Intertek launches comprehensive inhalation product development services
Intertek is pleased to announce the launch of comprehensive services for orally inhaled and intra-nasal drug products (OINDPs).
Intertek acquires Melbourn Scientific Ltd
Cambridge-based Melbourn Scientific Ltd has been acquired by Intertek, the leading quality solutions provider to industries worldwide.
Skills shortage prompts response by University of Hertfordshire and Melbourn Scientific
The ‘learn while you earn’ approach to specialist science courses is part of a drive by the University of Hertfordshire to address the intensifying skills shortage faced by UK pharmaceutical companies. The University is collaborating with leading life science company Melbourn Scientific to develop a new part-time MSc degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences that reflects the needs of industry.
Melbourn Scientific awarded Manufacturer's / Importer’s Authorisation (MIA)
Following further successful GMP inspections by FDA and MHRA, Melbourn Scientific has been awarded a Manufacturer's/Importer’s Authorisation (MIA) and is to be named as the EU testing and release site for an aseptically prepared medicinal product on a client’s pending Marketing Authorisation Application.
Melbourn Scientific rises above helium shortage
“Everytime you see a child with a helium balloon, imagine somebody not being able to have an MRI scan that they desperately needed,” says Tom Welton, Professor of Sustainable Chemistry at Imperial College. As the professor warns that the helium shortage may soon impact the pharmaceutical industry, contract research organisation Melbourn Scientific is already responding.
Melbourn Scientific announces first nasal device testing lab at ICSE
The multiple benefits of a nasal spray have triggered a boom in product development activity generating greater demand for Melbourn Scientific’s expertise in formulation analysis and performance testing. In response the company has created a dedicated laboratory to provide GMP testing of nasal device performance, the first in Europe to offer such a comprehensive service.
Melbourn first to offer FDA approved spray pattern and plume geometry analysis
Melbourn Scientific is the first European contract research organisation (CRO) to offer cGMP spray pattern and plume geometry measurement – a regulatory requirement for nasal sprays, oral sprays and metered dose inhalers destined for the US – following investment in the Proveris SprayVIEW® and Vereo® actuator.