News & Analysis on Clinical Trial Services & Contract Research And Development
An increase in demand for rayon fabric in China has led to higher prices for microcrystalline cellulose, an excipient for pharmaceuticals and a stabilizer for foods, drinks and personal care products.
Generics firm Apotex has launched a non-branded version of Pfizer’s mega-blockbusting cholesterol drug Lipitor in Canada
Eisai has opened a $100m (€81m), 65,000 sq ft commercial manufacturing and drug development site for intravenous treatments in Research Triangle Park (RTP), North Carolina, US.
CRO Quintiles says Southern California Permanente Medical Group (SCPMG) partnership will improve patient recruitment and, ultimately, accelerate the drug development process.
Contract research organisation (CRO) Chiltern says new Australia and Singapore offices are a natural progression for its contract research business in the Asia-Pacific region.
The US FDA should change its disclosure policy relating to manufacturing site inspections according to new draft recommendations by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Transparency taskforce.