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China’s pharmaceutical enterprises not yet significantly impacted by current global financial crisis
Bing Zhang, Asia Manufacturing Pharma
Industry analysts said the current global financial crisis to date, has not yet yielded a significant impact on China’s pharmaceutical industry, as the country’s pharmaceutical enterprises still recorded outstanding performance for the third quarter of this year. Some pharmaceutical companies went as far as saying that a series of measures to counter the crisis, new policies on scientific innovation and the reform of the medical system in China have provided great development opportunities for the country’s pharmaceutical sector.
The French packaging industry is developing a sustainable basis
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The packaging industry occupies a key place in the French economic and industrial landscape. Packaging manufacturers employ a total workforce of 97,163 in approximately 3,000 companies, of which 900 employ more than 20 people. In 2007 they generated a turnover of €21 billion according the latest figures issued by SESSI (Department of industrial studies and statistics of the Ministry of Economy and Industry). With the addition of the €1.7 billion sales achieved by packaging equipment manufacturers, the estimated turnover totals €22.7 billion. According to the French
Roche establishes Pharma Partnering Asia Office in China

Roche, one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies, announced the establishment of Roche Pharma Partnering Asia Office in China on November 1, demonstrating its determination to accelerate development in the country. This is the Swiss pharmaceutical group’s fourth global Pharma Partnering Office.

Javelin Pharma to Reduce Workforce by 15 Percent
Javelin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Amex: JAV), a leading developer of novel products for pain management, today announced that it will reduce its workforce by approximately 15 percent. The reduction is intended to reduce Javelin's cost structure. "We have taken difficult, but necessary actions, to reduce fixed costs across
Allen-Bradley MicroLogix 1400 Controllers From Rockwell Automation Fill Niche Control Needs for OEMs and End Users
Rockwell Automation is now shipping the newest member of the Allen-Bradley MicroLogix family of programmable controllers. The MicroLogix 1400 controller provides end users and original equipment
IBM Receives European Commission Clearance on ILOG Acquisition
IBM (NYSE: IBM) and ILOG (NASDAQ: ILOG; Euronext: ILO, ISIN: FR0004042364) today announced that they have been informed of the European Commission’s decision, dated November 10, 2008, to approve the proposed acquisition of ILOG by IBM.
Rexam - Interim Management Statement
Group results for the four months ended 31 October, including the positive effect of currency translation, were in line with our expectations, and our outlook for 2008 remains unchanged. Performance in our Beverage Can business was solid. Despite a poor European summer, there was good growth throughout the region except in Russia where we are seeing
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What exactly is REACH and do we need to worry about it?
REACH is a new European Union Regulation concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and restriction of Chemicals (EC 1907/2006). The law came into force on 1st June 2007 and replaces a number of European Directives and Regulations (including NONS, Notification of New Substances) with a single system.
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ACCU™ – BREAK™ technologies create an inactive break layer in tablets
ABP’s patented ACCU - BREAK technologies create an inactive break layer in tablets allowing them to be broken into accurate partial doses. By breaking at the inactive layer, accurate dose splitting can be guaranteed, since the active layer remains undisturbed.
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