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  Pharmaceutical Technology Europe E-Alert
 
4 February 2011

IN THIS ISSUE
Pfizer job cuts
EMA road map
Pay-for-delay ban
EMA revised annex

 
Pfizer to cut over 2000 UK jobs
Pfizer is to close a UK R&D facility in Sandwich (Kent), affecting more than 2000 positions, as it seeks to reduce expenditure by realigning its R&D division. More...
 
EMA outlines priorities to 2015
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has published its final ‘Road map to 2015’, a document that sets out the agency’s key drivers for progress and strategic vision of operation for the next 5 years. More...
 
US bill to curb pay-for-delay settlements
Two US senators have reintroduced their "Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act,” which would presume that pay-for-delay settlements were illegal and give the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) the power to block them. More...
 
EMA releases revised computerized systems annex to GMP Guide
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has released a new Annex 11–Computerized Systems to its GMP Guide Chapter 4 on Documentation to account for the increased use of and complexity of computerized systems in the drug manufacturing community. More...
 
Armor enhances drug delivery
Taking inspiration from nature, researchers have devised a way of giving drug-bearing polymer vesicles ‘armored protection’ that could enhance drug delivery. More...
 
President Obama address favorably received by pharma industry
President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address, delivered to the US Congress, was largely well received by the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. More...
 
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Chemspec Europe 2011
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