update #2
East coast CMOs relatively unscathed by Superstorm Sandy
The full impact of Superstorm Sandy is still being assessed, but early reports suggest that the East coast contract manufacturing industry has escaped relatively unscathed.
Archives for October 31, 2012
NZ and Taiwan join PIC/S; API inspection scheme makes progress
New Zealand regulator Medsafe and the Taiwan FDA will join the Pharmaceutical Inspection Convention and Pharmaceutical Inspection Co-operation Scheme (PIC/S) next year.
update
Lonza cuts jobs at Visp and plans to review productivity at other sites
Lonza says it will cut jobs at its facility in Visp, Switzerland and that it may enact ‘similar productivity improvement programmes’ at other facilities.
Non-EU regulators can use EMA/FDA data for API export letters
Regulators in Non-EU countries can use results of previous inspections of API plants by EU or equivalent authorities in written confirmations, according to the European Commission.
Boehringer Ingelheim invests in inhaler tech plant
German drugmaker Boehringer Ingelheim (BI) plans to double production capacity at its inhaler plant in citing demand.
News from CPhI
Optimism is returning to the pharma fine chemicals sector, says analyst
The positive impact drug industry demand for quality is having on the fine chemicals sector was evident at industry trade show CPhI last month according to expert Jan Ramakers.