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	Related Industry News NPIL to trim ex-Pfizer site NPIL Pharma last week told workers at its former Pfizer plant in Morpeth, UK that the company is considering hiving off jobs in a bid to maintain the site's viability... Read PharmEng opens new Canada plant Canadian contract manufacturer PharmEng recently announced that its new specialised manufacturing facility in Nova Scotia is open for business... Read Practice run for pharma RFID IBM has teamed up with RFID specialist Tagsys to offer pharmaceutical manufacturers a chance to have a practice run implementing their RFID track and trace technology ahead of new legal requirements coming into... Read China gets serious on drug GMP; safety pact with FDA imminent As of next year Chinese pharmaceutical manufacturers will face a tougher time gaining good manufacturing practice (GMP) certification after the country's regulator signalled new and stricter standards were on the... Read Weekly Comment Pharma must 'reinvent' itself to survive With IMS Health's annual forecast for the pharma industry predicting slower approvals, more black box warnings and the continuation of the 'wave of genericization,' the shift by pharma firms to refocus and reinvent themselves will need to move on apace in order to secure their position in a changing market. Read Sponsored Link 7th Annual Anti-Arthritic Agents Conference Examine the latest developments in the research of therapeutics for Arthritic and Inflammatory indications, and listen to case studies from the leading companies in the field. 19th & 20th November 2007, Hesperia Victoria Hotel, UK... Click Here Previous Headlines WHO talks on research strategy for developing world diseases stall Talks between World Health Organization (WHO) member states and the drug industry over how to narrow the health gap between rich and poor countries have stalled... Read BAC looks to enhance laboratory purification with new antibody toolkit Bio Affinity Company (BAC) has launched a new antibody purification toolbox based on its successful industrial-scale technology to provide researchers with a simpler purification route... Read Tripos lands Schering-Plough deal Tripos Discovery Research (TDR) has risen from the ashes surrounding the liquidation of its previous owners Tripos, Inc. to land a 'library enrichment' deal with Schering-Plough... Read China CRO attracts $30m US investment China's second largest contract research organisation (CRO) ShangPharma has attracted $30m (€21m) from US private investment firm TPG as the Asian pharma market continues to simmer... Read Aveo strategy ups chances of cancer drug success US-based Aveo Biopharmaceuticals is hoping to prove its R&D strategy can buck high industry failure rates when trying to design new cancer drugs and it seems to be working after its lead drug has passed a first-in-man... Read Technical / White Papers, Case studies, Web casts Benefits of integrating human tissue research in drug discovery - Technical / White Paper Manufacturing Variations in Polysorbate Batches - Technical / White Paper Product Information - brochures, Web centers ZIC®-HILIC Separation of Polar and Hydrophilic Compounds - Product Presentation 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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