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The possibility of a global paediatric research network has taken firmer shape in recent months with European Union (EU) industry representatives and medical regulators expressing support for a tie-up with their US colleagues and those from other countries. The issue is being taken up by a working group set up by the European Network of Paediatric Research (Enpr-EMA) in the European Medicines Agency (EMA).…

THE RE-EXAMINATION of European Union (EU) market authorisations following concerns over clinical trials conducted by GVK Biosciences in Hyderabad, India, has sparked intense debate in Brussels.

A European Parliament hearing has heard comment and details about the recommendation from the European Medicine Agency’s committee for medicinal products for human use (CHMP) that some 800 forms and dosages of medicines approved in the EU be suspended.…

IN the highly competitive cosmetics and personal care market, producers of secondary packaging are creating ever more advanced, innovative shapes and decorations to attract consumers. Whether it conveys a message of sustainability, luxury, or simplicity – secondary packaging continues to play a crucial role, often communicating multiple ideas and emotions to consumers in an instant.…

Climbing the career ladder in finance and accounting takes a willingness to take on new, difficult challenges, acquiring varied experience and clear long-term goals. No one knows this better than Grzegorz Mączyński, an ACCA fellow and the financial director and member of the board of Alstom Konstal, Alstom Transport’s branch in Poland.…

The recent moves towards loosening trade and diplomatic relations between the US and Cuba has provided a source of cautious optimism within the American auto industry.
President Barack Obama has been loosening the 54-year trade restrictions after announcing a policy u-turn on December 17 last year, but only Congress, controlled by Republicans, can actually lift the economic embargo entirely.…

WHILE the global nonwovens industry maybe booming through investments, acquisition of new sites, expansion of capacity, more customers and exhibitions all over, the same optimism cannot be applied to emerging market former starlet Brazil. Despite its huge market with 200 million inhabitants, the nonwovens sector of South America’s economic powerhouse is looking for another deep loss of steam in 2015.…

Chile has exported more than 7,000 heifers to China in its first major export of live cattle, which has just arrived at its destination, and the government hopes this might be the start of developing a long term beef livestock export trade.…

A levy on air in the Venezuela’s largest airport, Maiquetía Simón Bolívar International Airport – on both domestic and foreign flights – caused such an uproar in the South American nation last year, it has since been repealed. According to the Venezuelan Airline Association (ALAV – Asociacion de lineas aereas de Venezuela), the ‘air-tax’ was doomed by the constant complaints and delays it caused.…

JAPAN’S textile sector, including technical textiles, has long enjoyed a reputation for producing innovative and high-quality products that meet – and surpass – consumers’ needs. Over the years, companies from across the industry, ranging from low-tech spinning operations to the manufacturers of cutting-edge technical textiles, have invested heavily in their research and development divisions and their personnel to stay ahead of the competition.…

Bribing public officials is part of the regular cut-and-thrust of doing business in some parts of the world. Russia stands out, of course. Similarly some 28% of respondents in Singapore thought it was acceptable for companies to “misstate” their financial performance if it helped them, says EY in its 13th Global Fraud Survey.…