PTSM: Pharmaceutical Technology Sourcing and Management-08-01-2012

A roundup of developments in corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability from the bio/pharmaceutical industry, its suppliers, and other public and private organizations.

Al podcast with Robert Farra, president and COO of MicroCHIPS, who discusses wirelessly controlled and programmable microchip-based drug delivery as an alternative to subcutaneous injections.

Nanolipogels for anticancer drug delivery, inhalable and thermo-responsive, fat-encased nanoparticles for targeted drug delivery, and calcium carbonate microspheres are some recent developments.

The past three decades have driven a purchasing evolution to a procurement revolution.

US spending on prescription drugs will increase through 2016 but at historically low levels as emerging markets are projected for double-digit growth.

Abbott forms a partnership with the US Secretary of State's International Fund for Women and Girls to support grassroots organizations that are working to advance health, education, and economic opportunity for women in Burma.