14-Apr-2011 - West Pharmaceutical Services is preparing to increase its manufacturing capacity in response to an increased demand for its Daikyo Crystal Zenith 1mL syringe system.
12-Apr-2011 - Delivery technology firm Monosol Rx has been grated a US patent for production of pharmaceutical films containing certain antiemetics, analgesics and antiabetics.
11-Apr-2011 - Bend Research, the Oregon US-based drug manufacturer, has received a new US patent covering the use of polymer additives to help increase the efficacy of low-solubility drugs.
07-Apr-2011 - US delivery technology firm Fuisz Pharma has developed an oral dosage form with improved compliance characteristics.
06-Apr-2011 - Unilife has begun a ‘scheduled realignment’ of its operating infrastructure to support the production and sale of its Unifill prefilled syringe, according to a statement released by the company.
05-Apr-2011 - Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has agreed to sell Capsugel, its drug delivery technology unit, to US investment group Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (KKR) for $2.4bn (€1.7bn).
24-Mar-2011 - Scientists from the University of Syracuse’s chemistry department have created a new drug delivery system which they claim will improve the efficacy of cancer-killing drugs.
22-Mar-2011 - US delivery device maker Unilife has reported growing drug industry interest in its Unifill prefilled syringe range.
21-Mar-2011 - Inovio has received a US grant to investigate delivering DNA vaccines to different parts of the body at the same time.
17-Mar-2011 - World Street Fundamentals (WSF), the financial research specialist, has released two industry reports highlighting the mixed fortunes of biotech firms Biodel and MannKind, but claims a “brighter decade” lies ahead for the biotech sector.
10-Mar-2011 - West Pharmaceutical Services will invest $29m to expand its syringe plungers and intravenous (IV) system components facility in Kinston, North Carolina, in the US.
10-Mar-2011 - Medtronic, the US-based medical technology firm, has officially opened its new regional headquarters building in Shanghai, China.
08-Mar-2011 - AstraZeneca has announced it is discontinuing production of the pMDI version of its asthma drug Pulmicort due to technical issues with the drug's delivery device.
02-Mar-2011 - Valeritas has received US FDA clearance for the use of its disposable delivery device in combination with a second insulin product.
02-Mar-2011 - Delivery technologies for the pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors will feature heavily at the fifth annual Aerosol Forum in Paris next week.
21-Feb-2011 - The US HHS has published a national vaccine plan that stresses the need for rapid and flexible manufacturing methods.
21-Feb-2011 - Operating profit at West tumbled in the fourth quarter as restructuring charges and the lack of H1N1 affected results.
17-Feb-2011 - Pfizer’s Capsugel unit has bought an injection molding technology that, it believes, will expand its capsule filling business into new “high value segments.”
15-Feb-2011 - Unilife saw its losses increase in the second quarter of fiscal 2011 on the lack of industrialisation revenue, higher R&D spending and the cost of its move to the US.
27-Jan-2011 - Irish drugmaker Elan has confirmed that it has axed 130 jobs, reducing its workforce by 10 per cent.
27-Jan-2011 - SurModics is still considering “strategic alternatives” for its pharmaceutical business, which has seen revenues continue to decline in the first quarter of 2011.
26-Jan-2011 - GSK and Teva will invest in Russian drug manufacturing in response to PM Vladimir Putin’s warning that Pharmas will face restrictions if they fail to boost local production and transfer technology.
26-Jan-2011 - PsiOxus Therapeutics has predicted growing demand for oncolytic vaccines, citing recent industry acquisitions as evidence of the need for novel treatments for cancer.
20-Jan-2011 - The US FDA has rejected MannKind’s inhaled insulin Afrezza and called for more clinical trials to prove the product’s “Dreamboat” delivery tech is comparable to the MedTone device used in earlier studies.
20-Jan-2011 - A magnetically controlled pill may boost the body’s absorption of drugs by safely securing the tablet at the right site in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, say researchers at Brown University, US.