Akzo Nobel business unit Diosynth, which specialises in the
production of complex active biopharmaceutical ingredients for the
pharmaceutical sector, has developed a new method for manufacturing
synthetic peptides that, it claims,...
Kisters Kayat has launched its Ultra-Flexible Packaging Cell,
designed to take primary packages all the way from production line
to bundled packs, trays or cases and finished pallet.
IBM in the UK and US based IDBS, a provider of data management,
analysis and decision-making software for drug discovery, this week
announced a global strategic alliance.
US company PPD is taking a stake in Chemokine Therapeutics, a
Canadian- and US-based biotechnology company, to continue
development of a proprietary peptide derived from a particular
chemokine that may make the peptide useful as a...
Canadian drug discovery company Phytobiotech has entered into an
agreement to supply Achillion Pharmaceuticals with purified, plant
derived small molecules (phytochemicals) from its PurePhytoLib
library. The collaboration marks a...
TUBITAK, the scientific and technical research council of Turkey,
with the support of the European Commission, is organising a Sixth
Framework Programme (FP6) information day and launch conference, to
take place from 24 to 25 April...
An expert group on intellectual property rights (IPRs) has warned
that rules governing the protection of copyrights, database rights
and patents hamper scientific endeavour and must be changed 'in the
interest of society',...
LION bioscience this week launched the latest version of its open
integration platform, LION DiscoveryCenter 3.2, with an enhanced
chemistry functionality for integrated drug discovery.
US provider of drug discovery tools Deltagen saw cutbacks in
workforce and the closure of operating units help boost revenue by
93 per cent for the fourth quarter of 2002 to $4.7 million (€4.3m),
compared to $2.5 million (€2.3m) for...
Total revenues for the four emerging sectors of protein array,
crucial antibody array, peptide biochip, protein biochip, and
solution bead/particle array were estimated at $90 million
(€83million) in 2002, writes market analyst Business...
LION bioscience this week launched the latest version of its open
integration platform, LION DiscoveryCenter 3.2, with an enhanced
chemistry functionality for integrated drug discovery.
Millipore, which specialises in providing technologies, tools and
services for the discovery, development and production of new
therapeutic drugs, has reported first-quarter 2003 sales of $187
million (€173 million), up 13 per cent...
Akzo Nobel, Dutch pharmaceuticals, coatings and chemicals company,
reports first quarter net earnings of €164 million, a considerable
30 per cent below the first quarter of 2002.
German packaging company Bosch Packaging Technology will reveal a
host of products at the upcoming exhibition on chemical engineering
and biotechnology to be held in Frankfurt, Germany in May this
year. Brand new on the stand, filling...
