FDA requests 19% funding boost to secure supply chain
The FDA plans to increase field tests in imported drugs by over 100 per cent and has requested a 19 per cent rise in its budget for 2010 to enable it to achieve this and other targets.
Archives for May 10, 2009
Agilent expands oligonucleotide manufacturing services
Agilent has completed the second expansion of its nucleic acid active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) manufacturing facility, which is intended to meet rising demand for oligonucleotide-based drugs.
BioClinica to buy etrials
BioClinica is continuing its expansion in eClinical by proposing to acquire etrials, which underwent significant restructuring in 2008 but still suffered repeated quarterly losses.
SCM wins Sanofi fill/finish contract for radiolabelled Ph III candidate
UK CMO SCM Pharma, which specialises in the handling of volatile materials, has won a contract to fill and finish a radiolabelled oncology drug on behalf of European drug major Sanofi Aventis.
Marchesisni launches combined thermo former and cartoner at Achema
Italian machining specialist Marchesini’s claims its new 150 carton per minute Unica monobloc packaging system offers syringe makers greater packaging flexibility, improved cleaning access and quicker change over.
West and Vetter team up on new drug reconstitution syringe
A new ready-to-use WFI prefilled syringe for the reconstitution of lyophilised drugs is likely to win fans among producers of high-value biopharma drugs according to West Pharmaceutical Services’s VP of European marketing, Mike Schaefers.