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Welcome to Manufacturing Chemist, an information resource that has been used by the pharmaceutical industry for more than seven decades.

It covers the latest drug discovery and development technologies, formulation, processing and packaging, taking in clinical trials, data management, QA and QC, validation and contract services.

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Dedicated pharma hub planned for Total Processing & Packaging

3 July, 2009

The dedicated Interphex Hub, showcasing pharmaceutical solutions, will provide a major focus at Total Processing & Packaging 2010, the UK’s leading integrated processing and packaging exhibition, which takes place from 25-27 May at the NEC,...

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Henogen acquisition completes Novasep’s biomanufacturing portfolio

3 July, 2009

Active pharmaceutical ingredient and purification technology producer, Novasep has bought the Begium-based contract manufacturer Henogen, a CMO offering bioprocess development and manufacturing services from the cell bank to the supply of...

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business news

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GSK further extends its product portfolio in the Middle East and North Africa

3 July, 2009

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is continuing its expansion in emerging markets with the acquisition of the branded generics business of Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) in five countries in the Middle East.

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PDS strengthens US position

29 June, 2009

Pharmaceutical Development Services (PDS) has opened a US office in South Carolina to support its clients across the pond.

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drugs news

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Bayer sues Teva for patent infringement

3 July, 2009

German drugmaker Bayer has filed a lawsuit against generic competitor Teva Pharmaceuticals of Israel in the US Federal Court for infringing its patent that prevents a generic version of erectile dysfunction drug Levitra from being sold in...

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r&d news

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National genome centre launched in Norwich

3 July, 2009

A new UK national genome centre has been officially opened today (3 July) by Nobel Laureate and genome pioneer Professor Sir John Sulston and the Lord-Lieutenant of Norfolk.

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process news

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JET keeps Phoenix cool

3 July, 2009

Phoenix Healthcare Distribution, based in Runcorn, Cheshire, has installed temperature cooling systems from JET Environmental at its depots in Birmingham and St Albans to ensure warehouse storage conditions for pharmaceutical products are...

technical articles

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Excipients

8 June, 2009

The effect of moisture on excipient formulations for inhalers and the use of high solids in tablet coatings are the topic of new studies

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Chiral technology

8 June, 2009

Experimental research in fields of science such as physics and biology are unravelling the phenomenon of chirality and promising new separation techniques for chiral molecules

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Packaging

8 June, 2009

While cleanroom standards for sterile filling of products become ever stricter, the packaging manufacturers need also to ensure they can meet phamraceutical manufacturers' needs. We look at some packaging operations

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Nature’s helping hand in chiral separation

June 2009

Scientists studying marine bacteria have discovered an easy way of segregating right- and left-handed microbes – a discovery that could lead to a new way of isolating chirals. Susan Birks reports

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Celtic Catalysts opens UK pilot scale facility

June 2009

Dublin-based Chemical Development company Celtic Catalysts has opened its new pilot-scale production facility. Based in the former ICI production site in Redcar in the north-east of England, the facility will house the company’s large scale...

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Chirality can be induced by irradiation

June 2009

The inception of chirality from the elementary building blocks of matter is one of the many mysteries of life. We know that the basic molecules that make up all living things have a predetermined chirality and this chirality has a profound...

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editor's comment

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Pandemic? What pandemic?

8 June, 2009

So it wasn’t the end of civilisation as we know it. After weeks of hysterical headlines, the swine flu pandemic has turned out to be a damp squib with the number of cases creeping rather than rocketing upwards and the number of deaths confirmed...

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