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Bend Research expands hot-melt extrusion pharmaceutical manufacturing capabilities

Bend Research Inc., a leading independent drug-formulation development and manufacturing company, announced today that it is expanding its pharmaceutical manufacturing capabilities for hot-melt extrusion.

7 Sep 2010

RevMed secures contract with Medical Investment to produce fixed needle safety syringe

RevMed has secured a binding 5 Year contract to produce 5M syringes/month of its 3mL fixed needle safety syringe with Medical Investment Group, LLC (MIG). MIG, a Massachusetts Limited Liability Company, will fulfill this obligation through its relationship with an internationally certified global medical device manufacturer.

7 Sep 2010

DSM Pharma launches InnoSyn route scouting services for pharmaceutical customers

DSM Pharma Chemicals, a business unit of DSM Pharmaceutical Products, today announced the launch of InnoSyn™ route scouting services. In response to the increasing interest of pharmaceutical customers to outsource the development of robust low-cost manufacturing routes, DSM is offering focused and flexible stand alone route scouting services.

7 Sep 2010

Revolutions Medical signs Letter of Intent for manufacturing RevVac Safety Syringes

Revolutions Medical signs Letter of Intent today with Medical Investment Group, LLC (MIG) for the Manufacturing of the RevVac Safety Syringe. The final terms are expected to be completed in definitive documents between the parties no later than September 17th, 2010.

4 Sep 2010

ForteBio launches Protein G biosensor for rapid detection of mammalian IgGs

ForteBio®, Inc., a leading supplier of label-free technology that accelerates the development of biotherapeutic and pharmaceutical products, today announced the launch of its Dip and Read™ Protein G biosensor for rapid detection and quantification of numerous types of mammalian immunoglobulin (IgG), an antibody molecule, from solution. Because it runs on the company's label-free Octet instrumentation platform, the new biosensor enables such measurements with unprecedented speed, ease of use and cost-efficiency.

3 Sep 2010

EQP program helps healthcare professionals identify quality of dietary supplements

Not all supplements are created equally but Emerson Ecologics, the largest provider of dietary supplements and services to healthcare professionals, is taking aggressive steps to make it more clear to healthcare professionals and their patients which manufacturers to trust when it comes to a supplement's purity, identity and potency.

3 Sep 2010

BARDA awards contract to develop treatment for ionizing radiation exposure

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) today awarded a $153 million contract to Cellerant Therapeutics, Inc. of San Carlos, Calif., to continue developing a new way to treat an illness caused by exposure to high levels of ionizing radiation which can damage the body's cells - the type of radiation that would come from a nuclear blast.

3 Sep 2010

Seattle Genetics achieves milestone on Agensys' initiation of AGS-16M8F ADC phase I trial for cancer

Seattle Genetics, Inc. announced today that it has achieved a milestone under its antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) collaboration with Agensys, Inc., an affiliate of Tokyo-based Astellas Pharma Inc. The milestone was triggered by Agensys' initiation of a phase I trial for AGS-16M8F, an ADC for the treatment of cancer utilizing Seattle Genetics' technology.

3 Sep 2010

Shanghai SynTheAll Pharmaceuticals receives ISO 14001 certification

WuXi PharmaTech, a leading pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device research and development outsourcing company with operations in China and the United States, announced today that its manufacturing subsidiary, Shanghai SynTheAll Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. (STA) passed the ISO 14001: 2004 inspection conducted by SGS Group on July 1 and received formal ISO 14001 certification on July 30.

3 Sep 2010

Purdue University researchers develop new type of pump for drug-delivery patches

Purdue University researchers have developed a new type of pump for drug-delivery patches that might use arrays of "microneedles" to deliver a wider range of medications than now possible with conventional patches.

2 Sep 2010

iBio and CMB enter development and marketing collaboration with GE Healthcare

iBio, Inc., its development collaborator, Fraunhofer USA Center for Molecular Biotechnology (CMB), and GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company, today announced their entry into an agreement to jointly develop and globally market manufacturing solutions for biopharmaceuticals and vaccines based upon their respective proprietary technologies.

2 Sep 2010

Emergent BioSolutions signs contract with NIAID to develop third generation anthrax vaccine candidate

Emergent BioSolutions Inc. announced today that it has signed a contract valued at up to $28.7 million with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, an institute within the National Institutes of Health, for advanced development of the company's third generation anthrax vaccine candidate.

2 Sep 2010

Sigma-Aldrich Corporation announces global release of engineered mammalian cell lines

Sigma Life Science, the innovative biological products and research services business of Sigma-Aldrich Corporation, today announced the global release of a pioneering range of engineered mammalian cell lines.

2 Sep 2010

Cellerant Therapeutics signs contract with BARDA to develop CLT-008 therapy for ARS

Cellerant Therapeutics Inc., a biotechnology company developing novel hematopoietic stem cell-based cellular and antibody therapies for blood disorders and cancer, announced today that it has signed a contract valued at up to $153 million over five years with the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response of the Department of Health and Human Services, to develop CLT-008, a cellular therapy for the treatment of Acute Radiation Syndrome (ARS).

2 Sep 2010

Promega to provide FuGENE HD Transfection Reagent throughout life science market

Promega Corporation announces it will provide FuGENE HD Transfection Reagent throughout the life science market. The comprehensive, direct use offering from Promega means any life scientist can utilize FuGENE technology with no licensing requirements. FuGENE HD enables the transfection of DNA into many cell types with high efficiency and little-to-no toxicity.

2 Sep 2010

Nabi Biopharmaceuticals, Diosynth sign long-term commercial manufacturing agreement

Nabi Biopharmaceuticals announced today that it has entered into a long-term commercial manufacturing agreement with Diosynth RTP, Inc. for the manufacture of Drug Substance integral to the production of NicVAX, Nabi's innovative and proprietary investigational vaccine for the treatment of nicotine addiction and prevention of smoking relapse.

2 Sep 2010

LifeCell, Novadaq Technologies sign exclusive sales, marketing agreement

LifeCell Corporation, a business unit of Kinetic Concepts, Inc., and Novadaq Technologies Inc. announced today the signing of an exclusive sales and marketing agreement for distribution of Novadaq's SPY Imaging System in North American surgical markets. LifeCell will drive adoption for the SPY System in breast reconstructive, head and neck, and colorectal surgical specialties, with more than half a million procedures projected annually.

2 Sep 2010

Unitract Tuberculin syringe clears FDA 510k market clearance

Unilife Corporation, today announced that its Unitract Tuberculin (TB) Syringe has received 510(k) market clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

2 Sep 2010

ScinoPharm announces investment with Tanvex Biologics

ScinoPharm, a leading active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) developer and manufacturer headquartered in Taiwan, today announced an investment into Tanvex Biologics, Inc., a United States company registered in the State of Delaware. ScinoPharm's investment was in the form of tangible assets, intellectual properties, as well as cash.

2 Sep 2010

Martek Biosciences 2010 third quarter revenue increases 51% to $117.2 million

Martek Biosciences Corporation today announced its financial results for the third quarter of fiscal 2010.

2 Sep 2010

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Bend Research expands hot-melt extrusion pharmaceutical manufacturing capabilities

RevMed secures contract with Medical Investment to produce fixed needle safety syringe

DSM Pharma launches InnoSyn route scouting services for pharmaceutical customers

Revolutions Medical signs Letter of Intent for manufacturing RevVac Safety Syringes

ForteBio launches Protein G biosensor for rapid detection of mammalian IgGs

EQP program helps healthcare professionals identify quality of dietary supplements

BARDA awards contract to develop treatment for ionizing radiation exposure

Seattle Genetics achieves milestone on Agensys' initiation of AGS-16M8F ADC phase I trial for cancer

Shanghai SynTheAll Pharmaceuticals receives ISO 14001 certification

Purdue University researchers develop new type of pump for drug-delivery patches

iBio and CMB enter development and marketing collaboration with GE Healthcare

Emergent BioSolutions signs contract with NIAID to develop third generation anthrax vaccine candidate

Sigma-Aldrich Corporation announces global release of engineered mammalian cell lines

Cellerant Therapeutics signs contract with BARDA to develop CLT-008 therapy for ARS

Promega to provide FuGENE HD Transfection Reagent throughout life science market

Nabi Biopharmaceuticals, Diosynth sign long-term commercial manufacturing agreement

LifeCell, Novadaq Technologies sign exclusive sales, marketing agreement

Unitract Tuberculin syringe clears FDA 510k market clearance

ScinoPharm announces investment with Tanvex Biologics

Martek Biosciences 2010 third quarter revenue increases 51% to $117.2 million

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