Almac adds language-based pack unit for niche and orphan drugs
Almac says new late-stage customisation suite at its facility will cater for firms wishing to launch orphan and niche drugs in Europe.
Archives for November 25, 2010
EMA to revise guidance on GMP tech transfer to CMOs
The EMA is to develop guidance on transfer of analytical methods to tackle GMP issues arising from globalisation and increased use of CMOs.
Christie cancer centre opens early phase trials unit to help fight cancer
The Christie cancer centre in Manchester, UK, has opened a £35m (€41m) early phase clinical trial unit to help develop new treatments for a range of cancers.
Control excipient reactivity with packaging & aluminium lakes
Aluminium lakes and in-liner packaging can, in some cases, be used to control reactive components in excipients and therefore overcome drug product instability.
GSK to sell penicillin factory to Dr Reddy’s
GlaxoSmithKline will sell its oral penicillin manufacturing facility in Tennessee, US, to Dr Reddy’s for an undisclosed sum, along with US rights to its Augmentin and Amoxin brands.
SGS boosts bioanalytical capacity at French lab
SGS Life Sciences will expand bioanalytical capacity at its facility in Poitiers, France in the latest stage of its effort to become the biggest biologics testing services firm by 2014.