The Challenge of Change - Managing Excipients Control
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04-Jan-2012 - Supply chain security group Rx-360 has warned that guar gum – a thickening agent that is widely used in the drug industry – is in short supply.
04-Jan-2012 - The Indian pharmaceutical industry faces “intense competition” from China as it tries to grow exports to $25bn, the country's commerce minister said.
03-Jan-2012 - New Zealand researchers have developed a delivery method in which drugs are transferred to their targets in a resealable 'metallosupramolecular cage'.
03-Jan-2012 - OPKO Health has bought Israel-based API (active pharmaceutical ingredient) maker FineTech Pharmaceutical.
02-Jan-2012 - A new nanostructured polymer can release anti-cancer drugs once it hits body temperature, according to research.
22-Dec-2011 - The US FDA is seeking information to help it protect celiac disease patients from pharma ingredients derived from wheat, barley, or rye.
21-Dec-2011 - It’s been a busy year for API (active pharmaceutical ingredient) manufacturers with new facilities, cost pressures and regulatory developments all hitting the headlines. And it seems recent developments in HPAPIs (high potency APIs) have caused a stir with news of the industry taking up the top 4 places of our end-of-year run-down. Here are the most read API stories from in-PharmaTechnologist in 2011…
21-Dec-2011 - Eli Lilly is collaborating with Arecor to develop stable aqueous or higher concentration formulations of protein and peptide drugs.
21-Dec-2011 - Intracellular drug delivery testing could become quicker thanks to probes that "light up" when a medicine is delivered to a tumour.
20-Dec-2011 - China will keep its position as a leading API and intermediates supplier thanks to recovering global demand and the growth of the generic sector say market analysts.
20-Dec-2011 - Eli Lilly has expanded its drug delivery partnership with Starpharma to include further in vivo studies and clinical testing.
19-Dec-2011 - BASF has raised its prices for three ethanolamines (EOA), key intermediates in the production of a wide range of active pharmaceutical ingredients (API).
19-Dec-2011 - Drug-loaded lollipops are the ideal dosage form to boost compliance in children with oral thrush, Indian researchers found.
15-Dec-2011 - Seppic has seen a boom in demand for its new natural origin coating agents for pharmaceuticals, which can speed up production time by 50 per cent at lab stage.
15-Dec-2011 - Researchers have developed a Trojan-horse-style delivery system that transports steroids to the retina for the treatment of age-related macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa.
15-Dec-2011 - AMPAC posted a fourth quarter loss as process improvement difficulties offset rising demand for CNS and oncology ingredients.
14-Dec-2011 - UK-headquartered Archimedes Pharma has licensed its Targit drug delivery tech to Sweden’s Pharmalink AB for its candidate renal failure treatment, Nefecon.
13-Dec-2011 - Scientists believe they have developed one-stop gene therapy that could almost eradicate haemophilia.
12-Dec-2011 - Chemicals firm Vertellus Specialties has begun manufacturing operations at a new facility in China, citing growth of the country’s cyanopyridines market as the key driver for the investment.
12-Dec-2011 - in-PharmaTechnologist presents its round-up of the latest drug delivery developments, including multi-component particles, metering valve technology and crystalline salts.
08-Dec-2011 - Drug delivery developers need more focus on the shape of the carrier, rather than the size and surface chemistry, according to a new study.
08-Dec-2011 - Netherlands-based IMCD has bought Italian fine chemicals supplier Organotec Srl to expand its pharma actives across Europe.
07-Dec-2011 - An injectable gel that releases drugs when triggered by an AA battery powered electric field could replace implants, say researchers.
06-Dec-2011 - US developer Ampio Pharmaceuticals says new orally disintegrating tablet (ODT) tech will boost market acceptance of its premature ejaculation rug.
05-Dec-2011 - Legal battles, patent acquisitions and R&D dominate in-pharmatechnologist.com’s round up of developments in drug delivery this week with news from MonoSol, Acacia and a US University team working on GSK’s Relenza.