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	Company Profile CHIRALPAK® IC CHIRAL TECHNOLOGIES EUROPE announce the launch of CHIRALPAK® IC. The combination of CHIRALPAK® IA , IB and now IC provides a screening set of columns with exceptionally high success rates. The chiral separation of > 99% of all small molecules is attained using just... Click Here Access Full Stories Billionaire 'raider' circles as Biogen put up for sale Biogen Idec has announced it is seeking a buyer for the company and has already received several expressions of interest - including a reputed $23bn (€16.2bn) bid from billionaire corporate raider Carl Icahn... Read The death of PCR for sequencing amplification? Two new techniques have been developed that could signal the end of PCR (polymerase chain reaction) amplification for sequencing applications and dramatically increase the efficiency of sample preparation... Read GSK's disdain is blatant over new rules for patent GlaxoSmithkline (GSK) has expressed its disdain for looming changes to drug patent application rules in the US and has launched a lawsuit to try and stop them coming into force next month... Read Improved infrastructure key to cheaper drugs Improving the technology infrastructure of drug development could save the industry hundreds of millions of dollars, according to a new US government study, with the ultimate winners being patients... Read Negative credit ratings puts US pharma in glum Moody Moody's Investors Service believes that things are set to get worse for the US pharma industry and has revised is credit ratings outlook from stable to negative... Read
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	Technical / White Paper Manufacturing Variations in Polysorbate Batches Lot to lot variances in a series of Polysorbate preparations was easily and clearly differentiated and identified by utilizing charged aerosol detection (CAD), a new universal detectorfor HPLC... Click Here
	Related Industry News Paving the way to next generation biologics As biologic drugs become ever more prominent, Avecia Biologics is winning plaudits for its advanced protein expression system pAVEway, gaining recognition from international industry experts and investing to meet... Read Indian firm takes over German biologics plant An Indian firm has taken over the contract biologics manufacturing business of German corporation Siegfried... Read Moss protein factories scaled up Normally, they are green, sort of spongy and found in dank nooks and crannies - but mosses have now been designed as therapeutic protein producing factories and are being implemented on a grand scale... Read Crucell up on MedImmune deal Following the shaky moment Crucell experienced last month after the failure of Merck's HIV drug, share prices had a healthy boost this morning on the news that MedImmune will be collaborating with the Dutch firm... Read Weekly Comment Pharmaceuticals is top R&D spender As an increasingly desperate pharma industry strives to fill drug pipelines, the sector has, for the first time, topped a poll of which industries spend the most on research and development. Read Application Notes Separation of polar compounds A Mini-tutorial to HILIC The ZIC®-HILIC column is the ideal choice for separation of polar and hydrophilic compounds. Amino acids, bases, peptides, carbohydrates, plant extracts and other polar compounds have good retention on the column from SeQuant - "The Number... Click Here Previous Headlines Ventana to help develop pathway for companion diagnostics The Critical Path Institute (C-Path) and diagnostics expert Ventana Medical Systems are collaborating to develop a standard submission route for targeted therapies and companion diagnostics... Read Drugs moving into the clinic: 31 The latest in a series of periodic roundups of drugs that have moved from preclinical research into clinical testing via the announcement of a Phase I trial or an application for a trial to industry regulators... Read Best biopharma bosses There have been a few changes in the top ten employers according to leading journal Science's annual survey of the best companies to work for in the biotech, biopharma, pharmaceutical and related industries... Read New bull's-eye for obesity fighting drugs Drug developers have a new target to aim at in the fight against obesity after the discovery that a certain protein in the body stimulates the formation of fat cells... Read It's a NanoDrop for Thermo Fisher Scientific Thermo Fisher Scientific has acquired micro-volume UV-Vis (ultra violet visible) instrument manufacturer NanoDrop Technologies for an undisclosed amount... Read Technical / White Papers, Case studies, Web casts Manufacturing Variations in Polysorbate Batches - Technical / White Paper Product Information - brochures, Web centers DAICEL chiral chromatography products - Company Profile Rapid HPLC method development with ChromSword®Auto software - Product Presentation Separation of polar compounds - Application Notes Product Innovation Alerts - Free of Charge Indicate your research interests and receive alerts on relevant products and market innovations Analysis and instrumentation Assays and screening Cell culture & Equipment Chromatography Compounds and consumables Contract services (outsourcing) Drug discovery Genomics / Proteomics Informatics & IT Lab equipment & consumables Liquid handling and automation Liquid handling and sample preparation Production technologies Separation and purification

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