Pharmaceutical Outsourcing covers news of importance to the contract services segment of the pharmaceutical industry.
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CHICAGO (AP) — For the first time, a major study shows that a drug targeting the body's disease-fighting immune system may improve survival for the most common form of lung cancer
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Biochemists Emmanuelle Charpentier from France and Jennifer Doudna from the United States have been awarded Spain's Princess of Asturias scientific research award for their work in biotechnology.
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah state attorneys have asked an appeals court to clear the way for a contentious law that bans price fixing by contact lens makers and could have wide-ranging implications for the $4 billion industry
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BioClinica®, Inc., has announced that David Peters, an accomplished senior finance and accounting executive, has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and will be joining BioClinica on June 8, 2015.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's effort to curb the use of antibiotics in animals raised for meat is starting with his own employees.
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Actavis and its partner Perrigo Company have announced today Actavis has received FDA approval for its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for guaifenesin/pseudoephedrine tablets.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The makers of a pill intended to boost sexual desire in women will try again this week to persuade regulators that the drug warrants approval after two rejections.
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AmerisourceBergen has announced plans to build three new distribution centers in Olive Branch, MS; Shakopee, MN; and Newburgh, NY.
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Accuratus Lab Services and its principal owner, Ampersand Capital Partners, have announced the acquisition of the chemistry, manufacturing and controls (CMC) operation of Array BioPharma.
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Cardinal Health will spend about $1.12 billion to buy pharmaceutical distributor The Harvard Drug Group in a deal that aims to build its generic and over-the-counter drug businesses.
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SmartLipo365 is voluntarily recalling 122 lots of Smart Lipo (800, 900, 950 mg) capsules, to the consumer level. FDA received samples of 800 and 900mg capsules of Smart Lipo and the lab results found the Smart Lipo products to contain undeclared ...
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Eli Lilly has committed another 780,000 vials of insulin to the International Diabetes Federation's Life for a Child program.
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Halozyme Therapeutics has announced its chief financial officer David Ramsay will retire this summer, and named biotech veteran Laurie Stelzer as his successor. Stelzer will assume CFO duties on June 15 and will work with Ramsay through a transition ...
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The lawsuit was filed in response to an Abbreviated New Drug Application, or ANDA, filed by Actavis. In its application, Actavis seeks to market and sell generic versions of the currently approved doses of Contrave®.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The drug industry's decade-spanning search for a female equivalent to Viagra took a major step forward Thursday, as government experts recommended approval for a pill to boost sexual desire in women.
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