European pharmaceutical manufacturers stepped up calls for a
blanket ban on repackaging of pharmaceuticals last week, suggesting
that this would be the single most effective way to seal the supply
chain for counterfeiting drugs.
Roche heard early this morning that the European Commission (EC)
has decided to reinstate the marketing authorisation for the
company's HIV drug, Viracept (nelfinavir), but countries outside
the EU have yet to make a final decision.
Thermo Electron has continued to show strong growth in the third
quarter 2006 buoyed on by strong returns in its mass spectrometry
business and progress in its Triple Quad technology.
Fresh from Thermo's $10.4bn (€8.3bn) acquisition of the scientific
equipment and instrument specialists, Fisher Scientific posted
strong third quarter results that showed a profit rise of 62 per
cent coupled with an 11 per cent...
The European Commission continues to be accused by European
industry of pushing 'green policies' that are stifling progress and
global competitiveness - the controversial REACH chemicals
legislation remains a sore point.
EU ministers yesterday agreed on a compromise version of the
controversial new chemicals law, REACH, however environment groups
have condemned the latest changes as a further watering down of the
law in favour of industry.
The European Generic Medicines Association has criticised proposals
by the European Commission to offer six months' additional patent
protection to companies conducting trials of their drug products in
children.
The European Commission has published details of a new proposed
regulation aimed at stimulating research into drugs for use in
diseases affecting children.
US firm Altair Nanotechnologies has filed two new patent
applications on its TiNano Spheres drug delivery system, which it
claims can deliver a large amount of drug, improving reaction
rates.
The European Commission has mapped out its strategy to keep the
European Union at the forefront of research into nanotechnology, a
position that is in danger of being eroded, and plans to double its
funding in the sector writes Phil...
The number of animals tests needed for new chemicals could be
reduced significantly by the use of assays tests developed by
researchers at the European Commission's Joint Research Centre. And
this should be welcome news for companies...
Franco-German drugmaker Aventis has confirmed that it is seeking to
delay the divestment of its stake in the loss-making chemicals
major Rhodia, on the grounds that this willwreak havoc on the
latter's restructuring drive.
The European Commission has stepped back from requiring the
industry to test thousands of chemicals already used and sold in
Europe, according to an environmental group.
The European Commission has updated its guidelines on the labelling
of excipients used in medicinal products and the manufacturing of
investigational drugs.
The European Union's Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer
Affairs Council agreed on 2 June not to press ahead with proposals
to implement a mandatory centralised marketing authorisation scheme
for all medicines.
The European Commission has published a draft monograph in the
European Pharmacopoeia for BASF's recently-introduced
sustained-release coating polymer Kollicoat SR 30 D and a modified
monograph for Kollicoat MAE 30 DP.
The European Commission has earmarked €13 million from the budget
of the EU's Sixth Research Framework Programme (FP6) (2002-2006) to
promote and facilitate research co-operation with the 13 associated
candidate countries for...