14-Feb-2011 - Gerresheimer has reported sales and earnings growth for the fiscal year 2010, citing demand from customers in the pharmaceutical industry as key.
03-Feb-2011 - Californian bioproduction expansions could create jobs in 2011 but changes to education are needed to sustain growth, according to a survey.
27-Jan-2011 - Medisafe 1 Technologies is to enter the pharma anti-counterfeiting sector through development of a barcode system.
27-Jan-2011 - Oystar has sold its Brazilian unit, Oystar Fabrima, to Sao Paulo-headquartered firm Masipack in an effort to focus its business on country’s the primary and secondary packaging markets.
20-Jan-2011 - All Indian pharma exports will soon require barcodes on primary, secondary and tertiary packaging as part of anti-counterfeiting efforts.
19-Jan-2011 - Actavis has expanded its renewable energy powered pharmaceutical manufacturing site in Iceland for tablet manufacturing and packaging.
18-Jan-2011 - The UK NHS will award a prize to innovations that increase patient compliance and, as a result, help it make better use of resources.
18-Jan-2011 - Fairfield Group has introduced a scanner capable of reading 1D barcodes, Pharmacodes and 2D data matrices used on pharmaceutical packaging.
13-Jan-2011 - Expansion has been a theme for German pharmaceutical packaging firms of late with the acquisition of Seidenader Maschinenbau by the Kober Group following just weeks after Edelmann bought a stake in Hungary’s Zalai Nyomda
10-Jan-2011 - Cultural diversity within India underpins differing attitudes to oral dose pharmaceutical packaging and this could impact on prescribing habits.
10-Jan-2011 - The United States Pharmacopeia (USP) says proposed new labelling standards for prescription pharmaceuticals will improve patient safety and reduce drug misuse.
05-Jan-2011 - Demand for compliant, patient safe packs will help drive the global blister packaging market to a total value of $32.5bn by 2015, according to new research.
23-Dec-2010 - West Pharmaceutical Services plans to move into new 171,000 sq ft headquarters, with office and laboratory space, in Pennsylvania, US by 2013.
14-Dec-2010 - Pharma should forget about ‘the next blockbuster drug’ and invest more money creating novel drug delivery systems with emerging developers to enhance product value and efficacy, say researchers.
08-Dec-2010 - West Pharmaceutical Services will close a plant in Pennsylvania, US and sell part of a factory Cornwall in the UK to reorganise production operations ahead of impending contract expiries.
08-Dec-2010 - Packaging machinery specialist Oystar has announced that it is now able to conduct business without outside financing for the first time since the economic crisis hit.
06-Dec-2010 - WikiLeaks has published a list of overseas biopharmaceutical facilities considered vital to US national security as part of its release of leaked diplomatic cables.
06-Dec-2010 - US Contract research laboratory Metrics reveals that benzophenone, a component used in varnish on labels, is able to migrate through HDPE bottles to reach the pills inside.
02-Dec-2010 - Mandatory guidelines for labelling of OTC liquid medication for children should be issued, said researchers who found major inconsistencies in labels and dosage measuring devices.
01-Dec-2010 - India-headquartered pharmaceutical packaging manufacturer Bilcare has rolled out a new unit, Bilcare Research, which merges its existing films and foil businesses with those of recent acquisition Ineous Films.
01-Dec-2010 - Recognition of glass vial quality issues is supporting interest in West’s analytical capabilities and Crystal Zenith (CZ) products, new sizes of which are being developed, said a company VP.
29-Nov-2010 - Demand for high-end capsule filling technologies, particularly those used for early clinical development projects, has increased in 2010 according to Capsugel.
29-Nov-2010 - Narrowly defined pharma self-interest and lack of coordinated political effort means, despite the best effort of some, the problem of counterfeiting may be worsening.
25-Nov-2010 - Genzyme met its first consent decree deadline by transferring all fill/finish of US products from its Allston plant to its site in Ireland and Hospira.
22-Nov-2010 - Last week everything from co-processed excipients to Viagra-stuffed teddies were discussed at AAPS 2010. Now, with the show having finished, we present our personal take on the event.