Last week, BASF officially opened a pharmaceutical grade omega-3 active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) facility on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland that it gained with the acquisition of Equateq earlier this year.
New anti-breast cancer drugs could be developed after latest
research suggested that Omega-3, a fatty acid found in oily fish,
could be combined with an anaesthetic to reduce the ability of
breast cancer cells to develop into malignant...
Molecular Devices Corporation has announced the launch of the first
assay kit that addresses the need for a single step, homogenous in
vitro assay for fatty acid uptake for use in the identification of
potential new drugs via high-throughput...
Scientists have started to develop what could be a biosynthetic
route to producing compounds that serve as precursors to a range of
industrial chemicals, including pharmaceuticals.
A new process developed by RP Scherer promises to overcome the
stability problems that can occur when certain pharmaceutical
actives are formulated alongside fatty acids in softgel capsules.
