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Welcome to the June 2010 issue of Pharmaceutical Technology Sourcing and Management, your information resource about the pharmaceutical supply chain. In this issue, we examine recent draft proposals by FDA to increase transparency in pharmaceutical manufacturing and the supply chain. Plus, the developments on the bio/pharmaceutical industry efforts in corporate social responsibility and sustainability.

Manufacturing
FDA Considers Ways to Improve Transparency in the Supply Chain Patricia Van Arnum, editor of Sourcing and Management and senior editor of Pharmaceutical Technology
FDA issues draft proposals on ways to improve its disclosure on information relating to import procedures, inspections, and warning letters.
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Outsourcing
Waste Not, Want Not
Eric Langer, president of BioPlan Associates
Restructuring in the biopharmaceutical industry is renewing a focus on resource optimization.
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Global Feature
CSR and Sustainability Forum
Pharmaceutical Technology’s dedicated editorial coverage on the developments in corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability from the bio/pharmaceutical industry, other business sectors, and other public and private organizations.   This month, we feature articles on the pharmaceutical industry’s relief efforts in Haiti, the Science and Human Rights Program at the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a roundup of CSR and sustainability news.

more on Haiti, the AAAS program, and a CSR roundup.

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Sourcing and Management’s Community of Experts
The panel consists of leading professionals involved in the synthesis, manufacture, and sourcing of active pharmaceutical ingredients and intermediates, and experts in formulation and dosage-form manufacturing. The community of experts lends its expertise to the eNewsletter by providing reviews of technical articles as well as offering perspectives on topics of relevance to pharmaceutical manufacturers and their suppliers.
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