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30-Jan-2004
Agilent to roll out first-in-class QA/QC software
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 number analytical instruments that can be monitored from a single PC.
28-Jan-2004
Honeywell to source solvents from Korea
Honeywell has signed a deal with Korea's SK Chemicals that will expand its production of high-purity solvents in Asia.
27-Jan-2004
Strong revenue growth at Millipore
Filtration specialist Millipore has reported strong growth in sales in the fourth quarter of 2003, suggesting that the fortunes of the biopharmaceutical industry - Millipore's primary customer - may be on the up.
Faster, nanoscale HPLC from Eksigent
Eksigent Technologies is launching a new high-pressure liquid chromatography system in March that can increase throughput compared to rival HPLC systems as much as six-fold.
Gradiflow separation passes early test
Australia's Gradipore has been boosted by news that its Gradiflow separation technology has been scaled up to produce commercial quantities of an antibody from source plasma.
21-Jan-2004
Packing proteins onto chips
UK-headquartered NextGen Sciences has formed an alliance with Germany's Protagen aimed at developing 'biochips' that can contain thousands of functional proteins for use in drug discovery.
20-Jan-2004
Pork analysis made simpler
Agilent Technologies has launched a simplified method for detecting sulphonamide antibiotics in pork. The company claims that the method reliably measures sulphonamides at lower than half the European Union and Canadian regulatory limits of 100 parts per billion (ppb) in meat.
His-tagging column from Amersham
Amersham Biosciences has responded to competition in the marketplace for purifying tagged proteins with the launch of Ni Sepharose, a new affinity chromatography medium.
UK falls in line with EU patent law
The UK government has unveiled plans to modernise its patent rules and bring them into line with the revised European Patent Convention.
19-Jan-2004
Faster genomics from Caliper, Affymetrix
Affymetrix and liquid-handling specialist Caliper Technologies - now renamed Caliper Life Sciences - are collaborating on ways of automating genomics research carried out using microarrays.
16-Jan-2004
In the genes
French-based technology group BioMérieux is developing gene chips that can be used to ensure food safety and enhance traceability. The company, which is set to launch the product next month, is keeping tight-lipped about the product, but there is speculation that the concept could represent a breakthrough in food production.
15-Jan-2004
New tests to fight foodborne disease
Food technology firm Oxoid has expanded its range of microbiological tests for the food industry to include two new diagnostic reagents kits - one for Salmonella and another for Listeria species. The company claims that both test kits are easy to use.
Banning microbes from the lab
Labcaire of the UK is upgrading its entire range of laboratory safety cabinets by coating them with an antimicrobial treatment designed to minimise the risk of cross-contamination.
13-Jan-2004
New colony picker from Genetix
Colony counting and picking are well-recognised as one of the most boring, repetitive and error-prone jobs in the lab, and there has been a strong desire to automate the process.
First 'druggable' gene kit from Qiagen
Qiagen of the Netherlands has started shipping a set of RNA interference (RNAi) reagents that correspond to the 5,000 or so genes in the human genome thought most likely to be viable targets for drug discovery.
09-Jan-2004
Tufts gives its answer to drug industry's R&D crisis
The pharmaceutical industry must cut the time its drugs linger in development and terminate less promising projects earlier if it is to improve the efficiency and productivity of its R&D programmes.
07-Jan-2004
New investor to fund LGC expansion
Senior executives at LGC, a UK-headquartered provider of pharmaceutical reference materials and analytical and diagnostic services, are gearing up for a secondary buyout that will help it to accelerate its expansion into international markets.
New player in pipette market
Indian companies may be making great strides in capturing international market shares for bulk pharmaceutical ingredients and generic drugs, but to date they have not made a great impression on the laboratory tool market.
06-Jan-2004
Add-on for FT4 rheometer
In 2003, Freeman Technology launched its new-generation FT4 rheometer in Europe for testing the flow properties of powders, an important measurement in the pharmaceutical and chemical industries where most processes involve the extensive use of powdered compounds.
05-Jan-2004
New E.coli tests on the cards
New tests that slice off the time taken to identify dangerous strains of the harmful bacteria Escherichia coli are the focus of new research from US government scientists.
Invitrogen continues down acquisition trail
Life sciences technology company Invitrogen has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire fellow US firm BioReliance, which specialises in the testing and manufacture of biologic drugs.
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