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JANUARY 2009
Volume 12, Issue 1
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Accurate Dispensing of Biopharmaceuticals: Peristaltic or Piston Pumps?
By Peter Lambert
The pharmaceutical industry has had to adapt to major changes and challenges over the last decade. This has been mainly driven by the fact that many of the blockbuster durgs are running out of patent, forcing the industry to focus more on R&D with greater interest towards developing biopharmaceutical products. |
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Ultraviolet Light Decontamination VS High Heat Sterilization in Cell Culture
By Hiroki Busujima and Deepak Mistry
The CO2 incubator is an essential tool in the research and clinical laboratory. Unlike basic laboratory storage and processing systems collateral to incubators such as refrigerators, ultra-low freezers and centrifuges, all of which use labware closed, capped or sealed for aseptic protection, the CO2 incubator performs a more dynamic function which directly exposes cell cultures and culture media to the enriched atmosphere within the chamber. |
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Receptor Therapeutics Inc.: Finding Virtual Value
By Shawn Lawrence
A virtual company is a company founded on an idea, but not having any other functional activities, no headquarters of office, and often, one employee, the founder and owner. In terms of its operation, all research and development, clinical studies, toxicology and production gets outsourced. The primary role of the virtual company is to monitor and manage these outsourced activities. |
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A Doctor's Quest to Stop a Child Cancer-Killer
By Mike Pettapiece
They were both five-year-old boys named Christopher. And both had brain tumors, medulloblastomas. But the chain of coincidence broke there. One died and the other survived. |
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New study shows Mississauga, ON is flourishing in life sciences industry
By Tonya Costoff
The City of Mississauga, ON has released a new study from the Economic Development Office (EDO), focusing on Mississauga’s expanding life sciences sector. Mississauga: A Leading Life Sciences Cluster Study and Directory, and the Life Sciences Focus brochure update findings of previous studies and provide a more detailed directory of the many companies that actively support the growth of this sector in Mississauga. |
