Protein therapeutics worth $77bn by 2011, says RNCOS
25-Aug-2009 - The global protein therapeutics market will be worth $77bn by 2011 with biogenerics playing an...
Cambrex’ Milan API plant gets FDA warning
25-Aug-2009 - US chemicals maker Cambrex will hope an FDA warning letter concerning its Italian manufacturing plant...
Will Lonza's $460m Patheon offer trigger bidding war?
24-Aug-2009 - Canadian contractor Patheon has welcomed the $460m (€321m) takeover offer from Switzerland's Lonza that could,...
Perrigo acts to cut API costs
19-Aug-2009 - Perrigo’s API business posted a $5.4m (€3.8m) operating loss in Q4 because of restructuring charges...
AsahiKasei rolls out new Swelstar excipients
18-Aug-2009 - Asahikasei’s chemicals unit has launched three new grades of pre-gelatinized starch excipients that it claims...
PCAS joint venture sets up US kilolab
18-Aug-2009 - PCAS is setting up a kilolab in California, US to target the small-scale synthesis market,...
Dry powder vaccine nears Phase I
18-Aug-2009 - A dry powder measles vaccine formulation and inhalers that could be as affordable as needle...
Aurobindo enters injectables market with Trident deal
17-Aug-2009 - Generic drugmaker Aurobindo Pharma will add liquid-injectables to its roster of manufacturing capabilities with the...
Cambrex operating income up 61% in Q2
06-Aug-2009 - Cambrex has posted a positive set of Q2 results, recording an operating income of $9m...
Ampac Fine Chemicals struggles in Q3
05-Aug-2009 - Ampac Fine Chemicals revenues fell by 20 per cent in Q3 as a result of...
CML aims to be west’s biggest API maker with new plant
23-Jul-2009 - US group Cambridge Major Laboratories (CML) will begin transferring API production to its 125,000...
News in brief
Ampac Fine Chemicals get anti pollution gong
22-Jul-2009 - Ampac Fine Chemicals’ (AFC) anti pollution efforts have been recognised by Californian authorities for...
SAFC launches raw materials sourcing service for medical diagnostics
22-Jul-2009 - SAFC Supply Solutions has launched a new materials sourcing offering, designed to meet the...
Nycomed to expand manufacturing operations in Russia
21-Jul-2009 - Swiss drugmaker Nycomed will invest $84m (€60m) in a pharmaceutical manufacturing plant in Russia,...
Borealis’ high resistance LE6609-PH BFS re-lanuched
21-Jul-2009 - Austria’s Borealis has brought its Bormed LE6609-PH BFS grade plastic back to market in...
SAFC and SSB step towards “totally disposable factory”
16-Jul-2009 - SAFC’s bioscience unit and Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB) have teamed up to create a...
FDA advocates food pigments and flavours to combat counterfeits
16-Jul-2009 - Draft guidance issued by the US FDA suggests that greater use of inks, pigments,...
ISO 9001 accreditation a “huge step” for Prosonix
07-Jul-2009 - Ultrasonic particle engineering specialist Prosonix has been accredited under the ISO 9001:2008 quality scheme,...
BASF expanding China JV
07-Jul-2009 - BASF and Sinopec are to invest $1.4bn (€1bn) in expanding their Chinese specialty chemical...
USP revises monographs to tackle contamination
06-Jul-2009 - The USP is revising monographs of four pharmaceutical excipients in light of hazards associated...
Dow to shut 3 US ethylene plants
02-Jul-2009 - Dow Chemical is closing three US manufacturing plants, including an ethylene production unit in Hahnville,...
Originates increases pharma gelatin capacity
30-Jun-2009 - US raw materials supplier Originates has boosted its pharmaceutical bovine hide gelatin manufacturing capacity...
TFC forms JV to boost DMSO output
30-Jun-2009 - Rising demand in China has led to Toray Fine Chemicals (TFC) establishing a joint...
Azopharma expands cytotoxics capacity
24-Jun-2009 - US contractor Azopharma has added new GMP quality cytotoxics and high-potency manufacturing capacity at...
Helsinn plans for HPAPI manufacture
23-Jun-2009 - Swiss drugmaker Helsinn has unveiled plans to add high-potency API R&D and manufacturing capacity...
