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Hyaluron buy a “money pit” for AMRI, analyst warns

09-Aug-2011 - FDA scrutiny of the Burlington, MA sterile plant AMRI bought in 2010 has made the takeover a “money pit”, an analyst said.

ICIG takes Roche Colorado in bid to flex contract peptide manufacturing muscle

08-Aug-2011 - International Chemical Investors Group (ICIG) will take over Roche’s Colorado API plant in a bid to gain footing in the peptide manufacturing industry.

Limpet-derived intermediate supply deal inked by SAFC

04-Aug-2011 - Stellar Biotechnologies is supplying SAFC with an intermediate derived from limpets to support production of cancer vaccines.

Specialty generic players a target for OctoPlus tech

02-Aug-2011 - OctoPlus is targeting specialty generics manufacturers it believes can benefit from its controlled release drug delivery technologies.

West adds pricing surcharge to offset rising commodity costs

01-Aug-2011 - West has applied a pricing surcharge to offset rising raw material costs that dragged on margins in the second quarter.

Bosch sells aseptic filling line to Pharmalucence

01-Aug-2011 - Robert Bosch Packaging Technology has sold a filling line to US firm Pharmalucence Partners, which is expanding its contract pharmaceutical manufacturing business.

Angel calls in local engineering firm to re-commission plant

27-Jul-2011 - CMO Angel Biotechnologies has called in UK-based engineering group WH Partnership to help re-commissioning its GMP standard biomanufacturing facility in Cramlington near Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

Russia has the potential to dominate API production, say PMR

27-Jul-2011 - Market analysts PMR have launched a new paper highlighting the potential for API production in Russia, Ukraine and the Baltics.

Blue Chip gives social networking in patient recruitment the thumbs up

26-Jul-2011 - Blue Chip Patient Recruitment says the future of patient sourcing for clinical trials lies in social media.

Sherpa opens new packaging plant in CA

20-Jul-2011 - Sherpa has cut the ribbon on a new cGMP biotech clinical trial material packaging facility in San Diego.

Granules and Ajinomoto OmniChem to open Indian API facility

19-Jul-2011 - Granules and Ajinomoto OmniChem have teamed up to produce high value APIs and intermediates at a new Indian plant.

EC drafts GDP guidance to tackle supply chain threats

18-Jul-2011 - Europe has proposed draft distribution guidance in response to globalisation and threats to the pharmaceutical supply chain.

FDA must be empowered to oversee supply chain; report

13-Jul-2011 - Congress must grant the FDA additional powers to bring oversight of manufacturing inline with shifts in production practices, according to a report.

Phillips to enter EU primary packaging with Medisize buy

12-Jul-2011 - Phillips Plastics is to expand into Europe and add primary packaging contract manufacturing capabilities by acquiring Medisize.

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12-Jul-2011 - Later today (July 12), at 4pm CEST to be precise, our sister website Outsourcing-pharma.com will launchOncologyTrialsOutsourcing – an industry first virtual conference – covering all aspects of third-party cancer drug development.

EU should revoke licenses if emission caps exceeded; report

11-Jul-2011 - Production plants exceeding emission levels could have manufacturing authorisations revoked under EU GMP proposals made by Sweden.

Angel providing GMP stem cell production to ReNeuron

05-Jul-2011 - ReNeuron has inked a new deal with Angel Biotechnology to outsource stem cell GMP production services to the CMO.

Catalent and OSO expand ‘controlled substances’ businesses

04-Jul-2011 - Catalent and OSO BioPharmaceuticals Manufacturing have both announced expansions to their controlled substances businesses in the last week.

Pfizer to buy back Akrimax plant and sell or close it by 2013

29-Jun-2011 - US drug giant Pfizer has exercised its option to re-acquire a manufacturing facility in Rouses Point, New York from Akrimax.

News in brief

Symetic opens process tech demo lab

13-Jun-2011 - Symetic has opened a new lab facility to showcase its range of processing systems to the pharmaceutical manufacturing, packaging and nutraceutical sectors.

Pfizer begins ‘virtual’ trial and calls for innovation in research

09-Jun-2011 - Pfizer has begun what it claims is the world’s first ‘virtual’ trial and says that such innovation is needed to make sure clinical research is sustainable.

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Lonza announces CHF10m Singapore biomanufacturing expansion

08-Jun-2011 - Switzerland-based life sciences supplier Lonza says it will invest CHF10m (€8m) to expand a Singapore plant that is part of its custom biomanufacturing business.

SAFC and Pfenex partner on protein production

08-Jun-2011 - US supplier SAFC has teamed up with Pfenex in a partnership focused on the production of therapeutic proteins and vaccine components.

Lonza announces CHF10m Singapore biomanufacturing expansion

08-Jun-2011 - Switzerland-based life sciences supplier Lonza says it will invest CHF10m (€8m) to expand a Singapore plant that is part of its custom biomanufacturing business.

Labtec opens state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Hamburg, Germany

30-May-2011 - German transdermal drug developer, Labtec, has opened what it claims is Europe’s most modern manufacturing facility for the production of transdermal drug delivery systems (TDS) and oral dispersible films (ODF) using its proprietary RapidFilm technology.

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