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AMRI adds analytical capabilities to its outsourcing services offerings with the acquisition of Whitehouse Labs.

AMRI Acquires Whitehouse Laboratories

Agnes Shanley is senior editor of Pharmaceutical Technology.

As 3-D screening and lab automation improve lead optimization, open collaborative models are breaking down long-established walls. Will the industry redefine the way it handles R&D?

“A Hit for Every Target” and Changing the Model for Pharma Innovation

New instrumentation at the SGS Mississauga, Canada facility advances testing capabilities for packaging and container testing.

SGS Expands Container Closure Testing

Upgrades to Mettler Toledo’s weighing and dosing equipment increase productivity using lean laboratory principles.

Weighing Equipment Uses Lean Laboratory Principles

SGS Life Science Services announced that its facility in Fairfield, NJ, has been upgraded to be Biosafety Level 2 (BSL-2) compliant, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines.

SGS Attains Biosafety Level 2 Compliance at Fairfield, NJ Facility

WuXi's Laboratory Testing Division will be the exclusive supplier of laboratory testing services for Hong Kong-based Lee's Pharm.

WuXi PharmaTech Supplies Laboratory Testing Services to Lee's Pharm

With this acquisition, Source BioScience is now able to offer integrated solutions to customers, with environmentally controlled storage in combination with the required up- or downstream analytical testing services.

Source BioScience Completes Acquisition of Select Pharma Laboratories

Anthony M. Cundell is the director of microbiological development and statistics, Global Quality Technology, at Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, 401 N. Middletown Road, Pearl River, NY 10965-1299, tel. 845.602.2497, cundela@wyeth.com

*This article is an opinion piece and does not necessarily represent the views of BioPharm International.

FDA’s Guidance on Quality Metrics: Possible Implications for Contract Testing Laboratories

The YDP30 printer from Sartorius automatically performs thermal transfer or direct thermal printing, without the need to change settings, to meet requirements for fade-resistant printout in regulated areas, such as quality-control laboratories.

Label Printer Improves Compliance

After a long wait for the new elemental impurities guidelines, the bio/pharma industry must now look ahead to implementation and take action.

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