Concept Life Sciences buys UK toxicology biz
British CRO Concept Life Sciences has bought toxicology business CXR Biosciences, its fourth acquisition since it formed in July 2014.
Archives for August 17, 2015
Manufacturing alerts and issues at Teva, Pfizer, and more
Teva’s UK business has alerted the regulator that packets of the painkiller and anti-seizure medicine Pregabalin are printed with the wrong dosage.
Coalition unveils new standardized MRI protocol for brain tumor clinical trials
The Jumpstarting Brain Tumor Drug Development Coalition (JBTDDC) is offering a new consensus protocol for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in brain tumor clinical trials to help in the assessment of whether a new treatment is effective.
Pfenex, Emergent win multi-million dollar US government contracts
Contract manufacturer Emergent BioSolutions and biosimilar developer Pfenex have both announced in recent days that they’ve won contract manufacturing and development grants with the US government.
EU lays out draft on new obligatory safety features for medicines
As part of European efforts to help stem the spread of counterfeit medicines, the European Commission has laid out the details of a key part of its Falsified Medicines Directive (FMD).
Tianjin explosions hit GSK pharma production site
Explosions last week at a warehouse in Tianjin, China hit a GSK drug manufacturing plant, in-Pharmatechnologist.com can reveal.