Contamination
Diagnosing the drug supply: Exposing the bad practice of manufacturers in the developing world
July 22, 2019Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cipla, Contamination, FDA, India, chin, compliance, manufacturing, pharma, regulation, valsartan
The world needs cheap generic drugs and Indian manufacturers offer a steady supply. However the quality of generics has been …
MHRA recall M&A Pharmachem’s paracetamol due to fungal contamination
June 18, 2019Manufacturing and Production Contamination, MHRA, fungal, paracetamol, pharma
The UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a recall of M&A Pharmachem’s 500mg paracetamol tablets. The …
Teva recall heart drug after carcinogen found in API
June 14, 2019Medical Communications API, Contamination, NMDA, Teva, carcinogen, pharma, recall
Teva Pharmaceuticals has expanded its recall of losartan potassium tablets after detecting a possible carcinogen in an active pharmaceutical ingredient …
Very high concentrations of pharmaceuticals found in animals in Australian streams
November 7, 2018Research and Development Contamination, ecosystems, environment, pharmaceuticals, pollution
More than 60 different pharmaceutical compounds were detected in aquatic invertebrate larvae and riparian predators in six streams near Melbourne, …
FDA warns against King Bio products after company expands recall
August 29, 2018Research and Development Contamination, FDA, homeopathy, king bio, recall
The US Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers and pet owners not to use products that have been manufactured …
Hospira in US-wide recall of product due to contamination
January 25, 2017Medical Communications Contamination, Hospira, Pfizer
Hospira, a company owned by Pfizer, has been forced to recall a batch of injectable drugs due to “the presence …
FDA hits Mylan’s Indian plants with warning letter
August 20, 2015Manufacturing and Production Contamination, FDA, Mylan, Pfizer, manufacturing, production
The FDA has served Mylan with a warning letter citing contamination at three of its manufacturing facilities in India. Inspections …
EU GMP revision comments focus on cross-contamination
December 3, 2013Manufacturing and Production Contamination, EFPIA, EU, GMP
Earlier this year the EU Commission published draft versions of four chapters in its Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) guide, and …
Intersex fish add to concerns about pharma wastewater
September 20, 2011Business Services, Manufacturing and Production Contamination, pharma manufacturing news
Researchers in France have discovered that wild fish living downstream from a pharmaceutical production plant making steroid drugs show serious …
Merck vaccines contaminated with plastic, says FDA
August 2, 2011Manufacturing and Production Contamination, Merck & Co, vaccines
Vaccines made by Merck & Co at its West Point facility in Philadelphia, US, have been found to be contaminated …
Genzyme appoint investor to outmanoeuvre Icahn
April 16, 2010Sales and Marketing Contamination, Genzyme
Genzyme has appointed the head of one of its biggest shareholders to its board in order to block a hostile …
Virus contamination found in GSK’s Rotarix
March 23, 2010Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Contamination, GSK, Vaccine, manufacturing compliance
The European Medicines Agency has demanded more information “as a matter of urgency” from GlaxoSmithKline over a virus in its …
Genzyme plays down Irish contamination
March 18, 2010Manufacturing and Production Cerezyme, Contamination, Fabrazyme, Genzyme
The contamination problems plaguing Genzyme in the US have also appeared in product manufactured at its plant in Waterford, Ireland, …
Genzyme hit by another contamination issue
November 30, 2009Manufacturing and Production Cerezyme, Contamination, Genzyme
Another manufacturing contamination issue has beset Genzyme, just as it seemed to be overcoming the problems at its Allston Landing …
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