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COVER STORY

Biosimilars
taking shape

The impressive growth in
biologics has attracted top-tier
pharma companies to the
biogenerics arena.
Despite the significant costs
and hurdles expected in
developing and gaining
approval for such products,...

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Strategy

Twenty-first Century Crime

Counterfeit, illegally diverted and stolen pharmaceuticals

The rise in counterfeit medicines worldwide, with concomitant problems of toxicity, instability and ineffectiveness, is often underestimated...

Next Generation Pharmacovigilance

For enhanced patient safety

The pharmaceutical industry is facing a tough road ahead in the future marketplace. Though pharmaceuticals remain the most costeffective healthcare intervention,...

Research & Development

Novel Genetic Vaccines

Rational design and standardised evaluation

Vaccines play a central role in health protection and advances in biotechnologies now offers numerous novel approaches for vaccine development...

Evaluating drug solubility in lipid-based delivery systems

Understanding the solubility behaviour of the drugexcipient complex in a lipid-based drug delivery system will help...

MANUFACTURING

The Freeze Drying of Biologicals

Recent trends

Although conventional freeze drying in vials is still the predominant format, lyophilisation in alternative formats, such as pre-filled syringes,...

Clinical Trials

Managing a Major eCTD Filing

An Amgen case study

This is a case study of how Amgen manages a major electronic Common Technical Document filing. It focusses on tools and processes developed and refined from 2005 to present...

Expert Talk

M&A and Partnerships in Pharma

Rising opportunities

Because R&D productivity is a problem for pharma the partnering opportunities are basically seen in licensing and acquisitions.

M&A and Partnerships in Pharma

Indian scenario

India's growing respect and legal / regulatory framework for IPR, favourable economic policies resulting into attractive investment destination and availability of huge talent pool...

Information Technology

Regulatory Information Management

Leveraging standards and efficiencies of eCTDs

In managing Chemistry, Manufacturing and Controls documents, the larger process is involved for electronic regulatory submissions to health authorities...

Advisory Board

Alan S Louie
Research Director

Christopher-Paul Milne Christopher
-Paul Milne
Associate Director

Douglas Meyer
Senior Director

Frank A Jaeger
Director, New Business Development

Georg C Terstappen, Chief Scientific Officer, Siena Biotech S.p.A., Italy Georg C Terstappen
Chief Scientific Officer

Kenneth I Kaitin
Director and Professor of Medicine

Laurence Flint
Associate Director

Neil J Campbell
CEO, Mosaigen Inc. and Partner, Endeavour Capital Asia Ltd., USA

Phil Kaminsky
Founder, Center for Biopharmaceutical Operations, University of California, Berkeley, USA

Rustom Mody
Director, Quality and Strategic Research, Intas Biopharmaceuticals
Limited,
India.

Sanjoy Ray
Director, Technology Innovation

Sasikant Misra
Deputy Director, Confederation of Indian Industry, India.

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Next Generation Online

Outsource to Europe

The pharmaceutical industry has faced well documented challenges over the last 12 months, such as the Pfizer. The industry is only too aware of this and understands that now is the time to look at new processes and a change in the way they have traditionally done business.

INTERVIEW

GE Healthcare Expands its Life Sciences Business

Peter Ehrenheim, President & CEO, Life Sciences, GE Healthcare, UK

Pharma Bookshelf

Advances in Bioactivation Research

This volume will provide researchers with recent information on bioactivation reactions of drugs and toxicants...

Research Insights

Functions of Paracrine PDGF Signaling in the Proangiogenic Tumor Stroma

We postulated that pharmacological targeting of putative stromal support functions, in particular those...

PHARMA PROJECTS

Unigene to set up pharmaceutical facility in china

Unigene plans to build pharmaceutical manufacturing plant and R&D centres in China.

Beike Biotech to open Jiangsu stem cell storage facility in China

Jiangsu Stem Cell Storage and processing facility is to be constructed in Jiangsu province, China.

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Techno Trends

Striped Nanoparticles Improve Drug Delivery System

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have come up with the first fully synthetic...

New Technology to Monitor Crystal Formation

Researchers at the University of Leeds have come up with a technology that could help the pharmaceutical industry...

Industry Reports

Pharma 2020: Virtual R&D

Which path will you take?

A Report by PricewaterhouseCoopers
Pharma is at a pivotal point in its evolution, particularly in relation to R&D.

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