Catalent unveils ulta-sensitive melamine test for drugs
05-Nov-2009 - US contract services firm Catalent has launched a new test service capable of detecting trace...
SMS deal expands reach
05-Nov-2009 - Particulate Systems (PS) and Surface Measurement Systems (SMS) have entered into a strategic collaboration drawing...
Nokia forms anti-counterfeiting JV
28-Oct-2009 - Nokia, SAP and G&D are forming a company to provide anti-counterfeiting services which will draw...
CDC targets track and trace
28-Oct-2009 - CDC Software has launched Trace Express Viewer which helps identify suspect materials, provides cGxP compliant...
Malvern and Kaiser partner on Raman microscope development
27-Oct-2009 - Malvern Instruments and Kaiser Optical Systems have teamed up to meld Raman spectroscopy with particle...
Hovione adds aseptic spray drying to offering
26-Oct-2009 - Portuguese CMO Hovione has bought an aseptic spray-drying line from US firm Acusphere and says...
FDA buys fake Tamiflu to warn consumers
21-Oct-2009 - The FDA has warned consumers about the spread of counterfeit H1N1 treatments after the agency...
News in brief
B-MS to close Indy QC plant
21-Oct-2009 - US drugmaker Bristol-Myers Squibb will close its QC facility in Evansville, Indiana by the end...
Kimtech cleanroom coveralls launched
21-Oct-2009 - Kimberly-Clark Professional has launched Kimtech Pure A5 cleanroom coveralls, for sterile and non-sterile environments, to...
EC GMP directive “still alive”; Cargill
19-Oct-2009 - The EC’s plan to make excipients comply with GMP is “still alive”, according to Cargill...
CPhI 2009 - Road to recovery?
15-Oct-2009 - As CPhI 2009 draws to a close we take a look back on the show,...
USP targets counterfeits in Cambodia
12-Oct-2009 - The USAID and USP have launched a campaign to tackle counterfeits in Cambodia and Greater...
CPhI 2009 show preview
08-Oct-2009 - We look ahead to CPhI 2009 which takes place in Madrid, Spain next week and...
Less potent heparin begins shipping on Thursday, says FDA
05-Oct-2009 - From Thursday onwards all formulations of the blood thinner heparin shipped in the US will...
Cherwell gets BSI ISO 9001:2008 accreditation
05-Oct-2009 - UK pharmaceutical test media supplier Cherwell Laboratories says its receipt of BSI ISO 9001:2008 accreditation...
Hovione's Loures plant gets latest FDA pre-approval nod
30-Sep-2009 - Portuguese API maker Hovione says its contract manufacturing plant in Loures has passed a pre-approval...
Apotex recalls some drugs; supply cuts staff
21-Sep-2009 - Apotex’s manufacturing difficulties have begun to impact on its operations, with the company recalling some...
News in brief
Novasep’s HPAPI plant gets SafeBridge certification
18-Sep-2009 - Novasep’s API manufacturing facility in Le Mans, France has been certified under the potent compound...
Welcome, here’s a warning letter; Dekkers named as Bayer CEO
16-Sep-2009 - News of Bayer’s selection of ex-Thermo Fisher Scientific boss Marijn Dekkers as its CEO was...
Space-age tech to tackle pharma counterfeiting
15-Sep-2009 - Researchers have combined crime research and space-age technology to create an anti-counterfeiting system that they...
Solvay cell-based vaccine facility validated
09-Sep-2009 - Dutch authorities have completed validation of Solvay Biologicals cell-based production facility which the company will...
KV rehiring after FDA accepts work plan
03-Sep-2009 - KV Pharmaceutical has begun rehiring employees to produce verification batches of certain products prior to...
Phone-based anti-counterfeiting proposed for developing world
27-Aug-2009 - Researchers have presented a low cost track and trace and authentication system, which they believe...
Lilly to train Russian FDA
04-Aug-2009 - Eli Lilly is among the organisations partnering to provide training for the Rozdravnadzor, Russia’s equivalent...
Genzyme hit with $8bn lawsuit
30-Jul-2009 - Shareholders have filed an $8bn (€5.7bn) lawsuit against Genzyme alleging that the company’s CEO “issued...
