Industry News
Stanford University Team Wins Award for Drug-Delivery Catheter Design
Combination product design takes second prize in the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance Biomedical Engineering contest.
Rexam Healthcare Expands Manufacturing for Drug Delivery Systems
New production capabilities in Normandy, France will include a cleanroom.
RAME-HART Technology Helps Boost Vaccine Production in Emerging Markets
Semi-automatic technology aids egg-based influenza vaccine production in smaller facility footprints.
PSL Develops Microsphere Refiner for Formulation of Microspheres
PSL has developed a microsphere refiner for microsphere formulation, from small scale processes to commercial production.
Catalent Expands Controlled-Release Manufacturing Facility
Catalent is investing nearly $35 million in a major expansion of its controlled-release drug manufacturing facility in Winchester, Kentucky.
Almac Expands UK Facility
Almac has announced expansion of its UK facility and a new non-GMP drug development facility at the Craigavon site, representing an investment of $21.5 million.
Boehringer Ingelheim Plans Biopharmaceuticals Facility in China
Facility will use mammalian cell-culture technology and be ready for operations by 2016.
Celerion Adds Containment Room
Modular containment room at Belfast facility allows studies of biologics and vaccines.
MorphoSys and GSK Partner in Antibody Pact
The agreement is worth up to $552 million, depending on meeting set milestones.
Sanofi Ends Development of Two Phase III Drugs
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Unither To Acquire UCB New York Plant
Unither Pharmaceuticals will acquire an UCB Rochester, NY pharmaceutical plant used to liquid pharmaceutical products.
Dr. Reddy's and Fujifilm Halt Plans for Joint Venture
The companies cancel plans to develop and manufacture generic drugs in Japan.
Institution of Chemical Engineers Discusses Process Safety
Competence in process safety is important for preventing accidents.
BT and Accelrys Technologies Unlock Value in Big Data
Cloud-computing solutions and software enable researchers to garner insight from large, public-health datasets.
Penn Pharma Opens Manufacturing Facility for Highly Potent Compounds
The South Wales, UK contained-manufacturing operation was built in less than a year using design-to-manufacture and modular approaches.
SCHOTT Introduces Cartridge Design for High-Speed Filling
New design meets new process requirements.
CEM Wins Peptide Patent Dispute with Biotage
CEM Corp. announced that its European Patent covering microwave assisted solid phase peptide synthesis has been upheld.
SCHOTT Doubles Production Capacity for Polymer Syringes
New line in Swiss facility produces ready-to-fill syringes.
Malvern Instruments and Netzsch Grinding & Dispersing Sign Agreement to Cooperate
Marketing agreement involves particle-sizing and milling equipment.
Uhlmann Group Spins Off visiotec GmbH
New company will focus on inspection, monitoring, and control systems for automated pharmaceutical manufacturing processes.
PerkinElmer Announces Collaboration with China's National Center for Drug Screening
A personalized drug research and development platform will validate biomarkers for individualized disease treatment for Chinese patients.
Metrics Inc. Offers Taste Masking for Tablets
Metrics Inc. offers Cleantaste technology, which enables polymer coating of individual drug crystals to produce particles sized 25 um to 125 um.
GlaxoSmithKline Partners with Singapore for Formulation
The parties partner for evidence-based formulations for emerging markets
GE Healthcare Awarded Contract to Design New Plant-Based Biopharmaceutical Facility in Brazil
New facility for Bio-Manguinhos will use plant-based protein expression technology.
Vetter's New Commercial Line Validated for cGMP Filling
Prefilled-syringe line features automation and novel disinfection techniques.
Catalent Biologics Expands Into ADCs
Catalent Pharma Solutions has acquired a license to market Redwood Bioscience 's proprietary SMARTag precision protein-chemical engineering technology.
Industry Briefs: April 1, 2013
A roundup of additional company and people news from pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical companies, their suppliers, and contract-service providers.
Novartis Suffers Setback in Indian Patent Case for Glivec
Novartis loses an appeal in seeking patent protection in India for its anticancer drug.
FDA Releases SUPAC Guidance
Draft guidance combines and supersedes previous guidance documents.
Industry Briefs: March 25, 2013
