06-Oct-2011 - Avacta has allied with Pall to offer biopharm manufacturers in Singapore and South Korea tools to assess formulation viability.
05-Oct-2011 - The FDA has awarded a $35m (€26m) grant to make US drug production less expensive and reverse the offshoring trend.
26-Sep-2011 - ProMetic Life Sciences is supplying an affinity adsorbent to a Chinese biopharm for use in scale-up of a biosimilar.
26-Sep-2011 - Process Systems Enterprise (PSE) has developed crystallisation modelling software to improve throughput and simplify scale-up.
19-Sep-2011 - GE Healthcare will expand its range of biomanufacturing technologies under a new oncology-focused investment project.
19-Sep-2011 - Use of deoxycholate to chemically disrupt influenza viruses during vaccine manufacture could be linked to adverse reactions in children, a journal reports.
15-Sep-2011 - Pall continued the trend seen throughout 2011 by posting double-digit sales growth at its biopharm unit in the fourth quarter.
13-Sep-2011 - Sartorius Stedium Biotech (SSB) and GE Healthcare Life Sciences say new cross licensing deal will aid development of their respective biomanufacturing tech offerings.
12-Sep-2011 - in-PharmaTechnologist presents a roundup of recent ingredient and formulation research, including using NIR-CI to check quality and microwaves to formulate ibuprofen.
31-Aug-2011 - Vivalis cut its operating loss after demand for its vaccine production cell line drove triple-digit revenue growth.
29-Aug-2011 - Batavia Bioservices has gained access to simulated moving bed (SMB) technology by collaborating with Xendo.
25-Aug-2011 - Emerson Process Management has released a dual-input liquid analyser with a high resolution colour screen.
24-Aug-2011 - US bioreactor maker PBS Biotech has bought medical device focused CMO Integrity CMI to expand its manufacturing capacity
22-Aug-2011 - AstraZeneca has adopted and scaled-up silica-based cartridges for removal of metal impurities at its pilot plant.
18-Aug-2011 - Repligen should consider selling its bioprocessing unit, which sells materials used in mAb production, to make best use of its assets, a shareholder suggests.
18-Aug-2011 - The FDA is prioritising development of technologies to compare biosimilars to innovator products in its plan to modernise regulatory science.
17-Aug-2011 - A study shows mAbs processed with fast acting dehydration show equivalent structural changes to freeze dried compounds after a year, EnWave claims.
10-Aug-2011 - Pfizer is “aggressively” moving toward real-time release (RTR) and believes return on investment can be realised in a year.
09-Aug-2011 - AstraZeneca has collaborated to research a scalable system based on inkjet printing for formulating personalised medicines.
08-Aug-2011 - Generic manufacturers can benefit from QbD but fears it will hinder companies in the race to be first-to-file are slowing progress, a VP at Teva said.
02-Aug-2011 - Protein engineering is an untapped method for limiting post-production aggregation that causes immunogenicity, academics say.
01-Aug-2011 - Biosimilars should help Millipore achieve long-term growth but cancellation of an insulin contract and rising raw material costs hit second quarter results.
25-Jul-2011 - Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB) has revised its full year guidance after its range of single-use products drove revenue gains in the first half of 2011.
21-Jul-2011 - TAP Biosystems has inked deals with six distributors in South East Asia to extend sales support for its automated bioprocessing systems.
20-Jul-2011 - Filtration, separation and purification technology company Pall is to acquire its long-time Brazilian distribution partner, Engefiltro.