To prevent testing on animals and create even more precise ways of testing therapeutics, the pharmaceutical industry is increasingly turning to human immune cells. However, the availability of cells like these has been limited to date. Now, Fraunhofer researchers have succeeded in scaling the produc…

Blood plasma forms the basis of many life-saving therapies and is also an important building block for future active ingredients in medical research. As the general planner for Octapharma, ZETA implemented an industry leading EPCM project resulting in the doubling of plasma throughput at the Vienna…

Insbesondere bei chronischen Lungenerkrankungen wie Asthma nutzen viele Menschen Inhalatoren, um ihre Atemwege freizuhalten. Oftmals bleibt dabei aber ein Teil der zu inhalierenden Partikel im Gerät selbst hängen. Durch eine optimierte ultradünne Beschichtung von Kunststoffoberflächen in Inhalat…

Drug counterfeiters frequently fill original pharmaceutical containers with ineffective or harmful substitutes. In many cases, tampering with the containers cannot be detected. In the worst case, a falsified medicine may have fatal consequences for the patient to whom it has been administered. A tam…

Die Unternehmen Dow (New Yorker Börse: DOW), Sartorius und Südpack Medica sind eine gemeinsame Partnerschaft entlang der Wertschöpfungskette zur Herstellung von Bioreaktor- und 3D-Beuteln eingegangen und unterstützen damit die globalen Bemühungen zur Impfung gegen Coronaviren. Die Bioreaktor- u…

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, numerous countries around the world have been working hard to develop new vaccines against the virus. A U.S. pharmaceutical company based in Italy will also be involved in the mass production of the vaccine and is preparing for it. There must be no dosing er…

More than 180 million people have become infected with the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which has already mutated multiple times. Effective vaccines have been developed in record time, but billions of vaccine doses are needed to defeat the pandemic. In order to expand production, sensor components – am…

When it comes to packaging, safely storing and administering medications, biologics, and vaccines simply and sustainably, Gerresheimer is always a good address and an accomplished partner in the American market. At CphI North America from August 10-12, the company will be exhibiting primary packagin…

- Manufacturing capacity for biopharmaceuticals is important benchmark for Germany as a biotechnology location, according to yesterday’s Biotech Report published by vfa bio and Boston Consulting Group
- Rentschler Biopharma expands production capacity with 2,000-liter bioreactor to address increasing…

Recognizing fake drugs? Testing water samples ourselves? Checking the quality of air? In the future, it could be possible to do all this using a smartphone in a quick, cost-effective and straightforward way. The process is being made possible by a spectrometer, weighing just one gram, from the Fraun…