Generics Drugs - news, views, reports

A generic drug (generic drugs, short: generics) is a drug defined as "a drug product that is comparable to brand/reference listed drug product in dosage form, strength, route of administration,...

TASH Biotechnology

Shanghai TASH Biotechnology Co.,Ltd. specializes in peptide development on the basis of high technology. TASH Biotechnology are focusing on custom peptide synthesis, and the research, development...

IFF Pursues Sustainable Ingredients Development To Drive Fragrance Biz

Partnering with Amyris, Inc. to develop sustainable fragrance ingredients is one strategy International Flavors & Fragrances is taking to boost the ingredients side of its business, which experien...

New head appointed at BASF Pharma Ingredients & Services

BASF is relocating the global headquarters of its Pharma Ingredients & Services business unit from Evionnaz, Switzerland, to Florham Park, New Jersey, USA and has appointed Scott Thomson as senior...

Specialty Ingredients To Grow With Shifting Trends In Emerging Markets

For the 2012-2017 period, sales volume growth for specialty ingredients will reach 7% or more on a compounded annual basis in markets such as China, India and South Asia as demand shifts away from che...

New head of BASF unit Pharma Ingredients & Services

Scott Thomson will assume the role of Senior Vice President in charge of BASF’s Pharma Ingredients & Services business unit. Simultaneously, the company will be relocating the global headquarters o...

A new easy way to "clean" pharma ingredients; study

Scientists have uncovered a new simple way to “clean” genotoxic impurities (GTIs) in drug ingredients by mixing the solution with contamination-eating scavengers.

Buyers Of Beauty Products Should Not Trust The Claims That Liposomes Can Carry Active Ingredients Into The Skin

Liposomes are small fat capsules, often added to beauty products. According to the beauty industry liposomes are capable of transporting active ingredients deep into the skin where they release the ac...

Symrise to ramp up cosmetic ingredients business

FRANKFURT, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Fragrance and flavours maker Symrise plans to branch out further into skin and hair care ingredients to capitalise on its ties with global consumer goods giants.

Pharma partnering agreement between BASF and Petronas for aroma ingredients

Pharma partnering agreement for $500 million has been penned by BASF and Petronas for aroma ingredients. In pharma partnering, BASF and PETRONAS intend to invest USD 500 million in an integrated arom...

An evaluation of the toxicity of 95 ingredients added individually to experimental cigarettes: approach and methods.

Context: Ingredients have been used in modern cigarette manufacturing to facilitate tobacco processing, provide flavor, and preserve tobacco. Concern has been raised regarding the use of ingredients i...

Skin permeation behavior of elastic liposomes: role of formulation ingredients.

Introduction: With the incorporation of edge activators into the lipid bilayer structure, elasticity properties are given to liposomes. Regardless of the debate over the precise permeation mechanism o...

Cooperative self-assembly of linear organogelators. Amplification of chirality and crystal growth of pharmaceutical ingredients.

Linear organogelators 1 and 2, which self-assemble cooperatively into fibrillar structures, act as efficient crystal growth media for common pharmaceutical ingredients like ASP, CAF, IND and CBZ.

Understanding the Critical Ingredients for Facilitating Consumer Change in Housing First Programming: A Case Study Approach.

Housing First is a form of permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless consumers with mental health and substance abuse issues. In light of the model's growing popularity and wide diffusion,...

Prediction of Drug Solubility in Lipid Mixtures from the Individual Ingredients.

The purpose of this research was to investigate the relationship of drug solubility in a complex lipid mixture to that of the individual ingredients with the goal of substantiating a quantitative equa...