EC won’t revisit excipient GMP in short term; expert
There will be no major changes in the short term after the “surprise” decision by the EC to drop the directive about some excipients having to comply with GMP, according to a freelance consultant.
Archives for July 8, 2009
West buys Plastef’s delivery business
US contract manufacturer West Pharmaceutical Services has purchased French device firm Plastef Investissements’ drug delivery business, adding the eris safety syringe system to its offering.
KDH hopes PatientLocate will change recruitment paradigm
US software development firm KDH Systems has unveiled a new platform that it claims will change “the paradigm of clinical trial patient recruitment.”
PPD cuts jobs in face of falling demand
US CRO PPD has laid off around 80 people at its HQ in Wilmington, North Carolina and may cut another 200 jobs from its North American workforce, according to local media reports.
ACRO hopes to boost research in Africa
South-Africa based ACRO is aiming at building partnerships across its home continent, according to its MD who told Outsourcing-Pharma of its ambition to have more local people performing research.
Movements at UCB Pharma Canada and a resignation at GeoVax – People on the move
in-PharmaTechnologist presents its latest roundup of appointments in the pharmaceutical sector, including movements at UCB Pharma Canada and a resignation at GeoVax.