06-Feb-2012 - The Indian Drug Manufacturers Association (IDMA) plans to amp up pharma business in Tamil Nadu by helping more companies meet WHO production standards.
06-Feb-2012 - A US drug shortages act aims to make drug production more efficient by quickening review of post-approval manufacturing changes.
24-Jan-2012 - The FDA has followed the EMA in approving the Framingham, MA plant that Genzyme hopes will cut production bottlenecks.
24-Jan-2012 - Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB) says its partnership with Refine Technology will help meet demand for greater connectivity between retention devices and bioreactors and save Pharmas time and money
19-Jan-2012 - Sartorius Stedum Biotech (SSB) and G-Con Manufacturing claim their biomanufacturing technology partnership will change the ‘fundamentals’ of process design.
16-Jan-2012 - The Chinese government is encouraging development of new vaccine production processes in a bid to achieve self-reliance.
22-Dec-2011 - Pall will buy US instrument maker ForteBio next year in a continuation of efforts to build its biomanufacturing technology offering.
19-Dec-2011 - GE Healthcare wont say if its new turnkey biologics plant development service will offer Governments in emerging nations discounted rates.
14-Dec-2011 - GE Healthcare and M+W Group aim to capture a share of the rapidly expanding global biologics market with a new plant and manufacturing tech partnership.
13-Dec-2011 - ADC Biotechnology (ADC Bio) has secured a development grant for a new antibody drug conjugate (ADC) manufacturing technology that, it says, can make drug production cheaper.
08-Dec-2011 - Mettler Toledo says its new dissolved oxygen (DO) measuring optical sensors can speed up the API production process and reduce maintenance costs.
07-Dec-2011 - Bosch Packaging Technology says melt extrusion is the answer to drug manufacturers’ active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) solubility questions.
01-Dec-2011 - Large volume production is a must for the cell therapy sector according to ATMI, which claims the latest addition to its single-use bioreactor range can help manufacturers overcome the GMP hurdles that hinder commercial scale-up.
01-Dec-2011 - The drug industry's need to improve product quality while reducing production costs is driving global demand for testing technologies according to Sepha.
30-Nov-2011 - Novo Nordisk has stopped using living animals in batch quality tests after developing a virus filtration tool for factor VII production.
21-Nov-2011 - Real-time release testing can save money by cutting recalls but “fear of the unknown” is limiting use, a FDA official said.
16-Nov-2011 - ProMetic grew third quarter sales on demand for affinity absorbents and expects the recovery to continue.
14-Nov-2011 - Processing technology maker Pall has opened a new centre of excellence in Singapore in a bid to capture a share of the country’s growing biomanufacturing sector.
10-Nov-2011 - The US FDA is publishing immediate and modified release QbD examples to help generics companies prepare for full implementation in 2013.
08-Nov-2011 - The Chinese FDA should hire more CMC reviewers to encourage QbD applications, a Pfizer executive said.
07-Nov-2011 - The US FDA has updated its ICH Q8, Q9 and Q10 question and answer document to clarify design space requirements.
02-Nov-2011 - Using chiral metal surfaces in drug manufacturing could save companies time and money, say researchers at University of Cambridge.
24-Oct-2011 - Merck & Co is investing $250m (€180m) in its Singapore manufacturing capabilities as part of an expansion push.
20-Oct-2011 - Sri Lanka is setting up a 48 acre pharma manufacturing industrial zone to boost local production.
10-Oct-2011 - iBio is expanding use of its green plant technology to biosimilar mAbs after producing rituximab using the system.