Revenues for the food and drink industry accounted for 12.9% of the EU’s manufacturing sector in 2009, making it the largest sector in terms of sales, according to the Confederation of the Food and Drink Industries’ (CIAA) “2010 Data & Trends of the European Food and Drink Industry” report. In 2009, the sector’s sales fell […]
Demand for water analysis instrumentation will be helped by China’s 12th Five-Year Plan for 2011–2015. The Plan calls for an 8% decrease in chemical oxygen demand (COD) emissions. COD measures the presence of organic compounds, including organic pollutants, in water and is used in lab and process configurations. In the lab, COD methods employ a […]
Three new pan-European biological science research facilities were announced earlier this month as part of the revised European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures. France’s Infrastructure for Analysis and Experimentation on Ecosystems (ANAEE), the UK’s Infrastructure for Systems Biology-Europe (ISBE), and France and Germany’s EU Microbial Resource Research Infrastructure (MIRRI) will be funded by the EU […]
Chile’s health minister intends to submit a plan for a national medicines agency, the Agencia Nacional de Medicamentos (Anamed), to the country’s parliament. Anamed would preside over drug regulations, a task that currently belongs to the National Institute of Public Health, and would create and enforce bioequivalence requirements. Currently, local drugmakers can manufacture and market […]
Although Australia’s 2012 budget, revealed May 10, has been slashed by AUD 22 billion ($24 billion), funding for some research agencies has not. The budgets of the National Health and Medical Research Council, and the Australian Research Council will remain at AUD 850 million and AUD 845 million, respectively. Regional universities will receive AUD 500 […]
In early April, India became a member of the OECD Mutual Acceptance of Data (MAD), an agreement that allows results of nonclinical safety tests performed on chemicals and chemical products in adherence to OECD Test Guidelines and Principles of Good Laboratory Practice to be shared with other member countries. MAD members include all OECD countries, […]
China’s pharmaceutical industry output is expected to grow 20% annually, surpassing CNY 3 trillion ($460.44 billion) in 2015, according to a 12th Five-Year Plan for the industry, which is slated to be published in May. According to Chinese Pharmaceutical Enterprises Association President Yu Mingde, the plan aims for the 100 manufacturers with the highest sales […]
A second meeting regarding science and technology in Latin America took place in March in Mexico, resulting in a plan to enhance the region’s collaborative research. Representatives from 18 Latin American and Caribbean nations attended the meeting. The plan urges policy makers to classify projects for regional collaboration. It also encourages a record of scientific […]
The first of IBO’s biannual new laboratory roundup indicates that companies are trying to strengthen their position in foreign markets by expanding their lab presence in Asia, most notably in India and China, to serve customers both locally and globally. In addition, the table on page 6 highlights plans for new academic, forensics and nonprofit […]
Sri Lanka’s Health Ministry plans to establish the National Drug Quality Regulatory Authority as part of the National Drug Quality Regulatory Act, which will be delivered to Parliament by July. The Authority will fulfill the country’s need for quality testing of foreign pharmaceuticals. Currently, pharmacists randomly test drug batches. The Authority is expected to perform […]
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