Ensuring Compliance with Drug Accountability Requirements
An expert discusses regulatory requirements for the drug accountability process.

Q&A with Amie Gehris, Dow Water and Process Solutions
Amie Gehris of Dow Water and Process Solutions discusses formulating abuse-deterrent drugs.

Tracking Quality in Drug Manufacturing
Recent FDA enforcement activity reveals issues with vial-filling, adequacy of QA/QC procedures, particulate matter in inhalation powders and injectables, and drug labeling.

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Video: Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Biopharm Manufacturing
Jill Sackman of Numerof and Associates discusses the impending impact of Obamacare on the pharmaceutical and biotech industries.

Grifols Purchases Novartis’ Transfusion Diagnostics Unit
Grifols expands and diversifies portfolio with acquisition of diagnostic business.

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Liability Looms for Generic Drug Safety Labeling Changes
FDA is proposing to revise its rules to permit generic-drug manufacturers to initiate safety-labeling changes instead of waiting until the brand company takes action. The aim of the new policy is to inform consumers more quickly of emerging safety concerns, but it also could create confusion by allowing prescribing information to differ among generic and brand products.

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AstraZeneca to Invest in New Manufacturing Facility for Injectable Drug
AstraZeneca will build a new facility in the United Kingdom to produce Zoladex, an injectable prostrate cancer treatment.

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Shire To Acquire Rare-Disease Company ViroPharma
Shire’s agreement to acquire ViroPharma will strengthen its rare-disease portfolio.

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Schott Introduces New Vials to Minimize Delamination Risk
Schott’s glass vials are specially manufactured to control and reduce delamination potential.

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Delivering Complex Parenteral Formulations
Progress in delivery science, manufacturing technologies, and commercialization are playing critical roles in advancing the development of complex parenteral drug formulations for new drug substances having a variety of formulation challenges. A Pharmaceutical Technology webcast will examine the formulation strategies being investigated to extend the release of target peptides, proteins, nucleic acids, and small molecules for systemic, local, or cellular delivery.

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Pfizer, Carter Center Partner in Global Health Project
Former President Jimmy Carter and Pfizer mark milestone for long-standing partnership to combat trachoma in the developing world.

DCAT Names Officers
Lyra Myers, associate director and value creation agent at Roche, has been elected president of the Drug, Chemical & Associated Technologies Association (DCAT).