Roche Expands "Tamiflu" Production

Novasep Divests Swiss Fine Chemicals Producer Rohner AG

Watson To Acquire Andrx for $1.9 Billion

GSK Loses Bid to Block Generic "Flonase"

Development Begins on Mutated H5N1 Virus Vaccine

Proposed Legislation to Help Fight Counterfeit Drugs

Schering-Plough Reorganizes Management in Europe, Latin America and Asia-Pacific

Novavax, Bharat Biotech Team for Pandemic Influenza Vaccine Development

Eisai Plans $105 Million Pharma Production and Formulation R&D Facility

Flu vaccines. Dow veterinary vaccine made in plants. $1.95 billion FDA budget focuses on high-profile programs. Non-injectable insulins win approval. FDA releases guides to dissolution testing, quality overall summary, and new drug-label formats.

A modified modular high-pressure system can form nanosuspensions of model compounds by individually controlling cavitation, impact, and shear forces.

P&G Pharmaceuticals Plans Job Cuts

Chiron and Novartis Advance Programs for Pandemic Flu

Madness in March: lost ingredients, missed lot numbers, and a million-dollar photo.

Chiron To Sell Betaseron Assets to Schering

Letter to the Editor: Glen Jon Smith

USP's proposed General Chapter 1226 "Verification of Compendial Procedures" aims to provide guidance about the verification process.

Transdermal matrix-type patches of Nefopam hydrochloride with a combination of pressure-sensitive adhesives were developed. The polymeric composition provided a controlled and sustained release of the drug from the patches and demonstrated favorable physicochemical characteristics.

BMS Receives FDA Approval for Transdermal Antidepressant

Novartis Plans Manufacturing Site in China

FDA's 2007 budget request funds homeland security and pandemic preparedness by reducing support for the agency’s core mission.

Secondary sensors help protect feedback control systems from the effects of sensor drift.

The outcomes of complex chains of reactions are hard to predict. Hindsight being 20–20, I can tell you that implementing the prohibition of alcohol in the 1920s-which was intended to reduce corruption and social problems, but actually lead to a rise in organized crime-was a bad idea.

GSK Gains Approval for Rotavirus Vaccine in Infants; FDA Review Extended for Merck’s Shingles Vaccine

So could the online auction formula be extended to the pharmaceutical industry? It might be a great way to make some big savings.

FDA data indicate expenditure by pharmaceutical companies on R&D has doubled since 1996. Why is intensive research yielding so few patented inventions and so few new drugs?

Pharma companies are forming alliances with less established biotech companies, which significantly drive the technological innovation and the overall market growth.

FDA Recommends Changes for 2006-2007 Flu Vaccine