Announcing IVT's 14th Annual International Validation Week (Centre Daily Times)
The Institute of Validation Technology, a division of Advanstar Communications, has announced its 14th Annual International Validation Week - the industry's longest running and most comprehensive event dedicated to validation compliance training. Validation Week (www.validationweek.com) will take place in Philadelphia, PA from October 21-23, 2008 and will feature 39 interactive sessions and ...

Raptor Pharmaceuticals Enters Collaboration Agreement with UC San Diego in Liver Disease (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Raptor Pharmaceuticals Corp. , today announced the execution of a collaboration agreement with the University of California, San Diego to include a Phase 2a clinical trial to evaluate a delayed-release preparation of cysteamine bitartrate in adolescents diagnosed with Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis .

Ranbaxy: U.S. Charges Could Create India Woes (BusinessWeek)
The Indian government is concerned that shareholders weren't properly informed about the risks Ranbaxy faced in the U.S.