First US drug wholesaler adopts RFID
US-based wholesaler HD Smith has followed the lead of retail giant Wal-Mart in adopting a system of electronic product code (EPC) and radiofrequency identification (RFID) to track controlled pharmaceuticals.
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Wyeth sells off Indian plant
The Indian subsidiary of US-based drug major Wyeth has sold its bulk drug manufacturing facility at Ghatkopar in Mumbai to local firm Ariane Orgachem.
Novel chemistry could yield improved antisense
A Korean company has developed a new way of making peptide nucleic acids - a promising drug category that has been limited to date by an expensive and cumbersome synthetic process.
ML Labs wins dual inhaler contract
ML Laboratories of the UK has entered into an agreement to supply an unnamed pharmaceutical company with its C200 metered dose inhaler, designed to deliver two drugs at the same time, for use in a new asthma product.