06-May-2010 - Albany Molecular Research (AMRI) says Q1 decline is due to “soft” demand for contract manufacturing services and trial materials, but is still confident of full-year growth.
05-May-2010 - The American Peptide Company (APC) says extra capacity at its protein production plant in Vista, California will help meet customer demand for large volume manufacturing.
03-May-2010 - DSM Biologics has entered into a partnership with the Australian government to build a 70,000 sq ft biopharmaceutical contract manufacturing facility.
28-Apr-2010 - The Chao Center for Industrial research and contract manufacturing is to close this year after failing to become a self sustaining enterprise.
26-Apr-2010 - The incoming Xcellerex CEO plans to move the company from validation to penetration, boosting revenues and client base, and invest in the contract manufacturing side of the business.
19-Apr-2010 - in-PharmaTechnologist presents exclusive interactive maps of pharma manufacturing facilities in India, detailing the number of bulk drug and formulation facilities in each region of the country.
08-Apr-2010 - The drug industry will gain new options for sterile contract development and manufacturing in the near future with DPT Laboratories, NextPharma and Vetter each working on new dedicated units.
07-Apr-2010 - Indian CMO Dishman Pharmaceuticals and Chemicals will invest around INR1bn (€16.7m) to build four new manufacturing facilities near its existing production sites in Ahmedabad.
06-Apr-2010 - SAFC has opened the $30m (€22m) expansion of a US production facility, adding HPAPI capacity to meet rising demand for Phase III and commercial manufacturing services.
01-Apr-2010 - Hyde Engineering + Consulting has opened an office in Dublin, Ireland, enhancing its ability to provide Europe-based biopharm with compliance, qualification and automation services.
29-Mar-2010 - Thermo Fisher Scientific will take charge of clinical trial material production at Eli Lilly’s research technology facility in Indianapolis as the pharmaceutical firm further reduces in-house capacity to cut costs.
22-Mar-2010 - New specialist development and manufacturing “centres of excellence” increase efficiencies and customer access to expertise, DPT Laboratories spokesman tells Outsourcing-pharma.
16-Mar-2010 - Patheon attributes Q1 loss to charges and plant closure costs and says there has been “an encouraging increase in new sales activity” in calendar 2010.
15-Mar-2010 - Drug researchers will have greater access to some top selling molecules, including currently patented compounds atorvastatin, sildenafil and celecoxib, thanks to Sigma Aldrich’s new bioactives deal with US drug major Pfizer.
15-Mar-2010 - The Chinese government is supporting a $100m (€73m) project to build a contract biologics production facility in Beijing, which, by some measures, would be the largest in Asia.
11-Mar-2010 - DNA sequencing specialist Genewiz has added gene synthesis to its service portfolio, providing researchers with a time- and cost-saving alternative to techniques such as molecular cloning and protein engineering.
08-Mar-2010 - Indian generic drugmaker Aurobindo Pharma officially launched its CRAMS unit AuroSource last week, also unveiling plans for an R&D facility in Pashamylaram near Hyderabad, India.
04-Mar-2010 - German contract manufacturing organisation (CMO) Excella will provide pneumatic dry granulation (PDG) tablet making services through a new partnership with Finnish specialty pharmaceutical firm Atacama Labs.
03-Mar-2010 - Bayer Technology Services (BTS) has set up a new Singapore office to provide the regions’ drug and chemicals producers with engineering consultation services and micro reaction technology.
02-Mar-2010 - A significant share of contract API maker ScinoPharm Taiwan is set to change hands after Watson Pharmaceuticals decided to sell its stake to Uni-President Enterprises Corporation.
01-Mar-2010 - US FDA clearance for Italian antibiotics production facility is important for global growth says German contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO) Haupt Pharma.
01-Mar-2010 - German investment group Aurelius AG has acquired French fine chemicals supplier Isochem from state owned firm Groupe SNPE.
24-Feb-2010 - In the economic downturn biotechs have cut back on outsourcing to Asia and opted to use the US instead because they lack the resources to manage overseas relationships, according to a SOCMA representative.
23-Feb-2010 - Helvoet Pharma is to build a €14m ($19m) rubber parenteral packaging component facility in India to meet rising demand for products made to international quality standards.
23-Feb-2010 - Codexis’ enzymatic biocatalysis technology offers numerous processing and cost advantages for API and chemical intermediate manufacture says Dishman CRAMS unit president Nick Green.