Priority response plan (prp) for bio-decontamination of a biopharmaceutical production facility
Multinational Biopharmaceutical Company, Singapore - case study
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
A multinational biopharmaceutical company in Asia, was looking to introduce a rigorous plan to ensure high-level bio-decontamination of their manufacturing facility in the event of contamination.
The customer...
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SMITH, D.J., ROSSITER, W. and MCDONALD-JUNOR, D., Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University
How a city creates new development paths when faced with declining industries, is one of the most pressing questions of our time. We’ll...
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When the worlds of sport and medicine colaborate
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Minister sounds an optimistic note
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As the UK’s first ever minister for Life Sciences, I am determined to ensure that Britain remains the best place in...
Bionanoscience ‘will precipitate a Fifth Industrial Revolution’
Professor Jonathan Heddle is set to embark on a new era in Bionanoscience at Durham University, thanks to a £4.8million Leverhulme International Professorship award.
Currently based at Malopolska Centre of Biotechnology (MCB), Jagiellonian University in...
Genome editing offers hope for leukaemia sufferers
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The Cambridgeshire-based Trust and its collaborators have...
Fighting the battle against malaria
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Key to tackling the...
Genes linked to Alzheimer’s contribute to damage in different ways
Understanding how specific genes trigger injury could lead to treatments.
Multiple genes have been linked to Alzheimer’s disease, but not all genes linked to the disease contribute to damage in the same way. Researchers at...
Genome-editing tools offer Pharmaceutical Companies new opportunities for drug discovery and development
Advances in genome editing technologies will beanother powerful tool available to scientists inJanssen R&D in their efforts to discover and develop safeand effective medicines.
By Inès Royaux, PhD
Senior Scientist at Janssen R&D
The ability to...
Drug delivery market witnesses significant growth
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Indeed, market analysts Mordor Intelligence estimates in a new report that the...
CUSTOMER SERVICE IS AT THE HEART OF THIS BIO BUSINESS
An experienced research scientist herself, Sonia Houghton knew just what was needed from a biological sample storage and logistical management service when she set up Cryoniss.
Having already established a first class internal service for...