PharmTech Europe News

The API and drug product provider will invest £375,000 (US$493,000) in additional nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) instrumentation at its headquarters in Craigavon, UK.

Findings from a survey show that some companies have not yet taken the necessary steps to ensure the continuity of medicine supply in the European Union after the United Kingdom’s departure.

The agency is reviewing products containing valsartan supplied by Zhejiang Huahai Pharmaceuticals, a company in Linhai, China.

The European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & Healthcare highlighted the organization’s achievements in 2017, including the first mAb monograph.

FDA, EMA, and senior officials from the European Commission met to discuss the EU-US mutual recognition agreement for inspections, the development of advanced therapies, the requirements for approving generic drugs, and Real-World Evidence used for post-authorization monitoring.

The new industry-led Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Center (MMIC) will offer a unique service to develop and implement novel manufacturing techniques.

Bowe Systec has developed a modular stand-alone solution specifically designed to meet serialization requirements and that combines all the necessary functions in a single system. The new serialization solution will make its debut at Achema 2018.

The Future Vaccine Manufacturing Hub will work with CPI as well as other UK institutions to address challenges of vaccine production and distribution so that the spread of new diseases can be effectively tackled.

Pharmaceutical companies and their contractors are reorganizing their manufacturing lines and logistics to ensure compliance with the serialization requirements, but many SMEs are struggling to meet the deadline.

The mechanical process technology company will exhibit its technological and consulting services for solid-liquid filtration applications at Achema 2018.

The energy management company will present its liquid filtration solutions at Achema 2018, taking place on June 11–15 in Frankfurt, Germany.

Bosch Packaging Technology will introduce its newest R&D device for continuous oral solid dosage production at Achema 2018.

Coperion will be presenting a new, innovative pneumatic conveying process for plastic pellets that consumes up to 35% less power and generates up to 98% less dust at Achema 2018. Fluidlift ecoblue enables manufacturers of plastic granulates to increase product quality while reducing specific power consumption.

Rommelag will showcase its single-use, flexible packaging system at Achema 2018.

Rommelag will showcase its blow-fill-seal technology that collectively offers container production, aseptic filling, and container closure.

Bosch Packaging Technology will present its new modular freeze dryer at Achema 2018.

Glatt Ingenieurtechnik has added compact continuous agglomeration equipment and new control systems to its "modular plant engineering" portfolio.

Optima will also display the freeze dryer CS and the sterility test isolator STISO at the show.

Hapa addresses the topics of four-color printing on blister packages, serialization, and digitalization at Achema 2018.

Netzsch will present a new compact grinding/separating system, LabCompactPlus, for chemical, pharmaceutical, and cosmetic laboratories at Achema 2018.

CoorsTek will highlight two new ceramic membrane filter technologies at the show-the multi-tube system, which consists of four single ceramic tubes connected together into a single ceramic part, and the hollow fiber system, which consists of ceramic tubes assembled into a high-density module.

Representatives from the two pharmacopeias held a symposium on European and Indian legislation and regulatory requirements regarding the quality of drugs.

The BioIndustry Association has called on the British government to introduce a new venture capital fund structure that will enable the public to invest in the United Kingdom’s biotech revolution.

Huber Kältemaschinenbau presents new temperature control solutions for research, laboratories, and production in Frankfurt.

The technology, known as Verifi, is available with the ChargePoint’s range of valves that ensure safe and contamination-free handling of API and other formulation ingredients.

Herma’s new label removal unit reduces the time for discharging misprinted labels by more than half.

Romaco will display the IHD series for processing hot melt coatings at Achema 2018.

The agency updated its list of recommended influenza virus strains that manufacturers should include in vaccines for the autumn 2018 season.

EMA and its new host country have finalized the terms of the agency’s relocation to Amsterdam.

The European Pharmacopoeia Commission has approved a general monograph laying down harmonized requirements for LBPs for human use and two general chapters addressing microbiological contamination of LBPs.