23-Dec-2010 - Regulations and enforcement were big topics yet again in 2010. in-PharmaTechnologist presents five of our most read on the topics, covering starting material quality and overseas inspections.
22-Dec-2010 - Catalent has been fined after contact with olanzapine led to employees developing dermatitis, an incident the company “deeply regrets”.
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.
21-Dec-2010 - Big pharma continued to cut in 2010, closing plants and laying off staff in an attempt to cut costs and adjust post-merger. in-PharmaTechnologist presents a round up of five of the most read in 2010.
20-Dec-2010 - Aesica has bought three manufacturing sites from UCB, making its first foray into continental Europe and more than doubling its production capacity.
16-Dec-2010 - DSM Pharmaceutical Products has expanded its portfolio of alcohol dehydrogenases in a licensing deal with German custom enzyme developer c-LEcta.
16-Dec-2010 - Bayer HealthCare is investing €35m ($47m) in a new centre for the biotechnological production of ‘innovative’ pharmaceuticals to be used in clinical trials.
15-Dec-2010 - Aptuit said it may close two manufacturing facilities in Scotland with the loss of 340 jobs as a result of falling drug industry demand.
14-Dec-2010 - Pharma should forget about ‘the next blockbuster drug’ and invest more money creating novel drug delivery systems with emerging developers to enhance product value and efficacy, say researchers.
14-Dec-2010 - Vical has published a review of Vaxfectin data showing the adjuvant boosts the immune response of DNA-based vaccines against cancer and a range of pathogens.
09-Dec-2010 - US healthcare major J&J has launched a bid for Nertherlands-based Crucell, manufacturer of the PER.C6 biomanufacturing cell line.
09-Dec-2010 - IDRI is developing adjuvant formulations to support sustainable production of pandemic influenza vaccines after being awarded a BARDA contract.
08-Dec-2010 - Takeda is collaborating with Baxter to establish a Vero cell-based influenza manufacturing facility in Japan and launch vaccines in the country.
07-Dec-2010 - Drafting ICH M7 guidance on genotoxic impurities will require a lot of work from industry and regulators but has the potential to resolve a number of issues.
06-Dec-2010 - WikiLeaks has published a list of overseas biopharmaceutical facilities considered vital to US national security as part of its release of leaked diplomatic cables.
06-Dec-2010 - DSM Special Products and DSM IP Assets look set to be sold to equity investor Sun Capital as the European Commission has given competition approval with no strings attached.
30-Nov-2010 - Lubrizol has opened a new applications centre in India to capture a share of the country’s growing coatings and drug ingredients market.
29-Nov-2010 - Narrowly defined pharma self-interest and lack of coordinated political effort means, despite the best effort of some, the problem of counterfeiting may be worsening.
29-Nov-2010 - Pfizer has welcomed Government commitments to keep Ireland’s 12.5 per cent corporation tax rate in face of recent EU pressure to increase it as a condition of the €85bn 7-year IMF bailout.
25-Nov-2010 - Aluminium lakes and in-liner packaging can, in some cases, be used to control reactive components in excipients and therefore overcome drug product instability.
24-Nov-2010 - Drug manufacturers do not pay enough attention to the colour of their drugs, according to researchers examining the importance of aesthetics in pharmaceutical over-the-counter (OTC) products.
24-Nov-2010 - Camlin Fine Chemicals has been given the green light from its board of directors to acquire an unnamed Italian fine chemicals manufacturer and form a subsidiary company to help boost its presence in the Middle East.
22-Nov-2010 - Last week everything from co-processed excipients to Viagra-stuffed teddies were discussed at AAPS 2010. Now, with the show having finished, we present our personal take on the event.
18-Nov-2010 - Agilent Technologies has launched its 708-DS Dissolution Apparatus, a quality control instrument that can be set up for manual or automated applications to measure the release rate of an API over time.
17-Nov-2010 - GEA Pharma Systems stamps its authority in the Asian Pacific’s emerging freeze drying industry acquiring Beijing Sino-German Tianhe Technology (BGST).