News & Analysis on Clinical Trial Services & Contract Research And Development
AAPS 2017
China is determined to become a bigger player in the pharmaceutical market, and with more opportunities for cross-border collaboration, WuXi AppTec aims to be the world’s largest platform for drug research and development.
NEWS IN BRIEF
Interpol has seized more than 300kg of counterfeit pharmaceutical products in West Africa’s Cote d’Ivoire, and uncovered a packaging site for fake medicines.
Peregrine Pharmaceuticals was a biotech company – now, the company is transitioning to a pure-play contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) as it sells off its R&D assets.
Trade union members picketed AbbVie’s bulk tablet facility in Cork yesterday but the firm says operations and supply have not been disrupted.
Helperby Therapeutics says it can ‘outsmart’ antimicrobial resistance by rejuvenating old and existing antibiotics to make combination therapies.
Evotec is collaborating with academic institutions to develop a device to test drug candidates in the kidney, which it says could improve and accelerate clinical trials.
Pfizer has sold its share of a joint venture with Zhejiang Hisun Pharmaceuticals but will continue supporting the local production of generic drugs in China.