News & Analysis on Clinical Trial Services & Contract Research And Development
The US FDA has rejected MannKind’s inhaled insulin Afrezza and called for more clinical trials to prove the product’s “Dreamboat” delivery tech is comparable to the MedTone device used in earlier studies.
Teva has confirmed it will cut 200 jobs this year after a voluntary hold was placed on all manufacturing at its Irvine, California, US facility.
PPD has issued upbeat guidance for 2011 and says it is confident about the fundamentals of the contract research sector.
CRI Worldwide has acquired Lifetree Clinical Research to double its Phase I capacity and expand therapeutic expertise.
Boehringer Ingelheim is to acquire a California, US manufacturing facility from Amgen to expand its contract biologics production capabilities.
All Indian pharma exports will soon require barcodes on primary, secondary and tertiary packaging as part of anti-counterfeiting efforts.
A magnetically controlled pill may boost the body’s absorption of drugs by safely securing the tablet at the right site in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, say researchers at Brown University, US.