31.05.2012
- Swiss contract manufacturer Siegfried has acquired Alliance Medical Products (AMP), based in Irvine, CA, USA for $58 million. This acquisition gives Siegfried, which is active in...
30.01.2012
- Valeant Pharmaceuticals International said on Monday it has withdrawn its sweetened takeover bid for ISTA Pharmaceuticals, citing a lack of progress. "We were not interested in...
25.01.2012
- Billion-Dollar Industry - The illicit trade in counterfeit pharmaceuticals is worth an estimated $200 billion a year and has obvious implications for public health. A range of anti...
25.01.2012
- Framework - When asked, most people say that they believe regulations should avoid dictating specific technologies but instead should dictate desired outcomes and let industry...
24.01.2012
- Optimism Springs Eternal - 2011 was a year fraught with uncertainties, and many industries are wearily eyeing the year to come. The state of the worldwide economy as well as the...
24.01.2012
- European regulators took another step towards opening the market for copies of biotech drugs on by releasing a draft guideline on how companies should test biosimilar medicines...
24.01.2012
- The War Continues - The European Union's Falsified Medicines directive, ratified in 2011, was arguably the most significant landmark to date in the war on fake drugs. The law will...
22.12.2011
- GlaxoSmithKline executive German Pasteris is in charge of an Alzheimer's treatment that is years from reaching the market, if it ever does. But he already wants to make sure the...
