The Challenge of Change - Managing Excipients Control
Colorcon
28-Jul-2011 - MeadWestvaco (MWV) has reported increased market share is driving double-digit growth in sales of medical pumps.
26-Jul-2011 - Valertias has received the European CE Mark for V-GO its disposable insulin delivery device, further expanding its approval portfolio.
25-Jul-2011 - Packaging manufacturer Anomatic is expanding with a new facility in New Albany, Ohio.
20-Jul-2011 - Sherpa has cut the ribbon on a new cGMP biotech clinical trial material packaging facility in San Diego.
18-Jul-2011 - Physical endurance, traceability and uniqueness are key characteristics for tamper evident devices used in raw material supply, according to Rx-360.
13-Jul-2011 - Gerresheimer saw strong demand for plastic systems and moulded glassware in the second quarter fiscal 2011, while tubular glass revenue dipped slightly.
12-Jul-2011 - Phillips Plastics is to expand into Europe and add primary packaging contract manufacturing capabilities by acquiring Medisize.
06-Jul-2011 - Gerresheimer is interested in a US acquisition as part of a bid to build in the North American plastic drug packaging sector.
05-Jul-2011 - Merck Serono has received European approval for prefilled pen injectors designed to increase compliance during fertility treatment.
04-Jul-2011 - West has inked a global supply agreement that gives it discounted pricing on materials used in its polymer-based packaging.
30-Jun-2011 - The glass packaging industry in Europe posted a 3.5 per cent year-on year production increase to 20.7m tonnes in 2010 as output partially recovered from its 2009 slump.
28-Jun-2011 - Gerresheimer will expand its pharmaceutical packaging plant in the Czech Republic to meet growing demand for plastic systems and to further expand a key training hub.
16-Jun-2011 - Mystic Pharmaceuticals has been awarded a US patent for a manufacturing technology that is critical to its biologics delivery platform.
14-Jun-2011 - Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB) has teamed up with packaging firm Sudpack Medica AG in a deal focused on making plastic films for biopharmaceutical industry applications.
13-Jun-2011 - Brussels should step in to break the decade-long deadlock over the setting up of a mandatory registry for nanomaterial-containing products, said the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI).
09-Jun-2011 - Unilife says its one of its technologies has been selected as the delivery device for a biologic drug in an upcoming clinical trial.
26-May-2011 - Canadian pharmaceutical packaging firm, Ropack, has begun stickpack production in its new state-of-the-art 15,000 sq. ft. dedicated manufacturing suite.
26-May-2011 - A serialisation system developed by Systech International has been selected by a ‘top 10’ pharma client as a way of meeting Brazil’s Law 11.903 track and trace requirements.
25-May-2011 - US drug giant Pfizer is investing in additional sterile manufacturing capacity at its facility in Portage, Michigan
17-May-2011 - MWV is offering packaging machinery modifications to support pharmaceutical clients switching to preservative-free pumps.
16-May-2011 - Primary packaging maker Schott has joined the growing list of drug industry companies seeking to tap Russian government demand for increased domestic manufacturing.
03-May-2011 - Pharmaceutical packaging designed to improve adherence is also effective at boosting “patient persistency” according to new research.
28-Apr-2011 - Switzerland – based specialty chemicals group Clariant has acquired 96.15 per cent of German Süd – Chemie.
28-Apr-2011 - Becton, Dickinson and company (BD) has announced that production of its Hypak prefilled in Japan will resume later this year as operations in the country are recovering faster than expected.
27-Apr-2011 - The finding that extended space flight is detrimental to the stability of pharmaceuticals may have implications for drug packaging, dispensing technologies and mail order delivery according to a NASA study.