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Science uses art tool to ID drug colors
Because your turquoise is likely someone else's teal, QA inspectors can have difficulty determining active pharmaceutical ingredients by color alone. But contract manufacturer Metrics has a fix.
Eight critical after phosgene leak at Wanbei Pharma
China has suffered another pharmaceutical manufacturing accident--its second in two months. Sixty-two workers were sickened Thursday afternoon at a Wanbei Pharmaceutical plant in Eastern China due to
China plant suffers two explosions
Chinese investigators report finding no contamination following two explosions at a Shandong Yanggu Zhongshi Pharmaceutical factory in Liaocheng City, about 600 miles northwest of Shanghai. Seven
Bill to boost chemical safety may burden manufacturers
Congress has introduced the Toxic Chemicals Safety Act of 2010 (H.R. 5820), an update of the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976. It calls for all chemicals to be reviewed for safety. Dangerous
Research suspended at Columbia lab over GMP violations
Drug manufacturing is a difficult business that requires great attention to detail. So there's bound to be trouble when non-manufacturing professionals do their own manufacturing--and that's what
Plant explosion, gas leak sicken 1,000 in China
A gas leak following an explosion at a pharma manufacturing plant in China has reportedly sickened 1,000 people. Sulfur dioxide is the suspected gas emanating from Apeloa Topso Pharmaceutical's plant
Plant fire kills two in India
A short circuit is suspected as the cause of a fire at a drug-making plant in Indian that has killed two. Eight others were injured; four of them critically. Chemicals stored on site likely fueled
Guidance formats risk/benefit measure
The FDA last week issued its first guidance for industry on Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS), which the regulator can require in cases where it wants to make sure that a drug's
Facility handles potent compounds and mAbs
Novasep has become the third contract manufacturer in less than two months to announce potent compound safety certification. The certification, granted by SafeBridge, applies to portions of its Le
Toxicologists critique chemical risk assessments
Majorities of toxicologists rate most government agencies as accurately portraying chemical risks, but they rate leading environmental activist groups as overstating risks and some industry groups as
