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News

Sicor Biotech orders biotech facility from Pharmadule – 10-Mar-2010

Pharmadule has signed a contract with Sicor Biotech for the delivery of a biotech facility.

New technology allows safe industrial use of nanoparticles – 25-Feb-2010

GEA Niro has helped to solve the problem of using nano-structured materials in a safe industrial environment

NanoGuardian and Capsugel in anticounterfeiting alliance – 23-Feb-2010

NanoGuardian, a division of US firm NanoInk, has given Capsugel, Pfizer’s drug delivery division, global access to its NanoEncryption technology that protects capsule-based drugs against counterfeiting.

Taro to cease manufacturing at sterile plant in Ireland – 19-Feb-2010

Taro Pharmaceutical Industries is to end manufacturing operations at its plant in Roscrea, Co Tipperary in Ireland, with the loss of 30 jobs.

Cori-Fill fluid dosage assembly is fast and accurate – 15-Feb-2010

Mass flow metering and control specialist Bronkhorst, based in Cambridgeshire, UK, is offering an alternative to the gravimetric or weighing scale method of dosing additives, which promises shorter processing times, better product results and improved working atmospheres.

Technical

Enhancing dose consistency – 11-Mar-2010

Tim Freeman, Freeman Technology, and Dr Karlheinz Seyfang, Harro Höfliger, look at technology that can help in optimising capsule filling equipment

Discover the physical limits – 8-Feb-2010

Jo Smewing, applications manager, Stable Micro Systems, explores new methods to measure pivotal physical characteristics of controlled release (CR) tablets

Melt-in-the-mouth ODTs – 8-Feb-2010

Orodispersible tablets (ODT) cater for a growing market in which convenience, mouthfeel and taste are key. Cécile Dusautois, Roquette Research Innovation & Development, France, looks at requirements for successful ODT formulations and introduces a new ingredient for ODT

From tablets to tapes – 8-Feb-2010

‘Sticky Web’ is a new technique for precision powder dispensing. Howard Biddle, managing director of 42 Technology, looks at its discovery, potential applications and progress towards commercialisation

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

Events

Biopharmaceutical Change Control – 5-Mar-2010

13 - 15 April 2010
Hilton San Diego Resort, San Diego, US

Organic Process Research & Development – 3-Mar-2010

13 - 15 September 2010
Barcelona, Spain

InformEx USA 2011 – 17-Feb-2010

7 - 10 February 2011
Charlotte, North Carolina, US

Pharmintech – 11-Feb-2010

12 - 14 May 2010
Bologna, Italy

Secrets of Batch Process Scale-Up – 8-Feb-2010

17 - 19 March 2010
Hilton Atlanta, Atlanta, US

The Scale-Up of Chemical Processes – 8-Feb-2010

17 - 19 May 2010
Radisson Blu Hotel, Edinburgh

On-Line Chemical Analysis Seminar – 8-Feb-2010

17 March 2010
Northampton Rugby Club, Northampton, UK

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

TechnoPharm 2010 – 22-Jan-2010

27 - 29 April 2010
Nuremberg, Germany

Achema Asia – 20-Jan-2010

1 - 4 June 2010
Beijing, People's Republic of China

Jobs & People

Elfab offers process management advice – 10-Mar-2010

Pressure relief specialist appoints Graeme Melrose to offer technical advice.

Siemens division strengthens senior management team – 5-Feb-2010

Siemens Industry Automation & Drive Technologies (IA&DT) has appointed two divisional directors to lead the future strategic direction of the firm’s industry automation and drive technologies businesses in the UK.