EMEA and FDA collaborate on good clinical practice
A joint initiative to collaborate on international Good Clinical Practice (GCP) inspection activities has been launched by the EMEA and the FDA. More...

EU issues study on REACH implementation
The Society of Chemical Manufacturers and Affiliates (SOCMA) has reported that Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, has published a baseline study or the first snapshot of REACH policy in the preregistration phase. More...

Pfizer Vs. Nigeria's Kano State case comes to a close
An agreement has been reached between Pfizer and Nigeria's Kano State government following the long-running Trovan trial, which stems from the accusation that Pfizer illegally tested the antibiotic Trovan (trovafloxacin) on children in 1996 during a meningitis outbreak. More...

String of attacks aimed at Novartis CEO
Novartis has confirmed that the ashes of CEO Daniel Vasella’s mother have been stolen and his holiday home set fire to. More...

Cash boost for projects to replace, reduce and refine animal testing
Thirteen novel projects that aim to replace, reduce or refine animal testing have received funding totaling £4.5 million (approximately 5.3 million euro) from the UK's National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs). More...

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Freeze drying centre of excellence unveiled
Reig Jofre has revealed further details about its Barcelona (Spain) based Centre of Excellence in the Freeze Drying Process — a project that represents an investment of approximately 12 million euro. More...

Complex Documents in the Pharmaceutical Industry Made Easy Thursday, October 22, 2009 10:00 AM GMT (United Kingdom) Register Free at www.pharmtech.com/complex Documents are created just about everywhere in the pharmaceutical industry. To manage interrelated documents, collaboratively created and updated, versioned and published to different targets can often turn into a nightmare. With XML authoring, recurrent tasks such as applying repetitive changes to similar documents or assuring quality for cross-referencing, can finally be automated. During the webinar Ratiopharm, JustSystems and SCHEMA will explain how XML authoring makes document creation and modification more efficient and even safer for pharmaceutical companies. Using cases from different fields (validation documents, clinical study reports and labeling documents) this webcast will outline the potential of this approach to document handling. Sponsored by: Schema