Outsourcing

The integrated services model is the "next big thing" in CMC and early development services.

Why do the biotech ventures mange to have such promising drug candidates while pharmaceutical R&D is facing a drug deficit?

Liverpool, UK (Oct. 20)-Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics Limited is recovering two lots totaling 500,000 doses of its ?Fluvirin? influenza virus vaccine after reports that the product had been received from distributor Cardinal Health Care in either a frozen state or below the required storage temperature range of 35?46 degrees F.

San Antonio, TX (Nov. 1)?Market growth in the pharmaceutical outsourcing industry is strong, but slowing, according to Jim Miller, president of PharmSource Information Services, Inc. and publisher of Bio/Pharmaceutical Outsourcing Report.

Wilmington, NC (Oct. 26)?AAIPharma Inc. has completed its acquisition of contract research organization Cvitkovic & Associes Consultants S.A.

San Antonio, TX (Nov. 1)-The opening session of the ?Pharmaceutical Technologies? track at the 2006 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists in San Antonio, Texas was standing room only as R. Christian Moreton, PhD, vice-president of pharmaceutical science at Idenix Pharmaceuticals, and Richard O. Mannion of Purdue Pharma discussed ?Product Development Using a Virtual Company Model.?

Mid-size regional players have little chance for success in an industry increasingly dominated by large global players.

Mid-size regional players have little chance for success in an industry increasingly dominated by large global players.

More CMOs look to proprietary delivery technologies to enhance profitability.

CPhI Worldwide, Paris (Oct. 3)-Exhibitors at CPhI Worldwide reported expansions, enhancements in technology, and new projects last week in Paris.

Whether you advance your technology from concept to commercialization or use a third party for parts or all of this work, the ability to do technology transfer flawlessly is essential to successful, efficient pharmaceutical production.

More CMOs look to proprietary delivery technologies to enhance profitability.

More CMOs look to proprietary delivery technologies to enhance profitability.

The overall market size of the Southeast Asia region totals $7 billion, with a projected compound annual growth rate of about 13% through 2010.

For once, casting originators against generic players might end up strengthening the industry across the board.

A hybrid system using paper and electronic pedigrees will be needed.

Contract service providers should be concerned about the market perceptions of their performance.

Disappointed in progress thus far, the US Food and Drug Administration wants pharmaceutical manufacturers to make a greater effort to combat counterfeit products and recommends that they "move quickly" to implement radio-frequency identification technology.

Contract service providers should be concerned about the market perceptions of their performance.

The principal objective of the annual PharmSource–Pharmaceutical Technology outsourcing survey is to gauge overall business trends in the contract manufacturing and research businesses. This year's edition documents an industry that is in good health but facing a new set of dynamics.

The sixth CPhI China exhibition, presented June 27?29 in Shanghai, offered a showcase for the explosive growth of the Chinese pharmaceutical sector.

China is on the rise as a center for pharmaceutical R&D, but companies are still getting their footing for operating in China and the services industry has some maturing to do.

Select large custom manufacturers expand capacity, private equity firms buy companies in transition, and players from India and China build their positions.

China is on the rise as a center for pharmaceutical R&D, but companies are still getting their footing for operating in China and the services industry has some maturing to do.

The creation in the Paris Region of a multidisciplinary Institute of Technology will bring together the best researchers in world, innovative SMEs and the research centres of large industrial groups.