West scaling up AZ plant on demand for Smartdose wearable injector
Demand for West’s wearable injector - which uses the recently-approved Crystal Zenith delivery system - has led to the expansion of a facility in Arizona.
Archives for July 20, 2015
Another injectables recall for Mylan
Mylan has recalled 14 lots of calcium chloride intravenous infusion after customers found the prefilled syringes were not compatible with needless adaptors.
Summit up as Celgene steps in to buy Merck & Co. campus
Celgene will take over a Merck & Co. facility in Summit, New Jersey which had been earmarked for closure.
PRA gets creative in attracting more top talent
In an industry with high employee turnover rates, CROs (contract research organizations) are now turning to new, creative ways to try to recruit and retain top talent.
Research consortium looks to identify biomarkers for autism treatments
A new four-year research project involving a consortium of government, non-profit and other large biopharma partners is aiming to create a set of measures that can be used in clinical trials to determine which ASD (autism spectrum disorder) treatments...
J&J plans to reopen site in PA, relaunch OTC portfolio
J&J says it expects to reopen the Pennsylvania site it was forced to close after a spate of manufacturing problems with its OTC pain drugs.
Thermo Fisher partners with CDC to aid public health labs
Thermo Fisher Scientific has developed new software via a partnership with the Special Bacteriology Reference Laboratory at the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) that helps public health labs to more quickly identify microbial pathogens...
Stem Cell Theranostics secures "freedom to operate" in IP deal with GE Healthcare
Stem Cell Theranostics has secured rights to the technology it uses to make cellular heart disease models for drug development through a deal with GE Healthcare.