18-Sep-2007 - The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released new recommendations for manufacturers of biologics using spore-forming microorganisms.
13-Sep-2007 - Industrial microbiology expert bioMerieux has acquired Australian firm BTF, strengthening its quality control (QC) and manufacturing quality assurance (QA) offerings to the pharmaceutical industry.
14-Aug-2007 - Solvay's first Chinese plant for a key chemical disinfectant is now fully operational, serving the growing Chinese market and spreading the international chemical group's global reach ever further.
05-Jul-2007 - Microbiology expert Oxoid has released a new active air quality monitoring device to help pharmaceutical companies prove that their clean areas are microbe free.
14-Jun-2007 - Just over a week after Roche was forced to initiate a Europe-wide recall of HIV drug Viracept (nelfinavir), in-PharmaTechnologist.com considers the contamination case and the pharmaceutical processes blamed for the incident.
14-May-2007 - Roche has opened a Biotechnology Production Centre at its home base in Basel, Switzerland.
24-Apr-2007 - A new method for generating large volumes of therapeutic antibodies direct from Escherichia coli bacterium could knock weeks off conventional mass-production processes that scale up to mammalian cells, US researchers believe.
04-Apr-2007 - AAIPharma yesterday announced that it has completed a major round of upgrades to two of its manufacturing plants in the US.
15-Jan-2007 - UK-based company ProMinent Fluid Controls has launched an on-line sensor targeting the regulation of peracetic acid, a key disinfectant used in the pharmaceutical industry.
19-Dec-2006 - Pharma company Medichem has announced it has passed a US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspection without any problem for the third consecutive time.
16-Nov-2006 - Sunnex has launched a new range of stainless steel machinery mounts for pharma manufacturing equipment that are said to cut particle emissions.
07-Nov-2006 - A new improved range of urethane-based floor systems that is claimed to help pharma manufacturers reduce the level of bacteria contamination in their production environment has been launched.
27-Oct-2006 - A year after it published its five-year strategy: Vision 2010 - Building on Strengths - DSM's commitment is showing no sign of slowing as is continues to invest in the expansion of its pharmaceutical production capabilities around the globe.
23-Oct-2006 - Minimising the risk of cross-contamination in the production of medicines for use in clinical trials is a major challenge for manufacturers, who need to implement safety measures in order to avoid production failure.
04-Oct-2006 - UK-based Tepnel Scientific Services has launched a new pharmaceutical outsourcing solution - disinfectant testing - aimed at the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industries, as well as disinfectant manufacturers.
11-Sep-2006 - The world's most prescribed product for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) could soon be formulated with a new propellant-free device following an observational study on a soft mist inhaler (SMI) that Boehringer Ingelheim plans to use with its blockbuster drug Spiriva (tiotropium bromide).
24-Aug-2006 - Strong demand for anti-cancer cytotoxic active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) has led Nicholas Piramal (NPIL) Pharma to upgrade infrastructure and hire more staff at its high potency substances (HPS) facility in Grangemouth.
23-Aug-2006 - Rexam, the world's largest beverage can maker, has bought Indian pharmaceutical packaging firm Truepack for £5m (€7.3m), hungry for a slice of the country's growing pharma market.
07-Aug-2006 - Steritool has launched the world's first crowbar made entirely of stainless steel - designed to serve in zero-particulate environments and eliminate contamination.
18-Jul-2006 - Looking to expand its laboratory testing and consulting services, PharmEng has acquired Rootlink Tecknic, a laboratory instrumentation automated solution sales and service company based in Toronto.
05-Jul-2006 - As America desperately waited for its influenza vaccines, Chiron had to deal with major quality control issues between July and October 2005 at its troubled vaccine manufacturing plant in Liverpool according to a US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspection report.
04-Jul-2006 - Sanofi pasteur's vaccine manufacturing plant in Pennsylvania, where half of America's influenza vaccines are made, has been served with a warning letter by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), asking for measures to ensure batches of its flu shot ingredients do not become contaminated again.
03-Jul-2006 - Shield Medicare, a British supplier of alcohols, disinfectants and consumables to pharmaceutical cleanrooms, has been taken over by US cleaning products provider Ecolab, seeking to capture more of the European market.
21-Jun-2006 - The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has urged the pharma industry to develop preservative-free nasal sprays, however, there is currently a vacuum of manufacturers that can fulfil such a requirement.
21-Jun-2006 - Testing services and contract manufacturing firm Microtest has announced it will invest $7.5m (€6m) in new facilities to expand its offering of pharmaceutical and virology testing services and fill/finish production capacity.