Natoli launches a new software package designed to make designing
tablets easier, quicker and more accurate; also unveils an
automatic tablet punch polisher.
Erweka has redesigned its Multicheck system for measuring tablets'
sample weight, thickness, diameter and hardness. The machine can
cope with irregular-shaped and coated tablets.
Ytron-Quadro officially launched its new Quadro Comil model U5, a
scaleable laboratory model conical screen mill, at last week's PPMA
2003 show in Brimingham, UK.
Bayer Biological Products will start shrink-banding its liquid
drugs produced in vials, starting with its Gamunex IGIV product, to
make them more tamper-evident and improve their safety. The move
follows an FDA initiative on counterfeiting.
The future of Medisys' Futura safety syringe looked to be in doubt
again yesterday after the company conceded that its timetable for
launch of the safety syringe, originally due for launch in 2001,
had been put back yet again.
Tekni-Plex has said that its Argentinian subsidiary will begin
production of precision tubing for aerosols and other dip-tube
applications at its Buenos Aires facility.
New products unveiled at the BIOPHEX/INTERPHEX meeting include a
cell culture centrifuge, new cleanroom equipment, a fluidised bed
processor and an isolator for aseptic testing.
Viscotek has launched a new module for its OmniSEC software for
multiple detection analysis in size separation experiments aimed at
the measurement of copolymers.
A new product from Emerson Process Management is enabling steam in
place (SIP) cycle time reductions of typically 20 per cent on fully
monitored plant installations.
DeltaTrak has launched a new Pen-Type Thermo-Hygrometer with
several improvements such as a broader temperature range and
improved sensor design for faster response.
Genevac of the UK has introduced a high performance Model HT-4X
centrifugal evaporator for scientists in the drug discovery and
medicinal chemistry sectors.
The Intraject needle-free injector technology originated by
now-defunct UK company Weston Medical has passed a new series of
feasibility testing at new owner Aradigm.
Packaging is fast becoming an integral part of pharmaceutical
medications and this is leading to more collaborations between the
drug and packaging industries, says Gerresheimer.
Recip AB has signed a deal that will see it implement cGxP software
aimed at providing a productivity boost and helping it become 'a
leader in European packaging and finishing'.
US firm Medrad has installed an automated assembly line that has
increased production capacity of its sterile disposables operation
by more than 60 per cent.
BioProgress has completed the design and build of the first pilot
scale version of its XGEL NROBE powdered drug coating technology
and is set to deliver the machine to Farmasierra in Madrid, Spain.
Merck & Co is conducting a pilot evaluation of Aegis's
Discoverant software in two of its manufacturing plants to assess
its impact on process performance and productivity.
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,
World Pharmaceuticals SA has been awarded a US patent for a
dropping bottle for pharmaceutical liquids that overcomes the
limitations of current designs.
Innothera is awarded a US patent for a formulation of elemental
iron that could do away with the need for coatings to disguise the
mineral's disagreeable taste.
Bruker Daltonics has launched a compact, high-performance MALDI
-TOF/TOF mass spectrometer that has an affordable price tag,
requires less laboratory space than rival systems and is geared up
for use in proteomics applications.
Delivery of millions of doses of Acambis' smallpox vaccine to the
US government has been delayed because of a disagreement over the
best glue to use for the vial labels.
IBM has introduced its new InsightLink software, an application to
help pharma companies create searchable online databases that will
enable more sharing of research knowledge.
Abbott Laboratories and artus have gained European approval for
their RealArt HPA Coronavirus LC RT Reagents, a diagnostic test for
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).
BioProgress of the UK, which specialises in delivery mechanisms for
the pharmaceutical oral dosage markets, has sold the first two
machines in its line of systems for tablet coating based on its
proprietary coloured cellulose film.
Sigma-Aldrich has negotiated an exclusive contract to distribute a
range of catalysts that are used in pharmaceutical discovery and
fine chemical production.
Oden has introduced its Mass/Blend Continuous Stream Digital
Blending System, designed to eliminate problems associated with
large-batch liquid preparation.
Swiss pharmaceuticals giant Novartis is planning to shut its only
manufacturing facility in India, at Mahad in Maharashtra, because
of increasing competition.
The UK's Genetix, which makes gene and protein research equipment,
said it had received orders from leading pharmaceutical groups for
two of its new products.
