Dow has contracted Cambrex to make its solubility enhancing polymer HPMCAS, adding manufacturing clout to its bioavailability-focused collaboration with Bend Research.
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have pioneered a multi-compartment gel capsule that could be used to simultaneously deliver drugs of different types.
Serina Therapeutics has developed a new way of synthesizing polyoxazoline (POZ) polymers for drug delivery applications that, it claims, is free of the drawbacks that have hampered previous production methods.
Dutch company OctoPlus has extended its rights to the PolyActive
delivery technology used in its lead drug candidate Locteron, based
on interferon alfa.
General Electric (GE) has launched a range of
ultra-high-performance plastics that it claims will answer the need
for cost-effective injection moldable resin.
Researchers have discovered a new method for delivering drugs to
the eye using biodegradable polymer nanoparticles that promise
controlled release and better bioavailability than eye drops.
Warwick Effect Polymers (WEP) have chosen R&D outsourcing
specialist Avantium to jointly develop their polyethylene glycol
PolyPEG technology for biopharmaceutical compounds, enhancing their
bioavailability and pharmacokinetics.
Varian has announced it is to acquire Polymer Laboratories for $42
million (€35.7 million)in a transaction that adds consumables and
instrumentation for Gel Permeation Chromatography (GPC) analysis to
its product portfolio.
Materials company, Micromuscle, has developed an electro-active
polymer technology that allows the controlled release of liquid
medications that reflect an emerging class of advanced materials
with new revolutionary properties.
BASF, the world's largest chemical company, and Seppic, an offshoot
of Air Liquide Healthcare, have embarked on a strategic cooperation
to jointly develop and market coating systems for film coating of
tablets in the drug industry.
US company SurModics is evaluating a biodegradeable polymer
technology, developed at Rutgers University, that could improve the
delivery of drugs into the eye.
MIP Technologies, a Swedish firm specialising in polymers with
binding properties, has signed a deal which could take its
technology out of the laboratory sector and into the realms of
large-scale production of pharmaceuticals.
German chemicals group BASF has launched two new pharmaceutical
film-coating products, cementing its position in a market estimated
to be worth about €200 million and growing at 5 to 6 per cent a
year.
A new company has been set up in the UK to apply high-throughput
technologies to the development of new chemical materials,
including catalysts and novel drugs, for use in the pharmachem
industries.
Korean company Boo Yoon Tech has been granted a US patent on a
polyester resin that can be used to make environmentally-friendly,
biodegradable pharmaceutical bottles and blister packs.
Owens-Illinois has developed a new generation of plastic bottles
and vials for pharmaceutical applications that have significant
advantages over glass counterparts, including shatter resistance
and low rates of damage in production...
Denmark's Novo Nordisk has signed a €47m deal with Neose to develop
long-acting versions of three protein drugs using a proprietary
PEGylation technology.
BioProgress has started legal proceedings against Stanelco Fibre
Optics claiming ownership of several patents related to processes
used in gelatine-free encapsulation. Stanelco recently unveiled its
own ambitions in this area after...
Germany's Merck has introduced a new process media for the capture
of viruses, proteins, antibodies and DNA that has significant
advantages over other sorbents.
Viscotek has launched a new module for its OmniSEC software for
multiple detection analysis in size separation experiments aimed at
the measurement of copolymers.
Switzerland's Novartis has been awarded a US patent for a novel
means of extending the shelf life of pharmaceuticals. The invention
describes the use of a plastic bottle made from a polymeric
material that is impregnated with...
