14-Apr-2011 - FDA Commissioner Hamburg has asked for more supply chain security and quality control regulatory powers.
14-Apr-2011 - Univar has announced plans to ramp up capacity for medicinal white oils, predicting that increased regulatory focus on supply chain integrity will drive drug industry demand.
13-Apr-2011 - Dr Reddy’s Laboratories has moved its UK subsidiary, Chirotech, to a new purpose built lab facility at the Cambridge Science Park.
13-Apr-2011 - New powers and a budget increase, despite cuts to government spending, have been proposed to help the FDA monitor the global supply chain.
12-Apr-2011 - Nano Terra, a surface engineering and nanotechnology company based in Brighton Massachusetts, US, has struck a deal to acquire neighbouring drug developer, Surface Logix.
11-Apr-2011 - US drugmaker Amgen has acquired Brazilian manufacturer Bergamo in a bid to improve its access to ‘one of the fastest growing pharmaceutical markets in the world.”
06-Apr-2011 - The FDA has released draft guidance on using separate facilities to prevent cross-contamination with non-penicillin beta lactam antibiotics.
05-Apr-2011 - Germany-based Glycotope Biotechnology has stated adding new cleanrooms at its antibody production facility in Heidelberg.
04-Apr-2011 - Chemicals supplier BASF has increased the price of all APIs and drug excipients by 10 per cent, citing higher costs
24-Mar-2011 - The UK has drafted a budget to attract and keep business but there are still significant barriers to investment, warns the CIA.
23-Mar-2011 - Switzerland-based Lonza has signed two new manufacturing deals with pharmaceutical firms that look set to improve capacity utilisation.
23-Mar-2011 - GSK is participating in a UK Government-backed innovative manufacturing initiative aimed at revitalising the sector.
21-Mar-2011 - Next month the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) will organise a meeting to discuss ways of encouraging the production of pharmaceutical in Africa.
16-Mar-2011 - Cytovance Biologics, the US-based biopharmaceutical contract manufacturer (CMO), has secured a growth equity investment from Connecticut, US-based private investors, Great Point Partners.
15-Mar-2011 - SOCMA and the EFCG want the US FDA to make inspection of overseas API manufacturing sites mandatory, with the facilities paying for the costs themselves.
10-Mar-2011 - API maker IPCA laboratories has received UK MHRA approval for its formulations and production unit in Indore, India.
08-Mar-2011 - Swiss pharmaceutical ingredient maker Helsinn says its new cytotoxic API production plant will be operational for laboratory-scale projects early next year.
07-Mar-2011 - CSM GlobalPharma has announced plans to invest $65m in a manufacturing facility in Kigali, Rwanda in collaboration with the Rwandan Development Board (RDB).
24-Feb-2011 - Mass-market drug manufacturers can turn a fixed cost into a service-providing revenue generator by investing in an agile supply chain, says PwC.
22-Feb-2011 - AstraZeneca has become the latest drug firm to invest in Russian manufacturing capcity with the announcment of plans for a $150m facility in the country’s Kaluga region.
22-Feb-2011 - Belgian chemicals distributor Azelis has agreed to buy S&D Group citing its presence in key pharmaceutical ingredients markets as an important driver.
21-Feb-2011 - UK-based Endeavour Specialty Chemicals has launched a range of thioamide intermediates, citing growing evidence of their potential role in development of new cancer treatments.
17-Feb-2011 - The European Parliament has approved the falsified medicines directive and described it as a “huge step” in efforts to protect patients.
16-Feb-2011 - Canada lost more than 3,600 pharmaceutical jobs in the second half of 2010 as domestic and export sales slowed.
15-Feb-2011 - Shamla Pharmaceutical Industries has announced it will build a manufacturing facility in King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC), Saudi Arabia.