A partnership between Celltech and Access Pharmaceuticals is
focusing on the use of a vitamin-based delivery technology for
monoclonal antibodies and antibody fragments.
Bristol-Myers Squibb has taken another step towards building a
franchise in insulin therapy by licensing an inhaled version of the
drug from QDose for $30m.
Argonaut Technologies has released its latest Synthesis and
Purification catalogue, a technical resource for pharmaceutical
chemists and others involved in all phases of drug discovery and
development.
Merck & Co has become the first drug major to make a
significant alliance in the field of RNA interference - one of the
hottest topics in drug discovery - via a deal with Alnylam
Pharmaceuticals.
On 13 October 2003 the European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI) will
launch a new bioinformatics support network that is tailor-made for
small companies.
NiKem Research says it has developed its ADMET capabilities to such
an extent that it can offer them as a service to customers involved
in drug discovery.
Tecan has launched a new 384-channel pipetting head that is
suitable for high precision dispensing of volumes - from 200nl to
50µl - in a broad range of fluid-handling applications.
Two $500m-plus licensing deals reveal the rewards available to
biotech firms with novel drugs, but also the lengths large
biopharma companies will now go to secure exclusive rights to
promising candidates, even if they are in the...
Zinsser has launched a sample preparation system - the Moss 2002 -
that makes it easier to process the hundreds and thousands of
compounds used in HTS laboratories
A small Korean biotechnology company maps the binding site of
phosphodiesterase-5, the target of Pfizer's Viagra and other drugs
for erectile dysfunction.
An October conference on biogenerics will see research-based
biopharmaceutical companies and their generic rivals battle to win
the hearts and minds of regulators.
Waters has launched a new MALDI-TOF (time of flight) mass
spectrometer, along with a line of porous silicon-coated target
plates and new reference standards,
