The Challenge of Change - Managing Excipients Control
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28-Oct-2005 - Cryopak Industries has struck a deal to supply GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) with insulated containers and internal thermal components for shipping of its temperature sensitive vaccines in Canada.
21-Oct-2005 - Romaco's T6 incorporates a fresh approach to blister machine design, increasing efficiency in what is a rapidly expanding blister packaging market.
21-Oct-2005 - Systech International's new TIPS Serialized Product Tracking solution software will aid in the fight against counterfeit and diverted products within the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries.
20-Oct-2005 - A recently published report has revealed that less than 13 per cent of US consumers believe that information provided by pharmaceutical companies is more trustworthy than healthcare information provided by other organisations.
19-Oct-2005 - The Food and Drug Administration has approved Flexbumin, the first human albumin preparation to be packaged in a flexible container, reducing the risk of breakage while being more compatible with hospital inventory storage systems.
18-Oct-2005 - According to a new report, worldwide revenues for cell and cytokine therapies in regenerative medicine are set to reach $20.7 billion (€17.3 billion) in 2010 in a sector that provides a viable alternative to using drugs or other therapies.
11-Oct-2005 - The Marchesini Group introduces its new range of blister line machinery that is set to reduce the time it takes to carry out validation and get into production, which is aimed at manufacturers in the pharmaceutical, cosmetics and food industries.
06-Oct-2005 - Key Technology subsidiary Symetix has launched a new inspection system fortablets, capsules, and softgels called Vantyx that it claims can achieve 100 percent, in-line inspection at full production speeds.
06-Oct-2005 - The pharmaceutical division of French packaging company Valois has completed construction of a pilot filling and packaging unit based at its site in Le Vaudreuil in the Eure area of France, dedicated to the production of pressurised medicinal preparations for administration via the pulmonary route.
03-Oct-2005 - Hueck Folien has introduced a new heat sealing lacquer that should improve the barrier properties of blister packaging using Honeywell's Aclar fluoropolymer films.
29-Sep-2005 - Danish packaging company Superfos has continued the refocusing of its pharmaceuticals business with the closure of a UK plant that the company has deemed too small to operate efficiently.
27-Sep-2005 - Multisorb Technologies has launched a new oxygen-absorbing product to increase the shelf life of pharmaceuticals at the ongoing Pack Expo Las Vegas exhibition.
26-Sep-2005 - German packaging company Gerresheimer has announced plans to take over the pharmaceutical business of troubled Glass Group Inc (GGI) of the US, after a Delaware bankruptcy court approved the transaction.
26-Sep-2005 - Galapagos has announced that its acquisition of BioFocus' would accelerate its transition to a fully integrated drug development biopharmaceutical company after the two companies reached agreement on the terms of a recommended all share offer.
22-Sep-2005 - According to a new report, the biopharmaceutical market is predicted to increase from $1.4 billion (€1.14 billion) in 2003 to $2.6 billion in 2006. The market was dwarfed by the pharmaceutical industry 20 years ago but continues to outgrow its rival increasing its market share each year.
22-Sep-2005 - PD-Rx Pharmaceuticals says it has completed the infrastructure of an online, web-based pharmaceutical tracking system - called the Pedigree Security Network - to help combat drug counterfeiting.
21-Sep-2005 - The US market for pharmaceutical packaging will grow by nearly a third between 2004 and 2011, driven by the increasing demands placed on packaging by biologic drugs and novel drug delivery formulations, according to consulting firm Frost & Sullivan.
19-Sep-2005 - Italy's Bonfiglioli has updated its BLI leak testing machine for blister packaging, first introduced last year, with the ability to automate sampling between the blister machine and the cartoner for in-process automatic testing.
16-Sep-2005 - Novis, the publisher of BioPharmaReporter.com, 22 other business news websites and more than 50 specialist e-newsletters, is today changing its name to Decision News Media, to convey the editorial ethos that has made the group's news services into market leaders.
14-Sep-2005 - India's largest pharmaceutical packaging company, Bilcare, is planning to open a subsidiary in Germany, shortly after announcing a major acquisition in the US, in a move that underlines its international ambitions.
07-Sep-2005 - One of the difficulties facing the pharmaceutical industry is the sheer volume of information that has to be incorporated on drug labelling and packaging, which often makes designing packaging more a function of squeezing in material, rather than aesthetics.
05-Sep-2005 - With blockbuster patents set to expire, the biogenerics market is set to cash in as previous challenges such as a lack of regulatory framework are nearing resolve, particularly in Western Europe.
01-Sep-2005 - In a management buy-out private equity firm The Carlyle group will invest in the hard capsules market and tap into the growing health and pharmaceutical market, acquiring four subsidiaries from Shionogi & Co.
24-Aug-2005 - According to a new report, the bioinformatics market is set to surge ahead, boosted by data proliferation and the need for improved drug research productivity. Along with the solid support of national governments, the European bioinformatics industry is expected to go from strength to strength.
24-Aug-2005 - The first pharmaceutical and diagnostic products using a desiccant film developed by packaging company Alcan could be on the market in 2006.