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PHARMACOS have called on the European Commission to ensure that a planned review of the European Union (EU) orphan drug regulation allows enough flexibility in the legal definition of such medicines to enable manufacturers to effectively use its fast-track market authorisation.…

THE EUROPEAN Medicines Agency (EMA) has established an expert task force on the Zika virus to advise pharmacos on securing market approval for new drugs. With no treatments currently approved and none undergoing clinical studies, EMA wants Zika medicines developed quickly.…

THE PROJECT coordinator of a European Union (EU) funded EUR15.9 million research project has explained how it has improved pharma sector flow manufacturing. Prof Walter Leitner, of RWTH Aachen University, Germany, was speaking about the now completed Synflow project. Speaking in a European Commission briefing note, Leitner said Synflow scientists developed generic methods to apply to a “broad” number of flow manufacturing processes, rather than custom-designing systems for particular medicines, as often happens.…

The 2016 outlook for the US paints and coatings industry remains positive, with experts predicting growth thanks to a resilient US economy, a strong performance by the manufacturing industry, and notable new trade agreements.

According to IBISWorld, a global market research company, the US paints and coatings industry bounced back quickly from the financial economic crisis beginning in 2008.…

THE UNITED Arab Emirates’ (UAE) fragrance retail market (unisex and those targeted at female and male consumers) experienced healthy growth in 2015 compared to 2014, increasing 8% in value terms to reach Emirati Dirham AED2.23 billion (USD607.2 million), according to market researchers Euromonitor International.…

GROWING demand for European home textiles, particularly in western Europe, is boosting demand for chemical finishes and dyes used in these products. Water and soil repellent finishes as well as flame retardant chemicals remain popular, but companies are also increasingly turning to more environment-friendly alternatives.…

WHILE international clothing buyers today have a lot of sourcing choices, this multiplicity of options can bring its own management headaches, making it important that brands make subtle, complex and fluid purchasing decisions to keep ahead of the competition, Global research firm McKinsey’s biannual sourcing survey – last published in 2015 – of chief procurement officers (CPOs) at leading apparel companies is an interesting window onto today’s complex sourcing landscape.…

IF anything is clear about the vital decision that must be made by the British electorate on June 23 about whether their country should stay within or quit the European Union (EU), it is that the pharmaceutical industry – largely – wants the UK to stay put.…

Experts predict artificial intelligence-based technology may underpin anti-money laundering (AML) measures within the next decade. With artificial intelligence (AI), or cognitive computing, services already providing significant applications in the financial crime prevention industry, several companies have begun developing and commercialising AI-based technology for AML.…

Fears have emerged that UK minerals companies could be left behind in terms of vital research and development if Britain leaves the European Union (EU) following the now scheduled June 23 in-out referendum. Industrial minerals experts and industry chiefs have been focussing on the consequences of a ‘Brexit’, but – in contrast to other industries – they have been concentrating on the potential impact upon R&D – the key to the locating and developing new deposits.…