Outsourcing

After five years of discussions, the US Food and Drug Administration is joining the Pharmaceutical Inspection Convention (PIC) and the Pharmaceutical Inspection Cooperation Scheme (PIC Scheme), known together as PIC/S.

Pfizer Recalls One Lipitor Lot; Sanofi Aventis Names Head of R&D; and More.

Thermo Fisher to Acquire Dionex; Former SOCMA CEO Joe Acker Dies; and More.

Company and People Notes: GlaxoSmithKline acquires Nanjing MeiRui Pharma; Cephalon's CEO to remain on medical leave; and more.

Supportive public policy is needed in order for innovation to flourish.

Outsourcing packaging functions can save time and money.

Covance's deal with sanofi-aventis demonstrates the power of scale and scope.

IPEC extends its reach to Brazil and Argentina in an effort to harmonize excipient best practices.

Contract Manufacturing Organisations offering manufacturing capabilities to suit specific industry sectors, niche segments or perhaps simply to meet the demands of individual clients? processes face a greater challenge when designing their facilities and cleanrooms when compared with an originator company or a single-product manufacturing facility.

On Nov. 17, 2010, Novartis (Basel) disclosed its long-term business strategy, which emphasizes diversification in what the company described as high-growth healthcare segments.

Genzyme Sells Business Unit to Sekisui Chemical; Ablexis Names VP of Research; and More.

During the 20 months before the crisis of contaminated heparin in early 2008, the US Food and Drug Administration did not inspect any Chinese heparin firms, according to a US Government Accountability Office, (GAO) report.

Roche Details Restructuring Plan; Sigma-Aldrich Names Successors after CEO's Death; and More.

The US Food and Drug Administration's Puerto Rico district office "may be having difficulty exercising oversight on the numerous pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities on the island," according to Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-NY), chair of the US House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Eli Lilly Acquires Avid Radiopharmaceuticals; EMA Recruiting New Director; and More

The growth in pharmaceutical outsourcing is creating a more complex and risky supply-chain environment, according to a report issued last week.

sanofi acquires BMP Sunstone; DCAT Names President; and More.

From fiscal year 2007 to 2009, the US Food and Drug Administration increased the number of foreign drug inspections it conducted, but the agency still conducted fewer foreign inspections than domestic inspections each year, according to a recent report by the US Government Accountability Office (GAO).

IP rights and levels of innovation have opened a bit of controversy regarding decisions being made by Indian courts and legislators.

As technology advances, industry's needs are growing.

Scientists and practitioners must work together for the overall good of the patient.

A new center may provide evidence for improving care, but could discourage coverage of treatments.

Post recession and beyond, which contract service providers will still be standing?

Stuart Needleman, president of active-ingredient development and manufacturing at Aptuit, discusses industry trends and challenges.

PPD and Bend Research Form Collaboration; Ricerca Makes Senior Appointment; And More.