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Amgen, Ash Stevens, Aveo, Millipore

Bentley, Cardinal, Saltigo, Sanofi pasteur

AstraZeneca, Schering AG, Bioxel Pharma

Barr Pharmaceuticals,Inc.; Cardinal Health; GlaxoSmithKline

Genzyme Corporation, Luitpold Pharmaceuticals, Kemwell Pvt. Ltd.

Hemispherx Biopharma, Inc., Boehringer Ingelheim Chemicals, Inc., MedImmune, Inc.

Air Products, Althea Technologies, Inc., Bradley Pharmaceuticals, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Crucell N.V., Emergent Biosolutions

Auriga, Balchem, Generex, ImClone, Intranasal Therapeutics, MedImmune, Schering

AstraZeneca, Cambrex, Celsis, Cipher, Dimensione Ricerca

Adams Respiratory Therapeutics, Inc.

Albany Molecular Research, Affymax, Antares Pharma, AstraZeneca, Brookwood Pharma, DelSite, Immtech, Nektar, VaxGen, Vical

Antigenics, Gilead, Inyx, KVD Pharma, MedImmune, Novartis, Solvias

AAI Pharma, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Altana, Athenagen, Cardinal Health, Nektar, Roche

Abbott Labs, Cambrex, Cardinal Health, Charles Ross and Son Co., Janssen, West Pharmaceutical Services

Baxa Corporation, Eli Lilly, PLIVA, SkyePharma, Wyeth

Avant, Barr, BASF, Degussa, Laureate Pharma, Millennnium Pharmaceuticals, Northfield Labs

Alpharma, Bayer, MicroTest, NexMed, Penwest

Abemarle, Aceto, Nastech Pharmaceutical Company, Novartis, Novo Nordisk, PerkinElmer, Inc.

BASF, Bayer, NovaDel, Parexel, Schering

Abraxis BioScience Inc., Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Cambrex Corporation, Sigma-Aldrich Corporation, SkyePharma

Boehringer Ingelheim, Crucell, Eisai, Laureate Pharma, Pall Corp., Tunnell Consulting

Johnson & Johnson, Mesa Labs, Mar Cor, FDA, Andrx

Cobra Biomanufacturing, Avecia, Dynavax Technologies, BASF, Codexis

Cardinal Health, Hospira, Siemens, Ranbaxy, World Health Organization

Interphex Mexico, Pfizer, Dalton Pharma Services...

Pfizer, Stevens Institute of Technology, Sanofi-Aventis...

With the prospect of a possible pandemic the Swiss company, Roche, has found sales of its flu drug have rapidly increased but its patent is being questioned. Roche's Tamiflu sales have inflated by 263% in the first 9 months of this year but discussions of patent suspension from several countries and United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan is pressurizing the company.

Sigma-Aldrich Fine Chemicals (SAFC) has set up a new business division called SAFC Biosciences to encompass its biopharmaceutical development and cell culture-related manufacturing services.

One of the world leaders in the manufacture of tablet compression tooling, I Holland, is offering a range of machines for the automatic polishing of tablet compression tooling.

Two of the largest companies in the pharma industry are to join forces to supply and distribute 96-well Multi-SPE Extraction Plates. The instruments, which are to be circulated by Millipore, are manufactured by 3M for the purpose of isolating and concentrating low levels of analytes, and function by removing substances that interfere with mass spectrometry signal detection. The devices feature 3M Empore membranes, which produce clean extracts, extend LC-MS/MS column life and decrease instrument downtime.