Manufacturing

A surprising amount of the discovery and development life cycle is still based on manual and disconnected process steps.

Packaging a drug in a prefilled syringe may help extend a product's patent and distinguish it from competing products.

Also, NicOx and DSM make manufacture and supply pact for naproxcinod drug substance; NovaRx appointed Norrie Russell president and COO; more...

The US Food and Drug Administration has released Guidance for Industry: Cooperative Manufacturing Arrangements for Licensed Biologics, which finalizes the draft from August 1999.

A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study confirmed that severe adverse reactions reported in the fall and winter of 2007 resulted from heparin contaminated with oversulfated chondroitin sulfate (OSCS).

The Synthetic Chemical Organic Manufacturers Association (SOCMA) has raised concerns over requirements for security vulnerability assessments (SVA) under the US Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act Standards (CFATS).

Industry experts are predicting that last week?s terror attacks in Mumbai, India may have at minimum some short-term effects on the pharmaceutical industry outsourcing business in that region.

FDA's Final Rule titled "Amendments to the Current Good Manufacturing Practice Regulations for Finished Pharmaceuticals" takes effect Monday, Dec. 8, 2008.

Reps. John D. Dingell (D-MI), current chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce in the US House and Representatives, and Bart Stupak (D-MI), chairman of that committee?s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, said that moving the Food and Drug Administration Globalization Act and other measures for drug and food safety will be a key priority for the next Congress.

Also, AstraZeneca announces changes to its supply chain operations; Christian Velmer appointed head of Wyeth Canada; More...

The European Commission (EC) published a preliminary report stating that competition in the pharmaceutical industry does not work as well as it should.

A recent study shows life-science companies have difficulty in planning and executing change-management practices.

When accusations fly: 'Tis better to give than to receive.

The past year saw major acquisitions attempted, completed, rejected, and stalled.

Readers provide insight into the best companies to work for as well as the ups and downs of their jobs.

While the world pulls itself out from one of the worst crises in decades, Indian pharmaceutical companies are trying to capitalize on falling company prices by increasing their takeovers.

To expand coverage amidst the economic crisis, Obama will look for ways to cut healthcare costs.

Editors' Picks of Pharmaceutical Science & Technology Innovations

China's quality approach to domestic versus exported products seems to be a lose-lose situation.

A recent Pharmaceutical Technology survey examined the level, sources, and reasons behind innovation in drug development and manufacturing. This article contains bonus online-exclusive material.

A book about pharmaceutical analysis engages the reader with history and unexpected asides.

The authors review the current regulatory framework for the selection of drug substance starting materials.

The next president and the 111th Congress might change the extent of FDA's authority.

Results from Pharmaceutical Technology's Annual Employment Survey.

Pharmaceutical Technology is pleased to recognize the winners of its Innovations in Pharma Science Awards.

New research suggests calcium carbonate tablets are stronger and less porous when manufactured using a wet, rather than a dry, granulation process.

Hundreds of pharma–biotech deals have been announced during 2008 and many of these probably began at biopartnering conferences. Susan Aldridge examines some of this year's big buyouts and mergers.

It is a universally acknowledged truth that a biotech start-up in possession of little fortune must be in want of venture capital (VC). Perhaps less well acknowledged, however, is that VC investors operate in a way consistent with being rational economic entities...

Although realized in 1983, ASTM's standrad test method for determining bacterial retention of membrane filters used for liquid filtration is still hugely beneficial to today's pharmaceutical industry.

TranScrip Partners' Flic Gabbay explains why an approach that provides expertise on an 'as needed basis' is flourishing.