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5 February 2013
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European Commission Investigates J&J and Novartis
The European Commission claims that Johnson & Johnson and Novartis may have breached European antitrust rules. More...
 
GSK Announces Joint Venture for Paediatric Vaccine
GlaxoSmithKline has formed a joint venture with Indian vaccines company Biological E to research and develop a six-in-one combination paediatric vaccine to help protect children in India and other developing countries from certain infectious diseases. More...
 
Ben Venue Laboratories Enters Consent Decree
Ben Venue Laboratories has entered into a consent decree with FDA over violations of cGMP. More...
 
Actavis Unveils Long-Term Growth Strategy
Actavis unveiled its long-term growth strategy this week and officially re-introduced itself under the Actavis name following the EUR 4.25-billion acquisition of the Actavis Group by Watson Pharmaceuticals in 2012. More...
 
Combined Oral Contraceptives Spark Safety Review
There are growing concerns regarding the safety of third- and fourth-generation combined oral contraceptives following media reports on blood clots associated with the use of more recently-introduced contraceptive products containing newer progestins, such as drospirenone, gestodene and desogestrel. More...
 
EMA and FDA on Process Validation
Siegfried Schmitt, a principal consultant with PAREXEL, discusses the EMA's guideline on process validation and how it compares with FDA's process validaton guidance. More...
 
Endo Pharmaceuticals and GVK Biosciences form research collaboration
Endo Pharmaceuticals and GVK Biosciences (GVK BIO), a CRO based in India, have entered into an agreement to collaborate on the development of small molecules targeting an undisclosed protein. More...
 
US Pharmacopeial Convention Announces Revised Official Dates for Elemental Impurities Chapters
The United States Pharmacopeial Convention published General Chapters <232> Elemental Impurities—Limits and <233> Elemental Impurities—Methods in USP 35-NF 30, Second Supplement, with a 1 Dec. 2012 official date, but this was postponed to consider an appeal of the two general chapters. More...

Product Profiles
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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
CPhI SEA
CPhI South East Asia 20-22 March, 2013
ASEAN’s leading pharmaceutical industry event.Read more
Venue: Jakarta International Expo 
Contact: [email protected]
Website URL: www.cphi-sea.com
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Survey
Which of the following has had the most significant advances in PAT over the last 5 years?
 
Measurements devices placed at-, in- or on-line 28%
 
 
Statistical and information technology tools 24%
     
 
Scientific-systems approach for data analysis to control processes 48%

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