West Pharmaceutical Services has reported a huge surge in both
sales and profits for its second quarter, spurred on by the
increasing demand for injectable drugs as well as the lucrative
Exubera manufacturing contract, which helped...
Nanogen and Fisher Scientific have announced an expansion to their
relationship to include a research and development collaboration in
molecular diagnostics. The collaboration agreement complements
Fisher's equity investment...
Chinese company Dragon International has fought its way into its
first packaging materials distribution deal in the burgeoning
Indian pharmaceutical market.
Purdue Pharma is the first drug manufacturer to implement a new
software program that allows firms to order all Schedule I & II
controlled substance purchases on a single electronic form -
potentially saving up to 90 per cent...
Anderson Packaging has bought 12 acres of land next to its existing
US headquarters and now plans to build another new facility to
expand its contract pharma packaging capacity by 20 per cent.
Pfizer has issued another recall for packs of its blockbuster
cholesterol drug Lipitor after UK regulators found evidence of more
counterfeit product in the legitimate supply chain from a batch
whose withdrawal was supposed to have...
Irish pharmaceutical specialist Guy & Co has been strengthened
by the recent acquisition of leading US-based pharmaceutical
packaging specialist Pharmagraphics according to its parent company
and will now be known as Pharmagraphics...
Labelling and packaging equipment company Advanced Dynamics has
unveiled a new machine to label the outer packaging of
pharmaceutical products in Braille, allowing companies to comply
with EU regulations.
In an incident Roxane Laboratories warns could have
life-threatening consequences, a manufacturing lot of azathioprine
tablets has been recalled in the US and Puerto Rico following the
discovery of methotrexate tablets in one of its...
AstraZeneca will be using Werum's PAS-X system at its two German
production sites to collect operating data from its packaging lines
and define and evaluate key performance indicators (KPI), improving
equipment performance.
French-owned software firms Axway and Cyclone Commerce have joined
forces with US drug distribution firm McKesson to develop new and
cost-effective IT to support the pharma industry in its venture to
introduce item-level tracking...
The Videojet 1310 ink jet printer from Videojet Technologies is now
available in North America with a simpler user interface, similar
to its popular Videojet Excel ink jet printer.
GS1, the global not-profit organisation, that designs and
implements barcode standards, has announced a global adoption date
of 1 January 2010 for a new bar code with Reduced Space Symbology
(RSS), which can store more data in half...
Copapharm Europe, the alliance of specialist packaging companies,
has announced "healthy" sales figures for 2005, as its
one-stop pan-European approach to the supply of pharmaceutical
packaging equipment is becoming more...
Boehringer Ingelheim Roxane (BIRI) has integrated Multisorb's
sorbent packets in its moisture prevention system, reducing costs,
decreasing downtime, and increasing line speed.
A Dutch trial of battery-powered radiofrequency identification
(RFID) tags in standard medication blister packages, sponsored by
Novartis, has demonstrated the benefits the technology can have for
patient compliance but also the prohibitive...
Vertex Pharmaceutcals was one of a number of pharma and biotech
companies to attend the PiperJaffray healthcare conference in
London last week, which gave international companies the
opportunity to provide pipeline updates.
Vintage Pharmaceuticals, a generic drugmaker with plants in North
Carolina and Alabama, has pleaded guilty to 19 felony counts of
producing adulterated drugs and introducing them into interstate
commerce.
The worldwide market for supply chain management (SCM) software is
tipped to grow 8.6 per cent a year to reach over $8.3m (€6.8m) in
2010, driven by the need to streamline supply chain processes and
improve productivity.
A recently published report has highlighted the use of antibiotics
in the rearing of fish could promote bacterial resistance leading
to the evolution of resistant strains of bacteria in humans as well
as the fish themselves.
Newly-formed Sentry Logistic Solutions has built its first bridge,
forming a partnership with BioStorage Technologies to offer global
biopharma companies the first cold chain storage/logistics service
that spans all phases of drug...
Using quick disconnect couplings in fluid handling and
manufacturing operations is the safest way to protect brand
integrity by capturing fluid and product data from point of origin
through point of use, according to a top Colbert...
Contract packaging firm Testpak has become the first company to
install production equipment that allows it to make Stora Enso's
prize winning child-resistant and senior friendly packaging.
The first revisions to the layout of drug package inserts in 25
years will come into effect as of June 30 and the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) has released a draft technical document to
help drug manufacturers incorporate the...
Medical technology company e-pill has unveiled a new automated pill
dispenser which delivers medications at the right time and in the
right amount, ensuring compliance.
UK firm Domino Printing Sciences has launched a new data print
solution that will allow the late stage customisation of printing
on pharmaceutical packages.
While praising the benefits of radio-frequency identification
(RFID), the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has refrained
from demanding its implementation in new measures it unveiled to
combat counterfeit drugs, asking instead...
TAGSYS have developed two new item-level radio frequency
identification (RFID) readers that it claims will improve
pharmaceutical inventory management.
Packaging pre-production specialist, Esko has launched a new
programme that it claims will streamline the pharma packaging
process and bring new products to market up to 40 per cent faster.
German packaging firm Gerresheimer has ventured further into China,
buying a majority interest in Chinese pharmaceutical packager
Shuangfeng Group and gaining entry into the Chinese market for
tubular glass packaging for the first...
Pro Mach, one of the largest providers of packaging products,
services and integrated solution sets in North America, has
acquired Allpax Products, a manufacturer of sterilisation, material
handling and automated control systems for...
Cardinal Health is about to embark on a first-of-its-kind
radiofrequency identification (RFID) tag pilot that tests the
viability of the new technology across the entire supply chain,
from item throughout to case and pallet level.
Amcor Flexibles has launched a new tear open feature for foil drug
packaging that it claims is both child resistant and senior
friendly and cheaper to make than current methods.
The boom in advanced drug delivery devices is creating demand for
specialist manufacturers that can rise to the challenge of making
these complicated devices, although such companies are currently
thin on the ground.
Skyepharma has finally found a partner to license and market its
new asthma drug delivery product after over a year of searching and
one big-pharma partnership that went belly up in 2005 - giving the
company new hope of revamping...
Global packaging giant MeadWestvaco has acquired Saint-Gobain
Calmar, a manufacturer of plastic dispensing and spraying systems,
looking to establish a solid footing in primary packaging.
Following disappointing financial results in 2005, Italian
packaging group IMA has swung into profit in the first quarter of
2006 from a loss in the first quarter of 2005, buoyed by an upswing
in orders from the pharmaceutical industry.
Sentry Logistic Solutions has debuted on the pharma scene,
launching a new range of services dedicated soley to the cold-chain
logistics, storage and packing of bulk pharmaceutical and
biotechnology components and finished products.
Bang & Olufsen Medicom has joined with specialist device
manufacturer Bespak to co-develop and co-market a new single
increment dose counting inhaler for the expanding asthma and COPD
(chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) market.
The Tech Group has experienced a quarter of explosive growth as it
ramps up production for the launch of Exubera - Pfizer's
newly-approved and much-anticipated needle-free insulin.
The move to make pharmaceutical companies more open to scrutiny has
taken a new direction as the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
moves to adopt a system that will allow the electronic coding of
crucial terms used in prescription...
A new vaccine, which can be distributed without refrigeration and
is stable at room temperature for prolonged periods, could ease the
threat of supply problems with pandemic influenza vaccines by
allowing safe stockpiling of the treatment.
The global smart packaging market will grow to $4.8bn (€3.8bn) in
2011 and reach $14.1bn in 2013, presenting big opportunities in the
pharma sector - the second largest growth market behind food and
beverage, according to a new report.
A new method being developed to deliver chemotherapy to cancer
patients without incurring side effects could also reduce patient
numbers who die from the effects of chemotherapy caused by the high
doses to tackle the cancer.
An oral adhesive disc inserted in the cheek could provide a
breakthrough for pain sufferers as the technology does not require
removal upon completion of the drug delivery, having been designed
to disintegrate in the mouth leaving...
DataLase has launched a revolutionary new label replacement
solution that it claims will greatly improve the logistics of
secondary pharma packaging as well as slash costs.
Bosch Packaging Technology will be launching new packaging and
processing technologies for pharmaceutical applications at Achema,
with products that cover pharmaceutical production, validation, and
packaging.
Materials science firm Datalase has announced it has expanded its
UK facility, targeting the pharmaceutical industry by applying its
colour change technology in secondary packaging and on-product
tablet marking.
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has begun distributing Trizivir tagged with
radio frequency identification (RFID) technology as it intensifies
efforts to combat counterfeiting.