Novartis is making major investments to be able to offer novel influenza vaccines. Europe's second-largest pharmaceutical company, the fourth largest in the world, is building a latest-technology production site, aiming to improve production reliability for a potential pandemic. NGP spoke with Dr. Jörg Reinhardt, CEO of Novartis’ division Vaccines and Diagnostics, about the company’s proprietary cell culture technology.
Kevin Daugherty, Director of Marketing for Greiner Bio-One, and Dr. David Kirk, Technical Director of MDS Pharma Services, sit down to discuss molecular and cell biology, improved tissue devices and the biggest potential for cell culture.
Dr. Edwin Clark, Director of the Oncology Biomarker Team at Bristol-Myers Squibb, explores the increasingly important role of biomarkers in the pharma drug development toolbox and shares his hopes for the future of personalized medicine.
Dr. Kate Johnston, VP at Cellumen, describes the principles and a case study detailing their new profiling technology.
Dr. Patrice Milos, Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer of Helicos BioSciences explains her new role, the innovative new technology she works with and her vision for the future of DNA and RNA.