20-Oct-2008 - A UK company has been launched with the aim of providing high level management expertise to pharmaceutical companies on an “on-demand” basis.
19-Oct-2008 - German contract services firm InfraServ Knapsack has added three new capabilities in its analytical division aimed at servicing Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) production.
14-Oct-2008 - The MicroSEQ detection platform, developed by Applied Biosystems, looks set to revolutionise the detection of bacterial Mycoplasma in industrial scale biopharmaceutical manufacturing.
14-Oct-2008 - With big pharma and biopharma looking to cut costs and increase efficiency, liquid handling experts Artel have found that their services are in greater need than ever before.
09-Oct-2008 - The International Pharmaceutical Excipients Council (IPEC) of Europe has outlined the actions it is taking as it continues to develop awareness of the need for safe excipients.
08-Oct-2008 - BioVigilant says that two type V DMFs for its IMD-A rapid microbial detection system, which it has filed with the US FDA, can now be referenced by clients hoping to use it in drug manufacture, potentially reducing review times.
06-Oct-2008 - AkzoNobel has been awarded a good manufacturing practice (GMP) certificate for Sanal (sodium chloride) salt manufactured at its plant in Mariager, Denmark.
02-Oct-2008 - Pfizer is shifting its research focus to those diseases where its sees the potential for the biggest treatment improvements and profits, while dropping eight disease areas including cholesterol.
30-Sep-2008 - Syrris has become the primary marketer for Prosonix’s new SonoLab laboratory scale sonocrystallisation and sonoprocessing equipment.
29-Sep-2008 - Ahura Scientific has launched an updated version of its TruScan handheld instrument, which allows for raw materials to be quickly verified.
23-Sep-2008 - The WHO has issued Sandoz with a Notice of Concern (NoC) after an inspection of the firm’s Kempton Park facility in South Africa identified 41 deviations from GMP standards.
18-Sep-2008 - Oral dose filling specialist Capsugel hopes that its new Xcelohood containment system will improve industrial weighing operations during the preparation of high-potency drugs.
18-Sep-2008 - IPEC China must become a “harmonisation bridge between China and other countries,” according to Colorcon’s Nevin Cheng who was recently elected chairman of the new organisation.
17-Sep-2008 - The FDA has issued generics giant Ranbaxy Laboratories with two warning letters, detailing “extensive deviations from US cGMP requirements” at the firm’s manufacturing plants in Dewas and Paonta Sahib, India.
16-Sep-2008 - in-PharmaTechnologist.com's latest round-up of developments in pharmaceutical manufacturing features news of the world’s “biggest pharmaceutical allergen production unit”, Lentigen’s relocation and a cytotoxic robot.
15-Sep-2008 - Revised good manufacturing practice (GMP) requirements for the production of radiopharmaceuticals have been published by the European Commission (EC).
11-Sep-2008 - Companies have failed to provide the information needed under the USP’s new chapter regarding residual solvents, causing them to incorrectly file ANDAs, according to the Office of Generic Drugs (OGD).
10-Sep-2008 - in-PharmaTechnologist.com’s latest round up of products launched in the pharmaceutical manufacturing sector includes new offerings from Genevac, Lock and AdvantaPure.
09-Sep-2008 - The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published its latest amendments to current good manufacturing practice (cGMP) regulations.
09-Sep-2008 - A list of drugs currently being evaluated for potential safety issues by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been posted on its website.
25-Aug-2008 - The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ordered the seizure of $74,000 worth of Xiadafil VIP tablets after SEI Pharmaceuticals refused to withdraw them from the market.
20-Aug-2008 - APP Pharmaceuticals, currently the sole supplier of therapeutic heparin vials to the US market, has received FDA approval to manufacture three new formulations of the blood-thinner at its plant in Barceloneta, Puerto Rico.
19-Aug-2008 - The impact counterfeit pharmaceuticals can have on a company’s sales has been highlighted by Tongjitang Chinese Medicines’ (TCM) second quarter results.
19-Aug-2008 - The US Pharmacopeia (USP) has continued to expand its global reach by opening a site in São Paulo, Brazil; its first in Latin America.
18-Aug-2008 - in-PharmaTechnologist.com's round-up of developments in pharmaceutical manufacturing features news of SAFC’s new highly potent API plant, ISPE’s Facility of the Year Awards and Israel’s proposed entry into PIC/S.