US drugmaker Merck & Co’s new deal with Adcock Ingram proves the FIFA football World Cup isn’t the only thing attracting people to South Africa this summer.
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.
Pharmaceutical and healthcare carton specialists, Chesapeake has formed an alliance with carton supplier Cartonajes Leca in a move that aims to extend its production network to southern Europe.
Pharmaceutical manufacturers should consider solvent recovery as the US government looks to establish mandates for greenhouse gas emissions, according to Rockwell Automation.
Pfizer continues its foray into rare diseases as it creates a new R&D unit to investigate novel therapeutics for conditions such as Haemophilia. The pharma giant joins GlaxoSmithKline and Novartis as companies looking into producing specialised drugs...
SPX Corporation has announced its Flow Technology division is to acquire Anhydro A/S as it highlighted processing expansion in the food and pharmaceutical sectors as a key part of its growth strategy.
Outsourcing-Pharma presents its latest round up of movements in the pharma outsourcing space, including appointments at PRA, Integrium, Ecron Acunova, Parexel, Catalent and Brecon.
in-PharmaTechnologist presents its latest round up of movements in the sector, including appointments at Pfizer, Biocodex, Unigene, Pieris and Progenics.
in-PharmaTechnologist presents its latest round up of movements in the pharma sector, including Genzyme adding more manufacturing experience and resignations at Uluru and Par.
Outsourcing-Pharma presents its latest round up of movements in the pharma outsourcing sector, including appointments at Harlan, OmniComm, Cedra, OmniComm and Clearstone.
Ampac Flexibles continues to utilise its High-Speed (HS) Laminate technology by launching its laminate films – a product, which the makers claim will heat seal at temperatures 40 degrees lower than standard laminate materials.
in-PharmaTechnologist presents its latest round up of movements in the pharma sector, including Pfizer and AstraZeneca naming R&D leaders and appointments at APV and Lonza.
Outsourcing-Pharma presents its latest round up of movements in the pharma outsourcing sector, including appointments at Girindus, Lonza, Idis and Flagship Biosciences.
The business process outsourcing (BPO) unit of Indian IT services firm Mahindra Satyam has had its contract with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) renewed for another five years.
The EMA’s EudraVigilance post-authorisation module (EVPM) speeds detection of adverse drug reactions in some cases, according to a new study published in the journal Drug Safety
More than 50 per cent of large pharma keep all pharmacovigilance in-house but among smaller firms, and even some big businesses, outsourcing is considerable, according to a new report.
in-PharmaTechnologist presents its latest round up of movements in the pharma sector, including appointments at Morphotek and Qualitest and resignations at Sigma-Aldrich and GenVec.
Outsourcing-Pharma presents its latest round up of movements in the pharma outsourcing sector, including appointments at Ricerca Biosciences, Trialytics, CeeTox and Firecrest Clinical.
The US FDA should change its disclosure policy relating to manufacturing site inspections according to new draft recommendations by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Transparency taskforce.
Outsourcing-Pharma presents its latest round up of movements in the pharma outsourcing sector, including appointments at Covance, WuXi, INC Research, Catalent and Warnex.
Kuehne + Nagel is providing Boehringer Ingelheim with temperature-controlled road transportation of medical products to Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Greece and Croatia.
Outsourcing-Pharma presents its latest round up of movements in the pharma outsourcing sector, including appointments at Quintiles, ClinTec, Novasep, SCM and GVK.
A 38 per cent increase in revenues helped PDI cut its operating loss to $1.7m (€1.3m) in the first quarter, furthering the contract sales provider’s goal of achieving profitability by the end of the year.
in-PharmaTechnologist presents its latest round up of movements in the pharma sector, including appointments at the EMA, SCM Pharma, Silence Therapeutics and Akrimax Pharmaceuticals.
Johnson Controls has secured a five year global contract to provide GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) with workplace services, such as energy management and technical and engineering support.
India-based HCL Technologies has entered into a five-year, $500m (€380m) agreement with Merck & Co to provide the big pharma with business and technology services.
Outsourcing-Pharma presents its latest round up of movements in the pharma outsourcing sector, including appointments at PharmaNet, Synexus, KCAS, Catalent and CIS.
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) has expressed particular concern about the proliferation of counterfeit drugs in countries including Brazil, China, India, Indonesia and Russia.
Pfizer will lose patent protection for Viagra in Brazil on June 20 after the Supreme Court (STJ) accepted recommendations by national intellectual property watchdog, the INPI.
L’Oreal says that it is in ‘no hurry’ to sell off the 8.97 per cent stake in France-based consumer health care and pharmaceuticals player Sanofi-aventis.
Manufacturing problems at Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma (MTP) have forced CEO Michihiro Tsuchiya to relinquish his vice presidency of the Japanese Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (JPMA).
in-PharmaTechnologist presents its latest round up of movements in the pharma sector, including appointments at Roche, AVI BioPharma, Amgen and Delcath Systems.
Outsourcing-Pharma presents its latest round up of movements in the pharma outsourcing sector, including appointments at Quintiles, Harlan Laboratories and Emerald BioStructures.
Pfizer failed to ensure proper monitoring of a clinical trial in which in number of patients received overdoses, according to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
eBizNET has entered into a strategic relationship with CDC Software, which is expected to accelerate the deployment of its SaaS supply chain systems in emerging, high growth markets.
Demand in “Pharmerging” markets will offset declining revenues from off-patent blockbusters and drive prescription drug sales to $1.1tr (€819bn) by 2014, according to IMS Health.
MLawGroup and WS Partners are collaborating to offer pharma and biotech advisory services, including help in preparing and negotiating agreements with CROs and CMOs.
in-PharmaTechnologist presents its latest round up of movements in the pharma sector, including appointments at Baxter, Dendreon, Roche, Somaxon and Silence Therapeutics.
Outsourcing-Pharma presents its latest round up of movements in the pharma outsourcing sector, including Frontage hiring to launch its DMPK unit and appointments at Patheon and Atacama Labs Oy.