Manufacturing

The company is launching a new pre-fabricated, ready-to-run manufacturing facility that is expected to significantly decrease the production timeline for viral vector-based therapeutics.

Honeywell’s Experion Batch visualization technology provides operators with improved visibility, simplified maintenance, and faster validation.

Sartorius Stedim Biotech will supply equipment for Penn State’s new Fermentation Facility in the university’s Center of Excellence in Industrial Biotechnology.

Under an Innovate UK grant for a three-year project, Arcinova and the University of Nottingham will develop a continuous, flexible modular manufacturing technology platform.

A new report gives an overview of the work of the International API Inspection Program.

This workshop, to be held in Sheffield, United Kingdom, on June 7, 2018, will provide an introduction to the use of glass as primary pharmaceutical packaging.

A $5.5-million expansion at its Philadelphia, PA clinical supplies facility gives Catalent additional packaging and storage capacity.

The company will build a high-volume manufacturing facility for their glass packaging product in Durham County, NC.

The Parenteral Drug Association’s Data Integrity Task Force helps industry members understand regulatory requirements for data integrity.

The contract development and manufacturing organization will discuss its capabilities in topical drug products at CPhI North America, taking place April 24–26, 2018 in Philadelphia, PA.

The new facility, to be built in Toronto, Canada, will significantly increase capacity for pediatric and booster vaccines.

New filling and inspection machines and new containers and closures for injectable drugs will be on display at INTERPHEX 2018.

The biopharmaceutical firm has chosen Rhode Island as the site of its next-generation biomanufacturing plant, which will offer flexibility, speed, and efficiency.

The new 300,000-square-foot facility is considered the largest dedicated cell and gene therapy manufacturing facility with fully integrated services.

Under this global collaboration, the companies will develop encapsulated cell therapies for treating Type 1 diabetes.

Celltrion received complete response letters from FDA for its rituximab and trastuzumab biosimilars.

Anthony Qu, PhD, vice president of Scientific Affairs at Halo Pharma, will give a presentation on fixed-dose combination products, drug products containing multiple active ingredients, as an effective approach for simplified dosing at CPhI North America on Wednesday, April 25, 2018 in Philadelphia, PA.

The contract manufacturing organization’s facility in Boulder, CO, has passed general inspection from FDA.

On Tuesday, April 24, 2018, Evan Boswell, senior principal scientist at Pfizer CentreOne Contract Manufacturing, Pfizer CentreOne will give a presentation on scaling up the manufacturing process of active pharmaceutical ingredients at CPhI North America in Philadelphia, PA.

Colorcon Inc. and Applied DNA signed a supply agreement granting Colorcon exclusive right to use Applied DNA’s SigNature molecular tags in film coatings for solid oral dosage forms, and non-exclusive rights to use it in inks and colorants for SOD pharmaceuticals.

The companies have created Syna Therapeutics, a joint venture that will develop biosimilars and new molecules.

The contract development and manufacturing organization announced the addition of a new building complex that will house its headquarters in Bothell, WA.

Fujifilm acquires cell culture media companies Irvine Scientific Sales Company and IS Japan.

The active pharmaceutical ingredient and excipient provider has expanded its parenteral ingredient manufacturing capacity and lab services.