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Webinar: New monitoring methods improve compliance, reduce costs

** Last chance to register for this exclusive live event **

Date:
Tuesday 20 March 2012
Time: 3pm GMT
Length: 1 hour (incl. Q&A session)

Join us for presentations from some of the leading experts in the fields of monitoring and compliance and pharmaceutical water and cleanroom facility standards:

Regulation:
Breaking news on the revision of ISO 14644 and 14698

Water systems:
How to meet EP TOC requirements with an on-line TOC analyzer designed for PAT and Real-Time-Release

Cleanrooms:
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Featured whitepaper

A comparison of the attributes of the AccuGENX-ID microbial sequencing methods versus MicroSEQ v2.0
Author: Accugenix
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Autoantibody biomarker panels for improved disease diagnosis
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Utilizing Colony-Forming Cell Assays In Toxicity Testing
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An Interview with Dr. John Rossi
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RNA-Seq Data Comparison with Gene Expression Microarrays
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The importance of being profiled: Improving drug candidate safety and efficacy using cross-target profiling
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Merck and partners create the California Institute for Biomedical Research (Calibr)

Merck is to create the California Institute for Biomedical Research (Calibr), an independent, not-for-profit organization (501c3) established to accelerate the translation of basic biomedical research into innovative, new medicines to treat disease.

Calibr will be led by Peter G. Schultz, Ph.D., a world-renowned chemist and biotechnology entrepreneur. The Institute will offer academic scientists, around the world, a streamlined, efficient and flexible path for translating their biomedical research into novel medicines.

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More pharmaceutical & life science news

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Pradaxa® must now be made available for use by the UK National Health Service (NHS)...

Abbott announces patient enrollment in two phase 3 studies of HUMIRA® (adalimumab)
Key clinical trials will assess drug’s efficacy and safety...

Results from phase 3 trial of TAK-085 for the treatment of Hyperlipidemia
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Alcon gains exclusive ex-US rights for ocriplasmin
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Sanofi to acquire Pluromed, Inc., expanding its presence in biosurgery
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GlaxoSmithKline provides further update on divestment of non-core over-the-counter (OTC) brands
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Featured supplier news

Switching to “simply paperless” particle counting from MET ONE saves you time immediately
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Syrris invites scientists to benefit from free flow and automated process chemistry workshops
Laboratory scale chemists offered educational workshops and seminars...

Heat Sealer reproducibly seals microplates of all types & sizes
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Easy-to-use electronic pipette filler
The Ultrajet pipette controller from Porvair Sciences is an easy-to-use electronic pipette filler...

Porvair Sciences announces 2012 microplate catalogue
Many scientists around the world have come to rely upon the Porvair Sciences Catalogue as a primary source of information...

Low profile deep well plate increases storage capacity
Porvair Sciences has introduced a low profile deep well microplate...

Zero crosstalk luminescence assay plate…
Constructed in ultra-pure grade polystyrene, the opaque white Krystal 2000 plate from Porvair Sciences Ltd...

Glass bottom microplates for imaging applications
Krystal™ glass bottom plates provide unmatched performance for whole-plate CCD imaging and laser detection applications....

Tecan triumphs at SLAS2012 with Direct Digital Titration
The First Annual SLAS Conference and Exhibition held in San Diego, California, in February heralded success for Tecan...

Chip-Man Technologies rebrands and launches new website
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Intelligently dose chemical reactors at high flow rates with the Atlas Syringe Pump
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Conferences, events & exhibitions:

PITTCON 2012 - Exhibition Round-up
Orlando, FL, USA
European Pharmaceutical Review were in attendance at Pittcon 2012. With nearly 900 exhibitors in attendance this year, it was another great event. Read exclusive interviews with some of the key figures at this year's event...

Process Validation for Drugs and Biologics
26 - 27 March 2012, Dublin, Ireland

2nd Annual Drug Discovery Global Summit
27 - 28 March 2012, London, UK

Select Biosciences: AMT/LoaCEC/SCAE/AB&B
28 - 29 March 2012, Edinburgh, Scotland

IPhEB 2012 2nd St. Petersburg International Pharmacy Engineering and Biotechnology Forum
3 - 5 April 2012, St. Petersburg, Russia

Development and Validation of Bioanalytical Assays for Biologics: Quantification (PK) and Immunogenicity Assays
12 - 13 April 2012, Dublin, Ireland

Analytical Method Validation for Biologics, Biopharmaceuticals and Other Therapeutic Products
23 - 24 April, Berlin, Germany

Pharma QbD Forum
24 - 25 April 2012, Berlin, Germany

LogiPharma Europe
24 - 26 April 2012, Geneva, Switzerland

QA/QC Strategy for Biopharmaceuticals and Biologics
25 - 27 April 2012, Berlin, Germany

Austropharm
26 - 28 April 2012, Vienna, Austria

RNAi & Single Cell Biology-2012 Summit
1 - 2 May 2012, Waltham, USA