Japanese pharma market set for strong growth in 2019
The report, published from CPhI Japan 2019, highlights the country as the second fastest growing mature market for solid dose drugs.
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FDA identifies hundreds of devices affected by sterilisation facility closures
FDA has launched a notification system where device manufacturers and users may notify the agency of any shortages or related supply issues stemming from sterilisation facility shutdowns...
ESMO drives EU-level action to tackle shortages of essential medicines
Shortages of inexpensive, essential medicines: calling for tangible political commitments in the EU...
Big pharma blamed for skyrocketing US drug prices
Executives blamed high drug prices on the drugmakers and their pursuit of profits...
Merck recognised with INTERPHEX Exhibitor Award for Best New Product
Merck wins award for first-of-its-kind, single-use tangential flow filtration capsule used in ADC and monoclonal antibody bioprocessing...
Continuous wet granulation manufacturing collaboration
The new facility, built as part of a project called PROSPECT CP, will include blending and feeding of raw materials, twin screw wet granulation, drying and ultimately tabletting...
GSK named one of ‘top companies’ to work for in UK
Some of the key findings show that job seekers are drawn to companies with long histories and large organisations with over 50,000 employees...
Heart drugs free from carcinogens identified as recalls drag on
The Food and Drug Administration has released a list of 40 drugs used to treat hypertension and heart failure that don’t contain any known carcinogens...
Brexit will have ‘minimal’ impact on R&D, expert says
Jonathan Sheffield, OBE, was presenting at the PING (Pharmaceutical Industry Network Group) Brexit Conference 2019 in Hertfordshire, UK...
Drug linked to 33 deaths in Northern Ireland is reclassified
The prescription drug pregabalin is now being treated as a class C drug...
FDA sends four warning letters for cGMP violations
The US Food and Drug Administration has posted warning letters to four companies who produce homeopathic drug products for significant violations of current good manufacturing practice (cGMP) regulations...
Merck elevates its BioContinuum platform strategy to deliver ‘ContiGuous’ bioprocessing
Launch is taking place at the International Pharmaceutical Expo (INTERPHEX) in New York
Second potential male birth control pill passes human safety tests
The experimental male birth control pill 11-beta-MNTDC - a modified testosterone that has the combined actions of a male hormone and a progesterone - passes human safety tests...
3M Drug Delivery Systems relocates UK R&D to new, state-of-the-art facility
Environment plays a significant role in the way businesses ideate, communicate and create. While the global population is more connected than ever, there’s a certain level of collaboration that can only be achieved with proximity. To that end, 3M Drug Delivery Systems' (DDS) UK organisation is bringing its teams under…
No-deal Brexit could mean temporary medicines export ban
The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry has called for a temporary ban on drugs exports in the event of a no-deal Brexit to prevent the NHS being hit by shortages...
