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	Related Industry News Extra breathing space for epinephrine MDI ban The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given stakeholders an extra month to get their views in on scrapping epinephrine inhalers containing CFCs... Read AMRI continues growth Albany Molecular Research Inc (AMRI) recently turned in Q3 results, posting figures buoyed by continued demand for its pharmaceutical development services... Read PRA's profits will soon be private PRA International continues to see its profits ebb away but will soon face less financial scrutiny as it nears a handover of ownership into private hands. ... Read BioCryst clinical trials debacle highlights protocol perils BioCryst's recent clinical trials debacle highlights the importance of the robust and realistic design of, and careful adherence to, a drug trial protocol... 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 Evotec's metamorphosis erodes profit Evotec's bid to distance itself from being a services business and eventually morph into a fully fledged pharma company has been felt on the company's balance sheet during the third quarter... Read Accelrys offers academics its scientific operating system for free Accelrys is offering its SciTegic scientific operating system to academics for free to enable them to create software applications and share them with both academic and commercial communities... Read Ventana reluctantly opens up to Roche in a bid to boost offer In the latest twist in Roche's fight to acquire diagnostics expert Ventana, the companies have signed a confidentiality agreement that will enable the pharma giant access to Ventana's books... Read AstraZeneca in 'serious trouble', say analysts An analyst report released yesterday identified AstraZeneca as being in 'serious trouble' and branded it as potentially the 'worst [large cap] performer in [the] entire sector' over the next eight years... Read Applied Biosystems and BioTrove form HT genotyping alliance Applied Biosystems and BioTrove have signed a licensing and collaboration agreement to commercialise an analysis platform for high-throughput (HT) genotyping applications... 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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