For outstanding achievements and work in the field of pharmaceutical technologies (Galenic and manufacturing), the ISPE Dach awards endowed study prizes to students and doctoral candidates.

On December 13, 2013, Klaus Thornagel (ISPE) was able to present two prizes at the annual celebration of the De…

BlauVET is Laborial’s most recent development and it represents a worldwide novelty. It consists on a workbench adapted to lab animals’ surgery, by integrating in the working area a heating surface with a temperature control system, an inhalated anesthesia system, a gas exhaustion system, and a tact…

Classic product in a new look: For its 25th anniversary, the rubber floor covering noraplan stone from nora systems will be presenting itself with a revised colour range and two surface versions. This nora flooring with its characteristic granular design has now been on the market for a quarter of a…

With the XStraw drinking straw, a new product from the company Dose Sipping Technology, taking medicine is now child's play and much more pleasant for seniors. Because drinking with a straw is ideal for both young and old.

Many children pull a disgusted face when they have to take medicine. Which is…

Ecolab has changed the name of its Shield Medicare division to Ecolab Contamination Control.

Andy Newsome, VP Global Contamination Control said: ‘We have been making a steady transition to the new name since we acquired Shield Medicare in 2006, which now more accurately communicates our products and…

When manufacturing cytostatics, pharmacies are increasingly using isolators instead of conventional safety cabinets. This means that the DIN 12980 (Laboratory Equipment - Safety Cabinets for Cytostatics), which has been in effect since 2005, needs to be updated. Egon Buchta, chairman of the Cytostat…

Rising energy prices and the demand for more sustainability often make manufacturing systems that have been used for many years seem even older. Engel's new retrofit solution ecodriveR is reasonably priced, can be fitted with little hassle and reduces the energy required by existing hydraulic inject…

- New A4 series of dry pumps  
- New dry A 200 L pump  
- New magnetically levitated turbopumps in the ATH-M series    

Pfeiffer Vacuum, a leading global supplier of vacuum technology, will be exhibiting at the Semicon Korea Trade Fair in Seoul from February 12 to 14, 2014. Visitors to the booth can discuss…

The research and development department of Attingo Data Recovery has already dealt with the new helium technology before its market launch. "We were able to successfully perform data recoveries on helium-filled hard drives shortly after they became available," reports Nicolas Ehrschwendner, Managing…

Today Phillips-Medisize Corp. announced it has signed a supply agreement for insulin pen components with Sanofi, a leader for diabetes treatment. As a result, injection pen component production at the plant in Kontiolahti, Finland, has been expanded with an automated production line.

Given the succes…