Drug Development

Brief pharmaceutical news items for March 2010.

Analysis of the opportunities and challenges in the biosimilars market.

From last-minute product inserts to putting out fires, close calls are a common occurrence.

It's time to maintain a thorough traceable excipient trail.

If both sides of the aisle don't agree on even mild healthcare reform soon, the bill could die out.

The second annual Pharmaceutical Technology Bioprocessing Survey offers a snapshot of the industry following 2009's megamergers.

Pharmaceutical Technology talked to drugmakers, equipment vendors, and service providers to learn more about the advantages and disadvantages of rapid microbial-detection methods.

Merck To Eliminate 15,000 jobs; Tauzin Stepping Down At PhRMA; And More.

RUSNANO, a corporation established by the Russian government to foster the development of nanotechnology, launched a project last week to manufacture targeted-delivery nanodrugs to treat malignant neoplasms.

Abbott Completes Acquisition Of Solvay; Merck Names President of Consumer Healthcare; And More.

VaxGen Shareholders Reject OXiGENE Merger; Roche Creates Research Hub In Singapore; And More.

Capsules that can release their contents at a selected temperature have been developed by researchers in France, and could lead to the development of therapeutic agents that are applied to the skin and triggered locally by rubbing.

Cephalon Buys Mepha; BASi's CEO Retires; and More.

Hoping to prevent the deaths of eight million children over the next decade, Bill and Melinda Gates recently committed $10 billion for child-immunization programs in the world's poorest countries.

The author discusses how the use of a visible residue limit has made the 10-ppm cleaning limit obsolete in many applications.

Sharing too much-or too little-information can have disastrous onsequences.

As contract manufacturers and drug companies meet at Informex, the stage is set for the latest in pharmaceutical chemical development.

FDA impersonators and counterfeit drugs threaten the public's trust in online pharmacies.

A recent book provides information about formulating biopharmaceuticals that is easy to swallow.

Regulators and industry move to require inspections of API manufacturing facilities.

When it comes to healthcare rform, we must not overlook investment in innovative technologies.

The authors present two concepts to improve robustness and facilitate continuous improvement in analytical methods. This article contain bonus online material.

Leading experts share insight on the current and future direction of process analytical technology. This article contains bonus online material.

The authors present two concepts to improve robustness and facilitate continuous improvement in analytical methods.

References for the article published in the February issue of Pharmaceutical Technology Europe.

Eran Gabbai, CEO and President of Do-Coop Technologies, explains the benefits of a new water-based nanotechnology.

Novartis CEO To Step Down; DSM To Close Netherlands Facility; And More.

FDA Issues Warning Letter To McNeil Healthcare; Charles River Laboratories Will Suspend Operations At Massachusetts Facility.

Could flexible manufacturing change the standards for biopharmaceutical production? To find out, Equipment and Processing Report talked to James Robinson, vice-president of technical and quality operations at biotechnology company Novavax (Rockville, MD).

The authors sought to improve the productivity of protein synthesis by using a highly active cell-free extract from Escherichia coli and by optimizing buffer conditions and shaking conditions.