GlaxoSmithKline Opens $600million Vaccine Plant In Singapore
New state-of-the-art vaccine plant to hire 200 staff in Singapore, GSK and the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) set up endowment fund. Singapore (PRWEB) June 16, 2009 -- Singapore's pharmaceutical industry has moved into higher gear, with the opening of a stat...High Activity, Plant Based Diamine Oxidase Enzyme Introduced by Bio-Research Products
NORTH LIBERTY, Iowa, June 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Bio-Research Products announced today the first commercial, plant-based diamine oxidase (DAO). Dr. Bryce Cunningham, President and Chief Technology Officer of Bio-Research, reports that this new diamine oxidase is orders of magnitude more active than DA...The Power of a Tiny Microscopic Plant Found To Reduce Computer Eye Strain
BURLINGTON, N.J., March 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Along with the computer age comes the age of eye fatigue. As we sit for endless hours staring at our computer (whether at work or leisure), we develop a host of symptoms and resulting complaints. Burning achy eyes, headache, blurry vision, stiff shoulde...Isis Reports Strong Financial Results and Highlights for Second Quarter of 2009
...nvestments $637,511 $490,998 Other current assets 10,001 27,386 Property, plant and equipment, net 26,636 17,371 Other assets 35,013 37,021 ...NOVAVAX Achieves Pandemic H1N1 Influenza Production Milestone
... product may not prove to be safe and efficacious; regulatory approval is needed before any vaccines can be sold in or outside the US; Novavax's pilot plant facility is subject to extensive validation and FDA inspections, which may result in delays and increased costs; the success of the Company's foreign ...Pennsylvania Agriculture Department Issues Quarantine for Allegheny County Horse Stable
...nd Diagnostic Services at 717-772-2852. For more information about the bureau visit www.agriculture.state.pa.us and click on "Animal and plant Health" on the left navigation. CONTACT: Justin Fleming 717-787-5085 ...Teeth and Gums Also Benefit from the Healing Power of Aloe Vera
... CHICAGO, July 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The aloe vera plant has a long history of healing power. Its ability to heal burns and cuts and...t contain the stabilized gel that is located in the center of the aloe vera plant in order to be effective. Products must also adhere to certain manufacturin...Dow AgroSciences, World Wide Wheat Agree to Collaborate on Wheat
...f wheat to market. W3 brings more than 40 years of plant breeding to the collaboration and will be able to ... commercialization expertise. Our four decades of plant breeding experience brings a wide diversity of ger...Phoenix, is one of the world's leading independent plant breeding companies whose research is devoted to th...Senesco Announces H1N1 Influenza Survival Test Results in Mice
...its name from the scientific term for the aging of plant cells: senescence. Delaying cell breakdown in pla...ss after harvesting, while increasing crop yields, plant size and resistance to environmental stress. The ...thout any modification other than delaying natural plant senescence. Senesco has partnered with leading-ed...Vibratome 3000 Deluxe, Auto./Temp Controlled, CE
Description:... The NEW Vibratome 3000 Deluxe Sectioning System provides a versatile means of sectioning fresh or fixed, animal, or plant tissues. The 3000 employs a vibrating blade principle which allows sectioning without freezing or embedding. The creation of artifacts, the alterati...Animal and plant communication at the ESA Annual Meeting
Animals and plants communicate with one another in a variety of ways: behavior, body patterns, and even chemistry. In a series of talks at the Ecological Society of America's annual meeting, to be held August 3-7 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, ecologists explore the myriad adaptations for exchanging ...K-State plant pathologists develop online teaching modules used globally
Managing plant diseases that threaten the food supply and economy is a challenge for agriculturalists around the world. Sparsely stocked libraries, scarce and expensive software, and even a lack of materials in students' native languages are barriers to training plant pathologists in resource-p...Shaw to receive prestigious honor for plant pathology research
The 2009 Alexopoulos Prize will be given to Dr. Brian Shaw, Texas A&M University assistant professor of plant pathology and microbiology July 29 in Snowbird, Utah. The honor based on quality, originality and quantity of published work is also known as the Outstanding Early-Career Mycologist ...Waste water treatment plant mud used as 'green' fuel
Catalan scientists have shown that using mud from waste water treatment plants as a partial alternative fuel can enable cement factories to reduce their CO 2 emissions and comply with the Kyoto Protocol, as well as posing no risk to human health and being profitable. These are the results of an e...Dow AgroSciences, NemGenix Establish New Collaboration in Plant Biotechnology
INDIANAPOLIS and PERTH, Australia, July 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Dow AgroSciences LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW ), and NemGenix, a Perth based biotechnology company, announced today a newly established collaboration agreement to pursue novel technologies to...Vega Picks Tennessee Firm to Assist with Construction of Biomass Plant in Georgia
LONDON, June 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- VEGA PROMOTIONAL SYSTEMS, INC. (Pink Sheets: VGPR) today announced it has chosen Chattanooga, TN based consulting firm, Tennessee Power Company, Inc. to assist the Company in building a biomass production facility in Georgia. Vega recently announced...FDA Inspects Hovione's API Manufacturing Plant in Macau
LOURES, Portugal, June 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Hovione's API plant in Macau has just successfully passed a pre-approval inspection by FDA. The inspection, carried out by Mr. Michael Charles, investigator of New York District office in Buffalo and Mr. ChunChang Fang, Chemist from California D...Hovione Opens its New API Plant in Cork
CORK, Ireland, April 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Hovione held today the opening ceremony of its new active pharmaceutical ingredient manufacturing site in Cork. Hovione contracted with Pfizer last December to take over the site that had been manufacturing Lipitor(R) since 1997. The handover of the plan...Novavax Announces Operational Status of Its Vaccine Pilot Plant and Commercial Launch Facility
ROCKVILLE, Md., Jan. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX ) announced today that all equipment in its new Good Manufacturing Practice ("GMP") Pilot Plant to manufacture pandemic and seasonal influenza vaccine clinical supplies and commercial batches at a 1,000 liter scale...Enerkem announces first commercial-scale biofuels and biochemicals plant is entering start-up phase
Major milestone achieved bringing Enerkem one step closer to becoming the first producer of biofuels and biochemicals to commercially use waste feedstock MONTREAL, Jan. 12 /PRNewswire/ - Enerkem Inc., a leading advanced biofuels and biochemicals technology company, announced tod...MasterPure Plant Leaf DNA Purification Kit from EPICENTRE Biotechnologies
Description: The MasterPure Plant Leaf DNA Purification Kit is designed for isolating DNA from 35-100 mg of fresh plant leaf tissue. The protocol can be completed in less than one hour and may be scaled up to obtain larger amounts of DNA. The purified DNA can be used for PCR amplification, restriction dig...UltraClean Plant DNA Isolation Kit from Mo Bio Laboratories, Inc.
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