The Challenge of Change - Managing Excipients Control
Colorcon
09-Feb-2012 - BD posted double-digit revenue growth in China as government spending on healthcare continued despite economic pressures.
01-Feb-2012 - Pfizer is recalling 28 lots of contraceptives after a blister packaging error raised the risk of unintended pregnancy.
31-Jan-2012 - Cephalon is recalling a single lot of leukaemia treatment Treanda after glass fragments were found in a vial.
30-Jan-2012 - Zogenix is collaborating with Battelle to out-license its needle-free drug delivery technology, DosePro.
02-Jan-2012 - BASF’s new multi-functional plastic film will raise the bar for purity levels in synthetic excipients, says the firm.
22-Dec-2011 - Electroporation is the wave of the future for transdermal drug delivery, according to Parexel’s Ravi Harapanhalli.
06-Dec-2011 - Stevanato Group has pulled forward the expansion of its EZ-Fill facility in Italy by one year in a bid to dominate a bigger portion of the “rapidly expanding” ready-to-fill vials market.
05-Dec-2011 - Actavis has bought Netherlands-based PharmaPack to cut its tablet packaging lead times and freight costs.
29-Nov-2011 - The USPTO has rejected MonoSol RX’s claims that production methods for a cancer pain patch developed by BioDelivery Sciences (BDSI) infringe on manufacturing techniques it uses to make its own drug delivery films.
24-Nov-2011 - The EC is seeking industry comments before implementing the serialisation aspect of the falsified medicines directive.
22-Nov-2011 - German technology giant Schott has signed an agreement with a Chinese firm to provide the fast-growing pharmaceutical market with a range of high-end glass packaging products.
22-Nov-2011 - Biocon has begun selling a reusable insulin pen, based on Haselmeier technology, to patients in India.
21-Nov-2011 - IntraPac is creating 63 jobs by relocating operations from New Jersey to an 80,000 sq ft packaging plant in Indiana.
17-Nov-2011 - AptarGroup has bought a 20 per cent stake in Oval Medical to enter the injectable drug delivery device business.
15-Nov-2011 - Wholesalers’ trust in the quality of products from some countries could decrease vigilance and allow counterfeits to reach pharmacies, research found.
10-Nov-2011 - Neuroderm has seen “promising” results in its Phase II clinical trial of a new drug delivery patch to increase the efficacy of Parkinson’s medication.
09-Nov-2011 - Bosch Packaging has started work on a second production facility in Chengdu, China to increase manufacturing capacity.
31-Oct-2011 - Medimetrics is collaborating with Bio-Images to offer its electronic targeted drug delivery tech to clinical researchers.
27-Oct-2011 - A new antiretroviral (ARV) transdermal delivery patch developed at ImQuest Biosciences will wipe out the need for the “cocktail” of oral medication HIV sufferers have to take every day.
19-Oct-2011 - Gathering data with RFID can ensure reliable pharma packaging supply by improving delivery date predictions, researchers claim.
18-Oct-2011 - Honeywell has introduced a high moisture barrier film to protect sensitive pharmaceuticals in hot and humid climates.
13-Oct-2011 - The EU Commission could soon revise its guidance for information allowed on packaging of prescription-only medicines, after European Parliament urged it to update its original policy.
13-Oct-2011 - Sproxil and Orange have separately expanded text messaging anti-counterfeiting services in Kenya to tackle fake drugs.
06-Oct-2011 - The price of melanoma therapy could soon be slashed thanks to a new delivery system developed by US firm OncoSec.
06-Oct-2011 - Gerresheimer posted a jump in sales and upgraded guidance on strong demand for insulin pens and the Vedat acquisition.