Pennsylvania Biotech News (United States)

Sept. 23, 2011, Taipei City, Taiwan – Polysciences, Inc. proudly announces the opening of their new Taiwan office in an effort to expand their global presence.

Replace single use corrugated cartons and cardboard combo containers. Eliminates fiber and wood sliver contamination, disposal costs and reduces labor for food and pharma industries.

Multiply your savings when Lean Manufacturing Analysis is the foundation for your custom engineered material handling solutions.

Made from lightweight, rotationally molded plastic with integral, comfort molded handgrips; Rollet® units provide easy, safe and secure movement of products or cargo through your facility- and they're only available from REMCON Plastics.

The latest generation hydrogen peroxide bio-decontamination technology from Bioquell has now achieved Australian C-Tick approval. Targeted at the life sciences and healthcare markets, this unique methodology is used to eradicate microbes.

LifeSensors, Inc. announced today that they have appointed Dr. Mark Engleka to the position of Sales and Marketing Director.

Innovative bio-decontamination technology now interfaces with market leading data logging system to provide robust and secure information capture for the life science and pharmaceutical markets.

AdvantaFlex thermoplastic elastomer is now offered as molded components for biopharmaceutical manifold assembly applications. The assemblies eliminate most barbed fitting connections and their leak potential while they provide a silicone alternative.

Bioquell has developed a comprehensive and freely available online ‘bug’ database. The micro site features over 30 of the most common environmental contaminants and provides valuable insight into the world of bacteria, viruses, and fungi.

BioDatomics is a software/hardware platform supported by cutting edge data storage & delivery technologies and can deliver all the computational power required for high throughput techniques in the discovery of disease treatment, origin & prevention.

Medical Contract Manufacturer Ranked No. 665 on the 2011 Inc. 5000

Medical CM Among the Fastest Growing, Privately-Held Companies in the Philadelphia Region

Hydrogen peroxide bio-decontamination technology is one of the hot topics at this year’s 49th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the HIV Medicine Association in Boston, Massachusetts on October 20-23, 2011.

Center established by Hepatitis B Foundation in 2006 to accelerate its research mission

Hepatitis B Foundation’s Research Institute to Hold 11th Annual Biotech Conference Featuring Keynote Speaker Dr. Roy Vagelos, Former Chairman and CEO of Merck & Co.

High purity tubing manufacturer AdvantaPure will exhibit at five trade shows this fall to showcase its single use systems and components for the pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical and bioprocess industries.

Quantum mechanics requires nano-thermometers to be in contact with the cell to obtain valid measurements of temperature

Sept. 23, 2011, Taipei City, Taiwan – Polysciences, Inc. proudly announces the opening of their new Taiwan office in an effort to expand their global presence.

REMCON Plastics uses new in house process that develops holistic solutions to customer bottlenecks and delivers an even better return on their investment.

Replace single use corrugated cartons and cardboard combo containers. Eliminates fiber and wood sliver contamination, disposal costs and reduces labor for food and pharma industries.

Multiply your savings when Lean Manufacturing Analysis is the foundation for your custom engineered material handling solutions.

Five fitting materials are now available for secure connections involving high purity fluid transfer. Supplied attached to tubing or reinforced hose, the fittings give customers a choice for optimal performance in various applications.

Made from lightweight, rotationally molded plastic with integral, comfort molded handgrips; Rollet® units provide easy, safe and secure movement of products or cargo through your facility- and they're only available from REMCON Plastics.

Come ready to discuss improvements you would like to see in your manufacturing processes with The Wise Rotomolder and his team of bulk handling specialists. On site consultations can be scheduled in Booth 7122.

Hepatitis B Foundation, Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center and Institute for Hepatitis and Virus Research Co-founder, Volunteer President and Director Receives Life-Science Industry Honor

First year implementation of 2011-2015 Strategic Plan has catapulted REMCON Plastics into new growth phase.

AdvantaPure now offers ten ways to identify hoses used in pharmaceutical and other critical process applications. Identification helps increase hose connection accuracy. Options include colors, printing, laser etching, and electronic methods.

Comprehensive Natural Products Library Finds New Home and Mission at Hepatitis B Foundation’s Research Institute

The FDA has ramped up surveillance and we have seen an increase in the number of warning letters issued to manufacturers.

Cell chromosomal and anastral spindles thought to assemble by autocatalysis are instead shown to assemble by QED radiation emitted by the spindles themselves from thermal energy absorbed from intracellular water molecule collisions.

From using food and cooking to learn biotechnology to creating video games, Harrisburg University of Science and Technology Summer Camps offer high school students ways to have fun while learning and ways to earn college credits.

Today, the lifecentral Group announced the immediate availability of lifecentral, which allows Internet visitors to track how activities, foods, and medications affect their health and well-beings.

Moth mating by olfactory shape theory relying on the improbable fitting of the pheromone (sex scent) into matched receptors on the antenna is probable with signals of the far infrared (FIR) spectra of the pheromone left along the trail of the female

Diane Dellaratta, Billy Grimme, and Karen Chaney will assume clinical consultant positions with varying degrees of responsibility within CIS’ clinical team headed by Annette Horner, senior director of global clinical compliance.

The Alternative Fuels Renewable Energies Council (AFREC) is a Platinum sponsor of the BioEnergy Summit, set for March 15, 2011, at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology.

CIS has announced that Kathy Castoro will assume the position of Senior Manager of Pharmaceutical Consulting. Kathy brings two decades of government pricing compliance and contracting experience from top pharma companies.

In an interview with Newsmax, Dr. Majidi, the FBI’s assistant director in charge of the FBI’s Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate said there was 100% chance of a bioterrorism attack on the US. The details are more dire than FBI predicts.

The inability of vibration theories of olfaction to correlate odor with the EM spectra of odorants only proves the brain encoded odors individually allowing totally different odors to be correlated with almost identical EM spectra

Oran Diagnostics, LLC has expanded into reproductive medicine and continues development of TCL-EV™ procedure for reproductive health.

AdvantaPure will exhibit its high purity tubing, manifolds, and disposable fluid processing systems at five pharmaceutical shows this spring. Shows in addition to Interphex and the PDA Meeting include Single Use Systems 2011 and two ISPE events.

Harrisburg University of Science and Technology will host the BioEnergy Summit on March 15, 2011. The theme for the event is Innovative Technologies for an Energized Future!

Dr. Zhijian "James" Chen, an HHMI investigator and leading ubiquitinologist, will speak at the upcoming 2011 Ubiquitin Drug Discovery & Diagnostics conference.

The third-annual Ubiquitin Drug Discovery & Diagnostics conference will feature Dr. Jennifer Johnston, whose work illustrates the importance of the ubiquitin pathway in Parkinson's disease.

AdvantaPure now offers its APST silicone tubing in nearly 50 sizes for use in pharmaceutical, biotech, biomedical, chemical, food, and beverage applications. The wide range of sizes addresses requirements for multiple fluid transfer uses.

Medical CM Among the Fastest Growing, Privately-Held Companies in the Philadelphia Region.

Worried about fraud or scams? The federal government gave trade exchanges the “stamp-of-approval” through the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982, which recognized them as the same as banks and stockbrokers.

Olfaction theories of smell based on vibration and shape mechanisms are superseded by the odorant molecules creating their own unique QED induced IR and VCD rotational spectra from the absorption of thermal kT energy upon collision inside the nose

The Scripps Research Institute, Cambridge University and The University of British Columbia are utilizing Flintbox to promote and license over 200 biological materials.

ChemImage Corporation will be exhibiting its Hyperspectral Imaging (HSI) instrumentation at the Midwestern Association of Forensic Scientists (MAFS) 39th Annual Meeting, Oct. 4-8 at the Kansas City Marriott Downtown, Kansas City, Mo.

Recognized for continued exceptional growth, Inteprod LLC, Eagleville, Pa, has been ranked as one of the 2010 fastest-growing, privately-held businesses in the Philadelphia region.

Volunteer President of the Hepatitis B Foundation and Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center to be Honored in Philadelphia

H2O SI has entered into a joint venture agreement with a biotech firm for the final development of organic surfactant formulations. H2O SI holds the exclusive license for all applications in water treatment, wastewater treatment and bioremediation.

Hepatitis B Foundation graduates future scientists.

AdvantaPure will exhibit its pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical products at three industry trade shows this fall. Tubing and single use systems will be the focus. Other items include container closures and identification solutions.