05.10.2014
- Drug shortages are a complex, global problem. While the primary impact of shortages will be felt most acutely by patients who have difficulty getting the medication they need when...
05.10.2014
- Excipients, together with an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API), are formulated into a final drug that is either prescribed to a patient by a doctor or bought over-the-counter...
05.10.2014
- The final design of a pharmaceutical product is very lengthy and involves several stages. The beginning stage is the drug discovery phase. During this phase, the active...
05.10.2014
- Vehicle manufacturers have set some ambitious targets to significantly reduce carbon emissions to 95g CO2/km on the sale of all new cars by 2020. Laurent Pourcheron, Marketing...
02.09.2014
- The liberalization of the natural gas market is bringing significant changes to private and commercial consumers around the world. Besides greater supply security and long-term...
02.09.2014
- Over the years, the meaning of the term ''process intensification'' has changed and today, there is still no precise and generally accepted definition. At least there is a general...
30.07.2014
- Tom and Sue live in the Northeast of the United States. They are both working, consider themselves middle class and their salaries enable them a reasonably good livelihood. They...
30.07.2014
- Production trends Things are moving upward for the German chemical industry, according to the German chemical industry association (Verband der Chemischen Industrie, VCI). The...