Author: Peter

Farmers...are growing plants in an unconventional way so they can "milk" them for rare molecules that could be used in medicines, cosmetics and agrochemicals... major companies,..BASF and Chanel, have teamed up with Plant Advanced Technologies in the hope of securing...the so-called biomolecules it extracts through the use of a patented technique.

Arrangements will improve oversight of medicines for better protection of public and animal health...European Medicines Agency and the European Commission's Directorate General for Health and Food Safety have agreed with the Swiss Agency for Therapeutic Products and the Swiss Federal Department of Home Affairs to share non-public information on the safety, quality and efficacy of medicines,...

Pharmatek has expanded its bioavailability services on the back of client demands, installing new spray dried dispersion equipment…"Spray drying has become an essential option for anyone specializing in the development of poorly soluble compounds,"….

federal appeals court has ruled that Novartis can begin selling its lower-cost copy of an Amgen Inc. drug (Zarxio biosimilar to Neupogen)....rejecting a bid to further delay the launch of the knock-off biotech medication.

Global health experts...for the creation of a $2 billion vaccine development fund to feed a pipeline of potential new shots against priority killer diseases...would help bridge the gap between early stage drug discovery work...and the late stage development and large-scale clinical trials needed to get a new vaccine to market.

International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists has raised serious concerns about patient access to vital medications..."FDA’s draft guidance overreaches far beyond the intentions of Congress and contradicts the clear language of the DQSA and previous federal legislation....it will hinder patient access to compounded medications, limit patient choice of their pharmacist, and disrupt the essential physician-patient-pharmacist triad relationship,"

Two very different eye treatments have won backing from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence for...diabetic macular oedema, paving the way for their use by the National Health Service (United Kindom)...Eylea (aflibercept) and implant Ozurdex (dexamethasone)

Jeffrey Yang, pharmacy student at Rutgers University's Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, talks about an important issue facing pharmacists. (video)

Ethiopia will start making its own APIs in 2020 according to the government which says local manufacture will improve access to medicines, curb sale of counterfeits and promote innovation…aspires to be self-reliant in essential medicines

Novartis reported $4.1 billion (3.8 billion euros) in income for the first half of the year, down 20 percent, due largely to a stronger dollar.