Pfizer and Sun open wallets in latest sterile injectable deals
Pfizer and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries have boosted their sterile injectables businesses through the respective acquisitions of InnoPharma and the CMO Pharmalucence.
Archives for July 16, 2014
India's CDSCO to pay people who report fake drugs
The CDSCO has accused international “vested interests” of labelling counterfeit drugs as “made in India” to damage the reputation of the country’s pharmaceutical industry and launched a scheme to reward people who report fakes.
West is East - Indian plant opens to serve Asian-Pacific customers
West’s new pharmaceutical packaging facility in India will reduce supply lead times for its Asia-Pacific customers, the company says.
FDA offers new draft guidance on informed consent process
For the first time since 1998, the US FDA is offering draft guidance on what it expects from IRBs (institutional review boards), clinical investigators and sponsors regarding informed consent.
Harlan joins with French CRO to deliver more preclinical services
Preclinical CRO Harlan Laboratories has partnered with French CRO Fluofarma to strengthen the companies’ drug discovery and translational medicine services.
Seizure treatment “special” recalled in UK after packaging problems
Three batches of the seizure drug midazolam made by UK CMO Penn Pharma are being recalled over concerns that packaging problems may affect its concentration.
ACRES, inVentiv partner to help develop global trial standards
CRO inVentiv’s Clinical Trial Recruitment Solutions (iCTRS) and the non-profit Alliance for Clinical Research Excellence and Safety (ACRES) are partnering to accelerate the development of a global standards system to improve the conduct of clinical...
Dispute over FDA bid to destroy personally imported drugs
Pharma groups and patients have objected to US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plans to destroy prescription medicines personally imported into the US by patients.