A US presidential report on plans to improve chemical facility safety and security has incorporated a number of recommendations from the Society of Chemical Manufacturers and Affiliates (SOCMA).
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published a list of all the drug manufacturing facilities it has inspected between October 2008 and September 2010 as part of Government transparency efforts.
Ultrasonic particle engineering specialist Prosonix has been accredited under the ISO 9001:2008 quality scheme, after an inspection by the UK unit of independent auditing group SGS.
Pfizer will appear this week in a Nigerian court to face
allegations that it caused the death of Nigerian children over a
decade ago when it conducted a clinical trial of its
meningitis drug Trovan (trovafloxacin) in the country.
UK biotech firm Acambis has decided to bring the manufacturing of
its soon to be approved smallpox vaccine in-house while its
agreement with contract manufacturer Baxter comes to an end.
Applied Biosystems group, the world's number one maker of
gene-analysing equipment, warned on Tuesday that it would report
lower-than-expected fiscal third-quarter revenue and earnings due
to deteriorating business conditions.