31-Jan-2012 - The FDA has hit Novartis with another 483 after finding seven repeat observations and a backlog of 1,360 overdue consumer complaints.
26-Jan-2012 - in-PharmaTechnologist presents a round-up of issues within the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry, including Novartis’ plans to restart Nebraska ops and problems for Roche at it’s South Carolina facility.
09-Jan-2012 - Rousselot says its acquisition of Eastman Kodak’s Gel Corporation will boost its gelatine production capacity and help it meet soaring drug industry demand.
15-Dec-2011 - Seppic has seen a boom in demand for its new natural origin coating agents for pharmaceuticals, which can speed up production time by 50 per cent at lab stage.
07-Dec-2011 - Bosch Packaging Technology says melt extrusion is the answer to drug manufacturers’ active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) solubility questions.
30-Nov-2011 - Ideal Cures says its new Instacoat E Series film can cut tablet coating times in half and save manufacturers money.
29-Nov-2011 - High potency APIs are becoming a key focus of the pharmaceutical business, with drug makers from all areas racing to establish a foothold in the market.
23-Nov-2011 - GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has urged the US FDA consider the absorption of nanomaterials in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract within its proposal for new regulations on nanotechnology.
22-Nov-2011 - FDA draft guidance defines nanoparticles too broadly and could result in APIs being categorised as nanomaterials, industry said.
15-Nov-2011 - To boost solubility pharma must develop, refine and improve existing methods as a “quantum leap” in formulation is unlikely, Pharmaterials' CEO said.
09-Nov-2011 - Bosch Packaging has started work on a second production facility in Chengdu, China to increase manufacturing capacity.
31-Oct-2011 - Medimetrics is collaborating with Bio-Images to offer its electronic targeted drug delivery tech to clinical researchers.
25-Oct-2011 - BASF and Colorcon are developing a tablet film coating technology with improved taste masking and barrier properties.
11-Oct-2011 - AstraZeneca has broken ground on a $200m (€147m) manufacturing facility in China to meet soaring demand in the country.
30-Aug-2011 - The rise of tablet splitting has prompted the FDA to advise manufacturers on what data is needed to support applications for scored doses.
09-Aug-2011 - AstraZeneca has collaborated to research a scalable system based on inkjet printing for formulating personalised medicines.
18-Jul-2011 - A new oral medication for asthma sufferers could wipe out half of all business for inhaler manufacturers.
23-Jun-2011 - Novartis has started work on a manufacturing plant in St Petersburg in the first stage of a $500m investment in the Russian pharmaceutical industry.
16-Jun-2011 - US drugmaker APP Pharmaceuticals will invest $38m to boost its manufacturing capacity for injectable generic drugs at its facility in Grand Island.
26-May-2011 - A serialisation system developed by Systech International has been selected by a ‘top 10’ pharma client as a way of meeting Brazil’s Law 11.903 track and trace requirements.
17-May-2011 - Processing technology specialist, GEA Pharma Systems, has introduced the ConsiGma-1, a lab-scale continuous granulator.
26-Apr-2011 - Tablet testing tech specialist Sotax has set up a new unit in India in the first stage of a five year plan to expand its business in the country.
11-Apr-2011 - PTI Inspection Systems and Nikka Densok USA have teamed up to take high-voltage leak detection (HVLD) from the factory floor to the pharmaceutical lab.
07-Apr-2011 - LB Bohle says healthy level of demand for processing technology demos at its recently opened service centre is an indication of processing tech market recovery.
04-Apr-2011 - ATMI LifeSciences has introduced a new method of integrity testing for its range of single-use bioprocess vessels that, it claims, will take QA in the biomanufacturing sector to a new level.