24-Sep-2007 - SolVin is to expand its polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC) latex manufacturing site in Tavaux, France, in a bid to meet growing demand for the packaging material.
20-Sep-2007 - System Planning Corporation, Precision Stability Storage, ISPE, Ossid and NJM/CLI have all recently launched products used in the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry.
18-Sep-2007 - Sontra Medical has announced its intention to merge with Echo Therapeutics in a bid to create a company with a powerful transdermal drug delivery offering, and steadying Sontra's rickety financial position.
13-Sep-2007 - JDSU, Applied Biosystems, Hitachi High Technologies America, Infor and Brenton Engineering have all recently launched products used in the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry.
28-Aug-2007 - Canadian packaging company RW Packaging's six-monthly sales in pharmaceuticals have offset the company's poor sales performance of household and seasonal products.
23-Aug-2007 - A France-based packaging solutions company plans to launch heat-shrink labels with integrated holograms into the pharma industry, in what it believes will be the next big counterfeiting solution for the sector.
22-Aug-2007 - United Drug has made its second European contract packaging purchase as the Irish services firm continues to pursue expansion across the continent.
21-Aug-2007 - An improved version of Wyeth's haemophilia B treatment BeneFix - the only recombinant Factor IX product available on the market - kitted out with a host of new user-friendly features, has been approved in the EU.
21-Aug-2007 - The Medical House (TMH) has sold its SQ-PEN needle-free insulin injector business as it moves away from supplying the product to private individuals to focus more on its drug delivery systems business.
16-Aug-2007 - A leading software provider to the life science industry has formed an alliance with a specialist supplier of radio frequency identification (RFID) printing and bar code labelling hardware to offer dedicated solutions to pharma, biotech and medical device manufacturers.
13-Aug-2007 - Pharmaceutical packaging and processing machinery specialist IMA has announced its half year results, with its active expansion plans paying dividends and its pharma business going strong.
09-Aug-2007 - IBM has launched a new ePedigree system to attack the problem of drug counterfeiters and to help companies adhere to the emerging track and trace regulations.
07-Aug-2007 - West Pharmaceutical Services have been informed to scale back production of Exubera devices following the dismal revenues the inhalable insulin product has generated so far this year.
02-Aug-2007 - CSL Behring is investing in a new $15m expansion of its Kankakee plant in Illinois.
01-Aug-2007 - UK packaging firm Rexam has today announced the completion of its acquisition of the plastic packaging arm of US company O-I, shortly after releasing somewhat lacklustre results for the first half of the financial year.
31-Jul-2007 - German packaging firm Gerresheimer has reported healthy first half financial results, boosted by a series of strategic acquisitions and favourable market conditions, with the firm's recent initial public offering promising to help keep the outlook rosy.
26-Jul-2007 - A novel spring-powered inhaler system to deliver the blockbuster COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) treatment Spiriva (tiotropium) has successfully completed the EU approval process, paving the way for its introduction into the EU market.
25-Jul-2007 - Worldwide demand for pharmaceutical packaging is set to grow steadily over the coming years growing to over $30bn (€21.7bn) by 2011, according to a new report published this week.
18-Jul-2007 - Australian drug delivery specialist Acrux has reported positive results in Phase II trials of its innovative under-arm lotion formulation for testosterone replacement therapy.
17-Jul-2007 - Productivity bottlenecks will be a thing of the past thanks to the new 'X' range of automated drug delivery testing machinery from UK-based firm Astech Projects.
12-Jul-2007 - A new study by Deloitte Consulting has been developed to help manufacturers assess the impact that the drive towards sustainability could have on their business and operations.
09-Jul-2007 - The world's number two manufacturer of rubber components for pharmaceutical products, Helvoet Pharma, has broken ground on a new facility that promises to double or even triple its capacity to supply the fast-growing markets for injectable biologics and cancer drugs.
05-Jul-2007 - German packaging firm Gerresheimer has been awarded another prize for its innovative safety-conscious rigid needle shield, this time winning the World Packaging Organisation's renowned WorldStar award.
04-Jul-2007 - Aussie drug delivery firm Acrux has reported positive results from trials of its novel transdermal spray, tested for the first time with a combination contraceptive formulation.
03-Jul-2007 - US-based Systech International has enhanced its features to its packaging software application, Systech Guardian.