Life Science Features

14 May 2003 - Vaccinating against heart disease?

If prevention is better than cure, will it be possible in the future to vaccinate against atherosclerosis, the principal cause of heart attacks, as well as..  More >>

06 May 2003 - Breaking the mould of resistant depression

Could an old antifungal open up a new way to tackle the problem when antidepressant drugs stop working? The development of tolerance to..  More >>

23 December 2002 - A bitter pill for ailing pharma

In today’s edition of Les Echos, Nathalie Halpern writes a thought-provoking article about the dire state of ’Big Pharma plc’. Describing pharmaceutical..  More >>

19 December 2002 - Vanina Broens talks about Bio/PharMOS 2003

In the run-up to the next Bio/PharMOS event in Monte Carlo in March 2003, we hear from Vanina Broens, CEO of the organising team at VB International, about her..  More >>

10 December 2002 - Fournier contemplates its future

Fournier Group reflecting on its future looks to ’raise dough’ to ’bake a better loaf’ The economic daily newspaper, ’Les Echos’, devotes a full page to..  More >>

09 December 2002 - Lundbeck facing patent expiry - on the acquisition trail?

The business media in France have focused recently on the activity of Denmark’s pharmaceutical company H. Lundbeck, which has projects in development in..  More >>

09 December 2002 - Finland - biopharma is a 'priority'

France’s business daily, Les Echos’ looks at Finland’s efforts "to open up opportunities in the biotech sector. Since the mid-1990s’ Finland has taken..  More >>

06 November 2002 - Capacity crunch in biomanufacturing could be worse than feared

As European biotech strives to match the size and scale of its US cousin by 2010 and financial analysts struggle to understand the complexity of the sector,..  More >>

16 June 2002 - Microbial contamination in pharma procesing

Pinpointing sources of microbial contamination in the environment The availability of a standardised, fully automated ribotyping method provides new..  More >>

01 May 2002 - Contract Manufacturing: Bluepharma - A new era for life science in Portugal

Situated near Coimbra (Portugal) is Bluepharma, Indústria Farmacêutica SA, a state-of-the-art pharmaceutical manufacturing facility with an interesting history..  More >>

29 April 2002 - HISTORY OF LIFE SCIENCE

Insulin - A Canadian Breakthrough  On the 18th Jan 1904, Wilfrid Laurier proclaimed that "The twentieth century belongs to Canada." A Prime Minister’s..  More >>

28 April 2002 - Letter from the US

Networking for Success By Ben RudolphDirector of Corporate CommunicationsAptagen, Inc., Herdon, VA, USA Want biotech to succeed?  It’s time to start..  More >>