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Fosun Pharma and IFC to build new drug manufacturing plant in Africa

Pharmaceutical Technology

Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical (Group) is to collaborate with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to construct a new pharmaceutical production facility and distribution hub near Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The IFC will provide two loans totalling $53.49m (€50m) to Fosun Pharma’s subsidiaries.

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WHO cough mixture health alerts raises questions about slack compliance in manufacturing

Pharmaceutical Technology

Quantifying ethylene glycol and diethylene glycol in Glycerin In January this year, the WHO responded by releasing an urgent call for its almost 200-member states to act to prevent, detect and respond to incidents of substandard and falsified medical products. If you have a requirement for excipient testing, please get in touch.