Supplier News

FDA approved a Cook Pharmica facility and a Patheon facility for manufacturing of Halozyme products.

BioReliance has introduced select in vitro ADME (absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion) and toxicology testing services its service offering. The company#&39;s range of predictive assays use a novel suite of genetically modified cell lines created with CompoZr zinc finger nuclease (ZFN), a Sigma-Aldrich proprietary technology.

Vetter's clinical manufacturing services continue to attract new business.

IDT Biologika completes large-scale biologics finishing facility in Dessau, Germany.

Colorcon announced that it will cooperate with BASF to add Kollicoat IR immediate-release coating polymer to Colorcon's film-coating portfolio.

BD announces agreement to acquire CareFusion to further medication management and patient safety solutions.

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CPhI Worldwide 2014 brings new technology and expansions from Catalent.

Capsugel has received EXCiPACT certification for its sites in Bornem, Belgium, and Colmar, France.

Consort Medical announced that it has agreed terms to acquire the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Aesica Pharmaceuticals for £230 million.

LABOCHIM SpA completes construction on multipurpose high-potent API plant in Milan.

Lucideon announced that it is investing £1.5 million to expand its headquarters to include pharmaceutical quality-control testing laboratories.

Formulation will utilize Catalent?s OSDrC OptiDose multicore drug-delivery platform.

In its 2014 annual report from CPhI Worldwide, industry experts suggest that the pharmaceutical industry needs an evolutionary approach to remain sustainable in the longer term.

Avalon Ventures and GSK add two more companies to their launch list of early-stage life-science companies.

Almac Group recently appointed two key positions in marketing: Market Development Director, and Senior Market Insight Director.

Alchem International announced that it will continue to market and support Tropane Alkaloid APIs despite earlier reports.

PCI's acquisition of Biotech Services International expands the packaging services provider's presence in Europe.

The University of Limerick will be the headquarters for a new $6.4-million research and innovation center.

Molecular Profiles has expanded its capsule filling capability following significant investment into new equipment at its clinical manufacturing site in the United Kingdom.

ProBioGen, a biopharmaceutical drug manufacturer in Berlin, spends ?20 million to double its workforce.

Natoli Engineering Company partnered with the Brooklyn campus of Long Island University to open the Natoli Institute for Industrial Pharmacy Research and Development.Natoli Engineering Company announced the opening of the Natoli Institute for Industrial Pharmacy Research and Development. The institute was opened in partnership with the Arnold and Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences on the Brooklyn campus of Long Island University and features suites for dispensing, formulation, compression, and coating.

Travtec, a packaging line solutions specialist, has opened a second facility close to its Leigh, Lancashire headquarters. This move is part of an investment to expand the company?s operations to meet continuing demand for its systems, particularly as the pharmaceutical industry prepares for the current and forthcoming track and trace legislation, including the 2017 European Falsified Medicines Directive.

DPT Laboratories acquired Media Pharmaceuticals' Lakewood, New Jersey facilities, providing space for aseptic processing suites and filling equipment.

Catalent's addition of an automated prefilled syringe clinical packaging line at its Philadelphia facility will support its work with Eli Lilly.

Meggle Group Wasserburg has been granted an EXCiPACT certificate.

ChargePoint Technology announced that it has acquired the assets of Forac Limited.

BioSpectra's Pennsylvania facility will manufacture biological buffers, pharmaceutical excipients, and laboratory reagents.

Metrics Contract Services adopts a more descriptive name and brand that identifies it as being part of the Mayne Pharma global family.

Croda, an excipients supplier, announced that it has obtained EXCiPACT certification for its excipients manufacturing site at Mevisa, Spain.