COVER STORY
Future of Medicine
Personalised
An innovative approach to overcome the risk factors and stem the failure of drugs which are often developed on a trial and error basis, the concept of personalised medicine comes with its own share of benefits and challenges.
Strategy
Indian Pharmaceutical Industry
On the cusp of a great opportunity
Leading research-based Indian pharmaceutical companies spend less than 10 per cent of their sales...
Mega Mergers
Are they turning pharma companies into Zombies?
Biotech consolidation through acquisition was the primary trend in 2007 for the big pharma and the global...
Research & Development
Targeted Therapies
A sustainable business model?
Personalised medicine breaks the cycle of trial and error medicine and helps ineffectiveness rates of medicines...
Personalised Medicine
Changing business models
Personalised medicine, in which sophisticated diagnostics guide drug choice, dosing, and patient appropriateness...
MANUFACTURING
Lyophilisation Process Development
The development of optimised process for freeze-dried product is described. New available analytical tools...
OEE Systems and Software
Enhancing operational efficiency
Making the best use of the equipment and reducing costs are two of the key challenges among many that the...
Clinical Trials
Clinical Trials in Oncology
Some sense and simplicity
With the advancement of our understanding of pathobiology of many cancers, many biologically targeted agents...
Accelerating Central Nervous System Trials
Neurophysiological approaches
Techniques such as electroencephalography and evoked potential are useful tools for translation of preclinical...
Manufacturing
Demand-driven Manufacturing
Designing profitable supply chain
n life sciences, traditional supply chains were designed from the inside-out perspective.
Biopharmaceutical Operations
Developing the science
Drawing parallels with the semiconductor industry, the authors argue that biopharmaceutical firms...
Information Technology
Data Mining in Clinical IT
A real life industrialised model
Data mining has always been important to our industry. Having the ability to mine across the entire product...
A compliant IT environment with IT service management
IT can play a key role in cutting down the costs of production and helping biopharmaceutical companies maintain...
Advisory Board
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Articles
Pharmacovigilance
Moving from productivity concern to strategic asset?
During the last few years, pharmaceutical companies have shifted their focus in Pharmacovigilance...
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.
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.
e-Book | Issue 10, 2009
White Papers
Pharma's New Worldview
To date, research and development (R&D) within the pharmaceutical industry has been dominated by a developed-market perspective.
Video
Industry Updates
Pharma News
29 Jun, 2009
Sinovac receives revised approval for Panflu
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24 Jun, 2009
Merck Serono Launches RebiSmart(TM) for Multiple Sclerosis Treatment
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24 Jun, 2009
Watson Laboratories Receives FDA Approval for Levonorgestrel
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Press Releases
29 Jun, 2009
Mylan Announces Strategic Collaboration with Biocon to Enter the Globa
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29 Jun, 2009
Cordex Completes Production of ATPace(TM) Clinical Trial Material
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24 Jun, 2009
TriLink BioTechnologies, Inc. Announces Sales and License Agreement Wi
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Pharma Events
Jul 18 - Jul 20 2009
2nd Annual World Summit of Antivirals...
Jul 18 - Jul 25 2009
2nd Annual World Summit of Antivirals...
Sep 13 - Sep 15 2009
ISPE Australia Conference 2009...
I have been very impressed with the quality and timeliness of the articles. Each of...
David R. Webb
Vice President, Research
Signal Pharmaceuticals
LLC, A wholly owned
subsidiary of CELGENE, USA
The magazine looked great and there were excellent articles of huge interest.
Dr Iman El-Hariry
Group Director
Oncology MDC, Europe
GlaxoSmithKline, UK
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