The Bio Affinity Company (BAC) has introduced two new products for
scientists who need to purify hard-to-separate antibodies such as
immunogloblins A and M.
Two products aimed at enhancing the efficiency of process
development in biopharmaceutical manufacturing are the latest
offerings from GE Healthcare, the UK-based medical technology and
services company.
The use of disposable manufacturing equipment in pharmaceutical
production and greater need for containment equipment were
recurring themes at the Interphex show in Philadelphia last week,
and both were addressed by new equipment...
Varian, Invitrogen, BMG Labtech and Hosokawa Micron have all
recently announced new product launches, detailing a selection of
tools and equipment to aid the scientist working in the laboratory
environment.
Novartis has lent impetus to the growing trend towards
philanthropic R&D in the pharmaceutical industry by opening a
new research institute in Siena, Italy "with a non-profit
mission to exclusively focus on the development...
Germany put in a strong showing as category winners were announced
for the fourth annual Facility of the Year Awards (FOYA)
recognising innovation in pharmaceutical manufacturing projects.
With the price of crude oil going up almost every day it is no
surprise that this has a knock-on effect to the price of raw
materials for the pharmaceutical and chemical industries. But DSM
and Roquette have developed a process that...
Separations expert Millipore is collaborating with Rohm and Haas
Company to develop new high-performance chromatography products for
use in biopharmaceutical manufacturing.
Two new techniques have been developed that could signal the end of
PCR (polymerase chain reaction) amplification for sequencing
applications and dramatically increase the efficiency of sample
preparation.
Netherlands-based DSM has invested an undisclosed sum in Danish
purification technology company Upfront Chromatography to boost its
protein separation business.
ZS Genetics has signed up outside academic assistance to speed
up development of its 'revolutionary' microscopy-based genetic
analysis technology platform.
Industrial microbiology expert bioMerieux has acquired Australian
firm BTF, strengthening its quality control (QC) and manufacturing
quality assurance (QA) offerings to the pharmaceutical industry.
US researchers have shown certain organic solvents can be used to
selectively extract therapeutic proteins from host bacteria,
avoiding the need for cell lysis and increasing product purity by a
factor of five.
Roche has committed hundreds of millions of dollars to an
early-phase rheumatoid arthritis drug, a move that is indicative of
big pharma's increasing tendency to license earlier phase
compounds.
Just weeks after announcing intentions to snap up biologics firm
MedImmune, AstraZeneca has acquired DSM's old biologics
manufacturing facility in Montreal, Canada, a site that's been
gathering dust since it was mothballed...
UK biotech firm Acambis has decided to bring the manufacturing of
its soon to be approved smallpox vaccine in-house while its
agreement with contract manufacturer Baxter comes to an end.
Technology and services provider Althea Technologies has stepped
closer to a significant increase in manufacturing capacity as it
announces the completion of the first phase of construction at its
new San Diego facility.
A Brazilian firm has signed a licensing deal to take advantage of a
biopharmaceutical manufacturing technology which will allow the
company to locally manufacture complex biopharmaceuticals destined
for the South American market.
This week Lonza took over the reigns of two new US business units
from Cambrex after completing the largest acquisition in its
company history and also announced a capability expansion at its
Czech Republic site.
US-based firm Xcellerex yesterday announced it has completed the
second half of a $20m (€15.4m) financing deal, raising $11m to
speed up commercialisation of its innovative disposable
manufacturing technology for vaccines and biotherapeutics.
The European Commission continues to be accused by European
industry of pushing 'green policies' that are stifling progress and
global competitiveness - the controversial REACH chemicals
legislation remains a sore point.
Nabi Biopharmaceuticals has obtained the exclusive rights to use a
plasma protein purification technology from ProMetic Life Sciences
in the large-scale development and manufacture of its hyperimmune
products, cutting production costs...
Drug giant Eli Lilly has joined forces with Suven Life Sciences in
a deal that will focus on pre-clinical research of molecules in the
therapeutic area of central nervous system (CNS) disorders.
Seattle drug firm ZymoGenetics has taken Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS)
to court for infringement of its fusion protein technology patents
by several products, including arthritis medication Orencia
(abatacept).
In an incident that state and federal environmental regulators are
treating as "serious," Merck released 25 gallons of a
cyanide-containing chemical from its West Point facility in
Pennsylvania to the sewer, killing hundreds...
Life sciences firm Cambrex has agreed a contract for the production
of clinical trial quantities of Merrimack Pharmaceuticals'
recombinant immunomodulatory serum protein, as its experience in
the downstream purification of proteins...
Responding to surging demand for its flu drug Tamiflu, Roche has
announced it is expanding its external contractors to fifteen in
nine different countries, as its needs for intermediates and
finished product increase.
A new easy-to-use laser microdissection system from Olympus is set
to shake up the isolation technology market by reducing sample
handling and contamination when isolating cells for downstream
analysis and making the process routine.
MiraiBio has released software for the statistical analysis of
multiplexed data generated on its liquid array detection system, a
platform that is designed for immunoassay, enzyme function, and
receptor-ligand interaction applications,...
Gentra Systems has introduced its new versaGene DNA Cell
Purification Kit, which responds to the growing need for
high-quality DNA for sensitive downstream applications. The kit
uses chemistry and column design to purify DNA with...
Doctors and cancer researchers have pleaded with EU politicians to
support a strong REACH chemicals regulation in order to halt an
increase in cancer rates, congenital malformations and asthma.
GE Healthcare has recently launched a number of diverse and
transformational medical technologies aimed at improving
productivity across the pharmaceutical manufacturing sector.
Arsenal Capital Partners has acquired a majority stake in Reilly
Industries for €209 million and Velsicol Chemical for an
undisclosed fee. The purchases continue a rich vein of activity for
the private equity firm, which now hold...
Drug packaging maker West Pharmaceutical Services release its 3Q
results, which indicate a rise in profits but fell short of analyst
estimates, due to slow sales in some segments and high raw material
and energy costs.
EU environment ministers met on Monday to further debate key issues
related to the chemical substances review, which has become one of
the fiercest political battlegrounds ever in the history of EU
policy definition.
Two novel technologies, designed to check water supplies for
toxins, is set to provide a new on-site monitoring approach,
enhancing current utility monitoring systems that require water
samples to be sent to laboratories for analysis.
PerkinElmer and Invitrogen enter into a strategic agreement to
streamline drug development in which the collaboration will combine
PerkinElmer's technology for ion channel drug discovery and
Invitrogen's voltage sensor probe...
The Hovione Group revealed its yearly figures for 2005, which
revealed that sales grew by 8 per cent. The company's performance
is in contrast to the pharma fine chemicals sector, which between
2002 and 2004 had an average 14...
A disposable flask bioreactor designed by Swiss company Integra
Biosciences has been shown to boost cell densities in mammalian
cell culture by a factor of 10 in a study.
