Merck & Biogen to expand NC capabilities & add jobs
Biogen Idec and Merck & Co are expanding capabilities and adding jobs in Durham, North Carolina, US.
Archives for April 25, 2011
Mitsui to buy MBS to bolster CMO and strengthen in China
Mitsui is to boost its intermediate, API and finished product CMO business and expand in China by buying MBS.
Caliber opens world’s largest plant-based manufacturing facility
US-based vaccine specialist, Caliber Biotherapeutics, has opened the world’s largest modular, plant-made pharmaceutical manufacturing facility at its headquarters in Bryan, Texas.
GVK extends biomarker database deal with US FDA
Indian contract research organisation (CRO) GVK Biosciences has granted the US FDA continued access to its biomarker database in an extension of the organisations’ existing agreement.
Double-digit RFP increase at Icon encouraging for CROs
A double digit year-on-year increase in the volume and value of RFPs received by Icon has added to evidence the market is improving.
Sotax opens India unit
Tablet testing tech specialist Sotax has set up a new unit in India in the first stage of a five year plan to expand its business in the country.
Perceptive survey highlights growing interest in adaptive trial designs
Perceptive Informatics, the eClinical solutions provider and Parexel subsidiary, has released the results of a global survey which shows a growing interest in the implementation of adaptive trial designs.
Bio-Rad rolls out benchtop biomanufacturing tech at Interphex 2011
Bio-Rad has launched what it claims is the drug industry’s first all in one chromatrography platform for small-scale biopharmaceutical manufacturing.