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Alzheimer’s disease is one of the most common causes of dementia. In Germany and Switzerland alone, around 1.5 million people are affected, and forecasts predict a doubling of the number of patients worldwide within the next 20 years.
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Phenex Enters Into A Research Collaboration And License Agreement With Janssen For Autoimmune And Chronic Inflammatory Disorders
Phenex Pharmaceuticals AG (Phenex) today announced it has entered into an agreement with Janssen Biotech, Inc. and its affiliates (Janssen) to jointly discover compounds that target the nuclear hormone receptor RORγT and may have utility in the treatment of chronic autoimmune and inflammatory disorders including rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, and inflammatory bowel disease.
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New' Estrogen Receptor Found To Be Key Player In Tamoxifen Resistance Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center have discovered a novel way in which breast cancer cells become resistant to tamoxifen, the world's largest-selling breast cancer prevention and treatment drug.
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Skystar's New Vaccine Facility In Huxian Passes Initial GMP Certification
Skystar Bio-Pharmaceutical Company (NASDAQ: SKBI) ("Skystar" or the "Company"), a China-based manufacturer and distributor of veterinary medicines, vaccines, micro-organisms and feed additives, today announced that China's Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) Good Manufacturing Process "GMP" experts have certified that Skystar's new vaccine facility in Huxian, China is 'Stage 1' GMP compliant.
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Single-Use Connections Advance Aseptic ProcessingJohn Boehm discusses how single-use connections advance aseptic processing and create increased process flexibility and reliability while reducing costs.
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Best Practices For Process Scale Column Packing Of CHT™ Ceramic Hydroxyapatite MediaCHT ceramic hydroxyapatite media require specific considerations during process-scale chromatography packing due to high specific gravity, rapid settling rate, and sensitivity to mechanical shear.
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Top 10 Considerations When Selecting An Isolator Supplier
While price is certainly an important reason for buying any piece of capital equipment, it is not always the top reason. There are important considerations to examine when selecting an isolator supplier.
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Comparing The Automated Pipetting To Volumetric Glassware And Air Displacement Pipettes
Analytical sample preparation is used in many industries such as forensics, environmental chemistry, mining, beer and wine fermentation and many others. Concentrated samples are diluted and analyzed via High Performance Liquid Chromatography, Gas Chromatography, Atomic Absorption, and/or Inductively Coupled Plasma Spectroscopy to name a few. Traditionally these samples are prepared using volumetric glassware, syringes and/or pipettes.
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The Challenge of Measuring Total Organic Carbon In Modern Pharmaceutical Water Systems
Total Organic Carbon (TOC) is one of the quality attributes defined in the European and USA pharmacopoeias for pharmaceutical waters. Modern water treatment systems can deliver such high purity water that TOC levels can be consistently close to zero and very difficult to measure with any accuracy. This paper discusses some of the challenges when using TOC analysers to demonstrate pharmacopoeial TOC level compliance for modern water systems in the light of the ICH Q2 document from the International Conference on Harmonisation.
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Gemin X Pharmaceuticals: Finding A Drug's Mechanism Of Action
Gemin X, a pharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of advanced oncology
therapeutics, approached Metabolon to run a metabolism profile for one of their compounds—GMX1777.
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Macro-Prep hydrophobic interaction chromatography (HIC) media are methacrylate-based, 50 µm beads used for protein, polypeptide, enzyme, and nucleic acid purification.
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Bioprocess With The Bozenhardts is back, with a fresh episode packed with advice from Herman and Erich on the selection of filling systems for biopharmas. Listen in as the Bozenhardts give us an update on the process, logistics, and administration trends that are informing filling system decisions today, and offer direction on making choices that will prepare you for the fast-advancing therapies of tomorrow.
Bio-Rad now offers two very high capacity ion exchangers: Nuvia S, which can be used for capture and/or intermediate polishing; and Nuvia Q, which can be used for intermediate and/or final polishing.