Newsletter | October 3, 2011

10.03.2011 -- NIH Needs "Mighty Mouse" To Better Understand Disease

In This Issue:
Do Regulatory Support Services Help With Compliance Scores? Replacing A Phase-Out Technology	NIH Needs "Mighty Mouse" To Better Understand Disease Ensuring Effective Freeze Dryer Vial Closure

Featured Articles
Do Companies That Offer Regulatory Support Services Score Higher On Regulatory Compliance? By Kate Hammeke, research manager, Nice Insight Each time a medical product or prescription drug recall makes the news headlines, we are reminded of the importance of cGMP (current good manufacturing practice) guidelines.

Replacement Of A Phase-Out Technology: Managing Sophisticated Processes With In-Depth Insight By Martin Grolms and Prof. Mani Subramanian Scientists at The Center for Biocatalysis and Bioprocessing (CBB) at the University of Iowa have been carrying out research on bioprocessing technologies for more than 20 years. It has been estimated that by the middle or late 21st century the dwindling supply of oil reserves will make extraction increasingly problematic. The effort and costs involved, and more importantly the environmental concerns, are increasing.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Labconco is joining in the fight. They are offering 20% off a limited edition Portable Table Laboratory Cart. This "Cart for the Cure" comes standard, but in the official breast cancer awareness pink color! For each cart purchased, Labconco will donate $50.00 to the Spelman Medical Foundation to help provide free mammograms to women who can't afford them. Offer expires October 31, 2011. Find out how you can help roll breast cancer out of town!

Spotlight On Contract Services And Formulation
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Datasheet: High Potency Contract Manufacturing Patheon is your experienced provider of development and manufacturing services for high-potency active ingredients, having handled more than 150 high-potency compounds at Patheon sites since 2000.

Datasheet: Contract Test Services Associates of Cape Cod,® Inc. Contract Test Service (CTS) Laboratory specializes in testing for endotoxin and glucan contamination and has the most extensive experience of any endotoxin testing laboratory in the world. CTS performs all methods of the LAL assay: gel-clot, chromogenic, and turbidimetric.

Datasheet: Classical Media An extensive line of high-quality powder and liquid classical media formulations in convenient packaging configurations.

Industry News
	NIH Needs "Mighty Mouse" To Better Understand Disease
	Ensuring Effective Freeze Dryer Vial Closure
	Disposable Reagent Reservoirs With Clearly Visible Volume Markings
	High Quality Tissue Culture Plasticware Now Available
	Freeman Technology Presents New Work At AAPS 2011 On Measuring Meaningful Powder Flow Properties
	New Technique Identifies First Events In Tumor Development
	FlexFill Single-Use Transfer Assembly
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FDA director Dr. Helen Winkle speaks on "Impact of the New Process Validation Guidance" at the Life Sciences Forum on October 24th. Please view the agenda and registration requirements here.