GEA extends filtration plant range
GEA Filtration has introduced a microfiltration plant for the PharmaChem industries that, it claims, can perform studies on the full range of filtration technologies using all types of filter membrane.
Archives for June 3, 2003
Rexam buys pharma packager for €125m
UK-based packaging company Rexam has reached an agreement to acquire all the shares of Risdon Pharma Development, a plastic pharmaceutical packaging business, for €125 million in cash.
Lonza bridges manufacturing gap at Visp
Swiss chemicals group Lonza has said that a new small-scale production plant at its Visp site will come on stream in July and will boost its services in the area of exclusive manufacturing of pharmaceutical products.
Pall sales and earnings leap in third quarter
Just over a year after acquiring the FSG business from Vivendi for $360 million (€307m), Pall Corp has reported a healthy hike in fiscal third-quarter sales and profits and once again raised its earnings forecast for 2003.
Cell manufacturing hike for Cambrex
Cambrex has initiated a project aimed at constructing a new facility to accommodate four cGMP-compliant suites dedicated to cell therapy manufacturing. The company said the expansion would increase its manufacturing capacity by 100 per cent.
DTI sets up 'good bioanalytical practice' programme
The UK Department of Trade and Industry has commissioned a new programme, called Measurements for Biotechnology, designed to develop and share good practice in bioanalytical methodology.