Since the early 1990s, there has been a sharp decline of FDA approvals for antibiotics, as pharmaceutical companies ceased antibody development due to high costs and low returns. However, with numerous government incentives for fighting antimicrobial resistance, companies are beginning to renew interest in the field. A May-June survey of 18 biotechnology, pharmaceutical and diagnostics […]

It was a challenging year for many publicly held contract testing lab companies, which provide a variety of analytical testing as well as other services across a range of industries. With networks of labs worldwide and extensive testing capabilities, such companies are major customers for analytical instrumentation and lab products. Their acquisition activities, lab expansions […]

As pharmaceutical companies expand their presence in emerging regions’ middle-class markets, they are incorporating new categories of products, including large-molecule biologics (i.e., monoclonal antibodies), and new gene and cell therapies. The biologics market is forecast to jump to $278 billion by 2020, a 71.6% increase from 2014. According to a survey of 254 pharmaceutical executives, […]