The Challenge of Change - Managing Excipients Control
Colorcon
17-Jan-2011 - Bristol-Myers Squibb has recalled 64m tablets of its Avalide blood pressure drug in the US and Puerto Rico over fears it has the potential for reduced efficacy.
17-Jan-2011 - Sigma has experienced minimal damage from Australian floods but road closures have impacted on deliveries to customers.
12-Jan-2011 - NextPharma Technologies will be bought by Sun European Partners, the European adviser to US investment group Sun Capital Partners, in a deal announced late yesterday.
12-Jan-2011 - in-PharmaTechnologist presents its latest round up of movements in the pharma sector, including appointments at BioDelivery Sciences, SOCMA and Sanofi-aventis.
11-Jan-2011 - A report claims that extended clinical trial data exclusivity would benefit pharmaceutical innovation, leading to over 200 extra drug approvals and to greater life expectancy in future decades.
10-Jan-2011 - Sixty-two workers at Wanbei Pharmaceutical’s manufacturing facility in Suzhou, China have been sickened after a chemical leak.
10-Jan-2011 - Drug developers are “aggressively changing” research and development (R&D) methods in the pursuit of the next blockbuster, according to the Tufts Centre for the Study of Drug Development (Tufts CSDD).
06-Jan-2011 - in-PharmaTechnologist presents its latest round up of movements in the pharma sector, including a departure at the US FDA’s principal deputy commissioner and appointments at Cephalon, AstraZeneca and Biogen Idec.
05-Jan-2011 - Belgium’s UCB expects to beat its guidance for 2010 due to higher than expected drug sales.
04-Jan-2011 - Indian drugmaker Dr Reddy’s Laboratories has formed a manufacturing partnership with R-Pharm in a bid to strengthen its position in Russia’s fast-growing drug market.
03-Jan-2011 - The US FDA has finally become a member of the Pharmaceutical Inspection Convention and Pharmaceutical Co-Operation Inspection Scheme (PIC/S) after a five-year application process.
03-Jan-2011 - US drugmakers Luitpold and Cumberland have both withdrawn injectable pharmaceutical products after contamination concerns.
03-Jan-2011 - An explosion at a plant owned by Chinese drugmaker Quanxin Pharmaceutical Company has killed five employees and injured eight more according to a number of reports.
23-Dec-2010 - Followed the news in 2010? Then test your knowledge of biopharm in 2010 against colleagues, peers and our community of readers in our exclusive map-based quiz.
23-Dec-2010 - PR-based strategies emphasising the cost of the disease and local partners are needed to enter the lucrative German vaccine market, according to researchers.
22-Dec-2010 - China’s PM Wen Jiabao has vowed to improve market access for Indian pharmaceutical companies to better supply global generic drug needs.
21-Dec-2010 - Big pharma has eclipsed the defence industry as the biggest defrauder of the US federal government under the False Claims Act (FCA), say researchers.
20-Dec-2010 - Pharmaceuticals robbed by gunmen were recovered by police after hidden tracking devices led authorities to two stolen vans, according to reports.
20-Dec-2010 - in-PharmaTechnologist presents five of our top audio-visual articles of 2010, including a map of Pfizer’s plant closures, gangsters in the pharma industry and a look inside SAFC’s HPAPI plant.
20-Dec-2010 - in-PharmaTechnologist presents its latest round up of movements in the pharma sector, including a new head of vaccines at Sanofi and another exec moving from Pfizer to AstraZeneca.
15-Dec-2010 - Recruiting top scientists and managers is proving increasingly difficult, according to leading United States recruitment agency Pharma Logistics.
14-Dec-2010 - Russia is “becoming dependant” on foreign drugmakers according to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who has called for home-grown manufacturers to make more of the country’s medicines.
14-Dec-2010 - Reckitt Benckiser said it will pay INR32.6bn for Indian drugmaker Paras Pharmaceuticals to build its position in the consumer healthcare sector.
13-Dec-2010 - Pfizer hired investigators to expose corrupt behaviour of the former Nigerian attorney general to ‘pressure’ him to drop legal action against the contentious Trovan drug trial, according to a leaked US embassy cable.
13-Dec-2010 - The EU and India have resolved a dispute about the seizure of generic medicines passing through Europe on route to Africa and Latin America, according to reports.