As with every year in March, five thousand attendees throughout the pharmaceutical and biotech industry converge on a city in the United States for the Society of Toxicology ToxExpo Meeting / Conference. These attendees are there to attend more than 2,000 presentations and meet with more than 250 exhibitors throughout Canada, the United States, [...]
In order to meet the safety standards enforced by regulatory authorities, food commodities and botanicals are required to undergo pesticide residue testing. The tests described in the U.S. Pharmacopoeia <561> “Articles of Botanical Origin” and the European SANTE/11813/2017 guidance documents allow for the quantitative and qualitative analysis of these pesticide residues. These analyses are [...]
Nitrosamine impurities have recently become a very important topic in the world of pharmaceuticals. Ever since unacceptable levels of this probable carcinogen were detected in common drugs (including angiotension II receptor blockers, Zantac, metformin), regulatory authorities have recognized the need to reduce this risk and educate others on the matter. At the beginning of [...]
The COVID-19 pandemic is serious and affects us all. Nucro-Technics is a business that has been deemed an essential service. Put simply, as part of our routine activities, the testing that we do allows for drugs to be released into the market. These are drugs that are being used to help treat people with the [...]
Health Canada recently sent a letter to Market Authorization Holders (MAHs) about nitrosamine testing of impurities in human pharmaceutical products. Nitrosamine are genotoxic compounds that are potentially carcinogenic even at low exposure levels. What the regulators are asking is for the MAHs to perform Nitrosamine testing to evaluate levels of these impurities which include [...]
Over the past week or so, drugs containing Ranitidine have been in the news with provocative headlines like: Drugmaker halts shipments of ranitidine heartburn medication Novartis halts distribution of Zantac drug amid probe into impurities Carcinogen Scare sets of Global Race to Contain Tainted Zantac Health Canada requests that companies stop distributing ranitidine drugs [...]
Nucro-Technics is very pleased to announce that it has been approved by the Eurostars program as part of a consortium led by Addex Therapeutics. The project, named DiSARM FEAR, is for the development of a novel allosteric modulator to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This venture involves an international group of companies that span [...]
As with every year in June, twenty thousand attendees throughout the pharmaceutical and biotech industry converge on a city in the United States for the BIO Conference. These attendees cover more than 1,000 biotech companies, academic institutions, regional hubs, and related organizations throughout Canada, the United States, and across the world. Nucro-Technics has been [...]
There is one month until cannabis is legalized in Canada. Judging by the activity that took place at the second annual Grow Up Conference and Expo from September 7-8, 2018, one can be excused from thinking that this has already happened. Hundreds of vendors were set up in the expo hall. Thousands of attendees [...]
