The Challenge of Change - Managing Excipients Control
Colorcon
06-Sep-2010 - US pharmaceutical packaging firm PrePak has bought US counterpart TestPak to add back-up manufacturing capacity.
31-Aug-2010 - Syringe maker Unilife said it was hit by falling revenues, costs of US relocation and workforce expansion in Q4, but that significant business progress was made in fiscal 2010.
26-Aug-2010 - The Flexibles packaging unit acquired in Alcan Packaging deal boost sales, but integration costs hit fiscal 2010 net profit at Australia’s Amcor.
25-Aug-2010 - A review of US capabilities has concluded that the time to produce a pandemic vaccine could be halved through adoption of short-term policies.
12-Aug-2010 - Gujarat Foils says India’s position as global pharmaceutical manufacturing hub will be a key driver for the aluminium foils sector.
10-Aug-2010 - Label manufacturer ATL has licensed anti-counterfeiting technologies from Document Security Systems (DSS) to meet growing demand from pharma clients.
04-Aug-2010 - High tech packaging sales and revenue from acquired delivery businesses drive West Pharmaceutical Services growth in second quarter, but US firm cuts guidance.
03-Aug-2010 - Bilcare to buy Ineos’ rigid polymer films business for €100m ($132m) to improve access to pharmaceutical packaging customers worldwide.
28-Jul-2010 - Mylan hopes new solid-dose packaging plant in Hungary will help it increase market share in Eastern Europe.
28-Jul-2010 - Oracle has introduced an integrated mass-serialisation and pedigree application to improve pharma supply chain integrity.
22-Jul-2010 - Austria’s Constantia Packaging will pay Amcor €92m ($118m) for its Spanish Tobepal flexible packaging business.
21-Jul-2010 - The US FDA is set to make a final approval decision on the one remaining inhalable delivery insulin product, MannKind’s Afrezza, by December 29.
15-Jul-2010 - Bosch Packaging has identified Asia as a key engine for future growth as its chief announced its international presence had helped the firm to “stand our ground in the global market place” during a tough 2009.
15-Jul-2010 - Gerresheimer reports its second quarter profit from operations has grown year-on-year from €11.8m ($15.1m) to €24.8m.
07-Jul-2010 - Sagent Pharmaceuticals’ heparin sodium injection, USP, which uses packaging and labelling safety features, has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
05-Jul-2010 - Converters and manufacturers will be able to measure the real-life performance of packaging barrier products with greater speed and accuracy thanks to an enhanced water vapour transmission rate (WVTR) instrument, said Mocon Inc.
29-Jun-2010 - West Pharmaceutical Services and Japan’s Daikyo Seiko team on container technology they claim will help drugmakers ensure consistency during scale-up operations
28-Jun-2010 - New Gerresheimer CEO Uwe Roehrhoff wants the German firm to become the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industry “first choice” partner for high-tech packaging.
23-Jun-2010 - Schott Pharmaceutical Packaging has revealed details of its US-based ready-to-fill syringe production line capabilities in a manufacturing sector that has traditionally been the strong hold of countries like Germany and France.
22-Jun-2010 - Pharmaceutical and healthcare carton specialists, Chesapeake has formed an alliance with carton supplier Cartonajes Leca in a move that aims to extend its production network to southern Europe.
21-Jun-2010 - Vetter Pharma have begun construction of its latest storage facility in a move that forms part of Vetter’s recent efforts to expand its pharmaceutical logistical resources. Vetter's newest facility, located in Germany, adds to another new U.S facility as it seeks to meet differing but strict product storage and integrity standards worldwide.
16-Jun-2010 - Amcor said its takeover of Ball Plastics Packaging Americas for US$280m is an important strategic move that will allow it to diversify packaging formats, as well as expand its manufacturing capabilities and market share.
16-Jun-2010 - Nearly half of healthcare supply chain executives are planning to expand into emerging markets in the next 18 months, according to a UPS survey, but are concerned about the process.
09-Jun-2010 - Becton Dickinson (BD) is launching what could be the world’s smallest pen needle designed for insulin delivery. Patients in the United States will be the first recipients as BD aim to head up a market worth roughly $174bn (€145bn).
08-Jun-2010 - The Consortium for the Advancement of Patient Safety (CAPS) says research shows that USP plans to restrict printing on pharmaceutical vial ferrules and caps are “ambiguous and vague.”