Data and Artificial Intelligence

Also, Shire voluntarily recalls ADHD patch Daytrana

Also, Pall plans expansion in South America, Anthony Clarke joins Alexza Pharmaceuticals, more...

Brief pharmaceutical news items for June 2008.

The good, the bad, and the ugly about direct-to-consumer advertising.

Q: You have many years of experience in marketing and business development. What are the most significant changes you have observed in this time?

Also, GVK BIO and Wyeth Pharmaceuticals form research agreement, Eli Lilly announces changes to management, more...

In a white paper published today, the US Food and Drug Administration described its Sentinel Initiative to create an electronic safety system that tracks drug performance.

Also, Pfizer to close Indiana "Exubera" facility, executive appointments at Patheon, more...

Controlling modular, self-contained process skids (known as plug-and-play components) with an automation system can increase a pharmaceutical manufacturing facility?s flexibility.

Manufacturers in the life sciences are increasingly implementing wireless technologies to reduce the overall cost of compliance.

Also, Quintiles Transnational to acquire Eidetics, ChemAxon appoints Alex Drijver CEO, more...

Researchers at the University of Southern California's Information Sciences Institute (ISI) demonstrated a way to manufacture miniscule containers called voxels that could potentially deliver precise microdoses or even nanodoses of drugs.

Also, FDA removes OAI status for Watson's Florida facility, executive management changes as GSK, more...

Scientists are giving up on a preventive vaccine for AIDS, but there are lessons to be learned.

Getting IT, engineering, and manufacturing on the same page requires a delicate balance.

Enterprise process control and management (EPCAM) is a new strategy for healthcare manufacturers based on recent process-control breakthroughs in the electronics industry.

ISA 100.11a and WirelessHART both seek to become the global standard for industrial wireless automation.

Editors' Picks of Pharmaceutical Science & Technology Innovations

Brief pharmaceutical news items for May 2008.

The adoption of computers into every aspect of the pharmaceutical industry has been enormous. Some estimates would put productivity and efficiency gains across the pharmaceutical industry at 2–3 times what they were previously. However, they are only just beginning to have an effect in the areas of training and document management, which have traditionally been managed by people and paper systems. With increasingly strict regulations and the growing complexity of processes and training requirements, there are even greater efficiency gains, as well as cost savings, to be achieved by adopting electronic document management systems (eDMS), learning management systems (LMS) and systems for the electronic signing of documents.

Also, Genzyme to build R&D center in Beijing, Noven Pharmaceuticals appoints Peter C. Brandt president and CEO, more...

Also, GSK expands in Ireland, executive appointments at ProGenTech, more...

Also, Alcon plans to open Singapore facility, Pharmacopeia president and CEO retired, more...

Also, Jubilant Organosys to acquire DRAXIS Health, PPD's Paul Covington to retire, more...

The deadline for the implementation of California's prescription drug tracking system, ePedigree, has been delayed until January 2011.

One more step closer to finalization, the ISA 100 Wireless Compliance Institute presented a live demonstration of a prototype of the ISA 1001.11a wireless standard-based products at the 2008 Wireless Conference in Chongquing, China.

Also, VaxGen and Raven terminate merger agreement, Darren Head appointed CEO of Cytovance, more...

The FDA itself issues a cry for help. Is anybody listening?

Manufacturers expect to see the latest developments in process equipment at INTERPHEX, and this year's show was no disappointment. Exhibitors regularly display additions to their lines of encapsulators, tablet presses, material-handling machines, and other automated manufacturing equipment. But the products on view in Philadelphia Mar. 26–28 were not limited to manufacturing applications.

As a skipping stone creates ripples in a lake, SOA can help create benefits that quickly ripple through many other areas of the organization and partners.