Singapore pharma on recovery path after worst output in decades

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore’s pharmaceuticals business, among the pillars of the city-state’s manufacturing sector, is set to return to strength this year as big global drugmakers ramp up output and advance automation at their production sites across the country.


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Israel to launch Big Data health project

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel will invest nearly 1 billion shekels ($287 million) in a project to make data about the state of health of its population available to researchers and private companies, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday.


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FDA moves to limit ingredients for bulk drug compounding

BOSTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday took steps to restrict what pharmaceutical ingredients large compounding pharmacies can use to manufacture drugs in bulk that do not go through the agency’s approval processes.


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