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Life Science White Papers are in-depth articles aimed to educate and inform site visitors interested in life science research. Some of these papers are derived from sources where we have existing commercial relationships. Such articles are clearly labelled as sponsored content and are only accepted when the content is deemed to add value to the core editorial ethos of News Medical.

Cardiac MR Imaging to Assess Heart Disease in Mice

Over the past decade, the field of cardiovascular MR (CMR) has rapidly evolved and introduced innovative applications across a wide range of research areas.

From Bruker BioSpin - NMR, EPR and Imaging 1 Dec 2013

Application of Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Imaging (MRSI) to Produce Molecular Images of Mouse Brain Tumors

H-MRS is one of the most promising non-invasive techniques used to support radiology and MRI in the diagnosis of numerous diseases. Single voxel (SV) MRS helps in measuring the biochemical content of living tissues and offers metabolic data complementary to anatomical changes observed in MRI and radiological exams.

From Bruker BioSpin - NMR, EPR and Imaging 1 Dec 2013

Onsite Laboratories

Analytical laboratories have a responsibility to successfully execute qualitative and quantitative analysis on potential drug discoveries. These testing labs have an important role in the clinical trial drug process, providing the pharmaceutical industry with the necessary data during the drug development process.

From Packaging Coordinators Inc. (PCI) 3 Oct 2013

Importance of Convergence in the Pharmaceutical Market

In recent years, convergence has been playing a significant role in the growth of the pharmaceutical market and applies to several aspects of the market, including cosmecutical, nutraceutical, veterinary and the over the counter (OTC) markets.

From Packaging Coordinators Inc. (PCI) 16 Sep 2013

Development of Customized Packaging Facility for Safe and Effective Packaging of Cytotoxic Compounds

Cytotoxic compounds are mainly utilized in oncology to treat cancerous cells; however, these substances present unique environmental and safety issues because of their highly toxic nature. As a result of these challenges, cytotoxic drugs must be packed safely and securely as even the smallest amount of exposure can pose a major threat to the human body.

From Packaging Coordinators Inc. (PCI) 16 Sep 2013

Developing a Standardised Identification Solution for Pharmaceutical Counterfeiting

With recent reports addressing the vulnerability of the pharmaceutical industry to counterfeiting, the security of the pharmaceutical supply chain is a matter of growing concern. The practice of counterfeiting can place significant burdens on the economy.

From Packaging Coordinators Inc. (PCI) 16 Sep 2013

Adaptive Clinical Trials for Overcoming Research Challenges

Over the last five years, there has been a major concern within the pharmaceutical industry relating to the rising costs of research and development, along with a reduced number of new drugs introduced into the market. To deal with these issues, adaptive clinical trial designs are being increasingly used to save both time and money and also to facilitate effective decision making.

From Packaging Coordinators Inc. (PCI) 16 Sep 2013

Ultra inert inlet liners with wool used in GC/MS analysis of drugs of abuse

Inlet liners are of prime importance to the inlet system where the vaporized sample is mixed with a carrier gas before being introduced to the capillary column.

From Agilent Technologies - Consumables 14 Aug 2013

Varying blood hematocrit level in dried blood spotting assessment

Dried blood spotting or dried matrix spotting has been gaining popularity in recent years. Ease of sample handling and the ability to use small sample sizes has been very attractive to the pharmaceutical industry.

From Agilent Technologies - Consumables 14 Aug 2013

Traditional method for Ginseng Analyses scaled to Agilent Poroshell 120 Columns

Ginseng is native to China and some parts of Korea and has been used in various systems of medicine for centuries. The herb has purported immune boosting abilities among other properties and thus is used in a wide range of research activities.

From Agilent Technologies - Consumables 12 Aug 2013

Oxidized insulin chain assessment using Reversed Phase Agilent ZORBAX RRHD 300SB-C18

More than one chromatographical method needs to be utilized to assess and characterized a protein biochemical due to its heterogeneity.

From Agilent Technologies - Consumables 12 Aug 2013

Drugs of abuse testing improved by Agilent Inert Flow Path enhancements

Drugs of abuse that are tested using a modern GC/MS system may get adsorbed onto any of the flow path surfaces as they are chemically active substances.

From Agilent Technologies - Consumables 12 Aug 2013

Bonding Optical Components in Medical Devices

A customer is working on a medical device, which could be disposed or reused with the possibility of sterilization cycles. The device requires bonding of an optical lens using a single component system. Master Bond offers a wide range of UV curable compounds that are USP Class VI approved.

From Master Bond Inc. 30 Jul 2013