01-Feb-2007 - Major pharmaceutical player GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has begun construction of a €23m facility in County Waterford, Ireland. The new facility is already under construction at the company's consumer healthcare manufacturing site in Dungarvan.
29-Jan-2007 - BioProgress are set to speed up commercialisation of NRobe, their solid oral dose system, following completion of a restructuring agreement with Magenta Oral Dose Design.
23-Jan-2007 - US-based researchers have proven that 'large' nanoparticles can pass through human mucus, which means that they could serve as sustained-release carriers for drugs treating diseases affecting the mucous membranes, such as cervical cancer.
22-Jan-2007 - New French research into biodegradable polymers is opening up the door to controlled release treatments for a broader range of drugs, potentially doing away with traditional delivery methods of a variety of drugs.
03-Jan-2007 - PerkinElmer has announced its acquisition of a line of Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA) products from UK-based firm Triton Technology in its latest move following a busy year of purchases during 2006.
03-Jan-2007 - The pharmaceutical industry's first fully portable drug anti-counterfeiting device will be presented in Baltimore later this month at IFPAC, the International Forum on Process Analytical Chemistry.
03-Jan-2007 - A US pharmaceutical last month introduced a spearmint-flavoured chewable contraceptive pill as a 'more convenient' option for women 'on-the-go'.
02-Jan-2007 - Giant drug maker Eli Lilly has confirmed that it will be closing its manufacturing facility in Basingstoke, England, resulting in $85m to $95m in restructuring costs for the company.
19-Dec-2006 - A UK based firm aims to take up the fight against drug counterfeiters with its innovative imaging and spectroscopy products. TeraView says its technology could aid regulators and law enforcement agencies screen for potentially lethal fake medicines.
18-Dec-2006 - Dr Reddy's Laboratories has boosted its ability to serve Western pharmaceutical markets with an increase in its manufacturing capacity for drug formulations.
14-Dec-2006 - Dr Reddy's Laboratories has started first clinical trials of a "four-in-one" polypill clinical trial, which could revolutionise the cardiovascular drugs market.
13-Dec-2006 - Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca has invested in a tablet manufacturing plant in Egypt, which could form a launching pad for an expansion into emerging markets.
30-Nov-2006 - BioProgress last week announced an update to their agreement with licensing partner FMC Corporation for its oral drug delivery technology, NRobe.
23-Nov-2006 - The growing inhaler device market is driving demand for automated quality control (QC) testing equipment for these products, according to Astech Projects.
22-Nov-2006 - Singapore has successfully completed the first phase of its biomedical science (BMS) initiative and is now pushing the second phase forward in order to drive growth in its pharma industry further.
06-Nov-2006 - Merck Sharp & Dohme has just announced a €100m investment in South Tipperary, Ireland to build a new formulation R&D centre and drug manufacturing plant.
31-Oct-2006 - Patients can more easily swallow film-coated oval shaped tablets than any other commonly manufactured solid drugs, according to a new study.
25-Oct-2006 - Although manufacturing is the most established of the pharma outsourcing segments, many service areas are still rapidly evolving. OutsourcingPharma.com gives a brief run down of the current state of play.
25-Oct-2006 - O'Hara Technologies chose the recent CPhI in Paris to show off the world's only dedicated continuous coating machine for pharmaceutical tablets.
04-Oct-2006 - Indian biopharmaceutical company Wockhardt has signed a deal with Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) to establish a special economic zone (SEZ) in Aurangabad, India, in order to expand its manufacturing capabilities.
27-Sep-2006 - Sterling Biotech has emerged as the world's second largest gelatine producer after making its first international foray to acquire the gelatine manufacturing facility of Chinese firm China Gelatin.
05-Sep-2006 - After selling a manufacturing plant in Texas to Cardinal Health two years ago, Adams Respiratory Therapeutics has reacquired the facility in order to produce its expectorant Mucinex (guaifenesin extended-release), responding to a 15-fold growth in sales in the last couple of years.
30-Aug-2006 - In the first drug master file (DMF) approval of its kind, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the sale of metformin hydrochloride tablets which are produced by an Indian company using a pharmaceutical formulation intermediate (PFI), an alternative to sourcing active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) which could revolutionalise the conventional pharmaceutical manufacturing model.
29-Aug-2006 - Canadian contract manufacturer Patheon has teamed up with specialty pharmaceutical firm Depomed to offer its clients a controlled release formulation which can grant their drugs increased bioavailability and less frequent dosing.
24-Aug-2006 - Difficulties in identifying tablets have emerged as a major issue in a recent US survey of 150 pharmacists who are warning drugmakers that the lack of distinct appearance in pills leads in dispensing errors that cost more than 7,000 lives each year just in US hospitals.