Packaging and Distribution

Company and People Notes: Boehringer Ingelheim will acquire Wyeth's animal health business; Amsterdam Molecular Therapeutics appoints CEO; more...

Company and People Notes: Wyeth and Ambrx form development pact; Elite Pharma appoints CEO and CSO; more...

Company and People Notes: Sanofi Pasteur signs H1N1 vaccine deal with Brazilian government; Helsinn Group appoints CEO of US business; more...

Small-format packaging equipment can provide benefits to the pharmaceutical industry such as quick changeover and low tooling costs. The machines also can shorten the time it takes to bring a product to the market.

Company and People Notes: Neoprobe and Laureate Pharma form manufacturing agreement; Akela Pharma appoints CEO and chairman; more...

Also, Orexo and Novartis form agreement; Affitech appoints Robert Burns CEO; more...

The US Food and Drug Administration last week issued the final draft of its guidance for industry titled Labeling of Nonprescription Human Drug Products Marketed Without an Approved Application as Required by the Dietary Supplement and Nonprescription Drug Consumer Protection Act: Questions and Answers.

Brief pharmaceutical news items for September 2009.

After years of promomting QbD concepts, FDA's ready to take action on nonconformers.

Robotic systems provide flexibility and efficiency (and they're not as difficult to use as you think). This article contains bonus online-exclusive material.

Authenticating tools help identify counterfeit drug products. This article contains bonus online-exclusive material.

As new process validation guidelines emerge, industry needs to reinvent how it releases product.

Why correctly calibrating a drug with its packaging is the key to success.

Company and People Notes: UCB and Novartis form agreement; AAIPharma appoints VP of regulatory affairs; more...

Researchers from a university in the US are urging the FDA to demand that drug manufacturers state how new medications compare with similar treatments on product labels.

Amcor (Australia) has made an offer of $2025 million for parts of Alcan Packaging (France), including the company's global pharmaceuticals division.

Also, FDA publishes draft guidances of two ICH Annexes; EMEA sets format for compliance advice; more...

Researchers from the Stanford University School of Medicine in California are urging the US Food and Drug Administration to demand that drug manufacturers state how new medications compare with similar treatments on product labels.

Also, XCELERON and GSK form agreement; Millipore appoints VP of life sciences; more...

Also: DSM's North Carolina facility receives SafeBridge certification; Dynavax CFO to retire; more...

Also, Pfizer forms two research agreements in China; NanoInk appoints John Kubricky to its scientific advisory board; more...

Editors' Picks of Pharmaceutical Science & Technology Innovations

Biotech firms must first close the gaps between science and biology on the path toward QbD.

An expanding number of products and services plug gaps in the cold chain. This article contains bonus online-exclusive material.

Individuals and companies at the top seem to have no problem short-circuiting their success.