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US drug maker Actavis has struck a $5bn deal to acquire Ireland’s Warner Chilcott as it looks to fend off takeover...
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Alzheimer’s drug trial coincides with UK’s Dementia Awareness week
TauRx Therapeutics has announced that the first of over 100 UK patients have enrolled in the global Phase III clinical trials of its experimental Alzheimer’s drug...
Ranbaxy Laboratories gets tentative approval for HIV combination therapy
The US Food and Drug Administration has granted tentative approval for a fixed dose formulation of two generic drugs for use in combination with...
UK scientists hail brain disease breakthrough
Scientists in the UK have mapped a pathway that generates “aberrant” forms of proteins at the root of degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and...
Bayer acquires herbal medicines manufacturer
Bayer Pharmaceuticals has struck a deal to acquire Germany’s Steigerwald Arzneimittelwerk, a privately held company specialising in herbal...
Elan strikes two more drug deals to fend off Royalty Pharma bid
Irish pharmaceutical company Elan has agreed to buy two private drug companies and plans to buy back more shares as it looks to fend off a takeover bid from US investment firm Royalty...
FDA approves radiation prostate cancer drug
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a new drug for the treatment of an advanced type of prostate cancer that spreads to the...
UK firm halts sale of convulsion drug to Arkansas over death row use
UK-based pharmaceutical company Hikma has stopped supplying convulsion drug phenobarbital to Arkansas in the US to prevent it being used in state...
Roche releases positive results for first-of-its-kind leukaemia drug
A Phase III study into the effectiveness of a first-of-its-kind targeted cancer antibody drug developed by Roche for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) and co-existing...
US human cloning breakthrough turns skin cells into embryos
For the first time ever, scientists in the US have turned human skin cells into early-stage embryos, which were then used to create specialised tissue cells for transplant...
Human Rights Watch welcomes Ukraine’s palliative care breakthrough
The Human Rights Watch has welcomed Ukraine's approval of new regulations that will allow greater access to strong painkillers, such as...
Press Releases
Priorclave Celebrates 25 Years in Business
Top-loading laboratory autoclaves are the longest serving stalwarts of the Priorclave steam steriliser range, a 100l model being the first produced and to leave the company's factory in 1988...
New Peptides, Biochemicals, Amino Acid Derivatives and Immunology Products Added to Bachem’s Online Catalogue
Bachem is continuously expanding and updating its extensive range of biologically active peptides, amino acid derivatives, biochemicals and immunology...
Bonfiglioli to Attend Envase/Alimentek 2013 in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Envase/Alimentek 2013 is the meeting place for the leading manufacturers and distributors of raw materials, equipment and machinery for bottling, packaging and packing of foods and drinks,...
Bonfiglioli to Exhibit at Pack Expo, Las Vegas, US
Pack Expo Las Vegas 2013 will be the year's most comprehensive showcase of packaging, processing and integrated solutions. Explosive growth - with an unprecedented number of innovations -...
Global Vision Selected by Pfizer for Worldwide Deployment of Automated Proofreading Solutions
Global Vision, the industry leader in the development of automated proofreading solutions, today announced that it has been selected by Pfizer for worldwide deployment as its...
Therapure Biopharma Receives BIOTECanada Gold Leaf Award
Therapure Biopharma is pleased to announce today that it has been awarded the Gold Leaf Award for Emerging Company of the Year by BIOTECanada in the Health Biotech Category for...
Global Vision Releases Free Pharmaceutical White Paper
Efficient proofreading in the pharmaceutical sector is of huge importance, and Global Vision understand this. The company's range of proofreading products reduce inspection and approval...
Global Vision Releases Free White Paper on Docu-Proof Enterprise Proofreading Software
Global Vision has released a white paper about its proofreading software, Docu-Proof Enterprise....
Therapure Biopharma Releases Free White Paper on Scale Up and cGMP Manufacturing
Therapure Biopharma has released a white paper entitled 'Scale Up and cGMP Manufacturing'....
Pulsed vs Continuous UV for In-Line Sterilization or Sanitation
For high-speed in-line sanitation of cups, lids etc. (max to 99.99%, 3,000 cups /h) the optimal UV equipments are U-shaped amalgam low-pressure Mercury vapor lamps. Sterilization (6 logs,...
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