Crospon has spun out its transdermal controlled release patch into a distinct company, two years after it licensed the system from HP, using funding from a pharma firm to further its development.
Detection of Mycoplasma contamination in biologics manufacture can be cut from up to 35 days to four hours using Millipore’s MilliPROBE, according to the company.
SurModics has opened a 90,000 sq ft cGMP manufacturing and development facility in Birmingham, Alabama, US to support its partnerships and shorten time to market.
Access Pharmaceuticals’ insulin diabetes treatment has shown promise in preclinical trials, achieving over 80 per cent oral bioavailability, leading the company to target proof-of-concept studies in humans.
Cambridge Consultants (CC) says experience developing auto-injector technologies was critical to its contract appraisal work during Consort Medical’s £16.8m (€11.5m) takeover of The Medical House (TMH).
Pall says its acquisition of MicroReactor Technologies (MRT) broadens its offering in the $1bn (€689m) a year global biopharmaceutical process development market.
Novavax has completed cGMP scale up of its RSV-F vaccine candidate, with the material being used in preclinical studies, and amended the terms of the H1N1 collaboration with Xcellerex.
in-PharmaTechnologist presents its latest round up of movements in the pharma sector, including Genzyme strengthening its quality team and appointments at ISPE and Biogen Idec.
A recently completed manufacturing and filling capacity expansion will help Florida Biologix meet deadlines and win repeat business according to company director Richard Snyder.
Vaccines could be produced in less than 10 weeks from first isolation of the RNA sequence by using insect cell derived influenza VLPs, according to research which has implications for H1N1 and H5N1.
InNexus Biotechnology believes 2010 is the year for biotechs to differentiate and has begun this process by using its Transmab delivery technology in a product for treating psoriasis.
Laureate Pharma and Selexis SA have entered into a joint-marketing relationship, drawing on their respective strengths in contract manufacturing and cell line development to shorten timelines.