Managing Change: What Keeps Pharma CEO’s Awake at Night
At a meeting at DIA in Boston yesterday, Mike Svinte, President of Global Life Sciences at IBM provided a sneak peek and insights into a new report probing CEO challenges and concerns and their...
View ArticlePharmdog Millionaires?
Pardon the title, but on the heels of last night's Oscar best picture victory by Slumdog Millionaire, it's helpful to remind ourselves of the huge influence that the pharmaceutical industry, both...
View ArticleWill Patancheru Become Pharma's Own Chernobyl?
Today, the terrifying image of Chernobyl was invoked to describe what could happen if the pharma industry fails to deal with the problem of active ingredients within the water supply (as seen and...
View ArticleThanks to AZ, Schering-Plough and Allergan, Pharma Finally Wears the Energy Star
At long last, four pharmaceutical facilities--two at AstraZeneca, and one each at Schering-Plough and Allergan--have earned EPA's much coveted Energy Star recognition.read more
View ArticleWill Chemical Engineers Save Pharma?
From Chemical Engineering Progress, Girish Malhotra presents his prescription for the pharmaceutical industry----QbD, PAT and control all play a key role, and chemical engineers will make it happen....
View ArticleDrugs in Drinking Water: What's the Real Concern?
When it was reported months back that India had a problem with pharmaceutical pollutants in groundwater, many were alarmed but few were surprised. When drinking water contamination was exposed in the...
View ArticleFor Pharma and Biotech, It's Easy Being Green
Reading an article online today from the Boston Herald on how AstraZeneca is outfitting its new Waltham, Mass. R&D center with the latest and greatest green bells and whistles . . . it's good to...
View ArticleDrug Compounds in Water: A Manufacturing Issue Hitting Uncomfortably Close to...
Last year, we blogged about reports of unusually high levels of APIs in the water supplies in and around Patancheru, a hotbed of drug manufacturing in India. (Here are several posts, including...
View ArticleDrug Compounds in Water? Sure, Let's Try Lithium
Last week, I posted this item on current research taking place regarding the impact that drug compounds in our water supplies might have upon us, and upon the broader ecology. It's an issue we continue...
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