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News

Ricerca completes purchase of MDS Pharma businesses – 10-Mar-2010

The acquisition gives Ohio-based Ricerca more capacity and capabilities.

MicroConstants offers nanoparticle formulation service – 8-Mar-2010

MicroConstants' nanosizing technology transforms water insoluble compounds into nanoparticles.

Wacker doubles production area at biologics plant – 8-Mar-2010

Wacker Chemie officially opens its new biologics plant in Jena, Germany.

Quintiles expands Phase I capabilities – 8-Mar-2010

Quintiles opens new unit for patients and healthy volunteers in London, UK.

NextPharma upgrades sterile vial area at Belgian facility – 8-Mar-2010

NextPharma invests €2.4m on sterile vial area (SVA) at Braine-l'Alleud.

Technical

Insolubility solved by spray drying – 11-Mar-2010

Timothy Bee and Mohammed Rahman, International Specialty Products, discuss how spray drying can enhance api solubility and bioavailability

Fast track to market – 11-Oct-2009

Time is of the essence in getting new drugs to market, and delays in scale-up or process development mean lost sales. So when a new drug was fast-tracked by the FDA, contract manufacturer Ash Stevens had to act equally fast

Breaking with tradition – 11-Oct-2009

The vaccine market has evolved rapidly in the past decade. Marcel Thalen, of SynCo Bio Partners, looks at the changes from a manufacturer’s perspective

Customising crystals – 11-Oct-2009

Crystallisation can provide a means of tailoring the properties of particles. Colm Campbell, Clarochem Ireland, describes a project in which the process was used to improve the homogeneity of pharma ingredients

Make innovation an off-shore thing – 10-Sep-2009

Reducing costs is not the only reason for outsourcing. Restoring innovation and increasing productivity should be equally valid drivers, argues Richard Boehner, of Symyx

Events

Modern Synthetic Methods & Chiral Europe – 23-Feb-2010

30 June 2010 - 2 July 2010
The Mövenpick Hotel, Prague, Czech Republic

CPhI South America – 4-Feb-2010

17 - 19 August 2010
La Rural - Hall Ochre, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Chemspec India – 4-Feb-2010

15 - 16 April 2010
Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai, India

VIETPHARM 2010 – 25-Jan-2010

10 - 12 November 2010
Saigon Exhibition & Convention Center

CPhI Worldwide 2010 – 22-Jan-2010

5 - 7 October 2010
Paris Nord Villepinte, Paris, France

Jobs & People

Almac wins Aer Lingus Viscount award for Overall Excellence – 9-Mar-2010

Almac is recognised for its contribution to sustaining business ties between the UK and Ireland.

Barron takes on business development role – 24-Feb-2010

Eurofins AvTech Laboratories has appointed Michael Barron as director of business development.

BBSRC announces finalists for £20,000 bioscience prize – 23-Feb-2010

The UK’s Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council has revealed the finalists in the 2010 Innovator of the Year Award competition.

Novavax elects Stanley Erck as executive chairman – 19-Feb-2010

The board of directors of Novavax, a US clinical-stage biotechnology firm, has elected Stanley Erck as executive chairman.

TxCELL appoints chief medical officer – 12-Feb-2010

TxCell, a French biotechnology company developing cell-based therapies using Type 1 T-regulatory lymphocytes for treating chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, has appointed Miguel Forte to the newly created role of chief medical officer.