Archives for August 6, 2008

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West’s Q2 sales and profits climb

By Gareth Macdonald

US packaging specialist West Pharmaceutical Services has carried the earnings momentum it generated in the first three months of the year through to the second quarter.

Rough quarter for Ampac Fine Chemicals

By Nick Taylor

Ampac Fine Chemicals has posted disappointing results for the third quarter of its fiscal year, which saw operating income slump from $5m to $0.6m.

Lilly sells R&D campus to Covance in pioneering deal

By Phil Taylor

Eli Lilly took a giant leap down the outsourcing road yesterday with the sale of a major R&D facility to contract research organisation Covance and the forging of additional agreement with Quintiles and i3.