European Laboratory Scientist
December 2008
eLab
For Europe’s Life Sciences
drug discovery & development 9
Re-use of technology lies at the
heart of business expansion
Companies are investing more
A new approach to early drug discovery
time and analysis in earlier
promises faster results
stages of clinical development
to reduce late-stage drug
failures.
See page 11.
biotechnology 17
Ed i t o r
Biological chips could speed up
Paul Boughton
testing for serious diseases
Co n t r i b u t i n g Ed i t o r
Sean Ottewell
New research could help end the
dE s i g n
problem of adverse drug reactions
Jill Harris
Pr o d u C t i o n di r E C t o r
Christine Flaxman
Pr o d u C t i o n Co-or d i n at o r
analytical & laboratory equipment 23
Lucy Gilroy
sa l E s Ma n a g E r
Peristaltic pumps deliver accurate
John Abey
and contamination-free dosing
bu s i n E s s dE v E l o P M E n t Ma n a g E r
Jim Kook
Improvements in vivo optical
ad v E r t i s E M E n t sa l E s Ex E C u t i v E s
imaging through NIR
Will Stone
Richard de Berry
Robert Morris
di r E C t o r o f ad v E r t i s i n g
James Hourigan chromatography and spectroscopy 33
Ma n a g i n g di r E C t o r
Mike Bishop
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