US-based supplier of plastic, glass and metal containers and closures Berlin Packaging has expanded its Dangerous Goods division in Houston, Texas. Occupying an area of 80,000ft2, customers in Gulf Coast states are provided considerable ...
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The Qualifying Renewable Chemical Production Tax Credit Act of 2013 has been introduced by the new legislation to reduce taxes for producers of renewable chemicals in the US. The act also provides the renewable chemical producers with ...
Late stage bio-pharmaceutical and phyto-medical company Kannalife Sciences and Biotech have signed a 50/50 definitive joint venture agreement by creating South Park Ventures (SPV). Biotech CEO Jason Cranford said, "Partnering with ...
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Lite-On Technology announced on June 19 that the Board has approved to appoint Mr. Danny Liao, the CEO of Lite-On IT, to serve as CEO of New Business Development of Lite-On Group, mainly responsible for the Group's long-term growth strategy ...
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AOP Orphan Pharmaceuticals has announced the spin-off of its 80% stake in Activartis, a Vienna-based biotech company, to a group of private investors. Activartis has developed dendritic cell-based technology for individualized tumor ...
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Roche has announced that the Canadian Health Authority has approved the use of its PCR based mycoplasma detection test MycoTOOL for release testing of one of its biological products. Accepted by the FDA at the end of 2012, the test can ...
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German drug maker Boehringer-Ingelheim and Shanghai Zhangjiang Biotech & Pharmaceutical Base Development Co., Ltd. declared strategic cooperative agreement to build up the first Chinese biopharmaceutical base using mammal cell culture ...
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Second Genome has signed a microbiome drug discovery deal with Janssen Biotech to advance novel drug targets mediated by the bacterial ecosystem living within the human gut to treat ulcerative colitis. Under the collaboration, Janssen ...
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Thermo Fisher Scientific, a US-based healthcare equipment provider, has announced that its SureTect Salmonella Species Assay has received Performance Tested Method from the AOAC Research Institute. The SureTect Salmonella species PCR ...
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The first Chinese R&D center focusing on translational medicine QIAGEN (Suzhou) Translational Medicine Center has been put into operation as a JV between German QIAGEN and SIP Biotech Development Co., Ltd. (BioBAY). Translational medicine ...
The Campus Biotech Consortium has purchased Merck KGaA (MRK)'s Geneva headquarters to create a biotechnology campus. Details of the transaction have not been revealed, however, it is expected that the 725,000ft2 property would be handed ...
Spanish-German biotech company Sygnis Pharma has entered into a licence agreement for the distribution of a new amplification buffer with QIAGEN, a sample and assay technologies provider. This is the second agreement with QIAGEN within ...
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Janssen Biotech has announced the FDA approval of Simponi (golimumab) to treat moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis (UC) in adult patients with corticosteroid dependence or an inadequate response to or failed to tolerate oral ...
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The Indian government has announced the development of new low-cost vaccine referred to as Rotavac against rotavirus, a diarrhea causative agent leading to a number of childhood deaths in the developing world. The new rotavirus vaccine is ...
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Biotech specialist Partec has released analytical instruments which use a novel method to determine bacterial counts in drinking water. Partec says that the method is rapid and reliable and has been recommended by the Swiss Federal Office ...
Tags: Drinking Water Quality, Processing Machinery, analytical instruments