Outsourcing

FDA is poised to gain authority and resources to ensure the quality of food and drugs.

Obama's cost-containment and science-innovation initiatives need to overlap.

The financial and economic downturn is likey to have long-term implications for outsourcing.

The role of automation suppliers is transforming to meet the pharma industry's demand for change.

Despite the market downturn, private equity investors are lining up for pharmaceutical services.

Despite the market downturn and financial meltdown, private equity investors are lining up for pharmaceutical services businesses.

Also, Hospira to reduce workforce; WuXi AppTech makes senior appointments; more...

The US Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) and the National Institute for the Control of Pharmaceutical Biological Products (NICPBP), China's agency for overseeing the quality of large- and small-molecule drugs, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to bolster the quality of medicines in China and in the countries that buy Chinese drug products, including the United States.

Also, Genzyme receives warning letter; Mesa Laboratories appoints John J. Sullivan CEO and a member of the board of directors; more...

Also, Penn Pharma to expand; stem cell research funding ban lifted; Bristol-Myers Squibb made senior appointments; more...

Weakening fundamentals in 2008 and projected for 2009 dampen the outlook for pharmaceutical chemical outsourcing, but near-term growth and investments levels in R&D and capital spending remain fairly robust.

Gilles Cottier, SAFC's new president, plans to continue a growth strategy that emphasizes value-added technologies positions, growth in Asia, and customization in its supply-chain solutions.

In a press release dated Feb. 25, 2009, the US Food and Drug Administration charged that Ranbaxy Laboratories's (Gurgaon, Haryana, India) Paonta Sahib facility falsified data and test results in approved and pending drug applications.

Also, Schering-Plough's vaccine unit, Nobilon, formed an agreement with the World Health Organization; Ore Pharmaceuticals named president and CEO; more...

Industry has changed, but its basic tenets have not. INTERPHEX's RJ Palermo discusses a 7-step process to keep pharma moving forward.

When the business environment returns to "normal," our industry may appear quite different.

Small- and large-molecule drugmakers debate whether they can replicate other industries' success with just-in-time manufacturing.

Brief pharmaceutical news items for March 2009.

Contract manufacturers of APIs and intermediates report gains, but express caution.

Contract manufacturers deploy a business model using operations in the US and Western Europe with facilities in Asia.

With the economy down and multinational firms capitalizing on patents in developing countries, India's R&D sector still has a long way to grow.

After a year of increased attention on the pharmaceutical supply chain in Asia, what will be the region?s short? and long?term role?

Michiel Ultee talks about the challenges involved in transferring technology to a CMO and why communication is so important.

The productivity of the pharma industry has been declining for several years. Could biotechnology reinvigorate drug development?

Also, GPC Biotech AG and Agennix to merge; BASi appoints COO of scientific services; more...