Scientists discover novel antibiotic in vagina
Scientists looking to solve the looming threat of antimicrobial resistance have discovered an antibiotic in the vagina.
Archives for September 17, 2014
US gov rallies industry to join mission to Indonesia and the Phillipines
Pharma service companies looking to access the growing Philippine and Indonesian markets have been invited to join a Public-Private trade mission by the US Department of Commerce.
Dispatches from ChemOutsourcing
ICH elemental impurities guideline expected to be finalized at end of September
After much discussion and some confusion, the ICH’s (International Conference on Harmonization) Q3D guideline, which will govern elemental impurities in final drug products, is expected to be finalized at the end of this month.
Diluent mix-up not vaccine most probable cause of Syrian deaths says WHO
Use of the muscle relaxant atracuriam to resuspend freeze-dried measles vaccines instead of the proper diluent almost certainly caused the death of more than a dozen Syrian infants according to the WHO.
Public or private: Where Catalent goes, will other CMOs follow?
Following the recent IPO from Catalent, has private equity called time on the CDMO industry? Outsourcing-pharma’s Dan Stanton thinks it has for now.
Evotec looks to recover payments from Andromeda over faked Phase III data
Evotec has taken legal action to recover €3.4m ($4.4m) in milestone payments from Andromeda Biotech which was found to have faked data in a Phase III trial.