28-Apr-2008 - German-based technology group Schott has formed a joint venture with Kaisha in an attempt to gain access to the glass primary pharmaceutical packaging market in India.
24-Apr-2008 - in-PharmaTechnologist.com presents its periodic round-up of personnel changes in pharmaceutical manufacturing and development.
24-Apr-2008 - The European Commission has urged member states to more effectively convert knowledge acquired through research into socio-economic benefits.
23-Apr-2008 - The European Commission has updated its annex covering computerisation of process control, documentation and data-processing systems to take into account developments in the field.
21-Apr-2008 - GEA Pharma Systems' Collette unit will present Consigma, its new continuous high shear granulation and drying system, at the Interpack exhibition in Düsseldorf later this month.
21-Apr-2008 - US-based private equity group Blackstone has decided to sell its 25 per cent stake in German pharmaceutical packaging specialist Gerresheimer.
17-Apr-2008 - Eli Lilly plans to cut 500 jobs, mainly in manufacturing, as it attempts to restructure its operations to mitigate against the losses from inhaled insulin.
16-Apr-2008 - Australia-based packaging company Amcor Flexibles has received a Silver Award in Technical Innovation from the Flexible Packaging Association (FPA).
15-Apr-2008 - German packaging giant Gerresheimer reported a positive set of first quarter results for 2008, largely due to the success of its plastics division in the expanding medical plastics market.
10-Apr-2008 - US printing and services firm Cortegra has forged an exclusive partnership with French firm Signoptic to provide the US market with a new technology designed to detect counterfeit drugs in the supply chain.
09-Apr-2008 - Stiefel Laboratories, Biopharm Services, Multisorb Technologies, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, Catalent Pharma Solutions and Chromatide have all had people on the move in the world of pharmaceutical manufacturing.
07-Apr-2008 - GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has scored a decisive victory in its efforts to head off new US patent rules that would strike at the heart of the way the drug industry goes about protecting its inventions.
02-Apr-2008 - The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has defended its proposed rule on product labelling changes made unilaterally through "changes being effected" (CBE) supplements against accusations from Congress, trial lawyers and other quarters that it would shield manufacturers from tort liability under state law.
01-Apr-2008 - Sterile process engineering consultancy firm Isogen is taking a maiden voyage into the manufacturing side of drugs with the construction of its first facility, aimed to fill a gap in small-scale injectables.
27-Mar-2008 - The ageing population of the European Union (EU) could result in a stagnation in technological innovation, according to a new report. As science and technology professionals get older and less socially mobile, there are fears that it could result in a loss in scientific expertise.
27-Mar-2008 - Research and development investment by America's pharmaceutical and biotechnology research companies reached a record $58.8bn last year, a rise of $3bn since 2006.
26-Mar-2008 - The generic pharmaceutical industry has given short shrift to the latest congressional attempt to construct a viable approval pathway for biosimilars in the US.
26-Mar-2008 - The pharmaceutical industry has lost confidence in the UK as a place to do business to an "alarming degree" and the situation is only set to deteriorate, reveals new research.
18-Mar-2008 - A new, more patient-friendly presentation of the growth hormone treatment Omnitrope (rDNA somatropin) has been launched in the US by Sandoz, the generics division of Swiss-based Novartis.
17-Mar-2008 - Pharmaceutical applications in the US market for barrier plastic packaging should continue to generate strong growth over the next five years, as the wider healthcare packaging market carries on expanding above the rate of gross domestic product (GDP), a new report predicts.
10-Mar-2008 - The promise of genuine returns on investment, facilitated by plummeting hardware costs, will fuel a dramatic growth surge in the US market for radio frequency identification (RFID) technology in pharmaceutical manufacturing and distribution over the next five years, a new report predicts.
27-Feb-2008 - Bosch Packaging Technology will be rolling out a range of new and recently launched processing and packaging solutions at the Interpack 2008 exhibition in Düsseldorf, Germany this April, including a new line for high-potency compounds.
27-Feb-2008 - West Pharmaceutical Services has reported sales of over $1bn in 2007 and is optimistic about 2008, despite a small drop in the consolidated gross profit margin large in Q4.
26-Feb-2008 - Packaging giant Gerresheimer crowned its first year as a public company with a leap in profits for the fourth quarter of 2007, helped by its acquisition of plastic specialist Wilden Group.
20-Feb-2008 - Concerns have been building across North America about the safety of transdermal patches for delivering the highly potent narcotic analgesic fentanyl.