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	Related Industry News WHO flu vaccine forecast an underestimate The forecast that 4.5 billion doses of pandemic influenza vaccine could be produced by 2010 is an underestimate, according to GlaxoSmithKline... Read Pharmaceutical manufacturing: people on the move Novartis, Immunosyn, Alpharma and Cegedim Dendrite have all had people on the move in the world of pharmaceutical manufacturing... Read Global pact to fight fakes A major new trade agreement aiming to combat counterfeiting has been proposed by representatives of a number of key markets, including the US, EU and several other countries worldwide... Read Bentley to seperate its two businesses Bentley Pharmaceuticals has announced it is planning to split in two in a bid to bolster its two business divisions... Read Weekly Comment 'We are not anti-Asia' says EU chemicals body There have been more calls this month to tighten regulations on pharmaceutical ingredient suppliers in the wake of the recent safety concerns emanating from low-cost regions such as China and India.  However, despite having recently established a dedicated 'China Taskforce', a major EU chemicals consortium insists that it has nothing against the region or its manufacturers. Read Previous Headlines New high-res structure will boost AIDS, cancer drug development By solving the structure of a mammalian heat shock protein (HSP90) for the first time, a US scientist may have unlocked the door to better drugs to fight a myriad of diseases, such as AIDS, sepsis, certain cancers... Read Sigma-Aldrich helps siRNA N-TER cells Sigma-Aldrich has continued its push into siRNA delivery with the release of its N-TER nanoparticle system for hard-to-transfect cell lines... Read Illumina halves the cost of miRNA expression profiling Illumina has released a new microRNA (miRNA) assay for gene expression profiling at a cost that the company believes is less than half that of other commercially available systems... Read Beer goes flat for Kirin, splashes cash on 'ultimate cancer warrior' instead Japan's Kirin Holdings, best-known in the West as a beer maker, will acquire a controlling stake in Kyowa Hakko, and thus get its hands on what Kyowa claims are 'the ultimate antibody warriors' against cancer... Read Preclinical services news in brief In this week's review of activity within the preclinical research services arena, new deals have emerged involving Cato Research, Genoway, Caliper Life Sciences and Rules-Based Medicine... 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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