Hot-melt extrusion – a pioneering technology at Rottendorf Pharma

Hot-melt extrusion – a pioneering technology at Rottendorf Pharma

The cleaning validation for the twin screw extruder in the Development & Transfer Center of Rottendorf Pharma GmbH in Ennigerloh has successfully been completed. With this, the complete equipment of the Center which was newly built in 2009 can be used under GMP conditions as well as under FDA conditions.
The already wide range of equipment for the production of clinical trial samples and small-scale batches is therewith extended by another interesting technology. Hot-melt extrusion

Targacom Advisory and Revolution Public Relations establish new partnership

Targacom Advisory and Revolution Public Relations establish new partnership

Frankfurt/London, December 15th 2010 – Targacom Advisory in Frankfurt and Revolution Public Relations Ltd. in London have teamed up to provide strategic advisory services to clients in the real estate investment industry. The primary clientele is institutional investors, family offices and real estate service providers in the UK and Germany who are either currently, or are about to become, active on in each other-s respective markets.

Revolution Public Relations Ltd. specialises in communicat

AiCuris completes Phase II genital herpes trial with AIC316 ahead of time

AiCuris announced today that the last subject has completed their Phase-II trial "A double-blind randomized placebo controlled dose-finding trial to investigate different doses of a new antiviral drug in subjects with genital HSV Type 2 infection".
The trial has been completed two months earlier than planned. Indeed, in the later stages of the trial, enrolment had to be restricted as the number of subjects was higher than the number that was required to be enrolled according t

International Research Studies Underscore Utility, Robustness of 454 Sequencing Systems for Characterizing Blood Cancers

Results from a series of studies presented this week at the 52nd American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida highlight the value of high-throughput sequencing for in-depth characterization of blood cancers, including leukemia and other hematological malignancies. The research studies used the Genome Sequencer FLX and GS Junior Systems from 454 Life Sciences to perform targeted resequencing of known cancer-related genes, such as KRAS, RUNX1, EZH2, and TET2, in order to dete

AiCuris gained Bio.NRW research promotion

AiCuris gained Bio.NRW research promotion

AiCuris GmbH & Co. KG has been awarded a three-year research grant together with the Universities of Bochum, Düsseldorf and Bonn as well as the company Squarix (Marl). This grant is a part of the research promotion program "Bio.NRW" by the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Research of North Rhine-Westphalia. AiCuris will obtain 833,582 Euro.
The project "Innovative Antibiotics made in NRW" is aimed to enable research and development of new antibiotics effe