India's biotech industry emerging as world innovator, collaborator, competitor
...r well positioned to leverage their cost-effective manufacturing capabilities to corner some of this market share a... $0.50 and credits Shanthas innovative, efficient manufacturing process and well as subsequent local competition. Shantha today supplies nearly 40% of the UN Chil...New chemistry approach promises less expensive drugs
...age the body, two perennial issues that plague the manufacturing process. David MacMillan, one of the researchers o...s create only the beneficial enantiomer during the manufacturing process. While this requirement keeps any of these helpful molecules' "evil twins" from reaching our...AEA, UAlbany College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering to partner on CIRCA 07
...ic business teaming opportunities around nanoscale manufacturing solutions common to the host of nanotechnology-enabled industries of the 21st century. These industries include aeronautics, telecommunications, homeland defense, health, and energy." Among the speakers confirmed for CIRCA '07 are: Dr. Bernard ...2007 Amgen Biochemical Engineering Award
...nt technologies for facilitating the discovery and manufacturing of protein therapeutics, and in particular therapeutic antibodies. His fundamental contributions are equally impressive and include the discovery of a major new biological pathway, the global control of RNA degradation in bacteria. He has also made s...Test finds manufactured nanoparticles don't harm soil ecology
...r diseases if they enter the soil or water through manufacturing processes or if medicines based on nanoparticles behave in unexpected ways in the body. Turco's research team designed its study to test how different levels of buckyballs affect soil microorganisms, including bacteria that are responsible for brea...First new waterborne aquaculture drug in 20 years approved
...emicals, Inc., completed the requirements for drug manufacturing and worked with Schnick to complete the requirements for human food safety. Under the Minor Use Minor Species Animal Health Act as administered by the FDA, Eka Chemicals, Inc. has an exclusive right for 7 years of marketing for the approved indicatio...Liquidia Technologies announces $16M in Series B venture financing
...ill enable scale up of Liquidia's PRINTTM platform manufacturing capabilities, acceleration of preclinical testing and development in life sciences, and expansion of product development activities in specific alternative energy and materials science applications. The financing also includes strong syndication from...Largest physics meeting of the year, in Denver
...onic components, which could be made with existing manufacturing methods and are inherently less noisy than classical semiconductor circuits. Developments include the construction of! a component called a controlled-not quantum logic gate (Hans Mooij, N2.5), the first proposed superconductor-based quantum computi...Nanotechnology key to China's future economic success
...a's current nanotechnology research, education and manufacturing investments are only the tip of the iceberg. Over the coming years, there is the real potential for China to rapidly advance in making new nanotech scientific discoveries that lead to commercializing new, innovative nano-based products that are produ...Breakthrough in nanodevice synthesis revolutionizes biological sensors
...'old fashioned' technology of lithography gives us manufacturing uniformity. The authors say that although this study focuses on device and sensor performance, the strength of the approach lies in seamless integration with CMOS technology, and the approach "appears to have potential for extension to a fully int...Biogen Idec acquires Brandeis spin-out
...cellent outcome because they have the expertise in manufacturing and development to bring these drugs to the clinic," said Neil Simister, a Brandeis biology professor and one of Syntonix' founders. "Brandeis University has a very strong science faculty. This acquisition by Biogen Idec is evidence of the strength...Carnegie Mellon engineers devise new process to improve energy efficiency of ethanol production
...ol. "This new design reduces the manufacturing cost for producing ethanol by 11 percent, from $1.61 a gallon to $1.43 a gallon,'' said Chemical Engineering Professor Ignacio E. Grossmann, who completed the research with graduate students Ramkumar Karuppiah, Andreas Peschel and Mariano Martin. "T...'Hidden-hero' microbes in soil, water may help naturally clean toxic sites
...ational Security Complex, toxic waste from weapons manufacturing at the facility between 1951 and 1983 leaches into groundwater that extends in radioactive plumes for miles from the contaminated site. But soon, Florida State University Associate Professor Joel Kostka and his FSU oceanography department team will...Wiley acquires publications from Carpe Diem Communications
...y and methods used to prevent contamination in the manufacturing of pharmaceuticals, biopharmaceuticals, and medical devices. Wiley has assumed publication of the three titles, which are available in print and online at no charge to qualified readers. In addition to the publications, Wiley has also acquired...Best practices for parenterals: From formulation to manufacturing
...s (AAPS) focuses on pharmaceutical formulation and manufacturing process technology, with emphasis on improved control of product performance and process parameters. AAPS is a professional, scientific society of more than 13,000 members employed in academia, industry, government, and other research institutes worl...Donald H. Sebastian receives award from SMART
...as a professor in the department of industrial and manufacturing engineering, and was later appointed executive director of the Center for Manufacturing Systems. He developed the successful proposal to create a statewide assistance program under the National Institute for Standards and Technology Manufacturing Ext...European Union outpaces United States on chemical safety
...tandard, rather than trying to cope with different manufacturing processes for different markets. As a result, if a U.S. company such as Hewlett-Packard or Dell needs to redesign its laptops or substitute chemicals used in production to meet E.U. standards, they are likely to make the same changes in laptops made ...Green Chemical Reactor Engineering -- XI
...ant expected progress in fuel cell development and manufacturing will move us progressively, in the 21st century, from environmentally friendly carbon-based fuels to hydrogen. Environmental Research. Mitigation of the effect of chemical process effluents in soil, air and water are at the forefront of society's co...Ossur hf. acquires the Gibaud Group in France
...ewer one in Trevoux (north of Lyon) specialized in manufacturing phlebology products. Gibaud manufactures and sells orthopaedic devices which are used to manage a wide range of conditions in private practices, hospitals and via self-medication. Gibaud also manufactures specialist devices for use in compression the...University of Colorado influenza chip licensed by Quidel Corp. of San Diego
... Diego, is a leader in the discovery, development, manufacturing and marketing of rapid-diagnostic solutions at the point of care in infectious diseases and reproductive health. The license agreement gives Quidel access to the Flu Chip and MChip technologies, developed during a multi-year project by CU-Boulder's ...