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.
UCLA chemists have created the first nano valve that can be opened
and closed at will to trap and release molecules. The nano valve
could potentially be used as a drug delivery system, trapping and
releasing therapeutic molecules...
Reaxa, a new catalyst technologies company, has formally commenced
trading following a successful spin-out from UK-headquartered
chemicals company Avecia, reports Phil Taylor.
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.
Agilent Technologies has introduced the industry's first GC/MS
system that allows researchers to electronically download and share
application methods, accelerating the transfer and method
standardisation across laboratories...
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...
In response to industry and customer demand, Elsevier is to build
an electronic notebook (ELN) designed for the life sciences
industry and which will significantly reduce cycle time in
biopharmaceutical R&D, writes Wai Lang Chu.
Specialty chemicals company Degussa has developed an put in place
an automated workstation that should speed up process development
and scale-up projects for its clients.
Wacker-Chemie is to acquire German biotechnology company ProThera,
based in Jena, to boost its presence in the biologics manufacturing
sector. ProThera will now operate as Wacker Biotech.
Informatics company Tripos has entered into a definitive agreement
to acquire privately held Optive Research, which develops software
for computer-assisted molecular discovery.
UK company Accentus has developed a technology that promises to
halve the cost of carrying out high-throughput crystallography,
used in polymorph screening and salt selection as part of the
process of pharmaceutical form selection...
German chemical and pharmaceutical company Merck KGaA has sold off
a manufacturing facility in France in a move aimed at consolidating
its global production infrastructure.
German contract development and manufacturing company Girindus has
installed a microwave system at its plant in the US, reflecting a
growing trend in the sector to use microwaves to improve reaction
yields.
Software manufacturers The Wercs has announced the launch of an
automated approval process module to streamline formal chemical
requests and approvals for manufacturers using and storing
chemicals.
Software provider Accelrys becomes the latest company to exploit
the use of compound databases in drug discovery. It has agreed to
integrate Sigma-Aldrich's chemical compound catalogs into Accelrys'
chemical suppliers database...
Germany's LION bioscience has made a foray into the market for
cheminformatics software with a new package designed to help
pharmaceutical companies identify, select and priortise compounds,
based on data emerging from the medicinal...
The company Evotec OAI, a drug discovery and development solution
provider to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries has
announced the successful expansion of their in vitro and in silico
ADMET (Adsorption, Distribution,...
Fisher Scientific has opened a new small scale chemical
manufacturing facility in Loughborough, UK, to add new custom
synthesis services for the pharmaceutical and other industries.
Membrane Extraction Technology has launched a new version of its
METcell - a chemically-resistant high pressure stirred cell used in
development laboratories in the pharmaceutical and chemical
industry - that can cope with more corrosive...
A new machine from Ultrasonic Scientific promises to revolutionise
the analysis of chemical reactions by requiring only a tiny amount
of sample, an important consideration when testing expensive
biologic compounds.
Agilent Technologies has launched a software package to help drug
companies keep a close eye on the quality of chemical compounds.
The firm says the product is the first of its kind, allowing a more
than seven-fold increase in the...
Kiadis of the Netherlands has acquired the entire issued share
capital and assets of Selact in a move that bolsters its
capabilities in chemical synthesis and contract research.
Porvair Sciences of the UK has introduced a new product for
concentrating samples in 96 or 384-well microplates, which aims to
remove the traditional laboratory bottleneck of waiting for solvent
to evaporate from the plates before...
A collaboration between Peakdale Molecular and fellow UK firm De
Novo Pharma has made progress in identifying novel molecules
targeting G protein-coupled receptors.
Swedish company Pyrosequencing today completed its acquisition of
US company Biotage. A cash payment of SK 235M ($35m) has today
landed Pyrosequencing with 100 per cent of the shares in Biotage.
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.
BioFocus has entered into an agreement with Switzerland's Roche for
the design of a several custom kinase libraries for use in the
latter's drug discovery efforts.
Daicel has entered into an agreement with Thesis Chemistry in a
deal which will see the two companies collaborate in the area of
chiral process manufacturing.
Argonaut Technologies has introduced a new resin-bound reagent,
MP-TsO-TEMPO that enables medicinal chemists to introduce diversity
into chemical libraries with high purity and yields.
GlaxoSmithKline has opened an ultra-high-throughput screening
facility at its site in Tres Cantos, Spain, marking a significant
milestone in the company's bid to develop a more industrialised
approach to the process of drug discovery.
Great Lakes Fine Chemicals has invested $8 million ($6.7m) in a
program aimed at upgrading its pharmaceutical ingredient
manufacturing facilities in Holywel, Wales
Avantium Technologies of the Netherlands, a specialist in
developing high throughput process R&D techniques for customers
in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries, has been signed up
by Eastman Chemical for the discovery...
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.
Isis Innovation, the wholly-owned technology transfer company of
Oxford University, reports this week that researchers at the
university's Inorganic Chemistry laboratory have found that they
can intercalate a range of pharmaceutically...