The Future of Dosage Forms
How will the move to more specialized and personalized medicines impact drug delivery and dosage forms?

Battling Off-Weight Tablets
Training, calibration, and preventive maintenance help prevent over-and under-weight tablets. The author discusses causes of off-weight tablets and best practices for tableting.

Metrics Sought to Ensure Drug Quality
Regulators work with manufacturers to improve systems for measuring product performance and manufacturing reliability.

FDA Approves Fewer New Drugs, But Acts Fast on Innovative Products
FDA approved only 27 new molecular entities in 2013. In addition, the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) approved eight novel products, including innovative influenza vaccines and a number of blood products.

Merck Recalls Cholesterol Medicine Due to Packaging Defect
A packaging defect has led to Merck voluntarily recalling all lots of Liptruzet tablets in the United States.

MIT Creates Optical Sensor to Track Zinc in Cells
An optical sensor designed by chemists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology tracks zinc levels to gain insight on prostate cancer.

USP Inaugurates Expanded Shanghai Facility
USP opens expanded Shanghai facility to enhance quality standards for medicines and food ingredients.

Mentholatum Issues Nationwide Recall of Rohto Eye Drops
Mentholatum announces a voluntary nationwide recall of Rohto Eye Drops made in Vietnam.

FDA Launches Online Portal for Advisory Committee Nominations
Online portal accepts nominations for FDA advisory committee membership.

Sanofi and Fraunhofer Create Center to Accelerate Antibiotic Research
The Natural Product Center of Excellence seeks to identify novel active compounds for new antibiotics.

The Carlyle Group Agrees to Acquire Johnson & Johnson's Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics Business
J&J’s diagnostics business goes to global asset manager, The Carlyle Group.