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'Interesting times' beckon for pharma and biotech
Added: 4 Sep 2019
The scale of pharmaceutical counterfeiting can be staggering to behold – whether in terms of the nu…
Patent sense for pumps and pharmaceuticals
Added: 4 Sep 2019
The area where pumps intersects with pharma and biotech is thriving and growing. Patent application…
When you invest in pumps, you invest in industry's future
Added: 12 Sep 2018
Beyond the sectors in which they operate, pumps have a profile so low that they might as well be no…
Like football, pumps expertise requires thinking outside the box...
Added: 3 Sep 2018
“A competent pump supplier is somewhat like a competent coach, they should be able to offer more th…
Industry strategy can't wait for Westminster
Added: 3 Sep 2018
Government and industry appear to occupy two parallel universes when it comes to the subject of 29 …
Investing in pumps modernisation is essential for survival
Added: 8 May 2018
It’s a bald reminder to anyone who assesses a product’s overall cost purely on the basis of its pri…
Editor’s Comment: Modern medicine
Rob Smith | Added: 16 May 2016
We are fortunate in the UK. For many illnesses, you need only head to your local pharmacy and hey p…
Hacked off?
Added: 22 Sep 2015
Microsoft’s new operating system (OS) Windows 10 was officially launched in July. But how has it af…
Have a safe summer
Added: 3 Jun 2015
So summer is here, and there’s more than whiff of safety issues in the air.
Faltering fightback
Added: 25 Mar 2015
Much was made by George Osborne in last week’s budget about an apparent renaissance in UK manufactu…
Happily ever after?
Added: 8 Apr 2014
Today marks the end of support for Microsoft’s Windows XP operating system - but what effect will i…
A dose of growth
Added: 2 Apr 2014
After decades of focussing on research & development in pursuit of the next blockbuster drug, big p…
If China falls, will the UK rise?
Added: 17 Feb 2014
The BBC tomorrow airs a programme investigating the dangerously-high levels of debt sustaining Chin…
Homeward bound
Added: 12 Feb 2014
If, like me, you watched this weekend’s episode of the BBC show Top Gear, you would have seen their…
Beating Asia on price
Added: 22 Jan 2014
This week I met the boss of a UK firm that exports worldwide and is able to compete with rivals in …
Control rooms play catch-up
Added: 5 Nov 2013
They are present in most households and even my three-year old can operate one, so why are process …
