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[ 7 Mar 2009 | No Comment | 338 views]
Is the BMS industry resilient in this economy?

Is the BMS industry safe in this current recession? The answer is both yes and no.
Many companies in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sector have used external sources of financing to fund their research efforts. These days, under the impact of recessionary trends, funds are hard to come by. With banks and financial institutions collapsing and [...]

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[ 5 Mar 2009 | No Comment | 276 views]
Etiquette and Attitude

Etiquette
Etiquette by definition is the conduct or procedure required by good breeding or prescribed by authority to be observed in social or official life (Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary). Minding our ‘P’s and ‘Q’s is one thing, but there is a lot more to go. Along with that, the mental posture that we adopt goes hand in [...]

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[ 1 Mar 2009 | One Comment | 509 views]
Why Singapore for Biologics?

Within a short span of 2 years, 4 major biomedical companies announced their commercial-scale biologics manufacturing investments in Singapore. These investments include, GlaxoSmithKline’s Biologics’ vaccine plant, Lonza’s two mammalian cell culture facilities, Novartis cell culture plant and Genentech microbial facility.
So what made these companies come to Singapore?
Firstly, it was due to the country’s heavy investments [...]