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Successful FDA inspection for NextPharma

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:00:00 +0100

NextPharma’s facility in Waltrop, Germany has undergone a successful inspection by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

inVentive signs up to help GeneraMedix’ epoprostenol

Gareth Macdonald — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:00:00 +0100

inVentive Health has been contracted to provide marketing and branding services for fellow US based generic injectables developer GeneraMedix, specifically focusing on the latter’s epoprostenol hypertension treatment.

WuXi ends US biologics manufacture; focus on testing

Nick Taylor — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:00:00 +0100

WuXi PharmaTech is to discontinue its US biologics manufacturing operations as it attempts to cut costs, with 100 employees due to lose their jobs.

Cell culture shortage predicted

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:00:00 +0100

A report has predicted that contract mammalian cell culture manufacturers are likely to struggle to cope with increased demand in coming years.

Quintiles gets bigger in cancer with TMD purchase

Phil Taylor — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:00:00 +0100

Quintiles Transnational has boosted its array of services for companies developing cancer drugs via the purchase of Illinois, US-based firm Targeted Molecular Diagnostics.

VenturiOne v3 launched for batch analysis

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:00:00 +0100

Applied Cytometry (AC) hopes its VenturiOne v3 software, which is capable of processing 400 files in under 10 seconds, will win over drug developers looking to expedite large-scale laboratory analysis.

Althea manufacturing drug with novel delivery tech

Nick Taylor — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:00:00 +0100

Althea Technologies has signed a contract manufacturing deal, under which it will produce Bio-Path’s lead novel therapeutic drug for upcoming clinical trials.

Mumbai attacks could hurt India’s outsourcing sector

Gareth Macdonald — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:00:00 +0100

Postponement of this year’s CPhI and P-MEC India events for “security reasons” may be only the first impact of last week’s Mumbai terror attacks on the country’s outsourcing industry, according to PwC’s life sciences head Sujay Shetty.

Open-source EDC software gaining ground

Phil Taylor — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 11:00:00 +0100

An open-source software suit for electronic data capture (EDC) in clinical trials – OpenClinica - is starting to see a dramatic rise in usage, according to its developer Akaza Research.

Encorium publishes delayed financials

Phil Taylor — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 11:00:00 +0100

Troubled contract research organisation Encorium Group finally published its delayed financial results yesterday, posting a net loss of $3.9m, three times the year-earlier loss.