Chile’s Senate has approved the creation of the Environmental Ministry, which will be voted on by the parliament for final approval. The Ministry would consist of the Superintendent of Environmental Regulation for environmental monitoring and enforcement, and the Environmental Evaluation Services, which would conduct environmental impact studies. The legislation also establishes an environmental court that […]

India is an attractive location for the operations of not only the world’s largest drug companies, but mid-sized companies as well. To establish themselves in the country, many foreign firms have made acquisitions or set up small operations. Among the recent acquirers is Perrigo, which bought Vedants Drugs and Fine Chemicals this fall and plans […]

The South Korean market for clinical lab products was estimated to be $250 million in 2008. Sales of In Vitro Diagnostic (IVD) products accounted for 95% of the market, and is expected to grow 3%–10% over the next three years. Imported products account for 80% of the IVD reagent market and 100% of IVD instrument […]

In September, China’s State Food and Drug Administration issued a draft of its revised Good Manufacturing Practices for drugs. The public will have until the end of November to make comments. The last GMP standards came into effect in 1999. The new GMP adds an appendix for blood products and expands the appendix addressing sterile […]

On October 7, the European Union released details of its Strategic Energy Technology (SET) Plan, a plan for the region’s energy research over the next 10 years. The announcement included technology roadmaps for the first six European Industrial Initiatives (EIIs) for wind, solar, electricity energy grids, bioenergy, carbon capture and storage, and nuclear fission. A […]