Archives for March 13, 2006

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FDA joins e-mail counterfeit drug alert service

By  Gregory Roumeliotis

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has linked its Counterfeit Alert Network (CAN) to SafeMeds Alert System, an electronic mailing list backed by pharmaceutical manufacturers that sends warnings about fake drugs to anyone who signs up,...

Pharma unit lets Clariant down

By  Gregory Roumeliotis

Despite a 3 per cent drop in sales to SFr8.181bn (€5.212bn), specialty chemicals maker Clariant has posted a 29 per cent rise in net profit for 2005 to SFr192m, thanks to lower interest charges, currency gains and lower taxes, but its Life Science...

Ometric goes real-time at Pittcon

By  Gregory Roumeliotis

Analytical technology company Ometric has demonstrated real-time, in-line compliance testing of powders and instantaneous monitoring of blending of pharmaceuticals with its SpectrInline Processware system at the Pittcon exposition currently taking...

New software to streamline pharma labelling

By  Kirsty Barnes

Glemser Technologies has released a new version of its labelling software, designed to reduce the costs, complexity and regulatory risk involved with producing pharma product inserts.

Manufacturing contract for world-first cancer vaccine

By  Kirsty Barnes

Anticipating a US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval this year, Dendreon has awarded Diosynth Biotechnology with a long-term contract to supply the recombinant protein antigen component of its novel vaccine for prostate cancer - the third...