Pharmaceutical TechnologyNews and commentary for the Pharmaceutical Technology community.New Range of Water Purification Systems and Support Services- June 16, 2008 Pure water is at the core of everything you do, whether you use it to rinse your glassware or to make up buffers, to dilute standards or to reconstitute cell culture media. If your pure water is not as pure as you think or need it to be, it could have a detrimental affect on your results, wasting your time and money. WATER PURIFICATION SYSTEMS Anachem is pleased to launch its new range of water purification systems. The Anachem HF NW range of water purification units will provide you with...http://www.pharmaceutical-technology.com/contractors/lab_equip/anachem/press45.html ABC Laboratories, Pharmaceutical Facility,- June 16, 2008 Analytical Bio-Chemistry (ABC) Laboratories Inc is a major privately owned contract research organisation in the US. The company is a fully GLP- and CGMP-compliant product development partner, which has been active in the pharmaceutical and chemical industries since 1968. 2008 is the company's 40th anniversary. ABC Laboratories provides a range of expert analytical chemistry services and product development from initial product and process development through clinical trials and up to post...http://www.pharmaceutical-technology.com/projects/abc-laboratories/ Genentech Cell Culture Plant No 2 Expansion,- June 9, 2008 Genentech is one of the most successful biotech companies on a world scale with four drugs prominent on the commercial market and around 50 drugs in its pipeline. The company is headquartered in South San Francisco, US, and has one of its major production centres at Vacaville in California, 54 miles northeast of San Francisco. The 427,000ft Vacaville facility came into operation in 1998 after being licensed by the FDA in 2000. It is situated on a 96 acre site, purchased in the late 1990s and...http://www.pharmaceutical-technology.com/projects/genentechvacaville/ Orocell The Excipient for ODT Formulations- June 8, 2008 OroCell is a spheronised mannitol compound with outstanding characteristics as a binder, filler and carrier in immediate release oral dispersible tablet (ODT) preparations. OroCell has exceptional processing features as a result of innovative spheronisation technologies. In addition it can be used for capsule filling and sachet filling operations as well as a starter material for drug substance layering and film-coating applications. Product characteristics: Excellent flow, dilution and...http://www.pharmaceutical-technology.com/contractors/excipients/pharmatrans-sanaq/press10.... DRIFTCON Your Personal Measurement System for all Your Thermal Cyclers- June 6, 2008 The success of your PCR reaction is dependent on the functionality of your Cycler. No two thermal cyclers function identically but periodic and continuous validation with DRIFTCON offers a convenient and easy means to check if PCR tests are working within predetermined parameters. The DRIFTCON system is a mobile, personal measurement device that you can use daily, weekly or monthly to monitor the performance and temperature drift of your thermal cyclers. Detailed knowledge of your cycler's true.http://www.pharmaceutical-technology.com/contractors/lab_equip/anachem/press44.html Further Health Benefits of Beta-Carotene Discovered- June 6, 2008 New research by Professors Wolfgang Kpcke and Jean Krutmann suggests that increased consumption of -carotene-rich food may provide long-term systemic protection against sunburn. Their paper "Protection from Sunburn with -Carotene a Meta Analysis", which was published in Photochemistry and Photobiology, 2008, 84, analyses seven reports on clinical trials exploring the relationship between consumption of -carotene and skin resistance to ultraviolet (UV) radiation. The authors, from Mnster...http://www.pharmaceutical-technology.com/contractors/materials/dsm/press8.html MIP Technologies and Supelco Launch a New SPE Application for the Selective Extraction of Chloramphenicol from Shrimp- June 6, 2008 The SupelMIP SPE-Chloramphenicol, a new application for extraction of chloramphenicol from shrimp, improves selectivity, decreases the amount of interfering compounds, reduces analysis time and improves detection limits (low ppt range) compared with existing SPE phases on the market. MIP Technologies AB and Supelco, a division of the Sigma-Aldrich Group (NASDAQ: SIAL), announced today the launch of a new SupelMIP application for the selective extraction of chloramphenicol from shrimp using...http://www.pharmaceutical-technology.com/contractors/purification/mip-technologies/press4.... Reduced to Advantage - a Hygiene Probe in the Guided Radar Segment- June 5, 2008 Endress+Hauser expands the Levelflex M product line with the FMP43, a hygiene probe, especially developed for the high requirements of the pharmaceutical industry. The reduction to industry-specific requirements is the target - i.e. the reduction to the advantages. Main aspects are the hygiene design, flexibility and perfect adaptation to processes. The hygiene probe is approved according to 3-A Standards as well as EHEDG, and has been developed taking the ASME BPE (2005) guidelines into...http://www.pharmaceutical-technology.com/contractors/lab_equip/endress/press14.html GE Sensing's Labwatch Monitoring System with Real-Time Wireless Data Acquisition- June 5, 2008 Billerica, Massachusetts By incorporating the RF ValProbe real-time, wireless validation system into its field-proven Kaye Labwatch, GE Sensing now offers a monitoring system with real-time temperature, pressure and humidity data without the need for wiring or collecting historical data from remote data loggers. In addition, system extension is greatly simplified, as there is no requirement for costly and disruptive wiring installation, while changeover downtime is eliminated, as the hardware.http://www.pharmaceutical-technology.com/contractors/lab_equip/ge-sensing/press1.html |