Archive for the ‘Pharmacovigilance’

Mustard Tree Instruments® CEO Todd Blonshine to Present on Quality Control at Pittcon 2012

February 02, 2012 By: David D. Menzies Category: Pharmaceuticals, Pharmacovigilance

(Research Triangle Park, N.C.) Mustard Tree Instruments®, continuing to lead the way in developing innovative solutions to evolving pharmaceutical and chemical manufacturing challenges, announced today that CEO Todd Blonshine will be presenting on quality control issues at Pittcon 2012 in Orlando, Fla. on Sunday, March 11. Blonshine will be the first speaker participating in the High-Throughput Chemical Analysis session track beginning at 1:00 p.m., discussing an emerging multi-variant approach to obtaining immediate, unambiguous results from drug product samples using a combination of machine vision and Raman spectroscopy. (more…)

New Mustard Tree Verifier™ Process System 1000 Brings Radical Change to In-Process Materials Testing

January 24, 2012 By: David D. Menzies Category: Analytics, Pharmaceuticals, Pharmacovigilance

(Research Triangle Park, N.C.) Mustard Tree Instruments®, continuing to lead the way in developing innovative solutions to evolving manufacturing challenges, has added to its game-changing toolset for pharmaceutical and chemical applications.  Agile, sensitive chemical identification and composition testing of raw and blended materials can now be done online with the brand-new Verifier Process System 1000 (VPS-1000). (more…)

Mustard Tree Instruments Launches Educational YouTube Channel, New Website

January 13, 2012 By: David D. Menzies Category: Analytics, Biopharmaceutical, Biotechnology, Pharmaceuticals, Pharmacovigilance

(Research Triangle Park, N.C.) Mustard Tree Instruments®, a leader in analytical instrumentation for the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry, has launched a YouTube channel, YouTube.com/MustardTreeTV, to shine the spotlight on quality control issues leading to drug recalls and shortages in the United States and new applications of existing technology which can help solve this devastating problem. Additionally, the company has updated its seminal website, www.mustardtree.com, with new interactive features and information about its industry-renowned leadership team; at-line instrumentation products; and an overview of Raman spectroscopy. (more…)

Analytical Instrumentation Leader Strengthens Executive Team

December 15, 2011 By: David D. Menzies Category: Analytics, Biotechnology, Drug Development, Drug Safety, Pharmaceuticals, Pharmacovigilance

(Research Triangle Park, N.C.) Mustard Tree Instruments®, the leader in analytical instrumentation for the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry, has strengthened its executive team with the promotion of Peter Cregger to the position of Chief Operations Officer. Cregger will be responsible for manufacturing, engineering, software development, and project management for hardware and software products such as the VTT-1000 multi-variant testing device. (more…)

Mustard Tree Instruments® Showcases New Raman Spectroscopy Non-Destructive Verification Instrumentation for the Pharmaceutical Market

December 02, 2011 By: David D. Menzies Category: Drug Development, Pharmaceuticals, Pharmacovigilance

(Research Triangle Park, N.C.) Mustard Tree Instruments®, an innovator in analytical instrumentation for the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry, is pleased to announce that Science Officer Brisco Harward Ph.D. addressed members of the NY Section of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy (NYSAS) on November 9, 2011. Dr. Harward was invited to address the group by a leading spectroscopist who was attending a demonstration of the Mustard Tree Verifier™ Tri-Test 1000 (VTT-1000) analytical testing device earlier this fall. (more…)

Drug Safety Teams Boost Communication to Address Regulatory Scrutiny

September 15, 2011 By: NCTechNews Category: Pharmacovigilance

(Research Triangle Park, N.C.) Drug safety teams are responding to increased regulatory scrutiny and wide variations in guidelines by reaching across national, regional and organizational boundaries to share know-how on critical safety issues. (more…)

  • Packaging Cures

    RTP-based advertising and branding firm The Marketing Machine helped overcome the issue of illiteracy among medical patients in Ghana, South Africa in designing packaging for the only manufacturer of anti-retroviral drugs in the region, creating individual icons and colors to help patients understand which drugs they needed, regardless of their ability to read.

    Broadband Stimulus

    Two grants funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act are being used by MCNC to expand broadband connectivity and services throughout North Carolina and create more than 1,000 engineering and construction jobs, the organization said.

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    Defense Industry Gets More Competitive

    U.S. troop level decreases and shrinking armed forces budgets will lead to increased competition and a change in business operations for military contractors in North Carolina and throughout the nation, according to defense industry contracting expert Lea Strickland, requiring a more strategic and tactical approach to developing professional, properly-designed bid proposals.

    A Leg Up for Students

    Innovative concept-to-marketplace product design and development firm Montie Design is holding a Winter 2012 Student Design Contest for aspiring product designers in community colleges, four-year colleges, or high schools from North Carolina and Virginia, starting February 1.

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    The leader in analytical instrumentation for the pharma manufacturing industry has named a new COO responsible for manufacturing, engineering, software development, and project management for hardware and software products such as the VTT-1000 multi-variant testing device, breaking down barriers to speeding-up the drug manufacturing pipeline and cutting-down on drug shortages.

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