partnership agreements for the Japanese markets. The agreements were with Allied Laboratories, a life science and chemical consulting company, and with AR Brown, which will represent Novasep’s CMO services in the Japanese market.
Making drugs generates a huge amount of waste but industry is showing signs of cleaning up its act according to Paul Anastas, the Yale scientist who coined the phrase "green chemistry."
CMO Neuland Laboratories has opened a new manufacturing facility in Hyderabad, India as part of its collaboration with Tokyo-based API Corporation (APIC).
Charles River Laboratories has partnered with eCRO Target Health and Theorem Clinical Research to support the transfer and validation of assays supporting the CROs’ preclinical programs.
The inventor of a reagent recently found to be highly explosive says many drug production chemicals may have similar profiles and that knowing how to handle them is the key.
Early phase clinical trial provider CPR Pharma Services has expanded its bioanalytical offerings with a ligand-binding assay service for its clients developing large molecules such as biologics, monoclonal antibodies and biosimilars.
Arkema has restructured its business as part of its bid to generate €8bn ($10.3bn) in 2015 and become a world leader in the specialty chemicals sector.
BioFocus has taken on Titian’s sample management software in a bid to pump more resources into “refreshing” its 900,000 strong high-throughput screening (HTS) compound portfolio.
Catalent and Bend Research have joined forces to tackle time and cost restrictions for the complex oral controlled-release development and manufacturing process.
Prestwick Chemical and Pharma Plexus Holland have set up a lead optimisation services collaboration intended to meet industry demand for larger candidate selection projects.
Solvias and RohnerChem have set up a research and manufacturing services partnership designed to accelerate the production, scale-up and commercialisation of APIs.
Northern Ireland-based Almac Group has launched its selectAZyme brand, which provides a wide range of enzymes such as reductases, hydrolases, nitrolases for manufacturing applications.