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Avacta allies with Pall to serve SE Asian biopharm

06-Oct-2011 - Avacta has allied with Pall to offer biopharm manufacturers in Singapore and South Korea tools to assess formulation viability.

FDA awards $35m to improve US drug production

05-Oct-2011 - The FDA has awarded a $35m (€26m) grant to make US drug production less expensive and reverse the offshoring trend.

ProMetic supplying adsorbent to Chinese biosimilar biz

26-Sep-2011 - ProMetic Life Sciences is supplying an affinity adsorbent to a Chinese biopharm for use in scale-up of a biosimilar.

Crystallisation modelling can improve scale up, PSE says

26-Sep-2011 - Process Systems Enterprise (PSE) has developed crystallisation modelling software to improve throughput and simplify scale-up.

GE Healthcare to invest in biomanufacturing tech

19-Sep-2011 - GE Healthcare will expand its range of biomanufacturing technologies under a new oncology-focused investment project.

Vaccine adverse events linked to virus disrupting ingredient

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.

Pall ends 2011 on a high as biopharm growth continues

15-Sep-2011 - Pall continued the trend seen throughout 2011 by posting double-digit sales growth at its biopharm unit in the fourth quarter.

SSB and GE sign patent licensing deal for biomanufacturing techs

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.

Ingredients & formulation research round up

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.

Vaccine cell line demand helps Vivalis cut loss in H1

31-Aug-2011 - Vivalis cut its operating loss after demand for its vaccine production cell line drove triple-digit revenue growth.

Batavia gains bioprocessing assets in Xendo collaboration

29-Aug-2011 - Batavia Bioservices has gained access to simulated moving bed (SMB) technology by collaborating with Xendo.

News in brief

Emerson adds liquid analyser with high res screen

25-Aug-2011 - Emerson Process Management has released a dual-input liquid analyser with a high resolution colour screen.

PBS Biotech buys Integrity to add manufacturing capacity

24-Aug-2011 - US bioreactor maker PBS Biotech has bought medical device focused CMO Integrity CMI to expand its manufacturing capacity

Silica-based cartridges boost metal removal at AstraZeneca

22-Aug-2011 - AstraZeneca has adopted and scaled-up silica-based cartridges for removal of metal impurities at its pilot plant.

Bioprocessing unit sale could help Repligen, investor says

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.

Biosimilar assessment a goal of FDA modernisation plan

18-Aug-2011 - The FDA is prioritising development of technologies to compare biosimilars to innovator products in its plan to modernise regulatory science.

Rapid drying tech equivalent to lyophilisation in mAb study

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.

Pfizer “aggressively” pursuing cost saving real-time release

10-Aug-2011 - Pfizer is “aggressively” moving toward real-time release (RTR) and believes return on investment can be realised in a year.

AstraZeneca looks to printers for personalised medicines

09-Aug-2011 - AstraZeneca has collaborated to research a scalable system based on inkjet printing for formulating personalised medicines.

First-to-file race slowing QbD adoption in generics

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.

Engineering can cut protein aggregation during storage

02-Aug-2011 - Protein engineering is an untapped method for limiting post-production aggregation that causes immunogenicity, academics say.

Millipore eyes long-term growth beyond Q2 problems

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.

Sartorius Stedim Biotech sees single-use gains in H1; North American revs dip

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.

Distribution deals to TAP into SE Asia bioprocessing sector

21-Jul-2011 - TAP Biosystems has inked deals with six distributors in South East Asia to extend sales support for its automated bioprocessing systems.

Pall solidifies long-term Engefiltro relationship in take-over

20-Jul-2011 - Filtration, separation and purification technology company Pall is to acquire its long-time Brazilian distribution partner, Engefiltro.

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