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Drug development technology is evolving rapidly, creating new opportunities for the pharmaceutical industry to produce high-quality targeted large molecule drugs such as biologics and biosimilars. The combination of strict quality guidelines and a complex final product can lead to too much rejected product and slow the pace of drug development. Biologics tend to be large, …

Improved cellular imaging technologies are providing researchers with more robust datasets while maintaining high data quality. While this is a plus for drug discovery workflows, it also presents its own challenges: how to evaluate the large datasets in a timely manner and obtain deeper insights from the expanded data. Artificial intelligence is providing a way …

Drug discovery labs of all sizes are focused on reducing inefficiencies. However, the race to get to market faster can cause labs to overlook several factors that slow processes down; common inefficiencies can cause scientists to lose 12 and a half weeks of discovery time each year. That means for every four scientists on the …

Industry leaders reveal how high throughput screening is changing in R&D What do you think are the major trends in drug discovery R&D? Biologics are booming. Small screens are better than large ones. Biochemical assays have the highest success rate. Think again. That is not what PerkinElmer found in a comprehensive survey of leaders at …

Here are just five of the thousands of women working in science within PerkinElmer. In their own words… Annamaria Cavalleri, FAS Leader, Italy and Spain “I joined PerkinElmer almost 20 years ago as soon as I finished my master’s degree in chemistry. During my thesis I wished to join PerkinElmer once I had finished. I …

Orange County is home to one of the largest coastal groundwater basins in Southern California. The Orange County Groundwater Basin contains roughly 162.9 billion gallons of water and extends to 4,000 feet below ground at its deepest point. The continuing drought in the State and growing demand for potable water have increased the importance of …

Managing labs is expensive and time consuming—that’s why outsourcing your lab IT can be a practical decision for pharma firms. Especially considering the complicated nature of machinery within a lab, where systems are connected to costly instruments that support uploads to pipelines and data analysis, outsourcing IT can curb related expenses. Here are four reasons …

Every birthday and each holiday season, caregivers are busy running around looking for the perfect present for their children or grandchildren. And of course, most shopping aisles and online shopping carts are filled with what most children have on their wish lists: toys. What’s not on any child’s wish list? Hexavalent chromium and other toxic …

Most of the world’s innovations rely on the chemicals industry. From manufacturing medicine and decontaminating drinking water to electronics engineering and personal care product development, the global chemicals industry supports the production of an enormous range of products that are used worldwide. Some chemicals become components of physical products and others are essential for industrial …

We may have taken poetic liberty on Julius Caesar’s quote, but the point is clear: More than ever, we need the best minds working the best tools conquering the biggest challenges. To that point, pre-clinical drug development workflow includes toxicity evaluation at iteratively higher biological levels: cellular, tissue, organ, and whole organism. The ability to …