FDA raises sprinkled drug bead size after big pharma criticism
The FDA has raised its limit on the bead size for drugs delivered by sprinkling after big pharma firms criticised its draft guidance.
Archives for March 1, 2012
FDA hits lab with warning letter for using one login for all staff
A US contract testing laboratory has received a FDA warning letter for allowing all its employees to use the same username and password.
International, multicentre trial approvals soar in Russia in 2011
More evidence Russia’s Ministry of Health (MoH) may be getting better at approving trials emerged this week - at least when it comes to international studies.
Celerion and Ricerca team up with one-stop-shop services for biosimilars
Celerion and Ricera Biosciences have launched a new joint venture to provide a cost-cutting one-stop-shop solution for companies developing and commercialising biosimilars.
DSM continues CMO partner hunt as pharma earnings halve
DSM is continuing its search for CMO partners to help it recover from the halving of fourth quarter pharma earnings.
UN cracks down on internet drugs fraudsters
The UN has urged Governments to crack down on the growing number of fake drugs being sold online.
Harmonisation would help excipient makers tell Chinese Pharmacopoeia Committee
The drug excipient industry wants the Chinese Pharmacopoeia Committee (CPC) to harmonise monographs with international compendia says IPEC Americas.