The Challenge of Change - Managing Excipients Control
Colorcon
23-Aug-2005 - India's Bilcare Ltd, a research-based pharmaceutical packaging solutions company, has acquired ProClinical of the US in a deal the company says takes it 'closer to achieving its vision of becoming the world leader in the pharmaceutical packaging industry by 2010'.
22-Aug-2005 - Packaging company Crown Holdings is planning to sell its plastic closures business for approximately $750 million to European private equity firm PAI partners.
18-Aug-2005 - Packaging company Alcan has said it plans to close its Cayey pharmaceutical glass vial operation, based in Puerto Rico, in order to streamline its North American vial manufacturing network.
10-Aug-2005 - US paperboard and plastic packaging company Chesapeake is to acquire Impaxx Pharmaceutical Packaging Group, which does business as Arlington Press, for $65 million (€52.5m).
08-Aug-2005 - The raft of pharmaceutical companies reporting results for the second quarter of 2005 provided mixed indications as to the state of the industry. The claim that pipeline product fruition is beginning to return among the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries still remains to be seen as DrugResearcher.com presents a financial round up.
08-Aug-2005 - BioFocus and Organon have announced they are to embark on the second phase of collaborative projects involving key GPCR targets for therapeutic applications and drug discovery.
04-Aug-2005 - Aegis Therapeutics announced it has entered into a licensing agreement for its patented Intravail drug delivery technology for application to several paediatric therapeutics.
28-Jul-2005 - Italian processing machinery company IMA Group has decided to increase its investment in a Chinese joint venture to tap into a growth market at a time when its established territories in the West are showing lacklustre growth, reports Phil Taylor.
27-Jul-2005 - US company Ampacet says it has developed molecular tracers that allow manufacturers to monitor flexible and rigid plastic packaging - at any stage in the supply chain - to help resolve security, counterfeiting, quality, liability and other issues.
26-Jul-2005 - The acquisition of Flexible Packaging (FlexPac) of the US by the Blackard Group will spur the development of the company's technology into new industrial sectors, including pharmaceuticals.
22-Jul-2005 - Alcan has launched the Guardlid, a new child-resistant pharmaceutical packaging solution that has been designed specifically for use in the pharmaceutical and healthcare markets.
21-Jul-2005 - Manufacturing consolidation and acquisition costs helped reduce net income as Millipore revealed its 2005 second quarter financial results. The company has just completed the purchase of two companies with the intention of increasing its presence in the bioprocess market.
18-Jul-2005 - Life sciences investment group Abingworth Management has announced the initial Abingworth BioEquities Fund (ABE) has raised $53 million (€44 million) to invest across the life sciences field including human therapeutics.
15-Jul-2005 - The European Medicines Agency has published updated guidelines on the use of plastic packaging in pharmaceuticals, in a bid to help packagers select the best and safest materials for their products.
13-Jul-2005 - Cardinal Health has signed an agreement with a software company to distribute a talking pill bottle called Rex.
12-Jul-2005 - Applied Biosystems has teamed up with Invitrogen to combine forces on providing proteomic analyses and biomarker studies in drug discovery and disease research.
06-Jul-2005 - West Pharmaceutical Services is planning to buy Israel's Medimop Medical Projects, which develops disposable medical devices for the mixing, transfer, reconstitution and administration of injectable drugs.
05-Jul-2005 - The UK's figures on recycling waste is skewed because companies are exporting their problem rather than increasing reprocessing rates, the UK's second largest packaging waste compliance company claims.
30-Jun-2005 - The European Union has started a research project, backed with €7 million, to develop high barrier polymer films using nanocomposites for a broad range of packaging and other industrial applications.
28-Jun-2005 - Sud-Chemie Performance Packaging has started manufacturing a line of scented packaging products for the nutraceutical, pharmaceutical and food industries.
23-Jun-2005 - US packaging specialist Chesapeake Corp has launched a design studio and product development group in the UK, dedicated to pharmaceutical and healthcare packaging, to strengthen its position in paperboard packaging in Europe.
23-Jun-2005 - A UK plant operated by Dutch contract packaging company Budelpack, devastated by a fire in March, will not reopen.
21-Jun-2005 - United Drug of Ireland has acquired TD Packaging, a UK-based company which supplies the international pharmaceutical and healthcare industries, in a deal valued at up to £11.4 million (€17.1m), reports Phil Taylor.
16-Jun-2005 - Germany glassware company Gerresheimer has opened a cleanroom production facility at its Polish subsidiary Polfa, aimed at the production of pharmaceutical vials.
14-Jun-2005 - Johnson & Johnson has been forced to recall a series of over-the-counter products for children, based on its Tylenol (acetaminophen) brand, because their labelling is confusing and could lead to overdosing, reports Phil Taylor.