LB Bohle: Tech Center hopes to drive away hesitancy in continuous processing
LB Bohle has opened a multi-million euro Technology Center it says can help expedite the shift to continuous processing within the pharma industry.
Archives for April 19, 2015
J&J to increase wearable insulin patch-pump production
Johnson & Johnson will scale up manufacturing of a three-day wearable patch pump used to deliver insulin, in preparation for a post 2016 launch.
CMOs earn €8.4m in EU grants to help scale-up manufacturing of thermo-stable vaccines
A new round of €8.4m ($8.9m) in grants will help develop a scalable manufacturing process to wean vaccines off of their cold-chain dependency and help ensure they can be manufactured as stable and temperature independent.
PPD pushes further into Asia with new Chinese central lab
CRO Pharmaceutical Product Development (PPD) has opened a central laboratory in Shanghai, China, in order to meet growing client demand for scientific and technical services there.
HLS and Harlan create hairless mouse model
Huntingdon Life Sciences and Harlan Laboratories have launched a highly immunocompromised hairless mouse model for oncology and immunology research.
INC joins with SCRS to create site advocacy group on investigator payments
Cash-strapped investigator sites seeking new ways to ensure they get paid promptly will find some new forms of relief in a recently formed Site Advocacy Group (SAG) created by INC Research and the Society for Clinical Research Sites (SCRS).
EDQM seeks industry input on water for injection monograph revision
The EDQM is revising its water for injection (WFI) monograph to accomodate cheaper and greener alternatives to distillation and has called on injectable drugmakers to contribute.
WCG calls on 1200 member institutions to adopt Accelerated Clinical Trial Agreement
As part of efforts to reduce clinical trial start-up times, WIRB-Copernicus Group (WCG), the world's largest provider of regulatory and ethical review services for human research, said it will encourage the 1,200 members of its research network to accept...
‘We must not rest on our laurels’
GEA revenue growth for 2015 overshadowed by 1,450 job cuts
GEA said it expects to achieve a moderate organic growth in revenue and an operating EBITDA of between €580 and €620m in the current fiscal year 2015, but its growth is overshadowed by 1,450 job cuts.
PRA Health Sciences to add 87 new jobs to Welsh site
North Carolina-based CRO PRA Health Sciences (PRA) is expanding its business in Swansea, Wales, with the creation of 87 new jobs.