PharmaTek OKed to make cytotoxics at San Diego plant
07-May-2009 - US chemistry firm PharmaTek Laboratories has a green light to start making high potency...
Sanofi seeks collaborators for €200m biotech plant
05-May-2009 - French drug major Sanofi Aventis has unveiled plans for a €200m ($268m) biotechnology investment...
SAFC and Vivalis launch high yield EB66 media
28-Apr-2009 - SAFC and Vivalis have launched a new media designed to allow the latter’s commonly...
Xspray grows with demand for manufacturing tech
28-Apr-2009 - Xspray has doubled its personnel and laboratory space in response to demand for its...
China ramps up stem cell efforts just weeks after US research U-turn
23-Apr-2009 - Construction of a new stem cell research and processing plant began yesterday in China’s...
FDA approves high titre manufacture of Tysabri
20-Apr-2009 - The FDA has approved Biogen Idec to manufacture Tysabri using a high titre process...
Alliance launches animal-free culture supplement
06-Apr-2009 - Novozymes and Millipore have launched an animal-free culture supplement, which has been designed to...
Bayer’s engineering affiliate opens up in India
01-Apr-2009 - Bayer Technology Services GmbH, an affiliate of Germany's Bayer, has opened its first regional...
ESS’ Taskmate adds robotics to tube filling and closing
01-Apr-2009 - ESS Technologies’ says its unique robotic loading system improves the speed, efficiency and accuracy...
SDTech and Malvern team up on process optimisation
31-Mar-2009 - Custom micronisation and milling firm SDTech has bolted on particle size analysis to its...
Pall’s Lego-like Stax system attracts biotechs
31-Mar-2009 - Pall’s Stax single-use depth filter attracted interest from a “number of biotechnology companies” at...
Drugmakers still confused by CFR-21 parts 210 and 211, says West
30-Mar-2009 - Since coming into effect late last year, US Code of Federal Regulations-21 parts 210 and...
Flexibility is key for processing sector says Millipore
26-Mar-2009 - Flexibility is going to be a key driver for the pharmaceutical market in the...
Snapshot of technologies at Interphex 2009
24-Mar-2009 - St Patrick’s Day celebrations weren’t the only thing bringing people together in New York...
Vetter launches VPI subsidiary
24-Mar-2009 - Vetter Pharma-Fertigung (VPF), a specialist provider of pre-filled injection systems, has formed a new...
Honeywell wins US Shire contract
23-Mar-2009 - Industrial manufacturing specialist Honeywell has been contracted to manage and control production processes at...
Cel-Sci’s contract cold filling process could improve biologics
16-Mar-2009 - US Biotechnology firm Cel-Sci has unveiled a new manufacturing process, cold 4°C Aseptic Filling,...
Second lyophilizer goes online at Formatech in Andover
16-Mar-2009 - US CMO Formatech has brought a new Virtis Benchmark 3000 luophilizer into service at...
Falling biopharma sales hurt Pall’s Q2; but Asia shows promise
16-Mar-2009 - Pall CEO Eric Krasnoff says delayed drug industry capital expenditure and moves to conserve...
Driam launches cycled continuous tablet coating system
12-Mar-2009 - German coating technology specialist Driam hopes its new Driaconti-T continuous tablet coating platform will...
UCB taps Proteros for crystallography services
11-Mar-2009 - Belgian biopharmaceutical company UCB has contracted Proteros Biostructures of Germany to provide support in...
Tabletting delay caused lethal allopurinol contamination, say HK chiefs
10-Mar-2009 - Macao Health Bureau director Lam Ping-yan says tabletting delays at Euopharm Laboratories' plant in...
ESS' Monoblock sets big record for small bottles
03-Mar-2009 - ESS Technologies has extended the range of its Monoblock platform with a new bottle...
CML and Novacta team up to target process outsourcing sector
03-Mar-2009 - UK firms Cambridge Major Laboratories (CML) and Novacta Biosystems are to collaborate and develop...
Symetix launches compact eagle-eyed tablet QC system
02-Mar-2009 - Symetix has launched a compact high-volume optical inspection system that is capable of verifying...
