A particle finder, which can determine particle size, number and
shape within 15 seconds, has been launched by German equipment
supplier rap.ID, which believes such technology could solve the
problem of foreign particle contamination...
Batch control systems are becoming increasingly used by the
pharmaceutical and food industries as they increasingly rely on
automation to improve productivity and product quality.
Suppliers in the RNA purification market seeking to win market
share are posed with the challenge of overcoming strong levels of
customer loyalty. A survey reveals that Qiagen and Invitrogen came
out top as to primary suppliers to...
Chiral Technologies, a wholly owned subsidiary of Daicel Chemical
Industries, of Japan, has licensed a chromatography column
technology that promises to be particularly useful for the
separation of chiral drugs.
The combined use of laboratory automation and laboratory
information management software (LIMS) has been shown to increase
productivity, reduce human error and improve tracking and
traceability in a microbiology lab in a recent case...
According to a new study, the microscopy sector is set to
capitalise on recent technological breakthroughs, with the
large-scale digitalisation and advances in image reconstruction and
restoration having a positive effect on the market.
Solutia has drawn up an agreement with former parent Monsanto that
could finally bring it out of the state of bankruptcy
reorganisation it has resided in since the end of 2003, reports
Phil Taylor.
UK-headquartered Invensys has divested its stake in the Israeli
joint venture Foxboro NMR, which focuses the application of nuclear
magnetic resonance imaging technology in the process industries.
Johnson & Johnson has been forced to recall a series of
over-the-counter products for children, based on its Tylenol
(acetaminophen) brand, because their labelling is confusing and
could lead to overdosing, reports Phil Taylor.
Roche has opened the world's largest polymerase chain reaction
(PCR) manufacturing site in the world, investing more than $150
million and creating approximately 350 new jobs.
Agilent Technologies has launched what it says is the industry's
first gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer (GC/MS) system with a
user interface that allows the electronic sharing of application
methods.
'Smart' blister packaging that can record when medicines are taken,
developed by Canada's Information Mediary Corp, is being launched
into the European market with the help of French contract research
organisation ABR...
SupplyScape, a US company specialising in developing track and
trace technologies for the pharmaceutical industry, has teamed up
with IT consultancy UniSys to set up a pilot study of SupplyScape's
electronic pedigree for drugs,...
France's AES Laboratories has developed a system for the rapid
monitoring of air in the cleanroom or pharmaceutical production
facility for microbial contamination, without having to wait days
for culturing, reports Phil Taylor.
Agilent Technologies is to acquire SSI in a move that will combine
the former's analytical instrumentation, data systems and services
with SSI's strong position in chromatographic data systems and
informatics.
GlaxoSmithKline is planning to use a series of packaging and
on-tablet technologies to prevent parallel trade in its HIV drugs
Combivir (zidovudine and lamivudine) and Epivir (lamivudine),
writes Phil Taylor.
The primary difficulty facing anyone given the task of designing a
state-of-the-art laboratory is that they generally don't have
access to a crystal ball to tell them exactly what will be at the
leading edge of technology in...
Companies that want to develop systems that comply with the US Food
and Drug Administration's PAT (process analytical technology)
recommendations can tap into a new modular fluid handling and
measurement concept in development...
NovAseptic has launched a low volume product in its NovaSeptum
range of sterile disposable sampling systems, to cater for what it
says is the growing requirement for small, accurate volume sampling
in the drug industry.
Mathis Instruments has introduced a wireless version of its
effusivity sensor - the ESP - that is suitable for use in
pharmaceutical production settings, reports Phil Taylor.
Genevac has introduced new technology for its Model HT-4X
centrifugal evaporator whereby the system can be used to accelerate
lyophilisation of water and water mixtures by as much as three
hundred per cent.
Canada's ATS Automation Tooling Systems has launched a
fully-automated inspection system for plastic containers used as
primary packaging for aseptically filled pharmaceutical products.
A pilot programme looking at how radiofrequency identification
(RFID) can be used in pharmacies to pick up counterfeit medicines
is to be developed into a commercial product, reports Phil
Taylor.
A new way of ensuring that pharmaceutical production lines are free
of cleaning agents has been developed by Smiths Detection and Dober
Group, reports Phil Taylor.
Sigma, a division of Sigma-Aldrich Corporation has launched a new
offering of Custom AQUA Peptides for use with Protein-AQUA
Quantitative Proteomics, enabling important applications as
differential protein expression, biomarker quantification...
Sherwood Technology announces the launch of DataLase Edible, a
solution for laser marking edible products such as pharmaceutical
tablets, which represents a method that is expected to increase
productivity and produce better image...
ESA will officially launch its universal detector for use with high
performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), based on a technology
called CAD (charged aserosol detector), in Europe at the HPLC 2005
exhibition in Stockholm in June.
Agilent has launched a Laboratory Resource Management (LRM) service
for life science and pharmaceutical laboratories that promises to
improve productivity, reduce service costs and simplfy
administration.
Metrohm has launched a new generation of its Capsule and Tablet
Analysis System (CTAS), a unit designed specifically for making and
testing solid dosage samples, claiming the system saves laboratory
personnel time as well as improving...
Innov-X Systems has launched a range of handheld analysers, claimed
to be the smallest and lightest tube-based X-ray fluoroscopy
spectrometers available, reports Phil Taylor.
Malvern Instruments will introduce a new pharmaceutical
industry-specific version of its Insitec Voyager particle sizing
system at the Interphex show later this month.
Witt Gas Technologies has launched a new version of its Leak-Master
packaging integrity tester in the UK that could pay for itself in
terms of cost savings in as little as two months, claims the
company.
Varian has introduced a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) probe that
for the first time can be used to determine the molecular
structures of proteins and other biomolecules in the solid state.
Pall has launched a new gas filter that should increase safety in
the production of biologic drugs that need to be made in an
oxygen-enriched environment, writes Phil Taylor.
Applied Biosystems has launched two new mass spectrometers, which
extend the firm's existing product line providing improved
performance for proteomics and small molecule applications.
SupplyScape, a US company specialising in developing track and
trace technologies for the pharmaceutical industry, has raised $7m
in a private financing, writes Phil Taylor.
UK company Atomising Systems Ltd has completed construction of a
cleanroom facility at its plant in Sheffeld, UK, that will be used
to produce a delivery vehicle used in Brachysil, a candidate drug
for liver cancer.
Thermo Electron has introduced a high performance liquid
chromatography (HPLC) system - the Finnigan Surveyor Plus - for
high-throughput sample processing.
Japan's Toppan Printing has developed a radio frequency
identification (RFID) tag that can be embedded within glass
containers such as test tubes, vials or medicine bottles.
The International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering has
launched a new technical publication to help pharmaceutical
companies comply with new regulatory requirements on keeping
electronic rather than paper-based records in the...
Danish analytical technology specialist Foss has reported a sharp
increase in organic growth in 2004, helped in part by the merger of
two of Foss subsidiaries, and the introduction of 10 new products
for the world market, reports...
Agilent Technologies claims a 95 per cent sample recovery with the
introduction of its liquid chromatography column (LC) that
separates and desalts protein samples. This enables proteomics
researchers to detect and identify potential...
NJM/CLI has launched a system that simultaneously applies and
verifies radiofrequency identification tags on bottles and other
item level containers using a primary labeller, writes Phil
Taylor.
While the Drug Discovery Technology Europe show placed an emphasis
on issues surrounding drug research, companies serving the pharma
and biotech industries took the opportunity to showcase the latest
technologies that are set to prove...