The Challenge of Change - Managing Excipients Control
Colorcon
03-Mar-2005 - Sud-Chemie Performance Packaging has launched a new desiccant joint to keep pharmaceutical products safe from moisture damage.
01-Mar-2005 - Owens-Illinois has received an Ease-of-Use Commendation from the Arthritis Foundation in the US for its 1-Clic Packaging System, first introduced in 2002.
28-Feb-2005 - Having opted to hang onto its pharmaceutical packaging business instead of selling it off, Denmark's Superfos has now expanded the production capacity of the unit 'to extend its position as one of the leading suppliers in the market'.
28-Feb-2005 - Pharmacogenomics will alter the balance of power in the way drugs are developed, tested, marketed and prescribed during the next decade, and the blockbuster business model of big pharmaceutical companies will eventually give way to a more targeted approach.
25-Feb-2005 - Nanotechnology for molecular targeting and drug delivery is set to become a trillion-dollar industry, fuelled by the pharmaceutical industry, which faces increasingly challenging market conditions. This has lead to an intensified search for better drug discovery technologies.
25-Feb-2005 - New statistics released today show that total US investments in R&D made by the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry topped $38.8 billion (€29.3 billion) during 2004. This beats the $34.5 billion total set in 2003 and demonstrates the steady increase in R&D over more than two decades, from an estimated investment of $2 billion in 1980.
24-Feb-2005 - A consortium of companies producing biodegradable and compostable polymers for packaging has committed itself to guaranteeing an efficient biodegradeability standard across the EU.
24-Feb-2005 - Worldwide demand for packaging equipment for the pharmaceutical and personal care products sector is forecast to post the strongest gains of any market through 2008, reaching $4.4 billion in that year.
23-Feb-2005 - Unisys has signed an agreement with Boston, US-based GenuOne to provide product tracking and authentication software to the healthcare and life sciences industries.
23-Feb-2005 - A pilot project aimed at combating pharmaceutical fraud using a combination of radiofrequency identification (RFID) tagging and bar coding, set up by UK firm Aegate last November, has come to a close and the results should be made available on 14 March.
17-Feb-2005 - West Pharmaceutical Services, fresh from the disposal of its drug delivery business, is to acquire Monarch Analytical Laboratories in exchange for cash, assumed liabilities and shares totalling $5.6 million (€4.3m).
16-Feb-2005 - UK laser marking specialist Sherwood Technology now has two pharmaceutical companies evaluating its DataLase technology, an additive that can be used to mark tablets.
15-Feb-2005 - The first documented case of drug resistant HIV has prompted calls to step up HIV drug research after the victim developed full-blown AIDS in just three months.
15-Feb-2005 - Thomson Scientific & Healthcare has launched a new service to allow pharmaceutical companies to quickly create and modify drug labels that comply with new US Food and Drug Administration guidance due to come into play this year.
11-Feb-2005 - High rates of antibiotic resistance in South and East Europe are higher than in northern Europe because the regions have high rates of antibiotic use, according to a study published in this week's issue of The Lancet.
08-Feb-2005 - In the US, drugmaker Eli Lilly has extended its bar coding to include individual vials of its insulin products, going beyond the requirements of recent labelling legislation aimed at cutting medication errors.
08-Feb-2005 - Pharmaceutical distribution and technology company Cardinal Health reported a slide in profits in the second quarter of the year, as an internal investigation into the company's accounting practices claimed additional executive casualties.
04-Feb-2005 - Understaffing and heavy workloads are constant problems for hospital pharmacies in the US, but one company believes it has a packaging solution that could speed up dispensing.
02-Feb-2005 - Germany's Schreiner MediPharm has introduced a new security label, intended specifically for use with syringes filled with heat-sensitive pharmaceuticals.
28-Jan-2005 - A new potential diabetes drug from Dia-B Tech, which is based on a naturally occurring peptide consisting of four amino acids, promises convenience and fewer side effects over current day treatments for type 2 diabetes.
25-Jan-2005 - Cargill says it has agreed to acquire The Dow Chemical Company's interest in Cargill Dow LLC, the 50/50 joint venture formed in 1997 to commercialise polylactic acid biopolymers.
24-Jan-2005 - Regulatory action on the COX-2 inhibitors was still a possibility as the European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) held hearings with Pfizer, Merck Sharp & Dohme and Novartis regarding the safety over the drug class.
19-Jan-2005 - UK packaging equipment supplier Isopak has introduced an all-in-one system designed to eliminate the difficulties of handling and packing pharmaceuticals, foods and cosmetics in sachets.
17-Jan-2005 - Scientists researching pharmaceutical treatments for Parkinson's disease are invited to submit study information to a new patient website, which is intended to improve access to information on Parkinson's clinical trials, speeding up the process of developing an effective drug therapy.
17-Jan-2005 - Ampac Packaging is continuing its acquisitive spree into 2005 with the purchase of Flexicon, a maker of flexible packaging materials for the pharmaceutical, medical and other industries.