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Outsourcing-Pharma presents its latest round up of movements in the pharma outsourcing sector, including appointments at Girindus, Lonza, Idis and Flagship Biosciences.
Outsourcing-Pharma presents its latest round up of movements in the pharma outsourcing sector, including appointments at Clearstone Central Laboratories, NexMed and RRD.
The WHO has published its views on the production of starting materials in draft guidance which details recommendations to ensure product quality while keeping costs down.
Outsourcing-Pharma presents its latest round up of movements in the pharma outsourcing sector, including appointments at DPT, PPD, Catalent and INC Research.
Dr Reddy’s has made a “significant investment” in an mPEG alcohol production facility in Mexico to strengthen its presence in a sector it believes is on the rise.
There are signs that 2010 will be a better year for the fine and custom chemistry industry but companies at Informex remained cautious and are planning accordingly.
Outsourcing-Pharma presents its latest round up of movements in the pharma outsourcing sector, including a new management team at a NextPharma site and appointments at Quintiles.
BioClinica is providing Cephalon with end-to-end clinical data management services and hiring some of the biotech’s staff under a three-year, multi-million dollar deal.
Outsourcing-Pharma presents its latest round up of movements in the pharma outsourcing sector, including appointments at Synexus, INC and a Quintiles executive being elected at CDISC.
The SCDM says that edit checks are a crucial component of achieving error-free data and has updated its Good Clinical Data Management Practices (GCDMP) resource with a best practice guide.
Amcor has unveiled its proposed management shake up in preparation for the $2.025bn takeover of Alcan – three days before the European Commission is due to deliver its verdict on the deal.
Unigene Laboratories is laying off one-third of its workforce and temporarily suspending production of some materials in an attempt to cut its operating expenses by up to $10m (€6.8m) in 2010.
US contract manufacturing organisation (CMO) Catalent’s packaging facility in Dublin, Ireland has achieved ISO 15378:2006 under the ISO’s quality scheme.
Outsourcing-Pharma presents its latest round up of movements in the pharma outsourcing sector, including appointments at Synteract, Quintiles, Quanticate and ClinOps.
in-PharmaTechnologist presents its latest round up of appointments in the pharma sector, including a new president of Eli Lilly USA and a resignation over disagreements at Caraco.
A totally outsourced model of discovery is “probably valid”, according to a report that believes pharma must overhaul its operations because its business model is in danger of becoming “irrelevant”.
US contract services firm PharmaForm has cut its workforce to 65 employees in a restructuring plan that parent company Akela Pharma said optimises its client support infrastructure.
Outsourcing-Pharma presents its latest round of movements in the pharmaceutical outsourcing sector, including appointments at inVentiv and GVK Biosciences.
US CRO Charles River (CRL) has unveiled a raft of executive changes and plans to restructure its PCS unit to provide customers with a more centralised approach to global drug development.
Precision Stability Storage (PSS) is expanding its cGMP storage facility in Wilson, North Carolina, doubling its size and adding a room for bulk powder and liquid sampling and dispensing.
Sparta Systems is establishing operations in Hong Kong as part of efforts to expand in Asia-Pacific (APAC), where it believes there is a growing market for quality and compliance management.
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The FDA has provided a model for implementing the ICH Q10 quality control system in its final guidance, which is intended help manufacturers adapt processes throughout a product’s lifecycle.
Companies are maintaining their spending on quality control measures despite the challenging operating environment, according to Matthew Kopecky, product manager at Sparta Systems.
Evolution is collaborating with C&QP to offer a more comprehensive range of GMP services to clients, covering plant and equipment qualification, calibration and maintenance.
Norwich Pharmaceuticals is expanding beyond its core business to offer clients help throughout a product’s lifecycle, covering exploring new product categories to replacing inefficient suppliers.
ABB has launched its latest process analytical technology (PAT) software xPAT, which it claims will help companies implement quality by design (QbD) through a products entire lifecycle.
Sanofi-Aventis Canada has licensed I-many’s suite of software for managing pharmaceutical contracts, with the IT company also performing installation, maintenance and support.
Since its inauguration last year, IPEC China has been working to improve the quality of excipient manufacturing in the country. in-PharmaTechnologist spoke with organisation president Nevin Cheng about the steps the body has taken so far and what it will...
Serene has officially opened its offshore development centre in India, which will provide IT outsourcing services to support and complement its existing capabilities in the US.
One of Actavis’ Bulgarian production facilities is being bought out by the management, which will provide contract manufacturing services to the generic maker and other companies.
Harro Hofliger’s adoption of the FMEA-Med software will help the German machining specialist minimize risk during development operations, according to Canadian developer Dyadem.
US software company Conformia hopes that its new web-based drug development suite will help pharmaceutical firms meet with new quality by design (QbD) and risk management guidelines.
The healthcare logistics industry is currently experiencing a shift
toward globalisation, supply chain simplification and delivery
specialisation, says an industry expert.
PPD, INC Research, Parexel, Cato Research, Pacific Biomarkers and
Discovery Laboratories have all had people on the move in the world
of pharmaceutical outsourcing.
SGS has officially launched a new auditing service designed to
alleviate the quality, regulatory and safety issues in
pharmaceutical supply chains, which are increasingly extending
across the globe.
