A roundup of additional company and people news from pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical companies, their suppliers, and contract-service providers.
Company News
Coldstream Laboratories is expanding its Louisville, Kentucky, sterile-manufacturing facility. Read More
Dendreon has announced a restructuring plan to reduce costs by approximately $150 million annually. The plan includes the closure of its Morris Plains, New Jersey, manufacturing facility. Read More
GlaxoSmithKline has announced the acquisition of 79% of Human Genome Sciences’s shares, and is beginning a subsequent offering period to acquire the remaining shares. Read More
NSF International has acquired Becker & Associates Consulting, a clinical, regulatory, and scientific-consulting firm. Read More
People Notes
Array BioPharma has named Andrew Robbins as senior vice-president of commercial operations. Read More
Daicel has appointed Dieter Heckmann as executive officer. He will assume responsibility for global operations of the Chiral Pharmaceutical Ingredients company, reporting to Misao Fudaba, president and CEO of Daicel.
Quanticate has appointed Sally Du Toit as vice-president of pharmacovigilance and Chris Cramer as vice-president of clinical data management. Read More
Takeda Pharmaceutical has appointed Christopher Hohman as vice-president of its corporate communications department. Read More
Diving Deep into Carrier-Based Formulation and Process Optimization
December 23rd 2024Carrier-based formulations for dry powder inhalers are carefully designed to transport extremely small particles into the lungs. Jet milling can be used to micronize these particles, with both high and low shear mixing processes used to formulate mixtures capable of carrying the fine API particles into the deep lung. This paper looks at the requirements for pulmonary delivery via carrier-based inhaled powder formulations, and how jet milling can be used to manufacture effective and stable materials for these formulations