Dow struggling to restore PEG capacity after hurricanes
09-Oct-2008 - Dow Chemical is hoping to push production of its Carbowax Sentry brand of polyethylene...
Lead-free catalyst opens up new reaction to pharma
08-Oct-2008 - BASF introduced new catalysts designed to replace environmentally-unfriendly alternatives based on lead at the...
Sanal salt granted GMP certification
06-Oct-2008 - AkzoNobel has been awarded a good manufacturing practice (GMP) certificate for Sanal (sodium chloride) salt...
Novozymes' HyaCare takes top innovation award
02-Oct-2008 - Novozymes Biopolymer’s novel hyaluronic acid (HA) HyaCare has been named winner of this year’s...
Pfizer narrows research focus again
02-Oct-2008 - Pfizer is shifting its research focus to those diseases where its sees the potential...
Handheld device for validating raw materials
29-Sep-2008 - Ahura Scientific has launched an updated version of its TruScan handheld instrument, which allows for...
Exclusive interview with IPEC China chairman Nevin Cheng
IPEC China’s chairman sets out next steps
18-Sep-2008 - IPEC China must become a “harmonisation bridge between China and other countries,” according to...
Neose sells PEG tech for $43m
18-Sep-2008 - BioGeneriX and Novo Nordisk have signed deals to acquire most of Neose Technologies’ intellectual property...
Formatech’s solution for improved solubility
17-Sep-2008 - Formatech hopes its new formulation method, which solubilises compounds in micelles consisting of fatty...
Sandoz boosts Canadian production capacity
10-Sep-2008 - Sandoz Canada, a unit of Novartis’ generics arm, has opened a second manufacturing plant...
Alembic seeks to mix it with US and European players
09-Sep-2008 - Indian pharmaceutical firm Alembic is seeking to expand its presence in the lucrative US...
“Volatile” Asian markets drive Aceto’s Q4 growth
08-Sep-2008 - US fine and industrial chemicals specialist Aceto says that its expansion on the global...
Loramyc’s excipient shows BioAlliance the whey
04-Sep-2008 - Drug delivery specialist BioAlliance Pharma says that its decision to focus on the oncology...
Bioxel signs up new generic docetaxel customers
03-Sep-2008 - Canada’s Bioxel Pharma believes that the six new generic docetaxel supply deals it has...
Antibiotic alternative could make protein production cheaper
03-Sep-2008 - UK and Swedish researchers have developed a system that eliminates the need for antibiotics...
Marksans sets sights on EU generics sector
01-Sep-2008 - Contract services firm Marksans Pharmaceutical says that the RPS 1bn (€15.4m) acquisition of UK...
UCB refocuses and cuts workforce 17%
01-Sep-2008 - UCB is moving forward with efforts to focus on CNS disorders and immunology and...
Abbott and Pfizer shed jobs as Gilead plans growth
25-Aug-2008 - in-PharmaTechnologist.com’s periodic round-up of employment developments in the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry includes news on Abbott,...
Genentech rejects Roche but leaves door ajar
14-Aug-2008 - Genentech’s special advisory committee has rejected Roche’s $44bn offer for the biotech believing that it...
Rough quarter for Ampac Fine Chemicals
07-Aug-2008 - Ampac Fine Chemicals has posted disappointing results for the third quarter of its fiscal...
Expectorant seizure easy to swallow for KV
30-Jul-2008 - FDA officials have impounded nearly $24m (€15.4m) worth of guaifenesin-containing timed-release (TR) cough and cold...
Weekly comment
Roche faces obstacles in acquiring Genentech
28-Jul-2008 - Roche’s proposed $44bn acquisition of Genentech is facing some opposition with Wall Street saying the...
Manufacturing facility news in brief
28-Jul-2008 - in-PharmaTechnologist.com's round-up of developments in the pharmaceutical manufacturing space features news of a fire at...
GSK continues shift in strategic direction
24-Jul-2008 - The pace of change at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is showing no sign of slowing, with new...
ESA’s CAD improves detection of API impurities
23-Jul-2008 - UK-headquartered ESA Biosciences has unveiled a new technique for the identification of low levels...
