Supplier News

UPS entered into a definitive purchase agreement to acquire Marken, a provider of supply-chain solutions for the life-science industry.

The new facility will focus on formulation development, drug product analytical development, and quality control.

The company invested more than €250 in production in China.

Recipharm is investing more than EUR1.2 million to enhance its small-scale GMP API development and manufacturing capabilities in Paderno Dugnano, Italy.

The company announce its plans to invest $7 million in the expansion of the Westborough, MA facility.

TraceLink launched the EU-hosted early access program to reduce the time, cost, and risk of achieving regulatory compliance for global requirements.

Interactive Coding Equipment has produced a detailed guide to help pharmaceutical manufacturers make informed choices in the selection of suitable coding equipment for their applications.

The technical center is a new addition to Ashland’s Shanghai facility.

Ashland opened a new pharmaceutical excipient manufacturing facility in Nanjing, China.

GENCO, a FedEx Company, introduces a multi-tenant warehouse model in Milton, Ontario, and Memphis, Tennessee.

IDT Biologika will provide fill/finish services of live-vectored virus products in clinical development through licensure.

Catalent invests $34 million to add a 2 x 2000-L single-use bioreactor system and laboratory space in Madison, WI.

Horizon announces new bioproduction outlicense deal with an unnamed partner for a minimum value of £500,000.

Datwyler is channelling more than CHF 100 million into building a new plant in the US state of Delaware, which will be used to manufacture elastomer components for injectable drug-delivery systems.

BASF announced that steamcrackers are slowly being restarted at the company’s plant in Ludwigshafen.

The new patented desiccant stoppers improve the opening of tablet tubes used to contain lozenges, effervescent, and chewable tablets.

Prefilled syringes for commercial supply of the etanercept biosimilar will be produced at Catalent’s Brussels facility in Belgium.

Natoli Engineering is hosting a technical training course on the basics of tablet manufacturing and troubleshooting. Natoli is holding the three-day course for professionals in the pharmaceutical, tablet compression, veterinary, nutritional, confectionary, and industrial markets. The dates for the 2017 course are:

A €15-million investment will be made over 2014-2016 in a biotech facility located in Tres Cantos, Spain

An explosion and fire at a BASF plant in Ludwigshafen that left two dead resulted from work on a pipeline containing ethylene and propylene product.

Recipharm announced that it has invested 5 million SEK in a new GLP bioanalysis laboratory in Uppsala.

CordenPharma announced the completion of a new highly potent process bay for APIs at the company’s Colorado facility.

The companies will collaborate the manufacture of personalized cancer vaccines.

Recipharm launched a showcase line to demonstrate the company’s new serialization solutions.

Marken announced the opening of a new depot and logistics operations center in Argentina.

The company revealed its new Always Solving corporate identity following its eventual separation from Valvoline.

The company announced that it will build a new manufacturing facility at the GMR Aerospace Park at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in India.

Constantia Flexibles acquired a flexible packaging business from Lamp San Prospero SPA.

The company invested in a new cGMP facility located in Berlin, Germany.

PaizaBio will add aseptic injectable production capacity in Hangzhou, China.