Surmodics has announced that as a result of a collaboration with
the Donaldson Company, the first of a collection of new synthetic
nanofibrillar cell culture surfaces have been produced that will
improve cell culture, cell-based bioassays...
Oxford Immunotec makes available an in vitro diagnostic that
measures T-cells specific to Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB)
antigens diagnosing both latent and active TB infection in
immunocompromised humans - a significant problem...
German chemicals major Merck has joined the race to bring
affordable radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to the
market, investing €1 m to establish a research lab at the Technical
University of Darmstadt dedicated to...
Bruker Optics have reached an agreement with the Chinese State Food
and Drug Administration (SFDA), which sees Bruker technology
integrated into regional Food and Drug Administration offices
aiding the fight against illegal counterfeit...
Drug companies are to trial a unique form of brand protection by
incorporating a laser marking system on glass vials, which is hoped
to act as a deterrent to counterfeiters as engraving is impossible
to remove and difficult to copy.
Stable Micro Systems has developed a new test for measuring the
resilience of thin, film-like products that are used in
pharmaceutical products including plasters, bandages, polymer film,
micropore tape, synthetic skin and latex,...
Filtration specialists, Pall, and Biotrace have signed an agreement
to market microbiological air monitoring technology to the
pharmaceutical industry. The deal focuses on microbiological
monitoring of manufacturing processes, which...
UK company ComplianceControl is launching new software to
streamline the compliance control process, saving precious time and
money for pharmaceutical manufacturing companies of all sizes.
Adoption of RFID hardware and software throughout the pharma
industry is about to explode, spurred on by the push from industry
organizations such as the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to
implement RFID tags to combat sales...
Cambridge Biostability Limited (CBL) has commissioned the world's
first commercial sterile spray dryer for childhood vaccines, in
which the £1 million (€1.5 million) facility will produce clinical
trial material providing a precursor...
Solexa has announced the introduction of its DNA sequencing,
expression profiling and micro-RNA analysis platform designed to
generate over a billion bases of sequence per run, making it ideal
for plans to sequence the entire human...
Stratagene announces a molecular diagnostics agreement, which aims
to focus on the growing molecular diagnostics market for infectious
diseases, currently worth $6.5 billion (€5.5 billion), expanding to
$12 billion by 2010 driven...
Aegate will launch a software solution to combat one of the
pharmaceutical industry's biggest and growing patient safety issues
- counterfeit drugs - in the UK, US and Belgium in 2006 following
the recent success of its UK pilot...
An automated prescription verification process is proving a
valuable tool for the prevention of drug dispensing errors and is
now gaining acceptance within the US pharmacy industry.
According to a recent report, analytic separation technology will
continue to evolve as limitations are addressed and standards grow
even more rigorous, as market drivers such as quality control,
instrument design, and software in...
Foss has introduced the latest in its NIRSystems analyser range,
featuring the company's XDS near-infrared (NIR) technology, for
improved analytical performance in harsh industrial manufacturing
environments.
Proditec exhibited its new automatic visual tablet inspection
system at the recent CPhI, designed to provide the first
alternative to manual pharmaceutical tablet inspection for smaller
laboratories.
The world's first and only radio frequency identification (RFID)
smart cap, originally designed for drug trial compliance
monitoring, is being re-launched as an anti-counterfeiting tool.
Millipore has launched a new reverse osmosis (type III) water
purification system, designed to meet the needs of laboratories
that only require up to 30 L/day of purified tap water.
Viscotek
launches its latest entry-level system for laboratories looking to
conduct characterisation of proteins, and other biomolecules,
allowing researchers to make a determination of absolute Molecular
Weight, a traditionally...
Researchers have put forward a unique process for 'cleaning'
volatile organic compounds - a process that could have considerable
importance to organic compounds that are used in the pharmaceutical
manufacturing process.
Roche has launched what it claims is the first commercially
available instrument for high-throughput DNA sequencing, enabling
sequencing of genomes and long DNA sequences up to 100 x faster
than current Sanger-based methods.
German laboratory and process equipment company Sartorius has
acquired a 100 per cent stake in Omnimark Instrument of the US,
boosting its activities in the moisture analysis sector.
Sweden's Biotage, a specialist in microwave synthesis and
chromatography systems for drug development and production, has
taken some of its European distribution into its own hands through
the purchase of Separtis Holding.
Key Technology subsidiary Symetix has launched a new inspection
system fortablets, capsules, and softgels called Vantyx that it
claims can achieve 100 percent, in-line inspection at full
production speeds.
According to a new report, growing regulations in the European
pharmaceuticals industry is having a harmful effect on the market,
causing many companies to shift their bases to the United States
where the directives are more relaxed.
Greenbridge Environmental Control of the UK has introdueced a new
cleaner and disinfectant agent, suitable for commercial scale
applications, that is claimed to be the first non-toxic product of
its type.
PD-Rx Pharmaceuticals says it has completed the infrastructure of
an online, web-based pharmaceutical tracking system - called the
Pedigree Security Network - to help combat drug counterfeiting.
The International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineers (ISPE) has
developed a definition of restricted access barrier systems, in
collaboration with the US Food and Drug Administration, in order to
clear up confusion in the pharmaceutical...
Key Technology has set up a dedicated pharmaceutical business unit,
Symetix, to lend some focus to its efforts to sell automated
inspection and specialised conveying systems to the drug industry.
Italy's Bonfiglioli has updated its BLI leak testing machine for
blister packaging, first introduced last year, with the ability to
automate sampling between the blister machine and the cartoner for
in-process automatic testing.
Switzerland's Wilco AG has developed a new version of its award
winning headspace testing system for pharmaceutical vials that
boosts its throughput by 50 per cent.
UK pharmaceutical testing company Cirrus Laboratories has been
acquired by Bodycote Materials Testing, an international provider
of materials testing services to industry.
Thermo Electron introduces its new mass spectrometer, which uses a
linear ion trap delivering faster cycle times and improved ion
statistics. This latest addition to the ion trap product portfolio
is designed for use in both research...
One of the difficulties facing the pharmaceutical industry is the
sheer volume of information that has to be incorporated on drug
labelling and packaging, which often makes designing packaging more
a function of squeezing in material,...
A suite of optical detection methods, developed by Finnish
researchers alongside world number two drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline,
promises to cut the cost of drug production and increase the safety
and quality of medicinal products.
Sigma-Aldrich launches its DNA polymerase product for PCR
amplification, which aims to minimise DNA contamination, making it
ideal for researchers looking for a more accurate method in
mutation scanning techniques, and wanting to...
Profos AG, located in Regensburg, Germany, has raised €5 million in
a financing round aimed at supporting the development of an
endotoxin detection system with applications in biopharmaceutical
production.
Scientists in the UK, who have developed revolutionary miniaturised
tools for chemical and biological analysis, have won an injection
of growth capital to produce them commercially.
Sample management provider, REMP, announced the introduction of its
REMP Small Size Store (SSS), a fully automated sample storage and
retrieval system that incorporates 'cherry picking,' enabling
reliable retrieval of samples...
Germany's Bruker AXS is to acquire privately held French company
Socabim, a company focused on advanced X-ray materials research and
analysis software.
Cambrex has launched a new system for stripping out bacterial
endotoxin from protein production systems that it claims is
associated with less product waste than current procedures.
Millipore introduces its latest filter integrity test instrument
that allows biopharmaceutical production to conduct on-site bubble
point, diffusion and HydroCorrSM tests on disk, cartridge and
tangential flow filtration (TFF) filters.
Freeman Technology introduces a new accessory for its rheometer,
which enables users to extend the range of applications to include
those for which only very small amounts of sample are available.
This includes pharmaceutical actives...
Germany's Evotec is to provide a broad range of pharmaceutical
discovery and chemical development services to Procter & Gamble
Pharmaceuticals in a lift for its outsourcing business.
Buck Systems, part of Niro Pharma Systems, has launched a
laboratory-scale blender that allows users to analyse powders as
they are being blended and monitor changing powder characteristics,
achieving the ideal blend as quickly and...
Invitrogen has opened a bioproduction facility in Australia to make
bovine sera products and reagents used in basic research and the
production of vaccines and biotherapeutic drugs.
