Pharmaceuticals and biotechnology - Business News

- 22 November 2007 -
Larox to finance separation professorship
Larox Corporation says that it will make an annual donation of E95.000 during the next five years to finance a new professorship for solid/liquid separation technology.

- 31 October 2007 -
IDEX Corp acquires chromatography hardware
IDEX Corporation has acquired Isolation Technologies, a developer of advanced column hardware and accessories for the high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) market.

- 25 October 2007 -
Argentina joint venture for fibres
Two Argentinean companies have launched a joint venture company called Bicomfiber SA to produce different types of bi-component fibres for multiple purposes and applications.

- 12 October 2007 -
Nitrocellulose microplate for immunology
Whatman has developed new nitrocellulose microplate technology that addresses immunology applications.

- 4 October 2007 -
Membrana signs blood filtration agreement
Membrana has signed a supply agreement with Arbios Systems, Inc, a manufacturer of proprietary medical devices and cell-based therapies.

- 2 October 2007 -
Basin Water acquires process technology
Basin Water Inc has acquired a process technology company which focuses on adsorption, membrane filtration and industrial chromatography.

- 25 September 2007 -
Investment finances disposable chroma system
Upfront Chromatography A/S has raised €6.8 million which it plans to use to provide the world's first fully disposable chromatography system for biopharmaceutical production.

- 31 August 2007 -
Omnipure to use antimicrobials in filters
Antimicrobial specialist Agion Technologies, Inc is to partner with Omnipure, a supplier of inline carbon filtration components.

- 24 July 2007 -
Mar Cor Purification to acquire Dialysis Services
Cantel Medical Corp's Mar Cor Purification subsidiary has entered into an agreement to purchase the water-related assets of Dialysis Services, Inc.

- 26 June 2007 -
Sweco opens facility in China
Screen separation specialist Sweco has opened a manufacturing facility in Maqiao, near Shanghai, China.

- 18 June 2007 -
Pall files lawsuit against Entegris
Pall Corp has filed a patent infringement action against Entegris Inc.

- 8 June 2007 -
Acquisition of Pall medical filters
Biopharmaceutical giant has reached an agreement to acquire 100% of the issued share capital, and shareholders loan accounts, of Filterworks (Pty) Ltd (Filterworks), for R13 million.

- 17 April 2007 -
GE Healthcare develops biopharm segment
with new purchase

GE Healthcare has acquired Wave Biotech LLC, a supplier of disposable manufacturing technologies for the biopharmaceutical industry.

- 11 April 2007 -
US ultrafiltration markets to reach US$908 million
The total US market value for ultrafiltration membranes will reach US$908 million by 2011, following its growth from US$579 million in 2005 and US$635 million in 2006.

- 4 April 2007 -
Cantel Medical acquires GE water dialysis
Cantel Medical Corp has announced that its Mar Cor Purification division has completed the purchase of GE Water & Process Technologies' water dialysis business.

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