Rising demand in China has led to Toray Fine Chemicals (TFC) establishing a joint venture to produce dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO), a reaction solvent in pharma production.
US contract services firm KBI Biopharma has begun using the PER.C6 platform for cell line generation as part of its offering to meet growing demand for biomanufacturing services.
Sanyo Biomedical and Environmental Solutions claims the H202 steralisation approach used by its Steisonic CxP MCO-19AIC(UVH) cell incubator system is an industry first and effective replacement for ethylene oxide (EtO).
Sigpack Systems, a subsidiary of Bosch Packaging Technology, claims its new toploader unit will both improve the efficiency and cut the cost of handling delicate pharmaceutical packaging.
Swiss drugmaker Helsinn has unveiled plans to add high-potency API R&D and manufacturing capacity to its facility in Biasca in the south of the country.
Millipore has ramped up capacity for its Mobius range of single use bio-processing and manufacturing technologies with a new purpose built production facility in Danvers, Massachusetts.
Swiss life sciences solutions firm Lonza has been contracted by US biotechnology group Elusys Therapeutics to produce Anthim, its late stage Ab candidate treatment for anthrax infection.
Sweden’s Alfa Laval says ART PR49, its combined chemical reactor and heat transfer plate, improves the efficiency of chemical production and helps reduce energy costs.
Sanofi Aventis will pay Pfizer €30m ($41m) for a former Exubera manufacturing plant in Frankfurt-Höchst, Germany that was due to be bought by inhaled insulin specialist MannKind.
CMO Kemwell is receiving technical assistance from Boehringer Ingelheim for the construction of its new biotech facility, which is designed to marry European technology with Indian low cost manufacturing.
IT solutions firm Merge Healthcare has won the race to buy eClinical specialist etrials, beating previous suitor Bio-Imaging Technologies whose takeover bid collapsed on Monday.
GE Healthcare hopes its new modular validation platform (MVP) will change the way drugmakers think about how they create new plants and bring existing manufacturing facilities up to code.
CMO Richter-Helm BioLogics has achieved a 60 per cent increase in yield using technology from Upfront Chromatography, which demonstrated its system at BIO 2009.
Piramal Healthcare’s new clinical trial manufacturing, packaging and distribution centre in Northumberland, UK will help pharma industry customers to “build cost saving at an early stage,” according to European strategic manager Martin Hunt.
Telstar unveiled a range of products at Achema 2009 in Frankfurt, Germany last week, including its compact unloading system that forms part of its automatic vial loading system and aims to minimise installation space.
A new 9,500 unit per hour sterilised syringe filler was a highlight of Bosch Packaging Technology’s busy programme of machine launches at Achema 2009 in Frankfurt, Germany this week.
ExcellGene’s OrbShake 250L mammalian cell culture bioreactor has equalled biomass productivity and oxygenation levels previously only achieved by traditional stirred tank systems.
UK software group Cisiv has unveiled a web-based EDC platform, Baseline Plus, which is specifically tailored to meet the demands of post market trials.
US chemistry firm PharmaTek Laboratories has a green light to start making high potency APIs and cytotoxics at its facility in California after meeting strict safety and control rules that govern their production.
French drug major Sanofi Aventis has unveiled plans for a €200m ($268m) biotechnology investment at its manufacturing facility in Vitry-sur-Seine near Paris, under its collaborative Biolaunch project.
US strategic consultants CourtSquareGroup say that while optimisation of operations is key for the drug industry, companies risk losing the business knowledge required to undertake such action in the scramble to cut costs in the global downturn.
SAFC and Vivalis have launched a new media designed to allow the latter’s commonly used virus producing EB66 cell line to grow at higher cell densities and produce higher yields.
Xspray has doubled its personnel and laboratory space in response to demand for its manufacturing service, which is designed to overcome the drawbacks associated with micronisation.
US drug packaging firm Aylward Enterprises has called in Siemens’ energy and automation division to help design the latest generation of its ACT 9000 series bottle filling machine.
Construction of a new stem cell research and processing plant began yesterday in China’s Eastern Jiangsu province as part of a joint project between the Chinese government and Shenzen Beike Biotechnology.
Domino Printing is expanding its presence in Portugal through the €7m ($9m) acquisition of Labeljet SA and its subsidiary Marque TDI, which is currently a distributor for the traceability specialist.
The FDA has approved Biogen Idec to manufacture Tysabri using a high titre process but the product’s sales have been “negatively impacted” by the cases of patients developing PML.
Biopharmaceuticals firm Shire will cease manufacture at its plant in Owings Mills, Maryland, US with the loss of 260 jobs in the latest stage of its plan to wind up the in-house production of small molecule drugs.
Companies are maintaining their spending on quality control measures despite the challenging operating environment, according to Matthew Kopecky, product manager at Sparta Systems.
PTI Packaging Systems chose this year's Interphex show to introduce its new unit dose, or "stick pack," production machine to the North American packaging sector.
Novozymes and Millipore have launched an animal-free culture supplement, which has been designed to reduce risk and regulatory pressures in upstream biopharmaceutical processes.
The use of intelligent sorbents to improve product stability can save companies six to 12 months of development and boost revenues, according to Adrian Possumato, global director at Multisorb.
ESS Technologies’ says its unique robotic loading system improves the speed, efficiency and accuracy of pharmaceutical manufacturers’ tube filling and closing operations.
Bayer Technology Services GmbH, an affiliate of Germany's Bayer, has opened its first regional office in India, enlarging its presence in the fast-growing Asian markets.
Canada’s Winpak has gained an exclusive license to use Reynolds Packaging’s manufacturing know-how in the production of packaging for the drug and healthcare industries.
Custom micronisation and milling firm SDTech has bolted on particle size analysis to its suite of drug industry offerings through a new collaboration with UK analysis specialist Malvern Instruments.
Pall’s Stax single-use depth filter attracted interest from a “number of biotechnology companies” at Interphex, according to director of marketing Ian Sellick who explained how the system can save space, time and money.
Since coming into effect late last year, US Code of Federal Regulations-21 parts 210 and 211 testing rules have been the subject of much confusion in the pharmaceutical industry, according to West Pharmaceutical Services.
Operations at SAFC Biosciences’ facility in Kansas, US have been made animal component-free (ACF) under a division-wide strategy to keep pace with customer demands and changing regulations.
A US pharmacy’s attempt to implement simpler packaging that clearly communicates information to patients has failed to improve compliance, according to a study.
Flexibility is going to be a key driver for the pharmaceutical market in the next few years, according to Millipore's VP of downstream processing Paul Chapman.
The global economic downturn, impending blockbuster patent expiries and the wave of consolidation sweeping the pharmaceutical industry will drive demand for Patheon’s restructuring service according to CEO Wesley Wheeler.
Hewlett-Packard has made its high-volume digital press commercially available, which it claims can cut waste, warehousing and environmental impact compared to analogue printing.
Vetter Pharma-Fertigung (VPF), a specialist provider of pre-filled injection systems, has formed a new subsidiary, Vetter Pharma International (VPI) to take charge of sales, marketing and customer services.
St Patrick’s Day celebrations weren’t the only thing bringing people together in New York last week as the pharmaceutical manufacturing and outsourcing industries gathered at the Jacob K Javits convention centre for Interphex 2009.
Industrial manufacturing specialist Honeywell has been contracted to manage and control production processes at the newly constructed US operations of UK biotechnology company Shire.
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