20-Jul-2011 - Clinical trials of a monoclonal antibody produced in transgenic tobacco plants, a potentially low-cost, scalable system, have begun in Europe.
19-Jul-2011 - Granules and Ajinomoto OmniChem have teamed up to produce high value APIs and intermediates at a new Indian plant.
18-Jul-2011 - Europe has proposed draft distribution guidance in response to globalisation and threats to the pharmaceutical supply chain.
18-Jul-2011 - Physical endurance, traceability and uniqueness are key characteristics for tamper evident devices used in raw material supply, according to Rx-360.
13-Jul-2011 - The FDA is offering a grant to research projects that improve the reliability, speed and quality of biopharm production processes.
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.
11-Jul-2011 - Production plants exceeding emission levels could have manufacturing authorisations revoked under EU GMP proposals made by Sweden.
11-Jul-2011 - Eli Lilly has called for law enforcement to find and dismantle the supply sources and distribution networks underpinning fake online pharmacies.
06-Jul-2011 - A WTO panel has ruled China’s export limits on raw materials, including some with pharma uses, are unfair after claims they drive up prices.
05-Jul-2011 - Onco Therapies Limited (OTL), a division of Aglia, a wholly owned subsidiary of Strides Arcolab Limited, has been given the go ahead from Europe for its Oral Dosage Oncology facility.
04-Jul-2011 - The USP has published a free, online collection of standards to support drug quality, particularly where regulatory resources are limited.
30-Jun-2011 - in-Pharmatechnologist.com presents a round up of developments in the pharmaceutical manufacturing space with news from Dendreon, Amcor and Cody Labs.
28-Jun-2011 - The European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines and Healthcare (EDQM) issued a new batch of CEP for drug products.
14-Jun-2011 - US stem-cell therapy firm NeoStem predicts that output of its China-based generic antibiotics subsidiary Suzhou Erye Pharmaceutical will increase after further manufacturing approval from the SFDA.
13-Jun-2011 - US drugmaker Baxter International has been ordered to pay compensation of $625,000 to the estate of man who received a dose of heparin that was contaminated with over-sulfated chondroitin sulphate (OSCS).
09-Jun-2011 - Portugal-headquartered API manufacturer Hovione has teamed up with Particle Sciences (PSI) to tackle the issue of poor drug solubility.
09-Jun-2011 - Drug maker Aurobindo Pharma has been cleared to make a generic equivalent of Pfizer’s CNS drug Xanax XR by the US FDA.
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.
08-Jun-2011 - US supplier SAFC has teamed up with Pfenex in a partnership focused on the production of therapeutic proteins and vaccine components.
08-Jun-2011 - April saw the publication of the second draft of Excipact, a set of certification standards for third-party auditors of excipient manufacturers.
08-Jun-2011 - Demand for functional excipients will drive growth of the US market over the next few years according to new analysis.
08-Jun-2011 - BARDA is extending its botulism antitoxin supply contract with Cangene, adding $61m (€42m) to the value of the deal over the next three to four years.
01-Jun-2011 - Bilfinger Berger has won a €30m ($43m) contract to help Genzyme add 8,000L of production capacity at its site in Geel, Belgium.
01-Jun-2011 - Ashland will buy International Specialty Products (ISP) in a deal designed to expand it's business in less cyclical, high-growth markets such as pharmaceuticals and personal care.
30-May-2011 - From July the EC will require that gelatin used in parenteral drugs is sourced from countries in World Organisation for Animal Health's (OIE) lowest risk categories for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE).