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  Pharmaceutical Technology Europe E-Alert
 
22 January 2013
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Lonza Expands Antibody-Drug Conjugate Manufacturing Capacity
Lonza has announced a CHF14-million ($15.1 million) investment to double antibody-drug conjugate manufacturing capacity at its site in Visp, Switzerland. More...
 
EMA Updates Guideline for Anticancer Medicines
The European Medicines Agency has revised its guideline for the evaluation of anticancer medicinal products. More...
 
Root Causes of R&D Inefficiency Must be Identified: Report
With so many blockbuster drugs falling off the patent cliff, research-based drug companies are now embracing new development paradigms to increase R&D productivity. More...
 
FDA Releases Guidance on Opioids
In their effort to help industry develop abuse-deterrent opioids, FDA has released Guidance for Industry: Abuse-Deterrent Opioids—Evaluation and Labeling, Draft Guidance. More...
 
Pharma's Reputation in Decline
According to a recently conducted global survey, the overall reputation of the pharma industry declined in 2012. More...
 
Is the Pharma Industry Using Social Media Effectively?
For the pharmaceutical industry, social media poses concerns that range from release of propriety information to regulatory constraints to patient safety, which have limited the industry’s use of this new potential marketing and networking tool. More...
 
Industry Briefs
In other news, Agensys has opened a new R&D facility in California, Almac is expanding its drug-product pharmaceutical-development services, and Biotest Pharmaceuticals has entered into a long-term manufacturing, supply and license agreement with ADMA Biologics. More...

Product Profiles
Agilent
Together: It's how we work. It's how we help Pharma Succeed.
Look to Agilent for real world solutions that help pharmaceutical companies discover more rapidly and more efficiently.
The Agilent RapidFire High-throughput System and 6550 iFunnel Q-TOF mass spec helped one lab reduce a week of work to 4.5 hours, transforming their productivity. Discover more, and request your free ADME Solutions Guide at our new pharma web pagewww.agilent.com/chem/togetherADME
Shimadzu
Three new triple quads achieve a new global standard in mass spectrometry
Three new triple quadrupole mass spectrometers LCMS-8040, LCMS-8080 and GCMS-TQ8030 complete Shimadzu’s UFMS series consisting of seven powerful systems. The UFMS product family provides higher sensitivity, greater excellence in data quality, increased analytical throughput and a wider range of applications. Read more:
 
Flexicon Liquid Filling
Fully automatic aseptic liquid filling system
The FPC50W is an aseptic filling system with full or partial stoppering and crimp capping of vials, delivering fill volumes ranging 0.1ml to 100ml and filling accuracy of ± 0.5%.
Read more
 

Event Profiles
Pharmapack Europe
13-14 February 2013, Grande Halle de la Villette, Paris, France
How Innovations in Pharma Packaging and Drug Delivery Technologies Enhance Patient Safety and Compliance. Read more
Survey
What area do you think will see increased regulatory attention and enforcement in 2013?
 
Foreign APIs 32%
 
 
GMP inspections 19%
     
 
Manufacturing processes 13%
     
 
Counterfeit medicines 28%
     
 
Social media and digital marketing 8%
     
 
Biosimilars and generics 36%

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