Toxicity biomarker predicts response to arthritis therapy

02.07.10 Prague – Czech researchers from Charles University in Prague have discovered a molecular biomarker that helps to predict toxicity and a higher risk for adverse effects in children with juvenile arthritis that are treated with... more

Nailing down biocatalysts

12.05.10 Prague – Czech biotech company Lenti­Kats AS has begun worldwide commercialisation of a patented, cost-effective encapsulation technology for use in the food and bio­pharmaceuticals industry. The company has discovered a way to... more

GM plants effectively banned by parliament as first GMO lab opens

12.05.10 Sofia – Bulgaria’s parliament has approved a law that will in effect ban any cultivation of GMO crops in the country. “There will be no field on the country’s territory where GMOs can be cultivated,” said Kostadin Yazov from the... more

Czech Republic: Health Ministry backpedals on swine flu vaccine order

08.03.10 Prague – After meetings with vaccine supplier GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), Czech Health Minister Dana Juraskova announced in mid-February that the Czech Republic has cut its order of one million H1N1 doses by about 30%. Similar... more

FGK expands eastwards

01.02.10 Prague – After increasing its investment in mid-January, full-service provider CRO FGK Clinical Research GmbH has become a major shareholder in the Czech contract research organization Avemedica s.r.o. Financial details were not... more