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Johnson Matthey buys Reaxa scavengers business – 23-Jul-2010
The QuadraPure and QuadraSil product ranges will be combined with the established Smopex metal scavenging range to make up the newly formed Johnson Matthey Scavenging Technologies Business
Phosphonics raises £3.5m to accelerate launch of precious metal recovery products – 16-Apr-2010
Venture capitalist Seventure Partners leads second-round funding
Biochemist Project to develop flow process techniques for biomanufacturing – 1-Feb-2010
Three UK technology companies, C‐Tech Innovation, Ingenza and AM Technology are collaborating on a
Nickel EnCat catalysts trialled in bulk API production – 19-Oct-2009
Pharma catalyst company, Reaxa, says its Nickel EnCat is in trials at a major pharma company in preparation for bulk scale production of a high volume API.
Platinum nanocatalyst could aid drug manufacturers – 2-Sep-2009
Chemists from Rice University in Texas in the US have developed a polymer-coated version of gold-platinum nanorods, the first catalysts of their kind that can be used in the organic solvents favoured by chemical and drug manufacturers.
Articles
Simplified scale-up – 21-Jul-2010
Reaxa ceo, Dr Pete Jackson, illustrates how EnCat technology is proving to be cost-effective in simplifying process work-up for pharma production at scale
A golden era for catalysts – 20-Jul-2010
Nature’s keys – catalysts – can unlock doors to better product yields and faster reactions. Dr Sarah Houlton reviews the latest research using carbon nanofibres, enzymes and even gold for producing new catalysts
Making mesostructures – 15-Jul-2009
Singapore's Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology has engineered the world's first tri-continuous mesoporous silica - a complex structure useful for catalysis, separation and drug delivery
Catalyst for change – 15-Jul-2009
With growing environmental pressure to cut hazardous waste and solvent use, searching for greener and more efficient catalysts is a major quest. Dr Sarah Houlton reviews some of the recent successes
Preformed catalysts – 6-Feb-2009
Ian Lennon and Nicholas Johnson, from CPS-Chirotech, a subsidiary of Dr Reddy"s Custom Pharmaceuticals Services, discuss the production and advantages of preformed rhodium complexes for use in asymmetric hydrogenation
Jobs & People
Univar breaks fund-raising record at golf day – 30-Jul-2010
Raises £23,000 for The Prostate Project
Codexis creates new position – 28-Jul-2010
Peter Strumph joins as senior vice president of commercial operations