News & Analysis on Clinical Trial Services & Contract Research And Development
A new anti-cancer drug delivery system which allows more targeted treatment and helps avoid the unsafe and unpleasant side effects of chemotherapy is due to enter clinical trials in Europe and the US for use with anti-cancer drug paclitaxel.
Encorium Group has bagged a $12.4m multi-year contract from a mystery biopharma firm to conduct a Phase III drug trial for prostate cancer - the most common cancer in men.
India's drug manufacturing industry is tipped to grow 10 per cent over the next three years as more pharma firms shift operations there to cut costs, says a research report.
Eli Lilly has signed a new agreement with drug delivery specialist Alkermes for the manufacture of its new inhaled insulin drug - AIR - in advance of the product's market launch.
DSM Pharmaceuticals is showing no sign of slowing down as it continues to invest in the expansion of its pharmaceutical production capabilities - the latest being the completion of a revamped sterile parenteral manufacturing plant located in the US...
New US legislation governing the security of chemical production plants will come into force on 4 April 2007, with non-compliers risking daily fines or plant shutdown.
MedImmune's latest version of their inhalable flu vaccine, FluMist, has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The new formulation can now be stored in a refrigerator rather than frozen, which proved a major disadvantage of the...