Merck KGaA donates 6 million praziquantel tablets; Another compounder recalls injected drugs;

> Irvine, CA-based Park Pharmacy & Compounding Center is voluntarily recalling two lots of drugs after investigators in a plant inspection raised questions about sterility testing. Release

> Merck KGaA has donated 6 million praziquantel tablets worth more than €400,000 to the Word Health Organization for distribution in Sudan as part of a program to treat schistosomiasis. Release

> IMCD will sell APIs manufactured by Italy's FIS in Eastern Europe and some other areas. Report

> Pushed by pharma, California has passed a bill that would limit the use of biosimilars there. Story

And Finally... Ireland has turned to more biomanufacturing as sales of small molecule products it manufactures have fallen. Report