14-Feb-2011 - Cambrex’ operating income more than doubled in the fourth quarter as a result of an upturn in API sales and lower production costs.
10-Feb-2011 - in-PharmaTechnologist presents a replay of our live blog covering all the news, views and multimedia from Informex 2011.
10-Feb-2011 - Minnesota “has raised its game” in pharma manufacturing and this revival, coupled to drug-device convergence, may justify continuing investment.
09-Feb-2011 - A bill requiring biopharm manufacturers to give the FDA early notification of potential drug shortages has been introduced to the US Senate.
07-Feb-2011 - Lotus Pharmaceuticals’ new HQ in Beijing, China will be even bigger after the firm announces plans for employee apartments.
07-Feb-2011 - US Heparin maker Scientific Protein Laboratories (SPL) says it has resolved “many of the issues” addressed in the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warning letter it received late last month.
03-Feb-2011 - Ugandan drugmaker Quality Chemicals Industries (QCI) will invest $80m in manufacturing operations to boost capacity for the production of generic AIDS and malaria drugs.
03-Feb-2011 - Californian bioproduction expansions could create jobs in 2011 but changes to education are needed to sustain growth, according to a survey.
02-Feb-2011 - Genzyme will sell its pharmaceutical intermediates business to International Chemical Investors Group (ICIG).
31-Jan-2011 - Crystal Pharmatech is to provide solid-state characterisation training in China to advance local API and drug development beyond its “infancy phase”.
31-Jan-2011 - Tianyin Pharmaceutical has completed the construction of its Jiangchuan macrolide facility (JCM) near Chengdu, China.
27-Jan-2011 - Abbott Laboratories is to cut 1,900 US commercial and manufacturing jobs in response to healthcare reform and tough regulators.
26-Jan-2011 - Failure to reduce counterfeiting is one of a number of issues slowing healthcare regulation harmonisation in ASEAN.
25-Jan-2011 - Hospira has confirmed it will no longer make Pentothal - an anaesthetic used in lethal injections – as the company “never condoned” its use in executions.
25-Jan-2011 - Torrent Pharma has begun construction of $75m API and formulation facilities in India to support its international expansion programme.
25-Jan-2011 - There is a dramatic lack of planning for the production and distribution of medical pandemic countermeasures, according to an OECD report.
24-Jan-2011 - The US FDA has suggested pharmaceutical firms use a maximum bead size of 2.0mm for modified-release drugs formulated for “sprinkle” delivery to avoid problems resulting from inadvertent chewing.
24-Jan-2011 - Amrutanjan and Austin Chemical are establishing a joint venture to market Indian-produced clinical trial materials.
20-Jan-2011 - Teva has confirmed it will cut 200 jobs this year after a voluntary hold was placed on all manufacturing at its Irvine, California, US facility.
18-Jan-2011 - Italy-based API maker Euticals will buy fine chemicals firm Archimica from investment group TowerBrook Capital Partners.
17-Jan-2011 - Bristol-Myers Squibb has recalled 64m tablets of its Avalide blood pressure drug in the US and Puerto Rico over fears it has the potential for reduced efficacy.
11-Jan-2011 - Aurobindo Pharma is to sell its Chinese unit to Sinopharm as part of a strategic shift from low-margin ingredients to more profitable formulations.
10-Jan-2011 - Legislation and resources are needed to support Croatian pharmaceutical regulators in preparation for accession to the European Union (EU).
06-Jan-2011 - in-PharmaTechnologist.com presents a round up of cGMP related warning letters published recently by the FDA.
05-Jan-2011 - The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has highlighted the quality APIs manufactured outside the EU as an area of concern in the draft 2015 road map it unveiled this week.