News & Analysis on Clinical Trial Services & Contract Research And Development
A single-dose of an investigational MRSA drug could be equivalent to a ten-day course of antibiotics due to the application of PK-PD principles in its design and optimization, The Medicines Company says.
J&J says it collaborated with Novartis and GSK to install wind turbines in Cork, Ireland to substantially reduce electricity costs at its local manufacturing plants.
As big pharma and biotech companies increasingly take R&D centers offline, the companies are also looking to reduce the number of outsourcing partnerships, Jim Foster, CEO of Charles River Laboratories, said recently.
Aprecia Pharmaceuticals has selected inVentiv Health to sell and market its three-dimensional printing technology to create fast-melt pharmaceutical treatments.
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Fans heading to the World Cup in Brazil should consider getting vaccinated against yellow fever according to Public Health England (PHC), which says manufacturing problems at Sanofi Pasteur MSD will not restrict access.
Clinical trial patients who share their experiences on social media may “unblind” clinical trials, Pfizer’s head of Clinical Innovation for Worldwide R&D has said.
European regulatory authorities have reinstated the Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) certificate at Ranbaxy Laboratories’ API manufacturing site in Toansa, India, which was suspended in January.