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31-Mar-2004
Lab design enters 21st century
Drug companies are waking up to the notion that the environment a researcher works in - whether in drug discovery or the quality control lab - is a crucial factor in determining their productivity and creativity. And they have started to embrace new flexible workspaces that do away with the limitations of traditional buildings, reports Phil Taylor.
29-Mar-2004
Urine test could save drug industry money
A simple urine sample could soon be used to predict the complex toxic effects of new drugs potentially making clinical trials safer, more effective, and saving the industry millions of euros.
24-Mar-2004
New thermal cycler from MWG
The opening up of the European market for thermal cyclers earlier this month has been followed swiftly by the launch of a new product in the category from Germany's MWG Biotech, reports Phil Taylor.
22-Mar-2004
Testing drugs in tiny volumes
A new machine from Ultrasonic Scientific promises to revolutionise the analysis of chemical reactions by requiring only a tiny amount of sample, an important consideration when testing expensive biologic compounds.
19-Mar-2004
Scientist decline could hamper UK R&D
The pharmaceutical industry in the UK could face a recruitment crisis if more is not done to encourage students to opt for science and engineering courses, according to the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry.
18-Mar-2004
Merger creates new force in life sciences
Fisher Scientific and Apogent Technologies are to merge in a $3.7 billion (€3.01bn) deal that will double Fisher's footprint in the high-growth life sciences equipment market, reports Phil Taylor.
UK govt and industry unveil R&D investment
The UK government has promised to protect the large funding increases for science announced in the country's last Spending Review and pledged more investment under a new 10-year strategy for science.
17-Mar-2004
Chip scales down nucleic acid extraction
Scientists at the California Institute of Technology in the US have developed a postage stamp-sized chip that can be used to carry out many of the routine steps involved in isolating and purifying nucleic acids from cells.
France seeks advice on encouraging R&D
The French government has embarked on a fact-finding exercise to try to work out ways it can address the country's diminishing standing as a centre for biopharmaceutical R&D.
15-Mar-2004
Tool dissects small RNA functions
Since the sequencing of the human genome, there has been a lot of attention paid to finding cellular factors that control gene expression. Micro RNA (miRNA) - small sequences of 20-24 nucleotides that do not code for proteins - are thought to be involved in this process, but it has been difficult to work out exactly what they do in the cell.
After difficult year, Tecan sees no recovery in early 04
Switzerland's Tecan saw its sales last year fall 6 per cent as turnover growth in its genomics/proteomics division failed to counterbalance declines in drug discovery and diagnostics.
12-Mar-2004
Food x-ray technology from afar
Technology that allows real-time x-ray inspection imaging has been developed. Manufacturer Cintex says that the reason the modifications made to its range of MIACS software is so innovative is because it will allow, for the first time, monitoring from a remote location, writes Anthony Fletcher.
11-Mar-2004
QA system for drug delivery polymers
An analysis technology developed by Viscotek can slice days off the time it takes to carry out research and quality control into drug delivery systems based on polymers.
Purity rules for food additives continue
Last month Brussels laid down amendments to three European directives linked to colours, sweeteners and food additives. The latest in a series of changes to existing technical legislation covering the purity criteria for food additives, Directives amended are 96/77/EC, 95/45/EC and95/31/EC.
10-Mar-2004
Instrumentation maker adds service business
MOCON has decided to expand out of its primary business of manufacturing instrumentation and break into new territory in providing testing and consulting services.
09-Mar-2004
Waters improves analytical technology with new product
US company Waters Corporation will this week unveil its next-generation liquid chromatograph, said to significantly improve productivity in the lab by giving scientists chromatographic run times up to nine times shorter than the fastest current HPLC systems.
08-Mar-2004
Agilent embraces systems biology
Agilent Technologies has set up a new business unit that will bring all its gene expression, proteomics and reagents activities under one umbrella.
Scientists film cells communicating
Researchers at Max Planck Institute in Germany have used a nano-sized imaging tool to capture the first-ever movies of cells transmitting the messages that control genes. The breakthrough is expected to help pharmaceutical companies speed and enhance the process of screening candidate cancer drugs.
Lab-scale freeze-drier from Buchi
Switzerland's Buchi has launched a small-scale oven for freeze-drying samples that puts the technology within reach of laboratories that might baulk at the cost of investing in a larger system.
05-Mar-2004
Weighing up food allergen ingredients
Countdown to new rules for the labelling of allergen ingredients begins with national governments and stakeholders in Europe getting to grips with the small print before enforcement next year. The Scottish food watchdog updates the food industry this week with a memory refresher.
03-Mar-2004
Europe drags back Pall results in second quarter
Filtration specialist Pall has seen its second quarter sales and earnings held back by weak demand in the biopharmaceuticals industry, particularly in Europe.
Antimicrobial flooring to cut contamination
A new range of polyurethane resin-based floor systems that combines an antimicrobial layer has been launched. Manufacturer John Lord claims that this new innovation can help manufacturers reduce the level of bacterial contamination in their production environments.
02-Mar-2004
Lab-scale capsule filler launched in UK
A laboratory-scale capsule filling machine that, for the first time, allows reproducible scale-up of powder dosing to full size production models, has been launched in the UK by Sussex & Berkshire Machinery.
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