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Sinobiopharma receives certificate for using Gabexate Mesylate as pharmaceutical raw material

Sinobiopharma, Inc. ("Sinobiopharma") (the "Company") is pleased to announce that the Company received a certificate for the use of Gabexate mesylate as a pharmaceutical raw material (Certificate #2009S01805) from the Chinese State Food and Drug Administration ("SFDA").

8 Oct 2009

HTDS' Hepatitis A vaccine receives GMP Certificate from the Russian FDA

HTDS www.htdsmedical.com (HTDS) - The issuer's China based operating subsidiary Mellow Hope www.mellowhope.com is pleased to announce that its Hepatitis A Live Attenuated Vaccine (Brand name: Mevac-A) associate operation plant has obtained the GMP Certificate (Good Manufacturing Practice See Description http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_manufacturing_practice) from the Russian FDA. http://www.who.int/hiv/HIVCP_RUS.pdf

8 Oct 2009

Fully validated assay to detect the presence of Calicivirus 2117 in biological samples

BioReliance Corporation announced today that it has launched a fully validated assay which can sensitively detect the presence of Calicivirus 2117 in biological samples. The test is designed to provide manufacturers of biological therapeutics and other biologically based products the ability to detect this potential contaminant of mammalian cell culture based systems.

7 Oct 2009

Pharmatek to install the Xcelodose automated encapsulator system in San Diego

Pharmatek Laboratories, Inc., a premier contract development and manufacturing organization supporting the pharmaceutical industry, announced that it is the first CRO on the West Coast to acquire the Xcelodose system, enhancing the company's preclinical and early phase clinical GMP supply capabilities.

3 Oct 2009

FDA completes inspection of Hovione's API plant in Loures, Portugal

Hovione's API plant in Loures, Portugal has just successfully passed a pre-approval inspection by FDA

1 Oct 2009

Renewed GMP certification for China Biologic Products' Qianfeng subsidiary

China Biologic Products, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CBPO) ("China Biologic," or the "Company"), one of the leading plasma-based pharmaceutical companies in the People's Republic of China ("PRC"), today announced that on September 2, 2009, the PRC's State Food and Drug Administration (the "SFDA") renewed SFDA certification of compliance with Good Manufacturing Practices ("GMP") for the production facility of Qianfeng Biological Products Co., Ltd. ("Qianfeng"), China Biologic's indirectly owned subsidiary.

29 Sep 2009

Hanford Pharmaceuticals expands into new business areas

On September 24, 2009, Hanford Pharmaceuticals (“Hanford” or the “Company”) completed the sale of its Cephalosporin manufacturing facility in Syracuse, NY, an asset that had been under-performing for quite some time.l

29 Sep 2009

Stem Cell Therapy International merges with Histostem

Stem Cell Therapy International, Inc. is proud to announce the execution of the Reorganization and Stock Purchase Agreement ("the Agreement") with Histostem Co., Ltd., a Korean company ("Histostem" and together with SCII, "the parties").

25 Sep 2009

Tianyin Pharmaceutical announces fiscal 2009 financial results

Tianyin Pharmaceutical Co., Inc., (NYSE Amex: TPI), a developer, manufacturer and supplier of modernized traditional Chinese medicine ("TCM") and generic pharmaceuticals in China, today announced Annual 2009 financial results ended June 30, 2009.

24 Sep 2009

Anavex completes manufacturing of Alzheimer's disease drug ANAVEX 2-73 for its clinical trials

Anavex Life Sciences Corp., ("ANAVEX") (OTCBB: AVXL) today announced the completion of scale-up manufacturing of ANAVEX 2-73, its lead compound for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.

21 Sep 2009

NSF International certification for COLD-FX(R)

Afexa Life Sciences Inc. ("Afexa") (TSX:FXA) today announced that COLD-FX(R) has received the highest sports certification in North America from the leading product safety and banned substances testing body for elite athletes.

15 Sep 2009

Sigma-Aldrich to distribute BioLife's HypoThermosol and CryoStor biopreservation media products

BioLife Solutions, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: BLFS), a leading developer, manufacturer, and marketer of biopreservation tools for cells, tissues, and organs, today announced that Sigma-Aldrich(R) will distribute the Company's proprietary HypoThermosol and CryoStor biopreservation media products under the terms of a non-exclusive distribution agreement.

15 Sep 2009

$geneX combined with Mesenchymal stem cells for treating fracture$

geneX combined with Mesenchymal stem cells for treating fracture

Professor James B. Richardson of the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry, UK has been carrying out pioneering work combining geneX with selected and culture expanded Mesenchymal stem cells to treat fracture non-unions.

7 Sep 2009

Alloantigen-specific Treg cells targeted for organ transplantation

An increased understanding of the role of the body's immune system in the development of diseases such as prostate cancer, squamous cell carcinoma (a type of skin cancer), type 1 diabetes, autoimmune liver disease, and in the rejection of transplanted organs by some transplant patients, has paved the way for a pioneering research programme which aims to develop 'enhanced' cells as therapies.

3 Sep 2009

Highest Growth Potential Award given to Sundia MediTech Company

Sundia MediTech Company, a leading pharmaceutical R&D outsourcing Service Company in China, announced today that it received the Highest Growth Potential Award from Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park on August 26.

31 Aug 2009

BloodStor biopreservation media product platform for cord blood banking industry

31 Aug 2009

Bavarian Nordic generates a revenue of DKK 33 million in the first half of 2009

In the first half of 2009 Bavarian Nordic generated revenue of DKK 33 million and recorded a loss before tax of DKK 188 million. As of 30 June 2009 the Group's net free liquidity was DKK 489 million.

28 Aug 2009

XSpray Microparticles launches GMP production facility in Sweden

Karolinska Development (publ), managing one of the largest portfolios of life science research companies in Europe, announced that XSpray Microparticles AB has launched a GMP production facility in Malmo, Sweden. In addition to offering particle development and characterization services, XSpray can now provide customers with high quality drug particles and powders for use in their clinical studies.

24 Aug 2009

NY-ESO-1 recombinant proteins to be used in clinical trials for treating melanoma and ovarian cancer

The Bioproduction Facility at Cornell University has produced the first batch of NY-ESO-1 recombinant protein-a cancer vaccine-that will be used in clinical trials for patients facing either ovarian cancer or melanoma. The facility was developed as a partnership between The Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research and Cornell University.

21 Aug 2009

AMDL reports revenues of $3.2 million for second quarter of 2009

AMDL Inc., a US-based pharmaceutical company with major operations in China, today reported unaudited results and the filing of its Form 10-Q with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") for fiscal second quarter 2009.

19 Aug 2009