The final frontier: Eurofins set for Next Generation sequencing
Eurofins Genomics has installed next generation DNA and RNA sequencing systems by Roche and Illumina, citing growing sponsor demand for high throughput services.
Archives for August 17, 2014
UDG exits pre-wholesale JV; nets €70m for packaging and comms businesses
UDG Healthcare has sold its share in a pre-wholesale supply chain JV to partner Alliance Boots and outlined plans to invest some of the €82m ($110m) proceeds in its packaging and marketing businesses.
US mulls Federal Trade Zone status for Neolpharma Puerto Rico plant
US authorities are reviewing a Neolpharma request for tax breaks for APIs imported to a former Pfizer-owned plant it operates in Puerto Rico.
Small molecule, biologics manufacturing drive WuXi growth in Q2
With almost 20% year-over-year growth in its manufacturing services, Chinese CRO and CMO WuXi now expects its small molecule manufacturing and biologics to be the key drivers of growth for the next several years, Ge Li, chairman and CEO of WuXi, said.
Top CROs dominate competition in trial totals, review finds
A breakdown of trials run by the top contract research organizations (CROs) reveals that the big players are leaving little room for smaller firm to compete, according to a review by Outsourcing-Pharma.com of trials in clinicaltrials.gov.
Manufacturing issues cause recalls for Amgen, Baxter and Caraco
All three of the manufacturers announced recalls late last week either for potential contamination or cGMP (current good manufacturing practice) deviations.
G-CON launches transmissible disease containment POD
Access to portable and flexible technology could be one way of containing transmissible diseases says G-CON as it launches a more readily deployable version of its ‘POD’ manufacturing suite.