Wonderware launches batch processing software
Wonderware has launched software to improve the management of batch processes, offering users the ability to easily install additional processing lines or manufacturing cells.
Archives for February 24, 2009
WHO told to ponder patents, counterfeits and international trade
Shipments of drugs that do not violate patent rights in the exporting or importing countries should not be seized in transit or labeled as counterfeit, as occurred recently, according to health advocates.
Teva asks ICG to help its control “indirect spend”
The US subsidiary of world leading generics firm Teva Pharmaceutical Industries has called in procurement specialist ICG Commerce to help it cut its outsourcing spend as part of ongoing cost reduction operations.
Drug industry should revisit compliance in choppy regulatory seas
TGaS Advisors' vice president Gary McWalters believes the drug industry must rethink its approach to regulatory compliance and how it works with healthcare professionals.
‘Part-time’ CMOs see businesses drop in downturn
Overcapacity in pharmaceutical manufacturing around the world means that smaller drugmakers sometimes set themselves up as contract manufacturers in order to provide an additional revenue stream and avoid standing plants idle.
FDA gets funding boost and task list for 09
The proposed FDA funding for 2009 has given a boost to the agency, with $300m more being offered than the agency requested to ensure the safety of products.
BASi ‘anxious’ as revenues drop in Q1
Contract research and instrument company Bioanalytical Systems Inc (BASi) saw a dramatic decline in service revenues in the last quarter of 2008 on the back of its exit from the Phase I clinical trials business.