AMRI recorded a $6.0m (€4.6m) operating loss in the second quarter as restructuring charges and the lack of milestone payments offset contract service gains.
High tech packaging sales and revenue from acquired delivery businesses drive West Pharmaceutical Services growth in second quarter, but US firm cuts guidance.
Recently-acquired Italian R&D facility helps Aptuit win new contract after local neuroscience-focused developer Siena Biotech names the CMO as “supplier of choice.”
Cellexus has expanded its disposable bioreactor offering with a unit designed to give biomanufacturers greater flexibility in their choice of cell lines.
Research into the use of quadrupole resonance spectroscopy (QR) for non-invasive, non-destructive detection of counterfeits has been boosted by a grant.
Colorcon will buy Indian group Pharmaceuitcal Coatings to expand both its tablet film coating business and presence in “rapidly growing” pharmaceutical market.
Algeta has signed a deal making it the exclusive supplier of Alpharadin (radium-223) to Bayer, prompting the expansion of the production facility at IFE.
Indian contractor Terrene Pharma has filed a DMF for hard gelatin capsules with the US FDA, signalling its intention to expand in the world’s most lucrative drug market.
Mandatory recalls of drugs posing an imminent threat to human health could be initiated by the US FDA if a bill introduced last week is passed into law.
Germany’s Merck KGaA has completed its $7bn (€b5.2n) acquisition of Millipore, unveiling plans to target “high-growth, high-margin” bio-research and bio-production markets.
Penn Pharma and Xcelience have formed an Xcelodose-focused joint venture to meet client demand in Europe and Asia for powder-in-capsule (PIC) services.
Millipore is targeting protein manufacturers with a new chromatography resin that, the firm claims, offers flexibility and high throughput with a small manufacturing footprint.
Pharming has entered into a toll manufacturing agreement with Sanofi Chemie to boost capacity, secure supply and lower costs of Ruconest (conestat alfa).
Contract research organisation (CRO) Diteba Research Labs says partnership with fellow Canadian-based Thesis Chemistry reflects increasing customer demand for API and intermediate synthesis.
West Pharmaceutical Services and Japan’s Daikyo Seiko team on container technology they claim will help drugmakers ensure consistency during scale-up operations
Results from PAT humidity monitoring research will improve API granulation process, product yields and reduce variability during drug manufacture, says NextPharma.
New Gerresheimer CEO Uwe Roehrhoff wants the German firm to become the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industry “first choice” partner for high-tech packaging.
A new technique developed by researchers has yielded results, which suggests that drug production and manufacturing can essentially be achieved without toxic by-products.
Schott Pharmaceutical Packaging has revealed details of its US-based ready-to-fill syringe production line capabilities in a manufacturing sector that has traditionally been the strong hold of countries like Germany and France.
Vetter Pharma have begun construction of its latest storage facility in a move that forms part of Vetter’s recent efforts to expand its pharmaceutical logistical resources. Vetter's newest facility, located in Germany, adds to another new U.S facility...
SPX Corporation has announced its Flow Technology division is to acquire Anhydro A/S as it highlighted processing expansion in the food and pharmaceutical sectors as a key part of its growth strategy.
The role of the pharma industry in supporting the COE anti-counterfeiting treaty, which aims to criminalise activities, “cannot be underestimated”, according to a directorate member.
Pall and New Brunswick have teamed up to develop and supply new disposable bioreactor technologies, targeting growing demand for products that improve quality and reduce cost of biomanufacturing.
The DCGI has banned import of raw materials from 10 Chinese companies which lacked mandatory manufacturing standards, according to The Economic Times of India.