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Optimal measurement with new Sens-o-Spheres

Bio-reactors are the cooking pots of biochemists and bio-technologists, in which pharmaceutical agents, enzymes or nematodes are produced for the purpose of biological pest control.

1 Dec 2017

Healthcare organizations urge Congress to take immediate action on drug shortages

ASHP, together with five other healthcare organizations, today sent a letter to Reps. Morgan Griffith and Diana DeGette - the Vice Chairman and Ranking Member, respectively, of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations - asking Congress to take immediate action to address the public health crisis caused by persistent shortages of critical medications.

10 Nov 2017

PMS, Novatek collaborate to provide integrated contamination control solution for manufacturing processes

Particle Measuring Systems, a global expert in sterility assurance, and Novatek International, the leader in regulatory compliant data management software, today announced a global partnership providing a fully integrated and comprehensive software and hardware solution towards a risk-based approach for the environmental monitoring in controlled manufacturing processes.

18 Sep 2017

Meningitis B vaccine’s high price tag poses a health care conundrum

Four years ago, when meningitis B, an extremely rare but potentially lethal form of the infection, sickened a small number of college students at Princeton and the University of California-Santa Barbara, there was no vaccine against the disease sold in the U.S. Despite its availability abroad, it had never been licensed in the country due to its limited marketability.

8 Sep 2017

Gut-on-chips can predict effectiveness of candidate drugs

Research conducted at Leiden has established that guts-on-chips respond in the same way to aspirin as real human organs do. This is a sign that these model organs are good predictors of the effect of medical drugs on the human body. Publication in Nature Communications on 15 August.

22 Aug 2017

New technique combines electricity and chemistry to scale up drug manufacturing

Give your medicine a jolt. By using - electrochemistry - a technique that combines electricity and chemistry, future pharmaceuticals - including many of the top prescribed medications in the United States - soon may be easily scaled up to be manufactured in a more sustainable way.

10 Aug 2017

UT Southwestern researchers develop novel chemical reaction that could accelerate drug development

Chemists have long sought to develop new reactions for the direct conversion of simple hydrocarbon building blocks into valuable materials such as pharmaceuticals in a way that dependably creates the same chemical bonds and orientations.

7 Jul 2017

Exclusive: White House task force echoes pharma proposals

President Donald Trump repeatedly talks tough about reining in the pharmaceutical industry, but his administration's efforts to lower drug prices are shrouded in secrecy.

16 Jun 2017

Without Measurement, There is No Control of Aseptic Processes

An interview with Gilberto Dalmaso, discussing the different grades of pharmaceutical cleanrooms and the production of high level compounds under aseptic conditions.

From Particle Measuring Systems 9 Jun 2017

First generic version of drug to treat ADHD receives FDA approval

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the first generic versions of Strattera (atomoxetine) to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in pediatric and adult patients.

30 May 2017

Enzyme Indicators proven as valuable tool for validation of hydrogen peroxide decontamination processes

Enzyme Indicators (EI’s) have been proven as a revolutionary viable alternative to biological indicators (BI’s) for Hydrogen Peroxide decontamination validation.

25 May 2017

New electrochemical method can remove extremely low levels of pollutants from water

When it comes to removing very dilute concentrations of pollutants from water, existing separation methods tend to be energy- and chemical-intensive. Now, a new method developed at MIT could provide a selective alternative for removing even extremely low levels of unwanted compounds.

10 May 2017

Light can be used to control cellular functions, optogenetics study shows

Light can be used as an accurate method to control gene expression, shows groundbreaking optogenetics study by University of Colorado, Duke University and University of Helsinki researchers.

21 Apr 2017

Handbook for professionals in science and engineering states the importance of membrane characterization

In a newly published and ground-breaking text, senior academics from Swansea University have concluded that membrane characterisation is essential for the continued growth in the industrial application of membranes.

22 Feb 2017

Plant-based drug for hemophilia shows promise in animal models

People with hemophilia require regular infusions of clotting factor to prevent them from experiencing uncontrolled bleeding. But a significant fraction develop antibodies against the clotting factor, essentially experiencing an allergic reaction to the very treatment that can prolong their lives.

13 Feb 2017

Enzyme identified in baker's yeast can efficiently annihilate leukemia cells

An enzyme identified in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, commonly known as brewer's or baker's yeast, has passed in vitro trials, demonstrating its capacity to kill acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) cells.

18 Jan 2017

High-pressure and low-vibration clean air compressor developed by Vert Rotors

A tiny air compressor that was first developed for space travel has been adapted for medical laboratories and operating theatres by Edinburgh-based manufacturer Vert Rotors.

22 Nov 2016

Researchers find drug-resistant bacteria in air samples

Polluted city air has now been identified as a possible means of transmission for resistant bacteria. Researchers in Gothenburg have shown that air samples from Beijing contain DNA from genes that make bacteria resistant to the most powerful antibiotics we have.

21 Nov 2016

C-SOPS, Thermo Fisher Scientific to accelerate research on continuous manufacturing techniques for drug discovery

The Engineering Research Center for Structured Organic Particulate Systems, based at the Rutgers School of Engineering, and Thermo Fisher Scientific have collaborated to accelerate the university's ongoing research on continuous manufacturing techniques for pharmaceutical discovery.c

11 Nov 2016

Treating volatile exhaust streams in the pharmaceutical industry: an interview with Jeff Kudronowicz

Capturing and destroying harmful emissions from pharmaceutical processes can be challenging. It’s not because the pollutants, referred to as volatile organic compounds (VOCs) or hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) are difficult to destroy using catalytic or thermal technologies.

From Anguil Environmental Systems 12 Oct 2016