OPKO Health buys Israeli API maker
OPKO Health has bought Israel-based API (active pharmaceutical ingredient) maker FineTech Pharmaceutical.
Archives for January 3, 2012
ENCePP to let biopharm firms post Ph IV trial requests on private partner forum
The ENCePP (European network of centres for pharmacoepidemiology and pharmacovigilance) is seeking to facilitate better interaction with biopharm companies on post-authorisation studies.
Shasun’s Cuddalore plant operations still on hold after cyclone
Manufacturing operations at Shasun Pharma’s plant in Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu are still suspended days after Southern India was battered by a cyclonic storm.
Kiwi scientists develop resealable drug delivery 'cage'
New Zealand researchers have developed a delivery method in which drugs are transferred to their targets in a resealable 'metallosupramolecular cage'.
News from Teva, Forma Therapeutics and Celgene – People on the move
in-PharmaTechnologist presents its first weekly round-up of the new appointments in the industry of 2012, including news from Teva, Forma Therapeutics and Celgene.
EC discusses ‘equivalence assessments’ for APIs shipped to EU
The European Commission (EC) has set out its plans for ‘equivalence assessments’ for manufacturers in countries seeking to export APIs to Europe.