Character building: US FDA sets strict guidance on pharma tweets
Drug firms that tweet to promote pharmaceuticals will also need to detail their most serious risks under newly issued USFDA draft guidance.
Archives for June 17, 2014
Dispatches from the GPCM Conference, London, UK
For big pharma, ten is the magic number of CMOs says ex-GSK Director
Big pharma is moving towards strategic partnerships with CMOs, according to speakers at the Global Pharmaceutical Contract Manufacturing (GPCM) Conference, with the ideal number of partners being ten.
Roche: ‘If suppliers don’t open up their books, then we are done’
Drug raw materials suppliers have not recognised their potential value to biopharmaceutical customers according to Roche which has called for a transformation in the vendor relationship.
US NIH: preclinical research needs more female animals
The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has unveiled a policy that will balance testing on male and female animals and cells in preclinical tests.
Dispatches from DIA
Parexel sees calming year after ‘hyper’ growth, CEO says
A year after CRO Parexel saw what its CEO called “hyper growth,” the Massachusetts-based company is seeing revenue gains return to relatively normal levels.