Strategic deal visibility creating opportunities for small CROs
Online 24/7 news has accentuated big CROs’ ties to large pharma and created opportunities for smaller vendors, a CEO said.
Archives for November 30, 2011
Fire at Aurobindo API plant injures three, operations unaffected
Aurobindo Pharma says a fire that broke out at its manufacturing plant in India injuring three employees did not disrupt production operations.
Virus catching filter helps Novo stop batch tests on live animals
Novo Nordisk has stopped using living animals in batch quality tests after developing a virus filtration tool for factor VII production.
AstraZeneca inks multi-year Cognizant biostatistics deal
AstraZeneca is outsourcing biostatistics and medical reporting work to Cognizant in a multi-year agreement.
Ideal Cures claims film coating tech is twice as quick as others
Ideal Cures says its new Instacoat E Series film can cut tablet coating times in half and save manufacturers money.
Lonza to supply Elan with API for trials of candidate Alzheimer’s disease drug
Chemicals supplier Lonza will manufacture the API for a candidate Alzheimer’s disease drug being developed by Elan in an agreement announced yesterday.
Cargill stresses importance of cost- efficient taste masking in drug manufacturing
Taste masking plays a vital role in treatment compliance according to Cargill, which has launched a new flavour technology that it claims can make drugs more pleasant to take and help manufacturers save money.