13-Sep-2010 - Scientists say counterfeit drug and ingredient detection using NQR could benefit both manufacturers and pharmacies.
13-Sep-2010 - KV Pharmaceutical is to return its first product to the market following a successful inspection of its facilities by the FDA.
07-Sep-2010 - Drugmakers may soon have a soon be able to identify fake pharmaceuticals using a new technique based on principals originally developed to detect explosives
07-Sep-2010 - The Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) wants to harmonize general chapters with global standards set by the Pharmacopoeial Discussion Group (PDG).
02-Sep-2010 - Boehringer Ingelheim has opened its ‘Centre of Competence’ (CoC) in Shanghai to optimise API and chemical intermediates sourcing in China.
25-Aug-2010 - A review of US capabilities has concluded that the time to produce a pandemic vaccine could be halved through adoption of short-term policies.
24-Aug-2010 - Proposed changes to USP chapters 232 and 233 on trace impurities would increase drug industry use of automated analysis, creating “huge number” of potential new customers says Thermo Fisher Scientific.
24-Aug-2010 - The FDA has approved Alexion Pharmaceuticals’ Rhode Island, US plant for commercial supply of Soliris (eculizumab), giving the biopharm a second source.
23-Aug-2010 - The US HHS is allocating $2bn (€1.6bn) to overhaul pandemic and bioterrorism capabilities through improvements to regulatory, developmental and manufacturing processes.
23-Aug-2010 - Mettler Toledo’s new in-line granulation monitoring tech may make in-process particle characterisation less of a grind.
19-Aug-2010 - Allied Vision Technologies (AVT) says new imaging machine offers “100 per cent inspection” capability to help drugmakers meet quality rules.
16-Aug-2010 - The EMA and FDA are seeking pharma manufacturers to participate in a joint GMP (good manufacturing practice) inspection pilot programme.
12-Aug-2010 - BARDA is providing the WHO with $6.4m (€5.0m) to cooperatively develop influenza vaccine production capacity in under-resourced nations.
10-Aug-2010 - Label manufacturer ATL has licensed anti-counterfeiting technologies from Document Security Systems (DSS) to meet growing demand from pharma clients.
05-Aug-2010 - Ampac Fine Chemicals posted a 28 per cent jump in revenues in the third quarter but this was offset by manufacturing inefficiencies and validation costs.
04-Aug-2010 - A bill to strengthen drug safety requirements and FDA powers has been introduced into the US congress.
28-Jul-2010 - US testing instrument maker Mocon has moved to a bigger HQ and manufacturing centre to help it keep up with what it describes as growing demand for its range of products and services.
28-Jul-2010 - Oracle has introduced an integrated mass-serialisation and pedigree application to improve pharma supply chain integrity.
27-Jul-2010 - Research into the use of quadrupole resonance spectroscopy (QR) for non-invasive, non-destructive detection of counterfeits has been boosted by a grant.
26-Jul-2010 - EU seizures of medicines suspected of infringing IP increased in 2009, with a total of almost 11.5m articles being detained.
22-Jul-2010 - Danish plans to develop its own guidelines for API audit reports have been criticised by a body that is calling for harmonisation across Europe.
22-Jul-2010 - Mandatory recalls of drugs posing an imminent threat to human health could be initiated by the US FDA if a bill introduced last week is passed into law.
15-Jul-2010 - ATMI Lifesciences has introduced 2D and 3D single-use bioprocess vessels (BPV) which reduce risk and cut costs.
08-Jul-2010 - Genzyme has entered into an expanded fill and finish manufacturing deal with Hospira as it works to move operations out of its Allston Landing plant.
23-Jun-2010 - French drug maker Sanofi-Aventis continues to spearhead the fight for a more secure pharmaceutical supply chain by launching an anti-counterfeit medication initiative in Egypt.